Political Scandals

Interview: Rob Lowe Brings a Gun to a Knife Fight

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Bill Guttentag, Rob Lowe, Anthony Weiner, Chris Lehane, Knife Fight, Knife Fight Movie, Rob Lowe Interview, Rob Lowe Knife Fight, Political Scandals, Entertainment News

Whatever "It" is? He has it. And however it is that we are all made, either by lightning bolt or assembly line, Rob Lowe probably has a little more "it" than is really fair.

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Officials: Rivera Escapes State Charges, Federal Case Still Open

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and CURT ANDERSON | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: David Rivera, David Rivera Investigation, David Rivera Casino Contracts, David Rivera Charges, Miami Politics, Florida Politics, Political Scandals, Florida Rep. David Rivera, Miami News

MIAMI — U.S. Rep David Rivera won't be charged with a state crime in Florida following a more than year-long investigation of the Republican's f...

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Is this the Reason our Relationships are Failing?

Yashar Ali | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Political Scandals, Emotional Abuse, Stiff Upper Lip, Women News

A stiff upper lip isn't admirable or honorable, it's just a tragic commentary on how we teach men not to share and how we teach women that expressing their feelings will push men away.

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Dear Mrs. (Herman) Cain: Don't Be So Sure Your Husband "Totally" Respects Women

Shelley Ross | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Political Wives, Married to Serial Killer, Dorothy "Dottie" Sandusky, Sexual Harassment Charges, Herman Cain, Anthony Weiner, Jerry Sandusky, Greta Van Susteren Interview, Political Scandals, Gloria Cain, Politics News

Poor Gloria Cain. I'm afraid Herman Cain's wife of 43 years is about to suffer some of the indignities experienced by the women who have accused him of egregious groping and abuse of power.

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Republican State Senator Running For Reelection, Despite Bizarre 911 Calls

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Chicago Political Scandals, Video, Illinois GOP, Illinois Republicans, Suzi Schmidt 911 Calls, Pat Brady, Suzi Schmidt Domestic Call, Republican Scandals, Suzanne Schmidt, Suzi Schmidt Domestic Incident, Suzi Schmidt, Larry Leafblad, Political Scandals, Christine Radogno, Suzanne Suzi Schmidt, Chicago News

First-year State Senator Suzanne "Suzi" Schmidt (R-Lake Villa, Ill.) announced Wednesday that she will both stay in office and run for re-election in ...

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Top Political Scandals Since the Year 2000 (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.01.2012

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Scandals? In government? No way! As we all know, political scandals are as habitual in Washington as, say, tax hikes and budget cuts. Whether far left...

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Why Honesty Really is the Best Policy

Jayanti Tamm | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Courrupt-Politicans, White Lies, Political Scandals, Lying, Parenting, Children Lying, Kids Lying, Parents News

My daughter doesn't yet know about lying. When her baby sister screams from the other room and I ask her what happened, she openly presents the truth: that she banged her baby sister's head against the floor. For her blunt honesty, for not concocting a forged tale, it's hard to be angry.

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David Wu Latest On Ever-Growing List Of Political Sex Scandals

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Sex Scandal, Anthony Weiner, David Wu, David Wu Resigns, Sex Scandal, David Wu Sexual Accusation, Sex Scandals, 112th Congress, Political Scandals, David Wu Resignation, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Republican Sex Scandal, Congressional Sex Scandals, Political Sex Scandals, Politics News

Yet another politician fell victim to a sex scandal Tuesday, as Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced that he would be resigning in the wake of an allegati...

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They're Just Like Us

Elizabeth Nicholas | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Tabloids, Politics, Anthony Weiner, US Weekly, Political Scandals, Anthony Weiner Resignation, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Anthony Weiner Photos, Politics News

Stars, politicians, fighting hard battles, they're just like us and the people we love, fighting hard battles too. They will do things we hope our children, our husbands, our parents, we ourselves, would never do.

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Wiener's Limp Support

Lisa Baron | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Ralph Reed, Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Political Scandals, Politics News

So often when your hand gets caught in the cookie jar, it's usually the cover up, not the crime that lands you in hot water. This is what happened here.

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Anthony Weiner and Why Powerful Men Self-Destruct

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Political Scandals, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sex Scandals, New York News

I am of a serious mind to run against Congressman Weiner to highlight the broken state of American manhood and how we must finally address it rather than watch more decent men combust.

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What I Wish Weiner Had Said Last Week When the Twitter Scandal Broke

Lev Raphael | Posted 08.07.2011

The American poet John Greenleaf Whitter had some wise words that apply to everyone who tweets first and thinks afterwards: "For of all sad words of t...

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Liar, Liar: Yet Another Politician Exposes Himself

Michael Santos | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Weiner, Political Scandals, Politicians Who Cheat, Sex Scandal, Prison, Politics News

Today I watched another federal legislator make a teary eyed apology to his family and constituents for inappropriate behavior. After spending a few d...

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A Real Political Scandal: The Press Conference I'd Like To See

Yashar Ali | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Corruption, The Economy, Jobs, Political Scandals, Accountability, Constituents, Lobbyists, Politics News

We love to hold our public officials accountable for their personal transgressions. We love holding them accountable when we find significant evidence of corruption. Anything else? Nope.

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Everything Said About Anthony Weiner Is Bull

Michael Bader, D.M.H. | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Sex Scandal, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sex Scandals, Sensationalism, Political Scandals, Scandal, Media News

There's only one legitimate reason to be upset with Anthony Weiner, and that's because his behavior and its discovery has taken away a bold and effective voice in the Democratic party. Everything else you think and feel about him is bull.

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The IMF, Sex, and Authentic Power

Gary Zukav | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Political Scandals, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Authentic Power, Sex Scandals, Arnold Schwarzenegger Fathered Child, Bill Clinton, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Politics News

The worlds of politics and gossip are fixated on the arrest and indictment of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF...

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Former Congressman Apologizes For Scandal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Lee Refunds, Chris Lee Craigslist, Gop, Chris Lee Donations, Political Scandals, Chris Lee Fundraising, Chris Lee Apology, Chris Lee, Chris Lee Letter, Republicans, Politics News

Former Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.), the congressman who stepped down last month after Gawker reported that he had posted shirtless pictures of himself on ...

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Bobby Jindal Blasts Political Philanderers -- But Not David Vitter

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is out with a new book that, among other topics, pulls no punches on the notorious sexual indiscretions of some of Washing...

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Gary Condit's Memoir Is 'Shakespearean Drama'

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Scandal, Chandra Levy, Chandra Levy Case, Ingmar Guandique, Guandique, Condit, Chandra Levy Suspect, Gary Condit, Political Scandals, Chandra Levy Arrest, Books News

In a law office in an upscale section of Los Angeles, an unfinished yet potentially explosive book manuscript by a controversial figure, former U.S. R...

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Was Nixon's Paranoia Founded?

NPR | By Mark Feldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Feldstein, Politics News, Politics, Frost/Nixon, Richard Nixon Tapes, Richard Nixon Documents, Nixon, Political Scandals, Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, Scandal, Poisoning the Press, Books News

Feldstein follows the rise of Anderson's investigative journalism career and explains how his decades-long face-off with Nixon would become emblematic...

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Tell It All, Tell It Early, Tell It Yourself

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Political Scandals, Mike McCurry, Clinton White House, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Politics News

"Tell it all, tell it early, tell it yourself" was the crisis management strategic mantra when I worked at the Clinton White House in 1996-98 as Special Counsel to the President.

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Rethinking Our Cultural Conceptions of Shame

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Political Scandal, Political Scandals, Public Apology, Sex Scandal, Scandal, Healthy Living News

I've had "that haunting feeling" after some indiscretion too ridiculous to recount. As a society, we need to pay attention to the double edge sword of our norms that both protect and shame us.

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Sex and Scandal Plagued Democrats and Republicans should be the Last to Finger Point Alvin Greene

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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No sooner did unemployed army veteran Alvin Greene win the South Carolina Senate Democratic primary, and the report surfaced that he had a felony obs...

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Eric Massa's Navy Files: Notorious

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Massa, Congress, Eric Massa Navy, Eric Massa Navy Sexual Harassment, Political Scandals, Rep. Eric Massa, Eric Massa Sexual Harassment, Congressman Eric Massa, Politics News

According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells the story of his friend Stu...

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What's Really Wrong With Our Politicians

Khanh Ho | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Massa, Politics, Sex Scandal, Scandals, Political Scandals, Roy Ashburn, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News

The recent flock of officials who have appeared on the public stage are letting us down when we need them most.

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