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...should I vote? Some argue that I should vote to change the result of the election. But the chance of a presidential election coming down to one vote is on the order of one in ten million (and imagine the scandal and litigation if it actually happened...

Author: By Daniel P. Robinson | Title: None of the Above | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...cycle got its most vigorous workout during the whirlwind introduction of Sarah Palin. John McCain's Veep passed from surprise (who is this woman?) to novelty (beauty queen who shoots moose) to scandal (her daughter's pregnant) to obituary (will McCain drop her?) to resurrection (she's a pit bull with lipstick) to skepticism (but can she appeal beyond the base?) at the speed of a snowmobile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '08: The Media's 24-Minute News Cycle | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Airing the Facts on Ayers Who cares what Ayers did nearly 40 years ago [Oct. 20]? It's what he's doing now that matters. Let us not forget that at least two major Republican figures incarcerated following their conspiracies during the Watergate scandal - Jeb Magruder and Charles Colson - rehabilitated themselves as respected members of the clergy. Stephen V. Gilmore, Charlotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...liners, the challenges facing the general are no joke. As the NBA tips off its 2008-'09 regular season this week, Johnson will inherit a demoralized group of referees who have taken a public beating in the fallout from the Tim Donaghy scandal. In August of 2007, Donaghy, a veteran NBA official of 13 years, pleaded guilty to two felony charges related to gambling. He admitted to passing along inside information about referee-player relationships and the physical condition of players to gamblers in exchange for cash. He also copped to betting on basketball games himself, and was ultimately sentenced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Army General Whip NBA Refs into Shape? | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

...misconduct scandal was hardly Kilpatrick's first brush with controversy. At 31, he was the youngest mayor in Detroit's history - alternately dubbed "King Kwame" and the nation's first "hip-hop mayor" - and seemed to embody the glamorous lifestyle of a paparazzi-starved star. He celebrated his inauguration in 2002 with "club crawls" of Detroit's most exclusive bars, later claiming the events were intended to motivate the city's disaffected youth. That he insisted on a 21-person security team drew ridicule from local residents and politicians, who were quick to note that even the mayor of Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kwame Kilpatrick | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

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