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Troopergate Investigator, Palins To Meet This Week

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Palin Scandal, Palin Ethics, Anchorage, Sarah Palin, Troopergate, Todd Palin, Election 2008, Alaska, Scandal, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...

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Friday Talking Points [52] -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Roast, White House, Tim Russert, John Lewis, Checkers, Mccain, Session, Campaign, Sarah Palin, Alfred E Neuman, How Democrats Can Take Back Congress, Greek Column, 2008, Richard Nixon, Tears, Bite, Midotw, Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Foley, Al Smith, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Jake Speck, Miss Beazley, Humor, Conservative, Lipstick on a Pig, Joe Biden, 08, O'Reilly, Pit Bull, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Kick Around, John LeBoutillier, Manger, Elections, Mddotw, George Wallace, Hillary Clinton, Nixon, Page, Bit, What a Long Strange Trip It's Been, Tim Mahoney, Sex Scandal, Sherrod Brown, Mistress, Grateful Dead, Obama, Fox, Bush, Pelosi, Giuliani, Clinton, Senator, Mark Foley, Tricky Dick, Ohio, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Hush Money, Comedy, That One, Boot's Blasts, Bill Clinton, John McCain, House, 2008 Elections, Lame Duck, Scandal, 2008 Election, Bush Bashing, Pull Teeth, Eternal Sunshine, Meet the Press, 08 Campaign, Cry, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Hannity, Bloomberg, Fox News, Leboutillier, Jor-El, Krypton, Nobama, Mahoney, Children of God, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...

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Nevada Governor Sued For Allegedly Threatening Rape

AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Governor, Corruption, Scandal, Jim Gibbons, Republican, Politics News

LAS VEGAS — The accusations of a woman who says Nevada's governor once threatened to rape her are "simply false," Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesda...

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Congressman's $121,000 Payoff To Alleged Mistress

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Foley, Tim Mahoney, Scandal, Democrat, Congressman, Mistress, Politics News

West Palm Beach Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-FL), whose predecessor resigned in the wake of a sex scandal, agreed to a $121,000 payment to a former mist...

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dylan, Vice President, Fat Lady Sings, Mudslinging, Washington, Joe Biden 2008, Queen, Mud, Yogi Berra, Fat Lady, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Sds, Ayers, Bill Ayers, 2008 Campaign, David Ifshin, Rezko, Keating Five, Kitchen Sink, Weather Underground, Keating, John McCain, Dick Motta, Hanoi, Tony Rezko, Opera, Terrorist, 2008 Elections, 08, Basketball, Bob Dylan, Scandal, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Dan Cook, 08 Campaign, 1978, Palin, Barack, Charles Keating, 2008 Presidential Race, Championship, Hillary Clinton, We Are the Champions, Ifshin, Weathermen, Weatherbureau, Bullets, Politics News
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 11.06.2008 | 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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Peas In a Pod: Palin's Troopergate And Bush's Attorneygate

Susan L. Travis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

Read More: First Dude, Vice President, Attorneygate, Troopergate, Sarah Palin, Republican, Walt Monegan, Todd Palin, Election 2008, Alaska, Alberto Gonzalez, Scandal, Vetting, Home News
Susan L. Travis

We have entered the surreal world of Republicangate, where distortions of truth and contempt for the law saturate the Republican brand.

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

Josh Tickell | Posted 10.31.2008 | 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 10.28.2008 | 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 10.12.2008 | 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 10.04.2008 | 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 09.29.2008 | 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 09.13.2008 | 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 09.11.2008 | 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 08.07.2008 | 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 08.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Economy, Cnn, Middle Class, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Scandal, American Small Business, Business News
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 06.28.2008 | 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 06.24.2008 | 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 06.24.2008 | 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 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, House Republican, Campaign Committee, Ron Paul, Mark Pryor, Tim Russert, Delahunt, Al Franken, Bob Barr, Campaign, Swiftboat, Bill Nelson, Virginia, Embezzling, New Mexico, 2008, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Smears, Audit, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Electoral College, Larry Hunter, Gas, Impeach, Libertarian, Massachusetts, 08, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Oil Men, Constitutional Amendment, Mddotw, Arkansas, Obstructionist, Hillary Clinton, Senate, Popular Vote, Embezzlement, Gop, Mudslinging, Impeachment, Cheney, Dianne Feinstein, Democratic, Waxman, Swift Boat, Bush, Republican, Unemployment, Smear, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, 2008 Campaign, Wes Clark, Taxes, John McCain, Zombies, Rotting Corpse, Gas Tax, Windfall Profits, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Scandal, Oil Companies, Meet the Press, 08 Campaign, Tax, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Mtp, Politics News
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 05.27.2008 | 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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Fidelity's Lynch Took $16,000 Worth Of Freebies

Los Angeles Times | Walter Hamilton | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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Hillary's Electabilty -- Bill's Procilivity

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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