Photo from source, TPMMuckraker.com
An off-shoot site of Joshuah Micah Marshall's popular TalkingPointsMemo blog, TPMMuckraker is a great site to check up on stories that are glossed over on the regular news, or to give background on the stories you only get bullet points on. Highly recommended.
Daily, they have a feature called "Today's Must Read." Wednesday's was particularly good. Here's an excerpt.
[Excerpt]
Today's Must Read
By Paul Kiel - August 29, 2007, 10:04 AM
Jack Abramoff is in prison. Ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is in prison. Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is in prison. Ex-Reps. Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Curt Weldon (R-PA), and Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), all either lost or did not seek reelection. Gone, away, to be forgotten. This year was supposed to be different for the Republicans. But. . .
Jack Abramoff is in prison. Ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is in prison. Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is in prison. Ex-Reps. Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Curt Weldon (R-PA), and Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), all either lost or did not seek reelection. Gone, away, to be forgotten. This year was supposed to be different for the Republicans. But. . .
As The New York Times notes this morning, scandal has pursued them into 2007. “The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness,” says one Republican strategist.
So what's the tally this year so far? Well, there is, of course. . .
And to read the long, sordid list, please go to: TPMMuckraker.com
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