"Washington (CNN) - Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was paying a former student to keep quiet about allegations of sexual abuse from the time when Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois, two sources with knowledge of the federal government investigation told CNN on Friday afternoon" (Jaffe, 2015).
I want to start this blog post by stating how I find the unethical normality that is practiced within politics to be utterly appalling. Generally speaking I can't find a single politician that I would want to represent me because politics are driven by back door bribes, promises, and money, but to make them legal they change the terminology and call it political backing or contributions, but if you cut through the political hogwash, it is at the base nothing more than another bribe.
This brings me to the story I posted above, another politician that instead of being held responsible for his actions, attempts to work his way out of the situation through the well practiced politician from known as bribery. In this case he offered over $3 million dollars to an individual in order to keep them quiet about his sexual misconduct when he was a wrestling coach.
I find his actions both then and now with his cover up attempts to be unmoral, I do understand a bit of the "Self-Preservation" theory where he is trying to protect his own back by covering up his transgressions. However, I don't think it is right for someone to be a representative of "the people" and be guilty of such crimes or cover up.
Reference
Jaffe, A. (2015, May 29). Sources: Dennis Hastert cover-up for sexual misconduct - CNNPolitics.com. Retrieved May 30, 2015, from http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/29/politics/dennis-hastert-indictment-questions/
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