The sudden resignation explained? An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts. The report obtained by The Associated Press says Palin is securing unwarranted benefits and ...read more
So sad. A former Supreme Court Justice of the Third Judicial Circuit of the State of New York was charged today with attempted extortion and federal program bribery, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced. Thomas J. Spargo, 65 was ...read more
Amen. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska's political patriarch. The verdict, coming just days before Election Day, adds further uncertainty to a closely watched Senate race. ...read more
Here. (or you can read it after the break) Finding #1: "Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act." ABC: Troopergate Report: Palin Abused Power Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her Public ...read more
I am shocked. The McCain campaign told reporters the fees were irrelevant because Davis "separated from his consulting firm … in 2006," according to the campaign's Web site, and he stopped drawing a salary from it. In fact, however, when Davis joined the campaign in January 2007, ...read more
That's right, unsurprisingly John McCain's campaign is lying to you again. ...read more
After this campaign is over there's got to be some in depth examination of why John McCain so strongly desired to surround himself with lobbyists. The latest is William Timmons Sr., tapped to lead McCain's transition team, who is a Freddie Mac lobbyist. God willing, this ...read more
That's right, John McCain's campaign manager was paid $2 million by Fannie Mae to specifically lobby John McCain. They were trying to fend off regulation and I guess they wanted to curry favor with the self-described "deregulator". Then he hired him as his campaign manager. ...read more
This must have been what the GOP conventioneers meant when they said drill, baby, drill. As Congress prepares to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a wide-ranging ...read more
Sarah Palin fits right in with the other corrupt Washington Republicans. Travel records from the governor's office show that the state has spent at least $31,800 on dozens of airline tickets for the family, and more for meals and hotels. Records show the family has traveled with ...read more
When you set yourself up as the maverickest maverick of ethics, you better hope you are squeaky clean. Along with her lies about the bridge to nowhere, looks like Palin took money from Alaskans she didn't need. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in ...read more
This sort of goes against the GOP/MSM insistence that Palin is a "maverick". GOP vice presidential pick Sarah Palin accepted at least $4,500 in campaign contributions in the same fundraising scheme at the center of a public corruption scandal that led to the indictment of Sen. ...read more
More of the same Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began building clout in her state's political circles in part by serving as a director of an independent political group organized by the now embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. Palin's name is listed on 2003 incorporation papers of the ...read more
Following in the footsteps of the national GOP, the Alaska Republican Party made a clear and decisive vote in favor of corruption by voting for Ted Stevens in the primary. With the corrupt Ted Stevens as the standard bearer for the Republican party, the distinction between him ...read more
The message: "The old John McCain wouldn’t have allowed one of Jack Abramoff’s top cronies to raise money for him. But this time around, it’s clear that Senator McCain is willing to do whatever it takes to win–even if that means embracing President Bush’s policies, his tactics, ...read more
Just another part of the mountain of Republican corruption that is turning off Alaska's citizens Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her ...read more
My friends, that's not change we can believe in. Despite what appears to be a middle-class lifestyle, the couple has written $61,600 in checks to John McCain's presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, most of it within days of McCain's decision to endorse ...read more
Ah, those Republicans strike again... More details: Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate and one of the chamber's most powerful members, was indicted Tuesday in Washington, a result of a years-long investigation into corruption in Alaska politics. ...read more
John McCain can attack Barack Obama as a Marxist until the cows come home. I don't know of a single Democrat/progressive who wouldn't want DeLay, the most corrupt political leader in a generation, out there as a face for the Republican party and the campaign of John McCain. Tom ...read more
John McCain is just more of the same Republican corruption America has been voting against. According to Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, McCain's "finance co-chair Tom Loeffler['s] ... lobbying firm has collected nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002 and millions more from ...read more
What. An. Idiotic. Tool. I'll tell my kids someday, "There was a period of about eight years when everyone at the most important jobs in our government were crazy, stupid, evil or a combination of the three. No, really. This recent bout of competence we're going through was a ...read more
Add another to the list. An aide to President Bush has resigned because of his alleged misuse of grant money from the U.S. Agency for International Development when he worked for a Cuban democracy organization. Felipe Sixto was promoted on March 1 as a special assistant to the ...read more
photo credit: EAWB Is this some kind of progress? The former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee transferred as much as $1 million in committee funds into his personal and business accounts, officials announced today, describing a scheme that could ...read more
