Typical Giuliani supporter
-The GOP gets the criminal vote-
You've probably heard that Law and Order actor Fred Thompson isn't exactly a law and order candidate. Turns out the guy who loaned him his jet for campaigning, Philip Martin, was a drug dealer. According to Washington Post, "Martin entered a plea of guilty to the sale of 11 pounds of marijuana in 1979; the court withheld judgment pending completion of his probation. He was charged in 1983 with violating his probation and with multiple counts of felony bookmaking, cocaine trafficking and conspiracy. He pleaded no contest to the cocaine-trafficking and conspiracy charges, which stemmed from a plan to sell $30,000 worth of the drug, and was continued on probation."
What no white slavery? Martin has since resigned from Thompson's campaign.
Now, two top drug dealers are supporting Rudy Giuliani. Frank Lucas, who's portrayed by Denzel Washington in the soon to be released movie American Gangster, and Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, who MoJo Blog describes as "at one point, one of the most successful heroin dealers in the country," both like Rudy.
The history of Giuliani's campaign actually looks like an episode of The Untouchables, with hooker-lovin' Senator David Vitter as his one-time southern regional campaign chair and convicted coke dealer Thomas Ravenel as his former S. Carolina chair.
Giuliani's national chair, wealthy Metropolis businessman Lex Luthor, could not be reached for comment. (Editor and Publisher, MoJo Blog)
-Headline of the day-
"Even Fred Thompson doubts he'll be president." It's not really an inspiring campaign theme, but at least he's a realist. (Telegraph)
-Bonus (and even better) HotD-
"Chainsaw-wielding mayor enrages museum board." If you're thinking there's no way the story can be as awesome as the headline, you're right. (Globe and Mail)
-A refreshing change of pace-
WA Representative Jim Dunn has broken the current Republican mold -- by getting into a sexually-tinged scandal with a woman. And, get this, she wasn't a prostitute.
Dunn made sexually harassing statements to a staffer. Although he doesn't remember exactly what he said, Dunn explained that he was "sure it was very inappropriate, because I do that kind of thing." See, that's just the way he rolls...
House Republicans came down hard on Dunn, who was "stripped of all committee assignments on Monday, and will be required to attend sensitivity training." It's unclear whether he's being punished for sexual harassment, for not visiting hookers, or for not being gay. (AP)
