Scandal

You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Whatever you believe about Bill Ayers and the Weathermen, the fact remains that he is not running for president. But John McCain doesn't really have any other arrows left in his quiver.

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McCain Campaign Rewrites Keating Scandal

David Donnelly | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Lobbyists, Scandal, Rick Davis, Public Financing, Keating Five, Corruption, Campaign Money Watch, Politics News
David Donnelly

The Keating Five connections are very troubling for what they mean today -- both on economic philosophy and on McCain's willingness to get cozy with special interests.

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Turns Out That Our Government is Literally in Bed with Big Oil

Josh Tickell | Posted 09.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Us Government, Oil, Sexual Favors, Substance Abuse, Department of the Interior, Promiscuity, Scandal, Big Oil, Green News
Josh Tickell

"Recently, a scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of the Interior responsible for, among other things, royalties to oil companies."

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McCain Talks Experience -- Er, Sarah? With a John Edwards Moment in Tow?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vett, Alaska Grover Cleveland, Alleged Affair, National Enquirer, Sarah Palin, Polygraphs, Tabloid, Scandal, Vet, John McCain, Vetting, Tabloid Journalism, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose WHOOPS: PALIN AFFAIR ALLEGED SOURCE OK, I need to explain why I am posting this. This story will either be a major game changer ...

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A Very 21st-Century Scandal

Carl Pope | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Bush Administration, Interior Department Scandal, Big Oil, Scandal, Gale Norton, Politics News
Carl Pope

Instead of business providing men who worked for the government with women, it was women who worked for the government that were having sex with oil-industry agents.

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Study Shows Politics Worse Than Crack Cocaine

Tom Gerdy | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Pray for Peace, Cocaine, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Political Scandal, Scandal, Conventions, Living News
Tom Gerdy

How addictive is the game of politics and power? My unscientific study indicates that crack cocaine is nothing when compared to political power. Let...

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"Clean" McCain Taps Vindictive Two-Bit Hack for VP

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain 2008, Scandal, 2008 Election, Abuse of Power, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Mccain Palin Ticket, Sarah Palin Vp, Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

She's someone who was part-time Mayor of a 6000 person town a few years ago, and got handed the keys to the Governor's office, and promptly became drunk with power that she was all too eager to abuse.

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It Ain't Over Mukasey

Paul C. Light | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department Hiring Scandal, Civil Service, Mukasey, Scandal, Justice Department, Politics News
Paul C. Light

Mukasey declared the Justice Department hiring scandal closed yesterday. There was no criminal harm, he told the American Bar Association, therefore no foul. He is absolutely wrong.

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Who's Your Baby Daddy? Plastic Ken's Denial Part II

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, November Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Andrew Young, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Rielle Hunter, National Enquirer, Scandal, John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, John Edwards Affair, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Edwards, who chalks up his sexual indiscretions to unbridled narcissism, flatly denies he's the father of Hunter's six month old baby. So let's get this straight: he's unequivocally denying something else?

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Senator Ted Stevens and John McCain's "Two-Face" Problem

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Sen. Ted Stevens, John McCain, Election, Scandal, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

McCain has been struggling to tap into the "good" face of the conservative tradition, but the indictment of Stevens brings up all of the recent GOP scandals.

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CNN: "SBA Scandal"

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business

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Lloyd Chapman

Source:  www.cnn.com ...

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Ted Stevens, Ethan Berkowitz, Bribery, 50 State Strategy, Don Young, Campaign, FBI Raid, Republican, Bribe, Mark Begich, 2008, Ethics, 2008 Campaign, Graft, John McCain, Alaska, House, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, 2008 Election, Democrats, Scandal, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Earmarks, 2008 Presidential Race, Senate, Earmark, Anchorage, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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The Greatest Unknown Scandal of Our Time

Allan Lichtman | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Scandal, Presidency, African Americans, Politics News
Allan Lichtman

The 2000 presidential election was not decided by hanging chads, recounts, a flawed felon list, or intervention by the Supreme Court. It was decided b...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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"Spygate" Victims Defense Fund

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Taping Scandal, Arlen Specter, New England Patriots, Spygate, Video, Matt Walsh, Bill Belichick, George Vecsey, Videotape, Roger Goodell, Spying, Nfl, Scandal, HBO Real Sports, Nflpa, Deep Throat, Entertainment News
Dave Hollander

Full-blown congressional hearings looking into football teams spying on one another is not exactly the best use of taxpayer money. But hear me loud and clear: Spygate is not a victimless crime.

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WaPo Dodges Giving Credit in Academic Scandal Story

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Heather Bresch, West Virginia University, Academic, Washington Post, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Joe Manchin, Scandal, Mike Garrison, Mylan, Media News
Michelle Pilecki

Yes, I know it's not unusual for one of the Big Boys in the national media to pick up a story broken and pursued by a news outlet in flyover country, but it's still irritating.

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Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

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What Was in the Water Spitzer Drank?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media

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Alison Rose Levy

Just like Eliot Spitzer, all of us have addictions to unhook from. For news junkies, the addiction to disposable news hooks, celebrity pix, or sex tea...

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Fidelity's Lynch Took $16,000 Worth Of Freebies

Los Angeles Times | Walter Hamilton | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Fidelity Investments, Sec, Scandal, Magellan, Fidelity, Fidelity Scandal, Peter Lynch Scandal, Peter Lynch, Business News

In a case that could sully the reputation of legendary Fidelity Investments fund manager Peter Lynch, regulators said Wednesday that he had improperly...

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Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear - Updated

Naomi Klein | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Madrassa, Smears, Hillary Clinton, Obama Muslim Smear, Barack Hussein Obama, 2008 Election, Scandal, Barack Obama, Politics News
Naomi Klein

Obama's supporters often say they are being "Swiftboated," casually accepting the idea that being accused of Muslimhood is tantamount to being accused of treason.

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Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

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NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Vicki Iseman, New York Times, Media, Fisa, Scandal, James Risen, John McCain, Iseman McCain, McCain Scandal, New York Times McCain, Media News
Cenk Uygur

The only thing worse than being bullied by Republicans is getting scooped by your competitors. The story here isn't that the Times is trying to hurt conservatives, it's the exact opposite.

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The Trial of the Century

Patricia O’Brien | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Adultery, Henry Beecher, Gary Hart, Scandal, Politics News
Patricia O’Brien

Is our national appetite for scandal drowning us in tasteless muck?

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Hillary's Electabilty -- Bill's Procilivity

Marc Cooper | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Lewisnky, Republican Attacks, Bill Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Electability, Sex Life, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Zippergate, Marc Cooper, Bimbo Eruption, Democratic Party, Scandal, Hillary Clinton, President Clinton, Home News
Marc Cooper

Does anybody really believe that if Hillary's the nominee, Slick Willie's post-presidential sex life won't be fully unzipped by the time Flag Day rolls around?

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