Hastert to coach page wrestling team
In a surpise move, former Speaker of the House and Turkish Bagman Dennis (Denny) Hastert (R) Illinois has been tapped (repeatedly) by Republican House Minority leader Boner to coach the Congressional junior page wrestling team.
Hastert is reportedly excited by this new leadership position and anxious to start drilling the young wrestlers.
Though Congressional critics dismiss this largely as a PR move to offset negative press from last falls man-on-boy Foley page scandal, Republican leaders insist this is part of meaningful reform for the page program. To show broader political support for the move in both evangelical and RNC circles, a couple of veteran grapplers, the formerly reverend Ted Haggard and former RNC chair Ken Mehlman dropped by Hastert’s first coaching session to show off some of their moves.
Reached at his DC condo that he shares exclusively with long time companion and Chief of Staff, Scott Palmer, Hastert was reported to have said “I actually found my orignial wrestling tights from my high school coaching days. I thought they were long gone, but it turns out they were in the closet the whole time!”
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under Republican Water Sports, Congress, News.
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