Jack Abramoff
A Brief Audit of Politicians’ Tax Problems
If you’re still filling out your tax forms, it may be tempting to cut some corners and tell a few white lies. But as the ethics-deficient politicians listed below can tell you, tax evasion doesn’t end well. Here’s a guide on “what-not-to-do,” courtesy of political figures, past and present. READ MORE >>
GOP Committee Chair Smeared Sex Slave
Since it's "Republicans going beyond the pale of human decency" day, I thought I'd quote this grimly hilarious Josh Marshall blog item: READ MORE >>
Up From Abramoff
“God’s not looking for perfect people—there’s only been one perfect person in the history of the human race,” Ralph Reed tells the crowd at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington. It’s the weekend of September 11, and Reed is holding the inaugural conference for his new Faith and Freedom Coalition (FFC), which is aiming to mobilize evangelicals the way the Christian Coalition did in the 1990s. “God’s looking for broken people,” he says, “humble and contrite people.” READ MORE >>
Did Obama Ignore The Mess At MMS?
Dana Rohrabacher, Unlikely Afghanistan Dove
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is hardly a liberal dove. The right-wing California Republican is a former Reagan aide, a full-throated Iraq war supporter, and once shouted at anti-torture protesters, "I hope it's your family members that die when terrorists strike!" For good measure, he was a close pal of Jack Abramoff. READ MORE >>
House Cleaning
Murthaville
Congressman John Murtha passed away today. Below, you'll find a recent magazine feature that we ran on him--and the town he represented for 36 years. READ MORE >>
Like A Bad Penny…
Ed Kilgore is managing editor of The Democratic Strategist, a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, and a frequent contributor to a variety of political journals. READ MORE >>
