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To: longnshort who wrote (12513)	10/11/2006 3:45:32 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 14758

hastert is really a fool, lol "Hastert duped into letting stranger inside (http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/91561,CST-NWS-hastert11.article) October 11, 2006 BY LYNN SWEET Washington Bureau Chief House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, with his job on the line because of the spiraling Mark Foley cyberspace page sex scandal, was duped Tuesday into letting a stranger into his Plano home -- a serious security breach. Hastert literally let his guard down and allowed in his house a hustling, self-promoting evangelist little known in this country, the Houston-based K.A. Paul, who at 7:30 a.m. arrived at the speaker's home with a camera-wielding associate. How Paul and his aide, Dennis Ryan, got to Hastert's door is a tale of apparent chance. How the publicity-hungry Paul and Ryan walked through it was a matter of a "frank discussion" later in the day with the federal security detail assigned to Hastert around the clock. All top congressional leaders are provided security, with the protective force surrounding Hastert most visible because as speaker, he is the third in line to the presidency. Hastert was led to believe he was meeting with a supporter. He was surprised to find out otherwise, the Sun-Times has learned. Paul said he asked Hastert to resign. He also said he prayed with the speaker and "laid hands" on him after a 40-minute meeting. Coincidence led to meeting? Paul, 43, born a Hindu in India, founded a Christian international ministry called Global Peace Initiatives. In a probe of Paul that ran June 9 in the Houston Press, Paul is called in the magazine article "an egomaniac with a doctored past." Paul told the Sun-Times he prefers the title "world's most popular" minister. Ryan said he arranged the meeting with Hastert in what seems a massive coincidence. Ryan told of driving to tiny Plano Monday night from South Bend, Ind., where Paul had been touring following a spiritual call. Ryan said he was eating at a restaurant in Plano when Hastert happened to walk in with his security guards. He introduced himself and got Paul on the phone. Hastert talked to Paul and apparently decided to make the Tuesday date with him without consulting his advisors. Paul arrived at the Hastert home with an Associated Press reporter, who did not go inside. 'Cordial discussion' Paul made public pictures he took of Hastert in a knick-knack filled area of his home. Hastert spokesman Brad Hahn said, "The speaker had a cordial discussion but disagrees with his point of view." The Paul matter is a headache to Hastert compared to whether there was any coverup in the Foley scandal. Hastert chief of staff Scott Palmer has denied an accusation by former Foley chief of staff Kirk Fordham that Palmer was told years ago of Foley's inordinate interest in pages -- not November 2005. In Aurora, Hastert said any staffer who was part of a cover-up would be fired. "If they did cover something up, then they should not continue to have their jobs," he said. His comments came after he addressed a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Aurora. Hastert's second stop was at Clarity Communications, a high-tech Aurora-based firm providing specialized Push-To-Talk services for cell phones, including some that could assist rescue workers in emergencies, a Clarity spokeswoman said. Trailed by photographers and news cameras, Hastert toured the firm's Aurora plant for about 15 minutes with CEO Jim Fuentes, then spent about 10 minutes in a closed-door session with company executives.

To: longnshort who wrote (12513)	10/11/2006 3:52:40 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

drip, drip shorty, lol "Foley Impacting Southern Races The Southern Political Report says the Mark Foley scandal is seriously hurting Republicans: "Across the South, beginning with Foley's own 16th District -- where voters have to cast a ballot for Foley for it to count for the GOP’s new nominee, Joe Negron -- the Democrats should be major gainers. Southern Political Report now ranks the 16th as Likely Democratic; safe Democratic might even be more appropriate. In Florida, the 13th and 22nd Districts, both with competitive races before the scandal broke, are adjacent to Foley's district and voters have been subject to the same media onslaught. In the 13th (Sarasota, etc.), Katherine Harris's (R) district, Democrat Christine Jennings (R) has released a poll showing her lead has increased from 8 points to 12 points in the past three weeks. My best guess is that both the 13th and 22nd will join the 16th in electing Democrats next month. And Florida's 8th District, with another competitive race, is further north, but could still be affected by the story. After all, Foley was the leading Republican US Senate contender in Florida for months in 2004 and is not unknown... Finally, the Foley issue -- especially when combined with a variety of other voter complaints about the Bush Administration -- could help the Democrats in a number of other congressional races across the South. In Kentucky's 2nd District, which was already hotly contested, GOP incumbent Ron Lewis canceled a fundraiser featuring Speaker Hastert because of the scandal. And in Kentucky 4, ex-US Rep. Ken Lucas (D) is using the issue against freshman Geoff Davis (R). In Virginia 2, freshman Thelma Drake (R) must depend on the votes from an area heavily influenced by Pat Robertson's resident headquarters and educational establishments; will they vote this time? Indeed, all of the competitive races in the South -- such as North Carolina’s 8th and 11th districts -- are likely to be affected to some degree."