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Vito Fossella Hopeful That New Yorkers Might Desire an Drunk-Driving, Secret-Family-Fathering Politician Down the Line
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyIn an environment where a $298 tax lien disqualifies you from serving in the Obama administration, you'd think that any politician with so much as a jaywalking infraction wouldn't dream of running for office right now.To say nothing of a politician with a drunk-driving arrest. Or a multi-year affair. Or one who fathered a child from that affair and lived with a shadow family while his real wife obliviously waited at home.If that were you, you'd never dream of running for office again in your life, right?Well then you, friend, are obviously not named former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY)...New York ...
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By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyWell folks, 2008 has finally come to an end-- and just when George W. Bush had become convinced it never would. It was a year for hope, it was a year for fear, and most of all... it was a year for sex. Scandalous sex to be exact.Here's a recap of the hottest, wettest, most titillating scandals of the past 365 days. (Please use protection before reading.)Scandal: Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) gets caught porking a call girl in a Washington hotel room.Fallout: Spitzer is accused of everything from hypocrisy to violating the Mann Act. He is forced to resign, elevating his lieutenant, David ...
A Mother of a Vote
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyThe Washington Post's Dana Milbank reports that on Wednesday a majority of House Republicans voted "against motherhood." Actually, they voted against a resolution "celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day." After the resolution passed unanimously, Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas stood up and said, "Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote." The House re-voted and this time 178 Republicans voted against the resolution. Milbank lampooned the move, writing, "Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque ...
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