According to the LA Times: An Orange County lawmaker [Mike Duvall] who inadvertently broadcast explicit remarks about his sexual conquests over an open microphone during a lull in a Sacramento hearing abruptly resigned from office this afternoon. The famously conservative Republican Assemblyman was just having a little pre-hearing banter about his sexual exploits with a [...]
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Republicans Are In Bed With Utilities Lobbyists? (It’s Too Easy)
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics
Tags: adultery·California Assembly·conservatives·hypocrisy·idiocy·KCAL·lobbyists·Mike Duvall·NY Times·OC Weekly·Orange County·political scandal·Republicans
Sometimes You Just Need Air Quotes
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics
The joke was really on us this week when South Carolina governor Mark Sanford disappeared for a lone hiking trip on the Appalacian trail, sans security detail. His wife appeared unconcerned about his whereabouts, and his staff had little insight to offer regarding the absconsion. The whole thing was very vexing. Now that the governor [...]
Tags: adultery·air quotes·Appalacia·Argentina·euphemisms·international adultery·Mark Sanford·political scandal·South Carolina