Talking Points Memo - July 5, 2005

(July 05, 2005 -- 04:58 PM EDT // link // print)

A bit more on Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's (R) new pal, Thomas Kontogiannis.

Looking at this November 2000 piece in the New York Post, it seems other pols who've gotten cozy with Kontogiannis haven't fared so well.

(July 05, 2005 -- 03:46 PM EDT // link // print)

Who can tell me more about the 'pension reform' bill (Pension Protection Act, H.R. 2830) that Chairman John Boehner pushed through the Education and the Workforce Committee last week?

(July 05, 2005 -- 07:48 AM EDT)

As we told you yesterday evening, the curse of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham -- the habit of wealthy businessmen to pay Duke double or triple market rates for pieces of property -- has struck again. This time with the sale of Duke's old-new boat, The Kelly C, as reported by The Washington Post.

Bingo!

So many shoes have been waiting to drop on the Duke Cunningham front that it was starting to look like an Imelda Marcos type situation.

But the Post has managed to pull them all together into one of those eye-popping Cash-n-Carry-Cunningham stories we've all come to know and love.