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Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Mormons, Stu Rothenberg, Mckinsey, Economy, George W. Bush, Cindy McCain, Connecticut, Larry Craig, Dick Cheney, George Hamilton, Thomas Hendricks, Harvard, Charlie Crist, Creationism, Mike Huckabee, Brown University, Hewlett Packard, Ebay, Carly Fiorina, Mississippi, Republican Party, Christians, Mark Foley, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Football, Campaign Finance, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Hockey, Meg Whitman, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Sex, Fred Thompson, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Tim Pawlenty, Evolution, Fishing, Senate, Gay Issues, Politics News

If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.

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Letter from Miami: Florida Just Can't Seem to Shake Off Its Banana Republicanism -- Even The Democrats

David Paul Appell | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Foley, Congressional Democrats, Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, John McCain Florida, Kendrick Meek, Jeb Bush, Florida Democratic Party, Democrats, Arthur Teele, Bill Nelson, Katharine Harris, Charlie Crist, Florida Budget, Florida Legislature and Slavery, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, John McCain Florida Governor Endorsement, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Democrats, Florida Primary, Everglades, Politics News

The scheme to move up the Florida primary is just the latest episode in the ongoing saga of this state's hapless Dems since they lost both executive and legislative branches back in the 1990s.

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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Mormons, Hiv, Catholicism, George W. Bush, Colorado, Democratic Party, Pacifism, John Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Catholics, Catholic Church, Jewish Issues, Mike Huckabee, New Jersey, Latino Voters, Ohio, John Edwards, Baptists, Aids, Republican Party, African-American Issues, John Magee, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Atheism, Louisiana, Monica Lewinsky, Abortion Rights, Mitt Romney, Episcopal Church, Congress, Clintons, Mormonism, Pennsylvania, Democratic National Committee, Donna Hanover, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Denver Convention, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Bible, Christian Conservatives, Iraq War, Anti-Semitism, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Gay Marriage, Heterosexuals, Gay Issues, Methodists, Politics News

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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It's Not The Sex, Stupid

Ashleigh Banfield | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Emperors Club Prostitution, Eliot Spitzer Resignation, Governor Spitzer Prostitution, Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Ted Haggard, Kristen Spitzer, Gary Hart, Client Number Nine, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Eliot Spitzer Kristen, Jim Bakker, Eliott Spitzer Prostitution, Emperors Club Hookers, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Emperors Club VIP, Emperors Club Kristen, Spitzer Emperor's Club, Emperor's Club VIP, Eliot Spitzer Resigns, Rev. Ted Haggard, Elliot Spitzer, Elliot Spitzer Hookers, Eliot Spitzer Hookers, Emperors Club, Politics News

This is not a debate about prostitution, or even pimping. It's a debate about two-faced men.

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Stupid Spitzer

Bill Press | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Emperors Club Prostitution, Governor Spitzer Prostitution, Bill Clinton, Mark Foley, Spitzer Emperor's Club, Emperor's Club VIP, Gary Hart, Eliot Spitzer Prostitution, Larry Craig Scandal, Gary Hart 1984, Eliot Spitzer Hookers, Emperors Club, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News

He has betrayed the public trust. He has violated the one rule we expect of every public official: that he or she who makes or enforces the law must also obey it.

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Dog Years and Dog Days for Ethics Reform

Josh Zaharoff | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Foley, Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, Democrats, Politics News

Political years must be like dog years, because the Democrats are acting as if 2006 is ancient history.

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Investigators Ask Pelosi For Access To Disgraced Former GOP Rep Mark Foley's Computers

ABC News | Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Republican Sex Scandals, Sexual Text Messages, Mark Foley Text Messages to Kids, Gop Sex Scandals, Nancy Relosi, Mark Foley, Republicans, Home News

Florida law enforcement officials investigating former Republican Rep. Mark Foley, whose e-mails and instant messages to teenage former congressional ...

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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Friday Democratic Talking Points [Vol. 4]

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

[Welcome back to the weekly Friday Democratic Talking Points column (I'm still looking for a snappier title, by the way). This week, I've decided to ...

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FL Statute Of Limitations May Get Foley Off The Hook

ABC News | Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman | Posted 09.14.2007 | Home

Read More: Mark Foley, Mark Foley IMs, Home News

Disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, whose e-mails and instant messages to teenage former congressional pages shocked the country, may avoid crimi...

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