Discuss the scandal involving Dennis Hastert, including his criminal actions and the response of the Republican party.
Nobody will ever be able to match former Republican speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, who raped repeatedly a teenage boy that grew up and stalked Hastert for well over $1 million in blackmail money.  Hastert was two seat away from the presidency.  The Republican insiders had to have known about the closet homosexual/rapist.  And the guy never was brought to trial for raping a teenage boy.