Dennis Hastert, John Boehner, and now Paul Ryan . . . . what do these (gentlemen) have in common?

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

Each of these Republican Party loyalists have done their damnedest to redefine what it means to be a conservative.

The NEW DEFINITION sucks!

Dennis Hastert

: former speaker of the U.S. House, disgraced son of Illinois, child molester.

This state has said good riddance to plenty of sleazy politicians. Corruption is a plague here. The distinguishing feature in the criminal case against Hastert is not how he violated banking laws after he left office but that, federal prosecutors allege, he sexually abused at least five teenage boys before he took office.

These were students in his care — minors, children — whom he molested when he was their high school teacher and wrestling coach in Yorkville in the 1970s. Hastert victimized the boys and hid his crimes for decades, until one former student confronted him. This is what set in motion the hush-money deal that unraveled, leading to Hastert's guilty plea on a charge of evading bank currency reporting requirements.

Hastert was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 15 months in prison. Technically, he's going to the joint on the bank charge because the statute of limitations has expired on the abuse allegations. But U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin made it clear he did not sentence Hastert with prison time primarily for crimes against the financial system. He is being punished for cruel depravity

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John Boehner

Boehner unleashed: Ex-speaker calls Cruz 'Lucifer,' 'miserable son of a b----'

 

So, Mr. Speaker, how do you really feel?

John Boehner, the famously blunt ex-House speaker, left no doubt he's not a fan of fellow Republican Ted Cruz, leaping off the sidelines of the presidential race Wednesday night to unleash a stunning verbal lashing of the Texas senator, reportedly calling him “Lucifer in the flesh” and a “miserable son of a bitch.”

The longtime Ohio powerhouse had not been very outspoken on the race since retiring last year, but he held little back when asked about the Texas senator and underdog GOP presidential candidate during a forum at Stanford University.

“I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone, but I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life,” he said, according to The Stanford Daily.News .

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Paul Ryan

“I hate omnibus bills and I don’t like doing these last-second bills,” but I did it anyway."

Paul Ryan coerced Republican house and senate members and shepherded the Obama omnibus Bill.  Congress easily passed the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending package Friday that will fund the government through most of 2016.

The House passed the omnibus as a standalone bill by a vote of 316 to 113. Soon after, the Senate passed the omnibus and the tax extenders package by a vote of 65 to 33.

President Obama is certain to sign the bill before the current funding extension runs out Dec. 22, bringing an end to budget brinksmanship for this fiscal year.

Republican presidential contenders Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rand Paul(R-KY) voted against the bill. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was absent.

The legislation was House Speaker Paul Ryan's heaviest lift yet as the former Ways and Means Chairman scrambled in his first six weeks as speaker to whip up enough support on his side to pass a $680 billion tax package and now a standalone omnibus. Through the negotiations, Republicans scored a few significant wins including lifting the 40-year-long ban on crude oil exports.

All of Ryan's former tough talk about stopping Obama's profligate spending, turned out to be whimpering about how uncooperative his Republican counterparts were being in getting (needed) legislation passed.

Ryan was asked why $1.6 billion was allocated to the refugee program, especially considering there was support from dozens of Republican members of Congress for a proposal introduced by Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) that would temporarily halt the refugee program. Despite the broad support, Ryan decided to fund President Obama’s refugee program, which includes Syrian refugees.

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