As Hastert goes, so goes the nation

This quote from Hastert on Limbaugh's show is hilarious (which is not to confuse him with Hillary):

SPEAKER HASTERT: There were two pieces of paper out there, one that we knew about and we acted on; one that happened in 2003 we didn’t know about, but somebody had it, and, you know, they’re trying — and they drop it the last day of the session, you know, before we adjourn on an election year. Now, we took care of Mr. Foley. We found out about it, asked him to resign. He did resign. He’s gone. We asked for an investigation. We’ve done that. We’re trying to build better protections for these page programs.

But, you know, this is a political issue in itself, too, and what we’ve tried to do as the Republican Party is make a better economy, protect this country against terrorism — and we’ve worked at it ever since 9/11, worked with the president on it — and there are some people that try to tear us down. We are the insulation to protect this country, and if they get to me it looks like they could affect our election as well.

It's the "we are the only insulation to protect this country" crap that really gets to me. The problem is, I think they really truly believe it. So, if the Dems actually do take over one or both Houses in November, what's to stop Bush from saying, "I have an obligation in wartime to protect this country and to defend it's Constitution. Since we are the only party that can do that, I hereby declare the most recent elections null and void."