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Gay and Indecisive?

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

…or only indecisive about being gay?
At any rate, Senator Craig is reconsidering his decision to resign. You would have thought he would have learned to stop playing footsie with things, political decisions as well as with the feet of undercover cops…
“It’s not such a foregone conclusion anymore, that the only thing he could do […]

Under intense pressure, Sen. Craig resigns

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

According to CNN (who is probably giddy about yet another gay GOP sex scandal, which may explain why they always seem to have an article about Craig):
Sen. Larry Craig said Saturday he will resign, succumbing to rapidly intensifying pressure from within his own Republican Party.
During the press conference, held today at 10:30 am in Boise […]

Breaking: Sen. Larry Craig rumored to resign today

Friday, August 31st, 2007

CNN reports that Sen. Craig is rumored to be resigning today.
Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday.
A GOP source with knowledge of the situation told CNN’s Dana Bash that the Republican National Committee was poised […]

It would be funny if it were not so corrupt

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Current Baltimore City Councilman and Mayoral Candidate Keiffer J. Mitchell’s treasurer resigned two weeks ago, after allegations that $40,000 in campaign funds was improperly spent. Campaign reports were amended Wednesday, showing that the amount was actually $56,000.
Mitchell is challenging an incumbent Democrat, but has still raised $640,000. This pales in comparison to the incumbent’s $1.2 […]

Right on

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Bobby Jindal is a congressman and the Republican candidate for governor of Louisiana. This ties in nicely with the earlier post about corruption.

We need more Republicans talking like this. We will never clean up our party if we fail to take a strong stand against the unethical abuses that we have seen of late.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

From BreitBart.com, linked on Drudge:

Members of Congress recently under scrutiny by federal authorities:
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Senate Republicans:
_Ted Stevens of Alaska, sixth term. Stevens is under a federal investigation for his relationship with Bill Allen, an oil field services contractor who was convicted this year of bribing state lawmakers. Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service […]

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