Saturday, October 28, 2006

Not ok, Slate

Not work-safe. Or brain-safe, frankly.

Slate Quiz: Politician Porn

Incidentally, for those keeping track of recent Congressional Scandals, here's a little write-up of some of the bigger ones in the past year:

- Tom DeLay (R-TX)
- Duke Cunningham (R-CA)
- Abramoff, pt. 1 [associates include DeLay, Sen. Robert Ney (R-OH), Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA), Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), Rep. Don Young (R-AK), James Clyburn (D-SC), and Bennie Thompson (D-MS).]
- Abramoff, pt. 2- the Indian thing [associates: DeLay, lobbyist Grover Norquist, and activist Ralph Reed].
- William Jefferson (D-LA) [associates: fridge]
- Mark Foley (R-FL) [people presently involved in the scandal: Kird Fordham, staffer, Repub. Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (R-NY), House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Jim Kolbe (R- AZ), Dennis Hastert (R-IL), RNC Chair Ken Mehlman.]

What's there to say, except, OY?

2 comments:

Sholom said...

No surprise. All power corrupts.

Friar Yid (not Shlita) said...

No question- but what a depressing thing to think about as we go into elections- is there any way to make the system better? Or do we have to resign ourselves to this as the state of affairs and just accept it?