OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH!

Dennis Hastert's Congressional seat went to a Democrat American Communist Party member!

Um.... so that's going to change things how?

Some of the blame has to fall on Hastert himself. His run as Speaker got marred by corruption and massive increases in pork-barrel politics, two themes not without their connections. He personally benefited from pork legislation that increased the value of land he owned as part of a trust. He also fought to protect William “Dollar Bill” Jefferson from an FBI investigation into bribery and corruption rather than take a more reformist stance that demanded transparency and clean government.

The guy was a corrupt shitheel who tried to protect other corrupt shitheels. He was part of the problem. He was SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE during a period when we had a Republican president and Republican control of Congress.

His accomplishments? Nothing. No, rewind, dub over, it was LESS than nothing. Federal spending went up, the GOP crumbled like little bitches before the Dimocrat opposition on any topic, corruption ran rampant, and the conservative principals that got them elected into office were thrown right out the window. It was a giant leap backwards for the GOP, and it led to the Republicans getting kicked in the nutsack in 2006.

Unfortunately, I really don't think the GOP has changed any. They're just a little less socialist and corrupt than the Democrat American Communist Party.

We're so screwed.