A portion of an anti-Hastert e-mail:

minority leader Pelosi…is usually considered a weak sister. But look at her now: a strikingly attractive woman in her sixties with five children, numerous grandchildren, and a warm smile. She practically screams: MOM ON DUTY. THIS WON”T HAPPEN AGAIN. That the GOP didn’t have any women at all in a leadership position to soften Hastert’s terrible presentation didn’t help matters at all.