Rivera’s Escort Escapades
The state of Florida questioned Rep. Rivera’s expenditures
To determine whether he merited censure.
When he showed up with a date,
She always looked great —
But that’s ’cause his campaign had paid for her!
Year: 2012
Rivera Paid Female Escorts to Accompany Him at Campaign Events
Further, the subject continued, that as a single man running as a political conservative, it was necessary for him to appear at campaign related events with a female escort.
— A “close-out” memo from the Florida State Attorney’s Office, ending its investigation into Rep. David Rivera’s (R-FL) campaign finances.
Fired Secret Service Supervisor Runs Afoul of Sarah Palin
I was really checking her out, if you know what i mean?
— David Chaney, one of the Secret Service supervisors ousted from the agency this week for their involvement in the Colombia prostitution scandal, who “made light of his official protective work on his Facebook page, joking about a picture of himself standing watch behind Sarah Palin,” the Washington Post reports.
Palin responded on Fox News in her usual witty manner: “Well check this out, bodyguard — you’re fired. And I hope his wife sends him to the doghouse. As long as he’s not eating the dog, along with his former boss.”
McCain Razzes Obama Over Eating Dog as a Child in Indonesia
Good pic of my son Jimmy’s bulldog, Apollo – I’m sorry Mr. President, he’s not on the menu!
— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on Twitter, in reference to President Obama eating dog while a child when he lived abroad in Indonesia.
14 Percent of American Women are Stay-at-Home Mothers
14%
Of American women are currently stay-at-home mothers of children under 18. These women tilt more politically independent than women overall do. And, unlike Mitt Romney’s wife, they tend to be economically downscale, according to Gallup.
Does Romney’s Teavangelical Base Know He Has Hired an Openly Gay Spokesman?
Romney’s National Security Spokesman Is Openly Gay … A fact that doesn’t make it into the Washington Post. But I’m in no way outing [Richard Grenell]. He has lived with his partner, Matt Lashey, for the past nine years, and is a frequent advocate for Republicans and gays. Which is why this pick is interesting. For Romney to have an openly gay spokesman is a real outreach to gay Republicans, a subtle signal to moderates, and the Santorum faction’s reaction will be worth noting.
Actually, the chance that Santorum’s faction will ever be exposed to the unpleasant fact that Romney has appointed an openly gay man to a high-profile position is less than zilch. Sully, who often writes about epistimic closure, may have been momentarily deluded when he wrote that last bit.
The Republicans base will not learn about it by reading (once openly gay, now closeted) Matt Drudge’s right-wing news aggregator website, and they won’t hear about in the GOP propaganda dumps on Fox News or hate radio — and teavangelicals would never expose their beautiful low-info minds to Sullivan’s posts on the The Daily Beast, even though he is a conservative Catholic, albeit one who is also openly gay.
RIP Dick Clark
3 years
How long it would take if you watch Dick Clark productions eight hours a day to get through the 30 series, 250 specials and 7,500 hours of programming he was responsible for.
Mittbot Insults Local Delicacy at Picnic: ‘I’m Not Sure about These Cookies’
When human politicians are confronted with cookies of an unknown origin, they will do one of two things: Eat the cookie anyway or politely refuse by saying something like, “They look great but I’m still digesting all that delicious chicken.”
When robot politicians find themselves in the same situation, this is what happens:
