Dennis Hastert is absoulutely right John McCain is a Democrat in sheeps clothing--Duh
Thank you coach--it is easy to see McCain as a Dem that's what he is against tax cuts, for illegals, for anti free speech--McCain Feingold, for a tax of 1,000 for all from Joe Lieberman to give us a global warming tax to help Algores new religion,he agrees with Kennedy need i say more-- Mitt Romney is a great man. We need to support his candicacy. Jerry White, Springfield,IL

Hastert?
He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans
For nobody

Dumb old man KILLS CONSERVATISM!!!

Thankyou, John McCrazy!

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The biggest fat hog at the old pork barrel trough of the last Congress has spoken out against McCain. We wear your anti-endorsement as a badge of honor, Denny. You are what McCain was talking about when he said "this congress has spent like a drunken sailor." So glad you're not representing Illinois anymore and so glad you're out of public life for good.

p.s. Jerry White, it's our party now, why don't you go caucus with the democrats? See how much they like you over there.

Thank you for reminding me about the Keating Five. This may explain McCain-Feingold, as penance.

I don't like Romney, but this (McCain as Keating 5) has got to be good news for Romney. Am I wrong?

Whether McCain is sufficiently conservative or not -- I just can't wrap my mind aroung that controversy. That seems beside the point compared to this gargantuan ethical lapse.

Why would the people of Illinois want Romney? I don't want my fees raised!

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert questioned John McCain’s Republican credentials today, saying he was always known among the GOP as “the undependable vote” in the Senate and always “allied with Democrats.”

I'd say those are a couple of the only reasons to take McCain seriously. Fat pig Denny is a con man!!!

Given Denny Hastert's inept management of the House, his siding with William Jefferson in his scandal, and his love of earmarks, he is not the messenger to attack John McCain.

Denny Hastert bashing John McCain is like a burglar bashing the police. For every tax payer dollar Denny Hastert was willing to let out the door for frivolous purposes, John McCain and Tom Coburn fought to keep in the treasury for better purposes.

There are valid criticisms to raise against John McCain, but at this point, the messenger and the message are equally important. Having Denny Hastert accuse McCain of siding with the Democrats is foolish (see e.g. William Jefferson).

Hey Jerry, have fun with your new friends Denny and William. We'll just be over here winning the White House for the GOP.

I am hoping Romney's clear victory in the debate is a precursor of an even sweeter victory of Feb. 5th!

The right wing that has controlled the party for so long is crapping it's pants. They are stuck with McCain and he is the only on left who has a chance of winning. The GOP is broke and they can thank
the neocons and holier than thou folks. Barry Goldwater had it right.

McCain allied with the Democrats? Yeah,right. Maybe with DINOs like Lieberman.

All this nonsense about McCain the moderate and McCain the maverick is ridiculous. Sure, it's a good marketing move in a year when the Republican brand is about as popular as genital warts. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if McCain paid Denny to make that comment. But McCain sold out to the Bush Republicans and mortgaged his maverick image in exchange for this White House run. The only thing more impressive than McCain's persuasive senate argument against torture was how fast he rolled and gave up the fight. A guy his age could hurt something moving that fast. The 2000 version of McCain looked like a pretty good presidential candidate, but the 2008 version just doesn't have anything left worth voting for.

I can't believe he would choose Romney over Ron Paul. Amazing that he's complaining about conservatism (or lack thereof) and misses the mark on the most republican candidate there is. Wow.

McCain changed after the Keating Five to become “more of a populist.”
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There it is, folks. The conservative ideology in a nutshell. Corruption is their life and blood. How dare McCain have a conscience! The word moderate is actually an insult to these guys.

Remember, too, that Mitt Romney, he of the raising "fees" by half a million $ during his term and the "I was against abortion before I was for it to get elected in Massachusetts" is now the "conservative" that Jerry White and Ann Coulter support. That should tell you everything you need to know about Coulter/White.

p.s. "The answer was NO, Mitt!"

I am a Boston resident. Mitt Romney is a breath of fresh air. He did great things in our state, but he also had huge obstacles to overcome-- "The Bluest State". He initiated health care for all people in MA. Romney is a brilliant,self-made man. He is a man of integrity, compassion and so much knowledge. Mitt Romney will "bring so much to the table" when elected. He will lead America with dignity.

You just hit on it, Nancy "He initiated health care for all people in MA."
You will NEVER convince anyone you're a conservative by ramming socialized medicine down the electorates throat! And this empty suit has the gall to accuse McCain of being too liberal!

The cost of Massachusetts' health insurance mandate will rise 85 percent, or $400 million, next year. It's blown WAY past even the state's most liberal cost projections and there's simply no funding for it. The state healthcare system will soon be bankrupt and massachusetts' people have Mitt Romney to thank for it!

How convenient. Tell everyone how great the plan, you stuck your old state with after you left office, is.

In other words, Mitt Romney is a "conservative" if you think a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, tax and spender is a "conservative."

Hastert, what a ham handed old fool.

This will be great ammo in the coming fight against McCain in the general election.

Why didn't Head Pig just endorse Mitt over Romney instead of throwing gas on the fire? Stupid.

Hard to figure what passes for brains in politicians.

Rare agreement with Jeff; McCain is the Republic candie.

Denny:

As a Democrat, please keep up the endorsing. After the way you handed the House to us in 2006, anything you do helps us!!!

Hopefully you can get Romney nominated - either Barack or Hillary will steamroll him in November.

Yes , Dennis Hassert , who never met an earmark or a money through he didnt like.

Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn endorsed John McCain beceuse of his fighting to eliminate earmarks

That woukd eliminate 19 billion dollars from the budget

Hassert increased the number of earmarks

Denny its called real leadership. Hope your support of Willard Mitt Romney succeeds like your oversight of the 2006 congressional elections

What exactly IS a Conservative anyway? Not small govt, not helping the individual pick himself up by the bootstraps, certainly not for small business, certainly not for conserving our resources... It seems to me that being a Conservative means anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, pro-military industrial complex and pro-corporate, and that's IT.

Half Christian Fundamentalist and half Greedy War Monger. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.

Anyone care to enlighten me as to what YOU think a Conservative actually is? Thanks.

Good luck McCain. Either Barack or Hill will tear you to shreds with a gusto. I can't wait for the General and then November!

Settle down Jeff. Who in American is "pro-abortion"? You're hyperventilating again.

PS The MA health plan is NOT socialized medicine. If it were then you should be accusing IL of having SOCIALIZED auto insurance. All you do is throw around labels. Try throwing around the truth and accurate statements. Maybe then we can have a debate.

Honestly, who really cares what Dennis Hastert thinks. It is because of people like him, who "think" like he does (a.k.a, it is still 1952), that the nation finds itself in the declining position we are in today. The Republicans "led" us into this ditch, and now refuse to take credit for it. Knowing the record of this past administration and Hastert's Congress, Hastert's following words from the article above seem to me like a strong endorsement for McCain's campaign: (Hastert) "He contended that on agenda items under the Republican-controlled Congress, “it just seems like everything we did, John was someplace else.”"

Sounds like a ringing endorsement for McCain if I ever heard one. Exactly what, Mr. Hastert, were you and the rest of the Republicans doing for all those years, with all those resources at your disposal? The Republican agenda was a joke, sold out the country, enriched a very tiny tiny minority, mortgaged the prospects of future generations, got us into an endless war; nearly every social indicator seems to suggest that this Republican agenda was an utter failure. For Hastert to say that McCain was not a part of it is a sigh of relief for all rational and independent minds in the United States of America. I am glad to hear that, according to the wide-waisted Hastert, McCain was distant from all of these disastrous policies. If decent Republicans continue bow to the likes of Denny Hastert, and the backwardness of their thinking, they are going to get slaughtered in November. We can do better. Hooray for John McCain!

Dennis Hastert presided over the most corrupt,inept Congress in history.If old "LARD BUCKET" had done his job,President Stupid wopuldn't have trashed the country and the Constitution!

It is MaCain, a "democrat" who can get the votes not only from your repulicans, but also our democrats. Do you want something or nothing?

Hanoi Johnny McAmnesty, will get creamed if he is the Republican nominee come November. The Kerry "swift-boating" will look like a fun ride at Disneyland compared to what will happen to the oh so deserving Hanoi Johnny McAmnesty. The dirt on the little jerk could choke an elephant and that's exactly what it will do -- choke the elephant and feed the donkey.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! The repiglican party screws the country soundly and now they're eating their own! I love this game! Good bye hipocracy, good bye bad government, good bye bloated bullshit, some day we may just recover from the damage you've inflicted on us. Now shut up and go away.

Maybe it's time a democrat or McCain gets the White House. Sure i'll pay more taxes, but just maybe the crybaby "progressive" libs will shut up for a while.

oh, i guess you're a millionaire like the rest of the repugs. check you tax returns for the last seven years, YOU ARE PAYING MORE TAXES, your buddies in the party that will never let you join their club aren't. stop believing every thing they feed you.

admit it, for eight years your party had tried to destroy the middle class. they have failure written all over them. they are irrelevent. they have broken this country, possibly beyond repair. they have been wrong about EVERYTHING. GOODBYE REPIGLICANS!