Hilarious.
A scandal involving sex, drugs and — uh, offshore oil drilling. It’s a strange mix, and it couldn’t have come at a worse time for those in Congress pressing to expand oil and gas development off America’s beaches while trying to stave off an election-year rush by Democrats to impose new taxes and royalties on […]

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Ain’t we got fun:
Senators joined the House on Thursday in approving subpoenas to force President Bush’s political adviser and other aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors.
His committee, by voice vote Thursday, gave Leahy authority to issue subpoenas for Rove, former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and her deputy, William Kelley. The House […]

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This can’t possibly be true.
(Ruffles through mental rolodex: Larry Craig, Mark Foley. Ted Haggard)
Well, OK, maybe it could be - but at this point, only Larry Flynt seems to know for sure.

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And so here we have the Washington Post noting that our new friend, Louisiana Rep. David Vitter, actually took calls from ”D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeanne Palfrey during House votes.
I’m picturing Clinton on the phone, Monica beneath the desk. I thought family values types abhorred this stuff. Maybe not. But it does make you wonder how it went: 
WE MUST PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF…
***brrrrring****
Uh, […]

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Orders Harriet Miers to defy House committe subpoena and not even show up to invoke privelege today. Josh Marshall tipster suggests the Leader may be leaping from the frying pan into the fire.

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Louisiana Republican Senator - Rudy Giuliani’s southern regional chair! - fesses up to “very serious sin” involving D.C. Madam.
Do we even need to mention he was a big defender of the sanctity of marriage? Or does that, at this stage, go without saying?
Update: Glenn Greenwald notes that Vitter was in fact one of the chief sponsors of […]

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Uh-oh, court clears the way for D.C. madam to release her list of phone numbers…
And then there’s this:
And if the current court-ordered injunction is lifted, allowing Deborah Jeane Palfrey access to her files, she vows to send every last name and phone number to any journalist, blogger or private detective wanting them. …
Even if just […]

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Uh-oh…
The man picked as Adam by a museum based on the Bible’s version of Earth’s history led quite a different life outside the Garden of Eden, flaunting his sexual exploits online and modeling for a line of clothing with an explicit mascot.
Registration records show that Eric Linden, who portrays Adam taking his first breath in […]

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File this under, “Hmmmmm…”
You remember, I’m sure, how the right-wingers had their knickers in a collective twist a few years back over the “oil for food” scandal. But for those pre-lobotomy patients who don’t spend their afternoons guffawing at Rush, let’s review:
The United Nations, see, was getting hoodwinked by Adolf Saddam Hussein Hitler, who pocketed […]

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