“You can’t preach and try to legislate ‘Family Values’ when you: take nude hot tub dips with teenagers (and pay them hush money)…
“Utah lawmaker [Kevin Garn] quits over hot-tub revelation”
“…cheat on your wife with a secret lover and lie about it to the world…
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When last we left chubby-cheeked (and now vaguely Dan Quaylesque-looking)
Backstory:
Haley Barbour Keeps It All in the C Street Family
October 3, 2009
Louisiana Dem Party to File FEC Complaint Re Barbour-Pickering-Vitter Money Mess
October 5, 2009
The Barbour-Pickering-Vitter money mess is heating up.
Former Mississippi House Rep. Jamie Franks released the following statement today (October 8, 2009): (more…)
Backstory: “Haley Barbour Keeps It All in the C Street Family,” October 3, 2009
Politico‘s got the dirt.
Some funny money goings-on amongst the C-Streeters:
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s political action committee reported giving $5,000 to Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the same week it accepted an identical amount from former Rep. Chip Pickering of Mississippi. …Is it just a coincidence? …
“No comment,” said Austin Barbour, who is treasurer of his uncle Haley’s PAC…
Lots more at CQPolitics.
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Tantalizing little semi-blind item from Ipse Blogit:
Wednesday, August 12, 2009Dear Diary….
According to a good source, former Rep. Chip Pickering held a fundraiser this evening for “David from C Street.”
Really, Chip?
“As in Vitter?” asks a savvy reader.
There’s a new, permanent page on ConBab that tells you everything you need to know (at least, as of August 5, 2009) to get up to speed on the C Street “Family” / Fellowship Foundation:
See also:
• John Ensign
• Chip Pickering
• Mark Sanford
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“Hot on the heels of the Sanford and Ensign scandals comes the adulterous tale of Chip Pickering. Max Blumenthal on why Republicans don’t want the former congressman’s diary released.”
All the dirt: “The Secret GOP Sex Diary,” The Daily Beast, July 23, 2009
A bit late on this one, but we’ll catch up in no time:
July 17, 2009The wife of former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) has accused her husband of having an affair. If true, Pickering’s affair would make him the third affiliate of a certain DC townhouse shared by Christian politicians to have had an affair. …
Much more, including links, on “C Street,” at The Hill.
See also:
• John Ensign
• Mark Sanford
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