Does Dennis Hastert know what is going on in the halls of power?
According to page 186 of Speaker, Dennis Hastert has a very low ear to the ground. “Reading is not my strong point… I’m not comfortable with computers… I need to be focused on what’s going on in the room and who’s saying what to whom. I base most of my knowledge on listenting to people. I get a lot of briefings and have good people working for me. Some say I have an incredible memory or recall for exactly what happened when and who said what to whom. I do listen pretty diligently, more than a lot of people listen, and I do pick up on facts that way.” This is a completely different Hastert than the one who can’t remember if he knew about it or if his staff knew about it and how much he knew about it. Well, how does Hastert handle these little problems? According to page 226 of Speaker, Dennis Hastert takes a “hands off” when curbing the lusts of Washington. And when we find some guy spending too much time socializing every night, we have our own way of saying, ‘you’d better straight
