Rolling Stone: 10 Worst Congressmen

Rolling Stone magazine has named its ten worst congressman: DENNIS HASTERT (R-ILL.) JAMES SENSENBRENNER JR. (R-WIS.) DON YOUNG (R-ALASKA) WILLIAM JEFFERSON (D-LA.) JERRY LEWIS (R-CALIF.)…

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GOP cut and run; Dem relook at races

From Washington Post:  [Link – WP] In recent days, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has given back television time it had reserved in Democratic-held…

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Did Rove make Foley run?

From the blogosphere:  HOW ROVE TWISTED FOLEY’S ARM: It seems increasingly clear that the GOP congressional leadership, eager for every safe incumbent in the House…

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Barney Frank scandal very different from Foley

I’ve heard Luke “Angry White Man” McCoy and others keep saying. “Democrats didn’t do anything about Barney Frank”…or “Well, Foley isn’t any worse than Frank”…

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To the victors the spoils

In doing some research on Congressional spending, I came across this 2002 Washington Post article written by David Post of AP – Majority status enriched…

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Ranking Congressional races

The National Journal has ranked the 50 most hotly contested races for the U.S. House of Representatives. No, our District 1 race between Jeff Miller…

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Martini Night: Dem Studds was as bad as Foley

Last night: one Martini Night guest argued that Rep. Studds, a Democrat, had a similar scandal in 1983. Here are the facts:In 1983 Gerry Studds…

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Daily Dose of Foley….from NY Times

A Hidden Life Behind Foley’s Public Persona ” Early on, he signaled to pages that he was willing to pay attention to them, though many…

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Miller delivers GOP line on WCOA

Congressman Jeff Miller was a guest of the Angry Old White Guy, Luke McCoy, on “Pensacola Speaks Rambles” Tuesday afternoon. Miller spoke of his lack…

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Scarborough weighs in on Foley scandal

Former Congressman Joe Scarborough entered Congress with Mark Foley in 1994 as part of the Republican Revolution and the GOP Contract with America. Scarborough now…

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Luke defends GOP, of course

  WCOA’s Angry Old White Man – Luke McCoy – defended the Republican Party in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal on Monday radio…

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Two FL papers had Foley emails…did nothing

Last November, the St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald had copies of the Foley emails and chose not to print them. St. Pete Times: The…

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