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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Monday, November 28, 2005

The Duke pleads guilty

L.A. Times:
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham will plead guilty today to tax evasion in a political corruption case, according to a source close the investigation.

The veteran Republican from a conservative north San Diego County district called close supporters last night to tell them of his decision.

"It's over. I can't fight anymore," Cunningham was quoted as saying.

Cunningham sold his home to a defense contractor at an inflated price, sparking a wide-ranging federal corruption investigation.

*UPDATE* The San Diego Union reports Cunningham plead guilty to one count of tax evasion and four counts of conspiracy.

Culture of Corruption, anyone?

*UPDATE* He's resigned.