Khazei’s outsider careertaught deep political lessons Nov 18, 2009
And when, in 1983, he learned about a dark horse presidential candidate who was touting national service, Khazei postponed plans to enter Harvard Law School and went to New Hampshire to campaign for Senator Gary Hart. Hart was seen as not standing a chance, but Khazei worked 12-hour days, knocking on doors and writing personal notes to voters. (Boston Globe)
Beam: Endorsement time Nov 17, 2009
Following Max Kennedy came former Colorado senator Gary Hart, whose active career in politics ended two decades ago with a resounding sex scandal. Red Sox general manger Theo Epstein hosted an event for Alan, but last week Khazei showed his trump cards: First, J.J. Abrams, creator of such hit television shows as Felicity and Lost, released a video praising Khazei. (Boston Globe)
Palins coin conspiracy Nov 13, 2009
Sarah Palin Suggests Coin Conspiracy In Wisconsin Speech. What's Your Reaction. (Harper's Magazine)
The Nobel Committee Dishonors Itself Oct 10, 2009
BJ Bubba, Ted Kennedy, David Letterman, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Gary Hart. need I go on. (Townhall.com)
FORMER LETTERMAN TARGETS WEIGH IN ON COMEDIAN'S SEX SCANDAL... Oct 8, 2009
Gary Hart, whose run for the presidency was derailed by a sex scandal in 1987 and who became the butt of many of Letterman's jokes. "Big weekend for Gary Hart," Letterman grinned when the Hart scandal broke: "He was campaigning his brains out.". (The Drudge Report)
JIIM DODSON: Not Suited for High Fashion Oct 4, 2009
I happened to be eating French onion soup at a popular Georgetown hangout with one of Gerry Rafshoon's perky assistants when she remarked, "Oops. You just spilled soup on your tie. Oh, wow -- there goes Gary Hart! Doesn't he look awesome in regimental stripes?" ... They stared moodily into the gloomy distance, perhaps longing for a Snickers bars or Gary Hart in regimental stripes. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Jesus in the bleachers: Why sis-boom-bah and the Bible dont mix at football games Oct 1, 2009
Jesus in the bleachers: Why sis-boom-bah and the Bible don t mix at football games. 4:29 pm September 30, 2009, by Maureen Downey. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Responding to Accusations, Marc Garlasco, Huffington Post Sep 16, 2009
Marc Garlasco: Responding to Accusations. Posted: September 11, 2009 05:47 PM. (Harper's Magazine)
Duvall helps make case for part-time Legislature Sep 13, 2009
But, as the married Duvall's alleged simultaneous affairs with two women suggest, lawmakers probably could conduct the people's business -- and their monkey business, thank you, Gary Hart, circa 1988 -- without spending nearly as much time in Sacramento as they do now. I mean, I saw a picture on the Internet of Duvall alongside three Corvettes and he didn't look exhausted at all. (Fresno Bee)
Impact Man: Obama's Comeback Sep 12, 2009
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Armed forces may be the agents of climate change Sep 5, 2009
Its board of directors include Richard Armitage, most recently Bush Administration Deputy Secretary of State, General Anthony Zinni, formerly chief of US Central Command, and Gary Hart, former senator and twice candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the '80s. Climate change is seen as a "threat multiplier". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
An unhealthy interest in politicians' sex lives is becoming de rigueur, too Sep 5, 2009
From the womanising presidential contender Gary Hart in the 1980s to the New York governor Eliot Spitzer whose penchant for prostitutes was revealed last year, the silent presence of the pained but forgiving wife at the confessional press conference is de rigueur. If wives won't forgive, the reasoning goes, how can the public. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Dealing With The Secret Government Aug 28, 2009
In a recent interview with the Washington Independent, former Senator Gary Hart, who served on the Church Committee, said there are "sufficient parallels" between the abuses of the cold war and those revealed in the past few years to "warrant a kind of sweeping investigation." Senators Pat Leahy and Russ Feingold have expressed support for a commission of inquiry. Even former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke, who previously criticized the post-Church intelligence community's... (CBS News)
Politicians vs friends Aug 27, 2009
Embarrassing as it is to admit it, every single time one of these governors or senators or mayors or congressmen or presidents claims to be faithful, from Gary Hart to John Edwards to Mark Sanford, I believe him. There, I've said it. (CNN)
Seacoast residents remember Kennedy Aug 27, 2009
That way, not only would I get to drive Daddies Beemer and flop my oh too shiny (Seacoast New Hampshire)
16 comments Aug 26, 2009
Gary Hart in the 1970s, Reaganite Republicans like Sen. Bill Armstrong even before Ronald Reagan won in 1980, Clintonesque Democrats like Gov. Roy Romer in the 1980s, and National Review's favorite Republican governor, Bill Owens, in the 1990s. (Human Events Online)
Secret Service Thwarted Reagan Assassination Aug 10, 2009
Gary Hart, was having an affair with Donna Rice ... "The door of the elevator was about to close, and one of the staffers blocked it. The staffer told Reagan the news about Donna Rice and Gary Hart.". (Newsmax)
McGovern-Cronkite in 1972? Jul 26, 2009
A July 28, 1972, (subscription required), written after the convention, quotes McGovern campaign manager Gary Hart as saying that when the senior McGovern staff met to pick a candidate for vice president, they put "every name they could think of on the table, up to and including Walter Cronkite.". In a July 12, 2007, Dallas Morning News piece by Carl Leubsdorf, McGovern said that Cronkite later told him he would have taken the No. 2 space on the ticket "in a minute" had it been offered. (Slate)
Gov. Sanford: God Will Make Me Better Jul 20, 2009
ask Gary Hart, ask Bill Clinton, ask any number of liberal males protecting each other from having their mistresses revealed, including Bawney Fwanks and his 18 year old male mistresses. But Democrats dont preach about god and religion as being their right hand man. (CBS News)
Political sex scandals a nonpartisan affair Jul 15, 2009
Take Gary Hart, for example, who was considered the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. After allegations of an affair surfaced, he challenged the media to follow his every move, assuring them that "they'll be very bored.". (CNN -- US)
It Happened This week: July 13-20 Jul 14, 2009
(She said she was going to stick with Gary Hart. . (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Pitts: 'Mistake' excuse gets flimsier by the minute Jul 13, 2009
Don Sherwood to Gary Hart to Eliot Spitzer to Sen. John Ensign to Bill Clinton. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Sarah Palin: As Intelligent as a Bag of Hammers? Jul 10, 2009
But it did finish off Gary Hart, who in 1987 dared the press to track him, which it did - all the way to the yacht Monkey Business and the spicy blonde Donna Rice. And it finished Eliot Spitzer and too many forgotten pols to count. (Townhall.com)
McNair Pastor Mum On Quarterback's Affair Jul 10, 2009
All of McNair's real friends will reply, "No comment" when approached by any joker carry "Press Credential. But they won't and the media will drag this on and on and on............ by cbsmarlene1938 July 9, 2009 7:55 AM PDT Bishop Walker just turned the other cheek when confronted with McNair's infidelity. Never an admission of wrongdoing. Imagine, an affair with a 20-year old, possibly another, and Walker avoided any comment, sloughed it aside, and talked about McNair's place in the community.... (CBS News)
Why the left misjudges GOP sex scandals Jul 10, 2009
While for Democrats, adultery often leads to ruined or constrained careers think Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards Republican adulterers from Newt Gingrich to David Vitter have lived to see another political day, still championing their hard-line conservative positions. Their survival isn't in spite of the GOP's evangelical base, but rather because of it. (Yahoo News)
Quitters Never Win Jul 4, 2009
In 1986, Gary Hart chose not to run for a third Senate term and went on to meet Donna Rice. In 2004, John Edwards passed up a second Senate term and went on to meet Rielle Hunter. (Slate)
- Life Out Here: Want to run? Have an affair 0 Jul 1, 2009
What about John Edwards, the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, Gary Hart, Gary Condit. So they had a few good-looking guys who had some success chasing tail, the party ayatollah said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Does Gov. Sanford Deserve A Second Chance? Jun 30, 2009
Frank s home, of which he was supposedly unaware), former presidential hopeful Gary Hart, who dared photographers to catch him and was then photographed aboard the aptly named Monkey Business with the lovely, but none-the-less not-his-wife Donna Rice, Bill Clinton, Larry Craig, and perhaps the most notorious fraternity of JFK, RFK and Teddy Kennedy. In general, when a Democrat s indiscretion is splashed across the media, the Democrats tend to group around the person who has strayed. (Human Events Online)
Why Adultery is Political Suicide Jun 30, 2009
In the intervening decades, we've also become far more aware of just how common such behavior is among officeholders -- not only Gary Hart, Bill Clinton and Rudy Giuliani but lesser-known mayors, governors, congressmen and water commissioners. Nowadays, finding that a politician breached his marital vows is about as surprising as learning that a professional athlete failed a drug test. (Townhall.com)
Is this the end for Mark Sanford? Jun 29, 2009
Finally, let the Democrats cast the first stone because they can explain: President Clinton, Gov. Patterson, Gov. Spitzer, Mark Foley and his Democratic successor, Gov. McGreevey, Governor Edwin W. Edwards, Senator Gary Hart, JFK, Eisenhower, FDR, Governor Huey P. Long, Senator Earl Long, President Cleveland, President Thomas Jefferson. I could go on, but I care more about fiscal responsibility than marital fidelity. (Townhall.com)
HANKY-SKANKY POLS RISING TO OCCASIO... Jun 28, 2009
HANKY-SKANKY POLS RISING TO OCCASION - New York Post. Sunday, June 28, 2009 Last Update: 05:45 AM EDT. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Analysis: Why do politicians cheat? Jun 26, 2009
one-time Democratic presidential hopefuls John Edwards and Gary Hart, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, current New York Gov. David Paterson. These days, the fallout can run the gamut. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Reporter: Sanford Sad And Frustrated Jun 26, 2009
John Edwards (D-NC) Barney Frank (D-MA) Gary Hart (D-CO) Gerry Studds (D-MA) Neill Goldschmidt (D-OR) Mel Reynolds (D-IL) Fred Richmond (D-NY) Bob Wise (D-WV) James McGreevey (D-NJ) Wayne Hayes (D-OH) Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) Bill Clinton. by toldyouso29 June 25, 2009 7:36 AM PDT. (CBS News -- Early Show)
BLACKMAILED? Jun 17, 2009
Gary Hart, John Edwards, Tedd Kennedy, John Kennedy (all the Freakin' stupid ass Kennedys) Spitz 00002B86 er meeting up with whores (I guess, just like the Kenndys) and list goes on and on and on with Dems. your stupid point is. (The Drudge Report)
Kelly goes camping Jun 16, 2009
In addition to the success he's had on the football field, he works the area better than any politician around (those years on the Gary Hart campaign have proven to be very useful). Matter of fact, if Kelly were to run for office around here he'd win going away (and Coach, I'm your guy when you're ready, I seem to have accumulated some unwanted spare time). (Cincinnati Sports -- Rivals.com)
Former CSKT chairman Swaney dies May 30, 2009
Only delegates committed to either Walter Mondale or Gary Hart could garner enough votes, and Swaney saw his opening with the Hart camp. He spoke at the Hart caucus as only Swaney could do funny, eloquent, impassioned and was elected as a delegate to the national convention. (Missoulian, MT)
Eunomia">Eunomia May 14, 2009
And so in place of hacks and deal-makers, the Republican Party needs its own version of the neoliberals and New Democrats reform-minded politicians like Gary Hart and Bill Clinton, who helped the Democratic Party recover from the Reagan era, instead of just surviving it. Hart, Clinton and their peers were critical of their own sides orthodoxies, but you couldnt imagine them jumping ship to join the Republicans. (The American Conservative)
Begin the debate over legalizing marijuana May 9, 2009
Why didn't the Republican spin machine offer such a patriotic paean to a politician's right to privacy when those in the spotlight were Gary Hart, Bill Clinton or John Edwards. RICK FOGLIA. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Melrose High 1989 boys basketball team heads to Hall of Fame Apr 30, 2009
Assistant Coaches: Gary Hart, Cliff Somerville. Team Members: Co-captains John Overlan and Chuck Byrne, Tom Robillard, Shaun Morgan, Bob Camelio, Rob Dolan, Scott Somerville, James President, Justin Gregg, Dave Campbell, Paul Berrigan, Chris Anderson, Rich Green, Terry Hurley, Jim Slattery, Chuck Byrne, Erik Hanson, David Di Gangi. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
ALFRED EVANS: Realistic advice for U.S./Russia policy Apr 28, 2009
Chuck Hagel and Gary Hart, and its director was Dimitri Simes, the president of the Nixon Center. That report reflects the hard learning that our country has gone through during the past several years, which has taught us some harsh realities about the outside world. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
US-Russia ties on a new trajectory Apr 4, 2009
These included visits to Moscow by the US Under Secretary of State William Burns, former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, George Schultz and James Baker, former secretary of defense William Perry, former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft, former senators Sam Nunn, Gary Hart and Chuck Hagel. Meanwhile, the Hart-Hagel Commission's report on "The Right Direction for US Policy Toward Russia", which was released on March 16, also became the talking point in the US-Russia discourses. (Asia Times Online)
Senior US Delegations Hope To 'Reset' US-Russia Relations Mar 22, 2009
Medvedev met earlier this month with another senior delegation, headed by former Democratic Senator Gary Hart, former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. That group was in town to present its own 30-page report of recommendations for improving relations. (EurasiaNet.org)
Panel: U.S., Russian relations 'deeply troubled' Mar 17, 2009
and Gary Hart, D-Colo. is a joint project of the Nixon Center, a Washington think tank, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of Harvard University. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Panel flags state of U.S.-Russia relations Mar 17, 2009
The panel was headed by Gary Hart, a former Democratic senator from Colorado, and Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska. Its members include two former national security advisers, Brent Scowcroft and Robert C. McFarlane; Sam Nunn, a former Georgia senator experienced in Russia issues; and Lee H. Hamilton, a former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (International Herald Tribune)
Panel urges US collaboration with Moscow Mar 17, 2009
Gary Hart (right) shared a report with Russian President Medvedev (left) ... The panel was headed by Gary Hart, a former Democratic senator from Colorado, and Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator from Nebraska. (Boston Globe)
Panel urges repair of Russian relations Mar 17, 2009
Chuck Hagel, a Republican, and Gary Hart, a Democrat, is a joint project of the Nixon Center, a Washington think tank, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of Harvard University. Describing current relations as "deeply troubled," the commission said, however, Moscow is not hostile to the United States, "at least not yet.". (USA Today -- News)
AP: Medvedev Upbeat Before Obama Meeting Mar 11, 2009
Among the Americans who met with Medvedev were Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and former Senator Gary Hart, a Democrat. The two are co-chairs of the Commission on U.S. Policy toward Russia, which was established last year and includes Russia experts, former U.S. diplomats and others. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Time For A Torture Commission Feb 22, 2009
Bob Kerrey, another veteran of the 9/11 Commission, also should be invited back and maybe someone should call Gary Hart, who wrote about terrorism long before it was "popular" to do so. The nation also would be served by inviting non-governmental experts to help in the effort to undercover the layers of deceit that marked our trail into torture. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Letters to the Editor-05 Feb 8, 2009
Statement: I say, ``Remember Gary Hart. "Chris Hetchler7524 23rd Ave.Hospital appreciates helpI would like to take this opportunity to thank some of our community businesses which offered assistance to the patients, patients' families and staff of our Emergency Departments during the snowstorm of Jan. 2. This was a very difficult situation during which many people did extraordinary things to help others in need. I would like to thank two area businesses who came to the aid of others and whose... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
