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Dennis Hastert: under investigation by the FBI, in connection with the Abramoff bribery racket. To paraphrase David Cross, it's not that only Republicans are corrupt, it's just that all Republicans are corrupt (except Ron Paul).

By the way, as I type, idiot senator, future president, and role model for DKE George Allen (R-Cisallegheny Virginia) is getting grilled by Chris Matthews over his fetish for the confederate flag and nooses. Allen is not doing well. He claims that he "saw [the confederate flag] as a regional pride symbol in, you know, in Virginia." Problem: Allen became a neo-confederate while being raised by his French mother in southern Califonria.