1. Sheldon Adelson. Remember him? He's the billionaire supporter of Newt Gingrich and then Mitt Romney who promised to give whatever it took to conservative organizations calling themselves "social welfare" groups in order to disguise his multi-million dollar political contributions, all in the hope of defeating President Obama. Well, it seems that Mr. Adelson is in trouble for bribing foreign officials in order to get his casinos running in Macau. The SEC and the Department of Justice are investigating. His own auditors admit they "might" have been involved in bribes.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving 1%-er.
2. And speaking of remembering--how about Mark Sanford, ex-governor of South Carolina, who told everyone he was hiking the Appalachian Trail last Summer when he really was in Brazil with his mistress. The newly divorced Mr. Sanford, who is now engaged to the mistress who cost him the governorship, is running in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim DeMint. Seems Mr. Sanford, realizing that he is going to face some tough questions over Appalachian Trail/Brazil Doxy-gate, asked his ex-wife if she would join his campaign in order to soften the public's perception of him as, perhaps, not a totally trustworthy or honest candidate. The ex-Mrs. Sanford declined.
Well, you have to admire his guts if not his class.
3. And, finally, one more "remember" with an "oops" addendum: In the countdown to last November's election it appeared that every Republican run state was screaming about voter fraud and rushing to pass new voter registration laws to curb the problem. Republicans never actually came up with any examples of rampant voter fraud, but it looks like the Democrats in Florida will be able to cite one that the GOP wishes it could make disappear. Earlier this week, voter registrars who worked for Strategic Allied Consulting, (the company hired by the Republican National Committee in states including North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Colorado), have admitted to forging Republican voter registration cards in Florida.
At least now the GOP can say that they were right about that fraud problem.
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