Word: campaigners
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sink the ship of Obama like Corsi did to that of John Kerry four years before. But unfortunately for him, his allegations about Obama’s “extensive connections to Islam” and continued drug use into law school and beyond failed to stop the campaign for change. One can only wonder how full of spite Corsi must be now, if this was how he was before his desires were thwarted. —Sanders I. Bernstein is the outgoing Books Editor. He loves writing hateful lists...
...less prestigious but no less devious players, good old American boys like 1950s State Secretary Orville Hodge, who embezzled around $1.5 million in state funds to buy private jets and cars, or former Democratic Rep. Mel Reynolds, who served time after his conviction in 1995 for 16 felonies involving campaign finance fraud. Even the unsuccessful have courageously toyed with scandal: Jack Ryan, Republican contender for the Senate in 2004, never lied or embezzled, but his campaign was nonetheless scuppered by allegations from his wife that he tried to get her to publicly perform indecent acts for his buddies...
...accused of trying to profit from the sale of President-elect Obama's newly vacant Senate seat. And he may have allegedly tried to force the newly bankrupt Tribune Co. to fire editorial staff members who were critical of him. And it's possible he traded favors for campaign contributions. But this is Illinois; as Robert Grant, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office, told the press at the announcement of the indictment, "if it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor." (Read TIME...
...while still serving as governor - and despite substantial evidence, he was acquitted and went on to serve seven more years in office. After his trial, four of the jurors received state jobs. In 1965, four years after leaving office, William Stratton was indicted on charges related to misuse of campaign funds. While he was acquitted, his successor, Otto Kerner, wasn't so lucky. In 1962, during his first term as governor, Kerner - a handsome statesman who had married a former Chicago mayor's daughter - made deals with a horse racing association, promising favorable race dates in return...
...with planning extortion but with trying to force the Tribune Co. to fire editorial writers in exchange for a tax break worth about $100 million. According to authorities, he even threatened to revoke millions in funding for a Chicago children's hospital if its CEO did not pay his campaign a $50,000 tribute. The full buffet of alleged graft was laid out in a 76-page federal complaint that described the sort of corruption superheroes battle in comic books...