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Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Charles Kushner (?, N.J.)
CNN.com reports on a salacious political scandal from New Jersey. It seems that Charles Kushner, a "real estate developer and political fund-raiser," has been charged with "conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution":
The indictment alleges that Kushner initiated "a scheme to orchestrate a covert videotaped seduction" of the cooperating male witness in an attempt to thwart the investigation.
The indictment says Kushner recruited two individuals to hire a woman to have sex with the male witness and later instructed them to mail the videotape to the man's wife, who was the other cooperating witness in the investigation.
Hmm, so he's a political fund-raiser. For which party? we wonder. Well, there's nothing about it in the first paragraph, or the second, or the third, or . . . Ah! There it is in paragraph 13:
Kushner contributed to the campaigns of several prominent Democrats, including Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, according to FEC records. . . .
Kushner was a top fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, a Democrat, said the governor's spokeswoman, Kathy Ellis.
The Associated Press manages to outdo even CNN; its 18-paragraph dispatch on the story makes no mention whatever of Kushner and McGreevy's party affiliation.
CNN.com reports on a salacious political scandal from New Jersey. It seems that Charles Kushner, a "real estate developer and political fund-raiser," has been charged with "conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution":
The indictment alleges that Kushner initiated "a scheme to orchestrate a covert videotaped seduction" of the cooperating male witness in an attempt to thwart the investigation.
The indictment says Kushner recruited two individuals to hire a woman to have sex with the male witness and later instructed them to mail the videotape to the man's wife, who was the other cooperating witness in the investigation.
Hmm, so he's a political fund-raiser. For which party? we wonder. Well, there's nothing about it in the first paragraph, or the second, or the third, or . . . Ah! There it is in paragraph 13:
Kushner contributed to the campaigns of several prominent Democrats, including Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, according to FEC records. . . .
Kushner was a top fund-raiser for New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey, a Democrat, said the governor's spokeswoman, Kathy Ellis.
The Associated Press manages to outdo even CNN; its 18-paragraph dispatch on the story makes no mention whatever of Kushner and McGreevy's party affiliation.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
From www.andrewsullivan.com
THE RACISM OF RALL: I guess he needs more attention. But Ted Rall's latest cartoon depicts his revenge fantasy on Condi Rice. She defends herself thus: "I was Bush's beard! I was his House Nigga!" Her prison guard (in the fantasy, various members of the Bush administration are treated the way Saddam now is) then tells her: "You're not white, stupid. Now hand over your hair straightener." And she is sent to "Inner City Racial Re-education Camp." If a white right-winger ever said such things about a black woman, do you think he would still be syndicated? And celebrated?
THE RACISM OF RALL: I guess he needs more attention. But Ted Rall's latest cartoon depicts his revenge fantasy on Condi Rice. She defends herself thus: "I was Bush's beard! I was his House Nigga!" Her prison guard (in the fantasy, various members of the Bush administration are treated the way Saddam now is) then tells her: "You're not white, stupid. Now hand over your hair straightener." And she is sent to "Inner City Racial Re-education Camp." If a white right-winger ever said such things about a black woman, do you think he would still be syndicated? And celebrated?
