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A Real Plan to Clean Up State GovernmentCaffeinated Thoughts (blog)From the film tax credit and Iowa Association of School Boards scandals, allegations of improper campaign donations received by the governor's campaign and ...and more »
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Globe and MailWill Darrell Issa wreck the GOP?Washington Post (blog)While Democrats may be able to leverage Republican scandals to their electoral advantage, Republicans appear to be better at obstructing any progress on ...Issa has eye on subpoena teamPoliticoall 1,597 news articles »
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Boston GlobeSC Dems reject Rawl appealPolitico“Party of my job, as many of you know, is to protect this party's reputation,” she said, citing the recent personal scandals that have plagued Republican ...Carolina conundrumBelleville News Democratall 508 news articles »
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Kansas City StarChoreographing Kagan's path to confirmationThe Associated PressThey downplayed her involvement in the scandals of the Clinton White House and kept private many of her memos and notes regarding the president's defense in ...Kagan's track record shows some waffling, some support for faith issuesThe Undergroundall 909 news articles »
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Palin Tweets to Unfair Anti-AP HitMedia Matters for AmericaYet when any pol in the news for scandal is a Republican, his party affiliation often leads the story, if it isn't in the headline, even. ...and more »
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Washington PostBiden Visit Shines Welcome Spotlight On GiannouliasRealClearPolitics (blog)"Voters in Illinois are tuning into a soap opera not an election," said PPP president Dean Debnam "The Senate election is about scandals not issues. ...Ill. Senate 'soap opera' tied; Kirk hurt by military-record issueSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)Controversy Over Military Record Costs Mark Kirk in Illinois Senate PollPolitics Daily (blog)all 324 news articles »
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Dallas VoiceOpenly gay Minnesota State Sen. Paul Koering has dinner with porn star — and ...Dallas VoiceThere's been no shortage of scandals in recent years involving elected officials. It's a long, long list, and one I'm not even gonna try to repeat it here. ...and more »
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Los Angeles TimesCarolina conundrumLos Angeles TimesSouth Carolina's bizarre political sex scandals (Google the names Mark Sanford or Nikki Haley plus "affair" if you don't know what we mean) have made the ...Alvin M. Greene's Improbable Nomination For Senator From South Carolina (Video)IndyPostedCOLUMN: Straight from the Hog's Eye — The Alvin Greene mysterySouth Carolina NowJon Stewart: South Carolina is 'America's whoopee cushion'WMBFCenter for Responsive Politicsall 775 news articles »
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New York Daily NewsPrimary Day: Tea Party-backed GOP South Carolina governor hopeful Nikki Haley ...New York Daily NewsHaley has also been helped by an unusual band of sisters who know a thing or two about scandal. Sarah Palin, the former GOP veep nominee, and Jenny Sanford, ...SC Candidate Challenges Status QuoNew York TimesCan Nikki Haley Break the Streak for Women in Politics?The AtlanticNikki Haley: Did adultery charges against her backfire?The Week MagazineNPR -WCBD -The AtlanticWire (blog)all 886 news articles »
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Los Angeles TimesDonald Lukens, 79, dies; scandal-ridden GOP congressmanWashington PostDonald "Buz" Lukens, 79, a Republican who represented a western Ohio district in the House of Representatives before a string of scandals abruptly ended his ...Disgraced former Ohio congressman dies at 79The Associated PressDisgraced GOP congressman Lukens diesCincinnati Business Courier (blog)From Lukens to Souder: the conservative sexual revolutionNorth Country Public Radio (blog)all 263 news articles »
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Political combat in the US has been in full swing this week with a heated campaign for the country's primaries. The mid-term elections are due in November, but the mood surrounding it has already been dubbed anti-Washington, with much of the advertising is on the extreme side...
Rachel takes us through the Republican Revolution Class Of 1994. Famous for catastrophic career ending scandals! Family values hypocrites Newt Gingrich, Bob Ney, Wes Cooley, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Mark Foley & Mark Souder.
What's ailing the Democratic Party?North Country Public Radio (blog)They haven't suffered major scandals, at least outside the gossip-driven pages of the conservative media -- where questions about birth certificates and Mr. ...and more »
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Will bosses' conduct affect GOP results?MiamiHerald.comJeff Garcia, a Democratic political strategist based in Miami, also sees potential consequences for the GOP scandals. ``It doesn't necessarily trickle down, ...
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Citizens VoiceCounty GOP sees opportunity amid corruptionCitizens VoiceIn addressing scandals in Harrisburg, they said legislators must face more transparency by providing receipts for per diems, quit doling out money from ...and more »
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New Orleans - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin who would still be the Alaska governor if she had not quit in the middle of her first term stole the show at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on Friday. Irony was plentiful in New Orleans, much more than Palin quitting one elected position to lead her party efforts to win other elected positions. This city is still rebuilding after devastation from Hurricane Katrina and speaker after Republican speaker would not even mention Katrina. Also, on the heels of a fresh Republican National Committee sex scandal, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave some choice advice to Republican National Committee staffers during his appearance, recommending that they "may want to stay away from Bourbon Street Just a word of advice," Jindal said. Maybe he should have added: No more sex scandals! Coverage by MSNBCs Rachel Maddow is hilarious and featured in the accompanying video clip. Maddow mocks Palin pointedly for shunning science and technology and for failing to give President Obama credit for a refreshed energy policy featuring offshore drilling. Opinion based on various news reports.
UPI.comColbert: GOP trapped between a rock and a black faceRaw StoryRepublican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has been plagued by gaffes and spending scandals so why isn't the GOP firing him? ...GOP marginalizing Michael Steele in run-up to midterm electionsChristian Science MonitorMichael Steele nailed by The Daily Show for hypocrisy on race shared by other ...Tampabay.com (blog)Politics | RNC chair is a trouble magnet | Emily BelzWorld MagazineTruthdig -Big Government (blog)all 333 news articles »
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Chuck Muth: Nevada John and the Temple of BoomNevada AppealAnd it's bad enough that national Democrats, loaded down with their own ongoing scandals, are able to deflect criticisms of their actions by pointing to ...and more »
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ABC NewsThe GOP descends on New OrleansSalonAnd Bill Frist, the conference's native son, won the latest scandals of his term as party chairman. (Fortunately, the strip clubs of Bourbon Street aren't a ...Jindal to SRLC: Uh, keep away from Bourbon StreetHot Air (blog)Southern Republican Leadership Conference kicks off 2012 raceWashington Post (blog)The Battle Begins for 2012 GOP ContendersCBS Newsall 414 news articles »
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Washington PostGingrich: Republicans can win in 2010 and 'defund' the Democratic agendaWashington Post (blog)The ROOT of all future Corporate scandal. Then we go to the 90's with Newt Gingrich/Tom Delay/Phil Gramm Republican's. I wanted to ask the Grich about all ...Newt Gingrich: Obama 'Most Radical President in American History 'Associated Contentall 447 news articles »
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Can Republicans Use Their Structural Advantage To Win In The Fall?Firedoglake (blog)Finally there is the issue of Republican scandals. Generally there are more corruption issues with the party in power. However there are still scandals that ...and more »
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You know Goldwater not only was against the mixing of any church and state . Goldwater was also against the Republican party he built using the far right Christian base as a plat form to get elected . He felt it was a slow sinking ship . Well, Karl Rove proves his point .One of Karl Rove's strategies was to win the christian right voters through the "sanctity of marriage" plat form. You know, protect marriage from those "evil" hard working intelligent nuclear gay families ? The only problem is they want you to do as they say and not as they do . Take the scandals with the catholic church, Republican scandals with Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford,John Ensign,and now Carl Rove. I mean these ass holes are looking more and more like the Keystone cops of "morality", ha...? The truth is the "sanctity of marriage is an illusion . However, it's an illusion that two consenting adults should be allowed to under take . I feel and have always felt to even allow a vote to stop gay people from getting married is unconstitutional . It is not a religious issue, it is a legal one . The law can't favor one persons rights over another . Carl Rove wants privacy ? Well, now your getting it Rove . The bottom line Republicans is stay out of people's bed rooms and personal lives. You cry about "socialism" yet your all too willing to put on the blinders to this socialistic practice .
(By rawstory.com ) Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has signaled with the creation of his Freedom First PAC that he has his eye on the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. msnbc's Rachel Maddow, however, believes that far from making him a credible candidate, the list of Pawlenty's consultants and strategists represents "a who's who of some of the worst Republican scandals of the past decade." Maddow pointed in particular to Pawlenty senior advisor Terry Nelson, a former deputy chief of staff at the Republican National Committee "known for being the guy in charge when the infamous New England phone-jamming case went down."
Video detailing the sex scandals that have rocked American politics and entertainment in recent years. The intent behind the video is to show how far American morality has fallen, as we follow and elect morally bankrupt leaders time and again.
Max Blumenthal on the tea-baggers, sex scandals, religious fanaticism and zombie mentality that are driving today's Republican party, and its opposition to healthcare reform and the Obama agenda.
GOP US Representatives are members! "The Family" is a secretive religious organization in Washington, DC "The Family" provides almost-free housing for some Republication members of Congress at its tax-exempt Church on C Street in Washington. It has been a player in many recent Republican sex scandals. The group believes they are God's Chosen and are not bound by the same morality and responsibility to others as "normal people." They are currently using US tax dollars to send "evangelists" to foreign leaders to get them to join "The Family". Original Airdate: July 28, 2009 on MSNBC.
(Via www.crooksandliars.com ) What do you know. It took Bill Maher cracking jokes on Hardball about Republican hypocrisy with their feigned outrage at the Sotomayor hearings to get Matthews to admit that his hero John mccain may have a bit of a "temperament" problem
Mark Sanford has his latin lover, and Sarah Palin was reportedly tristing with Todd's business partner Brad Hanson, but Johnny Ensign buys his women for $100000 and gets his parents to pay the bill according to the AP in the rocky mount telegram http: //www. rockymounttelegram. com/news/nation/ lawyer-for-john-ensign-says-senators-parents-gave-nearly-100000-to-mistress-and-her-family-709419. html Rachel Maddow talks to Frank Rich about the various GOP scandals.
2 in one week! It's like Christmas came early. Seriously, I am very sorry for the wives. ONE NOTE. Eliot Spitzer WAS unfaithful, you got me.
South Carolina's Mark Sanford Disappearance on the Job/Martial Affair is just the latest fumble in the Republican party's long list of supposed future of the party's presidential hopes.
republicans role models mark sanders and john ensign have enlisted with the Democratic party to help bring down the gop forever. The gop has always pretended they're the party of family values, when in actuality, they are the party of Pedophilic priests, greedy philanderers, cheats, liars, thieves and criminal scum, just like their former leader war Criminal bush, and current party head drug felon and college drop out rush limbaugh the turd.
Republican sex scandals set to music starring John Ensign, David Vitter, Larry Craig, Mark Foley and Ted Haggard. By Gene Mederos.
Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats www.salem-news.com The sexual antics of President Bill Clinton have been a dangerous tool in the Republican campaign arsenal, used to the fullest possible extent, but what have they been up to all these years? "He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones." It seems that old adage may be lost on the confused mass that we call modern society. The Grand Old Party, once known for controversial abolitionists, has become the moral party of today, or so their elected leaders will tell you. As we evolve as a nation, too many people seem to be clinging to ideologies that make little sense, fighting against a woman's right to abortion while demanding that schools not teach children sex education or instruct them in the deadly virus, AIDS. It creates a vicious circle when we fight ourselves, and deny education to those who need it most. Our nation spent more tax money conducting Ken Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, than they did in the investigation of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the United States. Many Americans fail to see the logic behind this. Now Oregon's Governor stands at risk, as a right wing radio pundit named Lars Larson levels an accusation against Kulongoski that could mean he could not be a lawyer in Oregon again. Larson says that Kulongoski had the goods on Goldschmidt years ago. Sources are reporting that he could have known about what has become ...
In this video I talk about Predatory Lending, Housing Crisis, 3Rd World Poverty, Dirt Floors, Republican Scandals, Pay To Play Politics.
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Thanks for viewing. Thank all the supporters of my videos. To all critics and those who blindly trust the media! Turn that television, radio and internet smear machine off. Let real media analysis do the work for you. I am not a fact-checker, journalist or media analysis. I am expressing an honest opinion about the general election and the corrupt mainstream media. And as always, if present any errors in the making of this video, please don't hesitate to send a message and I will correct the record on the next video. Lastly, to all the critics watching worldwide, do me a favor by: "Proving Me Wrong"! You hear about Florida Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney getting caught up in a sex scandal. Well if you aren't aware of the sex scandals plaguing Washington, DC, you're not alone! I mean this is what make me more likely to be an independent voter. Mahoney, a Democrat that represents the very district that he won after the 2006 Mark Foley scandal. In which, the disgraced congressman Mark Foley helped send the Republicans back to the minority. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen and Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel will have to explain what really went down with Mahoney alleged pay off to the campaign aide. Mahoney offered $121000 to keep it a hush, hush situation. Normally, I don't care what goes on in the personal lives of the people who serve our country! But I do say that I rather not trust anything a politician got to say about how he [or ...
Why mccain is like the symbol of his party? Thick headed Palin abuses power re. Troopergate, Now JFK attacks mccain and GOP. SNL Skits, Country First, mccain-Palin, Katie Couric Interview of Sarah Palin, GOP, Republican versus Democrat, Now on to serious issues like Ayers, Keating Five and Troupergate - Right.
The Last Dessert - Republican Rule 2001-2008. An examination of the last eight years, Iraq, torture, katrina, scandals and the next four, torture katrina scandals..
Democrats need to...focus relentlessly on the disastrous results of Bush/mccain/Republican rule. They need to remind voters of the disasters of the last seven-plus years. Specifically. And as people have been saying, we need to be mad as well as inspired. John mccain is the Republican Party as much as Bush -- we need to be constantly reminded of the policies (and, yes, the crimes) that are threatening this country from within. Obama must hit Republicans ten times harder. Let's hear about war profiteering, taxpayer-funded mercenary armies and privatizing core functions of state, habeas corpus and warrantless wiretapping and presidential signing statements, and Katrina and justice department politicization, and phony intel and Abu Ghraib, rendition and torture. mccain is no maverick, but it is worth understanding why the rabid right wing is cheering his call for government "reform" and to change "how government works at every level." mccain won't just be more of the same -- it will be worse than Bush-Cheney -- using the disasters of the past eight years and the actual crises we face to double down on the American Enterprise/Heritage Foundation vision of government that desires, as Grover Norquist said, to shrink government until "we can drown it in a bathtub." But mccain, who said he knows nothing about economics, will surely hand over the reins to the Friedmanites and neoconservatives who have sent the country on a path to ruin. Anyone looking at his team could tell you ...
Democrats need to...focus relentlessly on the disastrous results of Bush/mccain/Republican rule. They need to remind voters of the disasters of the last seven-plus years. Specifically. And as people have been saying, we need to be mad as well as inspired. John mccain is the Republican Party as much as Bush -- we need to be constantly reminded of the policies (and, yes, the crimes) that are threatening this country from within. Obama must hit Republicans ten times harder. Let's hear about war profiteering, taxpayer-funded mercenary armies and privatizing core functions of state, habeas corpus and warrantless wiretapping and presidential signing statements, and Katrina and justice department politicization, and phony intel and Abu Ghraib, rendition and torture. mccain is no maverick, but it is worth understanding why the rabid right wing is cheering his call for government "reform" and to change "how government works at every level." mccain won't just be more of the same -- it will be worse than Bush-Cheney -- using the disasters of the past eight years and the actual crises we face to double down on the American Enterprise/Heritage Foundation vision of government that desires, as Grover Norquist said, to shrink government until "we can drown it in a bathtub." But mccain, who said he knows nothing about economics, will surely hand over the reins to the Friedmanites and neoconservatives who have sent the country on a path to ruin. Anyone looking at his team could tell you ...
Obama to Palin: 'Don't Mock the Constitution' Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the GOP convention. It was in St. Paul last week that Palin drew raucous cheers when she delivered this put-down of Obama: "Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights." Obama had a few problems with that. "First of all, you don't even get to read them their rights until you catch 'em," Obama said here, drawing laughs from 1500 supporters in a high school gymnasium. "They should spend more time trying to catch Osama bin Laden and we can worry about the next steps later." If the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks are in the government's sights, Obama went on, they should be targeted and killed. "My position has always been clear: If you've got a terrorist, take him out," Obama said. "Anybody who was involved in 9/11, take 'em out." But Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus. Calling it "the foundation of Anglo-American law," he said the principle "says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' And say, 'Maybe you've got the wrong person.'" The ...
Obama to Palin: 'Don't Mock the Constitution' Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the GOP convention. It was in St. Paul last week that Palin drew raucous cheers when she delivered this put-down of Obama: "Al-Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America and he's worried that someone won't read them their rights." Obama had a few problems with that. "First of all, you don't even get to read them their rights until you catch 'em," Obama said here, drawing laughs from 1500 supporters in a high school gymnasium. "They should spend more time trying to catch Osama bin Laden and we can worry about the next steps later." If the plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks are in the government's sights, Obama went on, they should be targeted and killed. "My position has always been clear: If you've got a terrorist, take him out," Obama said. "Anybody who was involved in 9/11, take 'em out." But Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago for more than a decade, said captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus. Calling it "the foundation of Anglo-American law," he said the principle "says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, 'Why was I grabbed?' And say, 'Maybe you've got the wrong person.'" The ...
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