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Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
If you're intrigued, or perhaps even outraged, by closeted lawmakers who oppose gay rights, you may want to be around a TV at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight, when HBO will premiere OUTRAGE , a film about the very topic. It delves into the scandals of former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig and former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, as well as gay activist Michael Rogers, who founded a website dedicated to outing such...
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Beer-Stained Letter (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I n a joint statement last week, the Brewers Association and American Homebrewers Association put out a call for beer enthusiasts to urge their reps in Congress to join the House Small Brewers Caucus , meaning you should write emails or letters to those reps suggesting they make themselves part of that body formed two years ago to lend a voice to the interests of small commercial brewers and homebewers...
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The Liberal Doomsayer (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
I was honestly going to leave former “Governor Hottie” and Mark Sanford alone, which is particularly tough in Sanford’s case since, as noted here, he voted to impeach President Clinton over the business with Monica Whatsername, and he also excoriated fellow Repugs Rob Livingston and Larry Craig over their infidelities. I was going to grumble and merely accept the rank hypocrisy of...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
I got to know the former governor of New Jersey as he reached out to people during his period of turmoil. Whatever your view of his past actions, I always found Jim to be a deeply spiritual person whose repression...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The three network morning shows on Thursday devoted a staggering 18 segments to the revelation that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was having an affair with a woman from Argentina, adding up to over 54 minutes of coverage . NBC's Today show spent the most time on the subject, highlighting the infidelity with six segments and 25 minutes of air time. Co-host Matt Lauer even talked to disgraced...
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fivethirtyeight (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Two polls are already out on Mark Sanford's future in South Carolina, both of which were conducted in the wake of his dramatic press conference yesterday. One poll, from SurveyUSA , reports that 60 percent of South Carolinians want Sanford to resign, versus 34 percent who say he should stay in office. The other, from InsiderAdvantage , is somewhat more sympathetic toward Sanford: 50 percent in that...
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JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Nothing like the media seeking commentary from a man who trolled New Jersey Turnpike rest areas for anonymous gay sex. Say what you want about Mark Sanford, but the last guy to be chiming in should be Jim McGreevey.Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey today told Gov. Mark Sanford, the beleaguered governor of South Carolina, to "move forward with humility," comparing Sanford's struggles with...
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The Swamp (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
by Mark Silva There is little disagreement on this one: Ninety-two percent of Americans say that married men and women having sexual affairs outside of their marriages is morally wrong -- worse than cloning humans (88 percent), they said in a recent Gallup Poll values survey, worse than suicide (80 percent). Yet the question of whether admitting, or being caught at, such an affair is political suicide...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
WASHINGTON — What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power _ the ones on pedestals _ think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging? There's a long list of those who thought they could jet off to Argentina, or cruise on the Monkey Business, or check...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
As many people have observed by now, the statement issued by Gov. Sanford's wife was pitch perfect and reflection of the fact she's a strong, proud woman. One liberal blogger has even declared "Jenny Sanford should be the Republican Party's candidate for president in 2012." I was further impressed that, unlike the wives of Larry Craig, Elliot Spitzer and Jim McGreevey, she had the dignity...
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America's Right (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Sanford admits extramarital affair, resigns from chairmanship of Republican Governors Associationr Consider me flabbergasted and immensely disappointed. I don't know what else to say. Here's a man who has been known for his devout Christianity, for his adherence to strict moral principles. Here's a man who talks the talk about the Lord, about family, about morality, and yet he's no different than the...
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Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Director Kirby Dick has in just a few years become the cinema's exposer-in-chief of institutional hypocrisy. In his 2005 Twist of Faith , he put a candid, personal face to the tragic phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic clergy. The film received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Documentary. Dick followed that up with This Film is Not Yet Rated , which revealed the secrecy...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
Very discreet of Deborah Solomon not to mention the word "corruption" in her New York Times interview with Jim McGreevey.
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