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The Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians for 2009 list has been announced by Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption.

Despite the Democrats fevered and sometimes openly illegal attempts to keep New Jersey a solid BLUE state, the recent scandal that encouraged Governor McGreevey to out himself as a (corrupt) gay-American has comfirmed our suspicions that NJ has "swung" to the LAVENDER state column.

As of today, Maine Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky's official website, still has no official count of last Tuesdays election. While Secretary of State Gwadosky, Maine's Secretary of State, is a very liberal democrat, has no problem declaring winners and looser, he and his partisan democratic staff, have yet to count the ballots and post the result. So, how do we know who won and who lost? Which ballot issue pasted and which lost? Well, we asked the Secretary of State that very question and his answer was interesting to say the least. According to an e-mail we received from...

A retired Alabama Air National Guard officer said Friday that he remembers George W. Bush showing up for duty in Alabama in 1972, reading safety magazines and flight manuals in an office as he performed his weekend obligations. “I saw him each drill period,” retired Lt. Col. John “Bill” Calhoun said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is preparing to watch this weekend’s big NASCAR race. “He was very aggressive about doing his duty there. He never complained about it. ... He was very dedicated to what he was doing in the...

The probe marks at least the second investigation involving Shelvin. In 2001, she pleaded guilty to a felony, illegally acting as a voter agent. She had filled out voters registration cards using parents' names and Social Security numbers as a part of a social legislation class she was taking at Texas Southern University. She paid a $500 fine and was fired from the district Oct. 5, 2001. Shelvin appealed her termination and was reinstated Oct. 11, 2001, because the charge did not endanger children, according to a letter from Chief Business Officer Cathy Mincberg. With that behind her, Shelvin said...

Mother Jones News Wire Is Terry McAuliffe corrupt, as his critics charge, or just especially good at playing the dirty game of politics? A fresh look at Mother Jones' coverage of the new DNC chairman may help you decide. Feb. 8, 2001 Terry McAuliffe, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is to political fundraising what Lee Atwater was to political advertising: successful, ruthless, and daring. McAuliffe was a friend and money man to the Clinton administration from day one, raising campaign money both for Bill's two presidential campaigns and Hillary's Senate run, and organizing a multimillion dollar defense...