So if we donate or contribute any fund or money to the church or politician and they goin any troble and spend that for legel fees we cannot say ourself sexoffenders. But if any muslims give money to mosque for good reasons and end up in terrorist hand. We can say the donor is terrrorist. Where are we?

I pray that Hastert gets sent to prison for what he did to our government. If his only punishment is to take a high-paying job as a lobbyist, it will send a message to the others that the US government welcomes corrumption.

Wake up America!! This man is 3rd in line to become president of the United States of America should something happen to the current president & vice-president like for instance that suddenly they must be held accountable for their crimes against the United States and its citizens and the FBI must arrest the current sitting president & vice-president for these crimes while still in office; not to mention this man is arguably the 4rth most powerful person in America right now and the CEO of the Congress; so if he did not know about what was transpiring he is incompetent and should be fired, and worse if he knew about it and did nothing to protect these kids then he is negligent and incompetent and should be fired, and worst of all if he knew about it and did nothing to protect these kids and is now lying to the United States of America and its citizens for whom he works to "cover up" his incompetence, negligence, and now criminal acts then he should be fired and prosecuted. If the United States of America and its citizens desreve and expect excellence, truth, and justice especially from those granted such positions of power in our democratic form of government then how can we, the United States of America and its citizens, trust this man who could become president to protect us when he can't even protect the children in the page program at the institution where he is the CEO from the adult male predators. My fellow Americans, Republican and Democrats, this man is a clear and present danger to our National Security; he must be removed from office for incompetence, negligence, and now what apears to be a criminal cover-up. If this man can't even protect the people in the congress how could he possible protect us?????

I just want to thank the conservative camp for putting these crooks and pediphiles in our government. It seems no one know what the other is doing, I do not believe this is the way government is suppose to work. But hey what do I know I am just a simple working depending on people like our speaker to protect us. How much more do we have to take before this country wakes up to reality?

Mr. Hastert, it is so unbelievable that a man of your stature, your position and the length of service would publicly say "I didn't know about it." You are a man whose "job description" is one that says "you must know about everything that is going on." Do you still want us to believe you knew nothing about this? Can you look intelligent America in the face and say "trust me - I am innocent." Are you going to be like the executives of Enron and hide this and let other people suffer. Mr. Hastert how do you spell integrity? Does your dictionary spell it "deny"?

Ya know, it's joe republican who should be furious with the republican party. What a slap in the face to themselves. Their own party played them like a fiddle. We tried to tell 'em. Oh well,

From Bush, Cheney, and Hassert on this is the most overtly greedy and power hungry Administration I have seen in my lifetime. Nixon's coverup and corruption pales in comparison to this bunch. Either Clinton or Carter get blamed for whatever goes wrong. No one will accept blame for their lies and incompetence. The smartest move Bill Frist made is not running for reelection. May God help our wonderful country, as well as the rest of the world if this group is not removed from power!

i think that it is so sad that this once great country is being run by liars and by people who just run this country for their own gains anyone convicted for fraud or lying should lose their benifits just like us poor working class would to keep racking up their original earnings and benifits which they accumalated while profiting themselves is ridiclous.when is america going to wake up and stop this.i ask you could the normal working person pay 30,000 a month for some so called addiction just because he was found out and still collect a hefty pension.i ask you what is wrong with this picture i don,t care if you are a republican,democrat,or liberal.something should be done

What a sleezy bunch of leaders representing us. Just when I thought we had "bottomed out" with Richard Nixson and Spiro Agnew, along comes King George and his thugs, Cheny, Dumbsfeld, Rove, Rice and Hastert to prove that maybe Nixon and Agnew were not so bad after all. Now I wonder why they wanted this Congress to grant them imunity, imunity from what? War crimes? Lying? Complete disregard for the US Constitution?

Mr.Hastert is not kidding anyone with his lies. Matter of fact, it seems America is starting to pay attention and realizing all these crooks in office are lying about something or another. Its time America takes back our country and kicks these crooks out of office. Dem or Rep, all government officals, including the president, should be held accountable and investigated just like anyone else who commits crimes!