At the mothership, part-time troll Tim in SF does not think there is a trend on the part of the MSM to downplay party affiliation when a Democrat is mired in scandal.
 For Tim’s consideration, here’s Ex-MD State Sen. Tommy Bromwell, US Rep. Bob Filner, TN State Sen. John Ford, Fmr. GA Gov. Lester Maddox, Rep. James Traficant, Rep. Gary Condit, former LA Gov. Edwin Edwards, former NC district court judge Garey Ballance and former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, former NC state House Speaker Jim Black, Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James, NOLA Councilman Oliver Thomas, US Rep. Kendrick Meek, Atlanta Councilman Jim Maddox, and Revere city councilor Mark Casella, just to name fifteen.
Update: Note that it’s 16 if you count the Ballances separately. Darleen adds Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, bring the count to 17. And Jeff started with Minnesota state Senate President James Metzen, bringing the total to 18.
Comment by Pablo on 8/28 @ 2:48 am #
And then there’s LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Comment by Pablo on 8/28 @ 2:51 am #
Damn, Darleen is quick. So, how about Patrick Kennedy?
Comment by Rick on 8/28 @ 3:04 am #
Since Tim in SF shows up in a thread puncturing still further the fallen Balloon Juice, and one “Tim F” is hugely responsible for that blog’s decline into lunacy (assisted by Mr. Cole’s own dissolution), is it likely that “SF” *is* “F?”
That about exhausts my truly caring; Balloon Juice was a favorite stop through 2004. After Cole went batshit over Schiavo, the blog got dull. Hey, you attract dullards, and that’s to be expected!
Cordially…
TW: foundered, down. No kidding.
Comment by Darleen on 8/28 @ 3:40 am #
Pablo
Ah! Another article on Antonio…and yours is so damned apologetic for his behavior
sheesh
Comment by Jeff G. on 8/28 @ 4:03 am #
Did you get the three Good Lt posted in the comments?
Pingback by Wham! [UPDATED and UPDATED AGAIN, NOW WITH MORE "TREND" STUFF] on 8/28 @ 4:17 am #
[...] But all that is beside the point. Tim in SF wants a trend (though he won’t define what a “trend” is), but to get him started, Karl has put together a nice compendium over at the Pub. [...]
Comment by Pablo on 8/28 @ 4:24 am #
Hey, speaking of trends, how about that hot new one in SF?
Comment by thor on 8/28 @ 10:37 am #
No wonder Bush hates black people. Black people hate fags.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 8/28 @ 12:19 pm #
Have you searched Don Surber’s site? He runs “Name that Party” every so often.
Pingback by Yes, it’s true on 8/28 @ 12:52 pm #
[...] a pretty good list of instances where Democrats got in trouble and the media refused to say they were [...]
Comment by lawhawk on 8/28 @ 1:29 pm #
I’d suggest checking out Don Surber’s Name That Party posts. There’s quite a bit to choose from in there.
Comment by cicero on 8/28 @ 1:42 pm #
This conspiracy goes down to the councilman and State Senator level? “we’re through the looking glass here people.” All I can do is thank you, Karl, for your tireless work in this important cause
Comment by submandave on 8/28 @ 2:33 pm #
“Balloon Juice was a favorite stop through 2004. After Cole went batshit over Schiavo, the blog got dull.”
Interesting point. I can’t help but see the similarity with how Andrew Sullivan was interesting until he started his “Bush supports the Marriage Amendment” hissy fit and never stopped.
Comment by T-web on 8/28 @ 3:30 pm #
Here’s my favorite example. Back in January, a S.D. state senator was accused of fondling a male page. In this story his party affilition (guess which one!) appears in the 16th of 16 paragraphs.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MSIME80&show_article=1
Comment by topsecretk9 on 8/28 @ 7:19 pm #
Karl – here is another one — FBI raided office, home, realitive homes and he’s involved with
http://newsok.com/article/3112411/1188276363
Relationship scrutinized
McMahan’s name has surfaced because of his relationship with Phipps, who has admitted paying kickbacks to three legislators.
Phipps pleaded guilty in June to a federal conspiracy charge.
He agreed to cooperate in the continuing investigation and is awaiting sentencing.
Phipps and his estranged business partner, former state Sen. Gene Stipe, co-own several abstract and title insurance companies.
McMahan’s office regulates the abstract industry.
The straw donors
According to an FBI affidavit made public in March, Phipps and Stipe frequently made illegal campaign contributions through other people, called straw donors.
Those people would give money to political campaigns under their own names but were reimbursed by Stipe or Phipps, the FBI document alleges.
Phipps’ accountant, Rita Benson, previously told The Oklahoman she was given money by Phipps for her $3,200 contribution to McMahan’s 2002 campaign.
The FBI affidavit identifies 21 people as straw donors who gave $34,600 to Dan Boren’s 2004 congressional campaign. Fifteen of those same people gave a total of $35,863.89 to McMahan’s first campaign in 2002, records show.
Straw donors are used to bypass state and federal campaign contribution limits. It is illegal for both the straw donor and the person who provided the money.
McMahan has said he took three trips with Phipps:
A guided striper bass fishing excursion at Lake Texoma in 2002 with Phipps and then-state Auditor and Inspector Clifton Scott. Phipps paid for the one-day trip.
All people under investigation are Democrats and it is not mentioned ONCE in the article
Comment by mojo on 8/28 @ 8:06 pm #
As Mark Twain once noted:
“America has no native criminal class, except for Congress.”
SB: 1899 writer
smart ass
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[...] I suppose it’s not really important. I mean, it’s not like we’ve noticed a trend or anything, [...]
Pingback by The Baltimore Reporter on 8/29 @ 3:31 am #
[...] Plus, when a Dem gets into trouble everything is downplayed. Protein Wisdom has so valiantly pointed out the the continuing bias by our media on these stories today. When these DEMOCRAT politicians were busted for various things the word DEMOCRAT was never printed. (from Protein Wisdom) [...]
Comment by happyfeet on 8/29 @ 3:37 am #
Barbara Boxer
Pingback by Another edition of “Guess Which Party Affiliation?” « Crush Liberalism on 8/29 @ 3:10 pm #
[...] of government corruption is not really all that important. I mean, it’s not like we’ve noticed a trend or anything, right? Besides, Ford was just taking bribes and making threats to shoot people. [...]
Comment by splunge on 8/30 @ 12:23 am #
New one: http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=134915
Drunk driving. OK State Senator Jeff Rabon. Can you find the party affiliation? No. Guess which it is.
Comment by splunge on 8/30 @ 12:29 am #
Oh, and how does the same outlet handle reporting bad behaviors in that other party? Let’s take a look: http://kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=134884
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