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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:24 PM
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Hastert stepping down after this term
Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who served as speaker of the House longer than any Republican in history, intends to retire next year at the end of his current term, party officials said Tuesday.

A formal announcement is planned for Friday.

Hastert's planned retirement is likely to set off a lively scramble between the two political parties for a House seat that he has held easily since 1986.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070814/ap_on_go_co/hastert
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:32 PM
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1. Dupester!
You got beat out by mere seconds! :P

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3450362&mesg_id=3450362
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Bravo Zulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:37 PM
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3. sorry about that
maybe somebody can delete this thread!
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:36 PM
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2. self delete - okay
Edited on Tue Aug-14-07 05:59 PM by C_U_L8R
(i meant more his demeanor .. but its gone)
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 05:50 PM
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4. Um...
Ridiculing people for their weight is neither funny nor relevant, and it goes unchallenged too often, here at DU. Please just smack Hastert for his politics or his general corruption but leave his weight out of it. Okay?
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-14-07 06:00 PM
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5. done
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