Rick Santorum and NOM Under Ethics Investigation

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If I were going to dream up some people to be investigated for wrongdoing, I could hardly do better than Rick (don't Google me) Santorum and the National Organization for Marriage. Throwing in the unshakably creepy Bob Vander Plaats is just icing on the cake Go git 'em Fred!

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Rick Santorum And NOM Subjects Of New Federal Ethics Complaints Filings

Rick Santorum, the National Organization For Marriage (NOM) and Iowa anti-gay activist Bob Vander Plaats are reportedly about to become the subjects of ethics and election violations complaints which will be filed by Republican Fred Karger. Karger is charging NOM has been “money laundering” in Iowa elections and engaged in a “pay to play” scandal. . .

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Iowa's New Favorite: Newt Gingrich?

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So, after going through a list that sounds like a comedy troupe: Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Herman Cain, it's come to this. In a place that is ruled more and more by the Christian right, the Iowa Republican caucus-goers' favorite is Newt Gingrich? A man who was disgraced out of office for ethical violations. A man who had to pay a six-figure fine for those violations. A man who has cheated on successive wives with their replacement? Worse, a man who has worked for a common cause with--wait for it--Nancy (Gasp!) Pelosi? What is this party coming to? And why haven't Jon Huntsman or Rick (don't Google me, bro) Santorum gotten their chance in the spotlight?

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Newt Gingrich's Rise Continues, Ron Paul Second, Romney Third In Iowa: Des Moines Register Poll 

Eighteen years after he led Republicans to an unexpected takeover of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich looks increasingly poised to engineer yet another improbable election win. . .

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Sen. John Ensign's Ethics Woes Continue

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Nevada's own Captain Hairdo, John Ensign seems to be stuck in the denial phase, after his public shaming over his affair, and the coverup that it lead to. Or, like the professional politician he is, he might just be denying, denying, denying right up until he resigns or is forced from office, not because he believes it. He just wants to make us believe it. We're not that gullible, John.

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Ensign: I Followed Ethics Laws When I Helped Clients Of Mistress's Husband

The John Ensign story is back on the front-burner, thanks to last week's New York Times report that the philandering Nevada senator actively helped Doug Hampton, the husband of his former mistress, get set up as a lobbyist, then acted to benefit Hampton's new clients. . .

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Revelations from Karl Rove's and Harriet Miers' Testimony

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I'm quite past believing that my wishes and dreams of Karl Rove being frog-marched out of the FOX "News" studios in shackles will ever come to pass. Though it is a sweet dream that is hard to abandon. But I'm glad to see Turd Blossom actually having some mud that sticks to him. So while they probably aren't going to nail him with something illegal, the ethics and morality of this stink, and that is the legacy he should be left with.

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White House emails, Bush aide implicate Rove in firing of US Attorneys

The House Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages of new documents concerning the firing of nine US Attorneys under the Bush Administration — and they heavily implicate the office of onetime Bush adviser Karl Rove. . .

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Sarah Palin's Defense Fund an Ethics Violation?

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Poor Sarah Palin. She can't seem to get anything right. In setting up a legal defense fund to help her with her ethics violations, she may have unwittingly committed another ethics violation! Also.

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Palin Legal Fund Challenged As Ethics Violation

An ethics complaint filed Monday against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claims the legal defense fund formed last week to challenge such claims is an ethics violation itself. . .

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