With a special investigator soon to be appointed by the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, the ethics cloud hovering over Rep. Michele Bachmann could quickly become a major problem for the Tea Party hero, experts tell Salon.“This is very serious,” said Craig Holman, a government ethics lobbyist at liberal-leaning watchdog group Public Citizen. “It’s not Watergate, or at least not yet, but these are a series of allegations that are each serious on their own, and when you put them all together, this could be a career ender for Michele Bachmann.”Ken Boehm, chairman of the conservative-leaning National Legal and Policy Center, told Salon that we should wait to see what investigators find — indeed, no wrongdoing has been reported so far — though he acknowledged the escalating scrutiny could be a major headache for the congresswoman down the lineContinue Reading… … Read More
PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced
NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Mallon’s novel about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction.Published by Random House Inc., Mallon’s “Watergate” was among five nominees for the $15,000 award. Three other books announced Wednesday were published by smaller presses, as judges bypassed such high-profile works of fiction as Louise Erdrich’s “The Round House” and Junot Diaz’s “This Is How You Lose Her.”Two finalists were released by Coffee House Press: Laird Hunt’s “Kind One” and T. Geronimo’s “Hold It `Til It Hurts.” The other nominees were Amelia Gray’s “Threats,” from Farrar, Straus & Giroux; and Benjamin Alire Saenz’s story collection “Everything Begins & Ends,” published by Cinco Puntos Press.Previous winners of the PEN/Faulkner prize include Philip Roth and John Updike.Continue Reading… … Read More
The Alex Jones Show 2013-02-14 Thursday – Corey Gold – Joseph Farah
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#Watergate: Poland Spring Finally Responds To Marco Rubio’s Awkward Sip
Finally! After a dry spell of more than half a day, Poland Spring responded to Marco Rubio’s now-legendary, unofficial product placement following Tuesday night’s State of the Union Speech.
The Republican Florida senator’s awkward sip from a tiny Poland Spring bottle midway through his Republican rebuttal address set Twitter alight Tuesday night. Within the hour, #watergate was trending, a Lil’ John remix was in the works, and Rubio himself had even tweeted out a photo of the bottle:
#GOPResponse #SOTU #gop #tcot twitter.com/marcorubio/sta…
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio)
Why We Lie At Work
It’s a common observation that the lies and the coverup, not the initial misbehavior, are what take public figures down. You heard it during Watergate and the Lewinsky scandal, and last month, Lance Armstrong proved it all over again.
Marine band confirms Beyonce lip-synced the national anthem at inauguration
The singer has joined the ranks of Yo-Yo Ma and Whitney Houston, after lip-synching her way through the rousing song It may not be Watergate, but Barack Obama’s second term has been hit by its first “scandal”, barely 24 hours since he took the oath of office. The United States…
Diana Nyad: Lance Armstrong: The Cold Untruth
Is this the biggest sports scandal since the 1919 Chicago Black Sox threw the World Series? Oh, it’s bigger than any sports story. These lies rank up there with Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal.Read More…
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