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White House Plays Hide-and-Seek With RNC E-Mails

Apr 13, 2007
Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, balked at the White House's suggestion that several e-mails related to the U.S. attorneys scandal have been deleted. As many as 50 White House employees have used Republican National Committee e-mail accounts, possibly to conceal communications.

New RNC Chair’s Lawyer Penned Schiavo Memo

Nov 15, 2006
The White House just tapped Sen Mel Martinez (R-Fla) to replace Ken Mehlman as the new RNC chair In 2005, Martinez's general counsel admitted that he wrote the memo outlining the political advantage to Republicans from the Terry Schiavo case (Martinez fired the lawyer after his authorship became public) .

Hypocritically, RNC Took Money From Gay Porn King

Oct 31, 2006
The Republican National Committee is a regular recipient of political contributions from Nick Boyias, above, one of America's largest gay porn distributors. The hypocrisy: The RNC ran an ad last week accusing Rep. Harold Ford (D-Tenn.) of taking money from pornographic movie producers. (TPM has the scoop.)

Lamont Heads New GOP Bogeymen Lineup

Aug 10, 2006
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman has released a video titled "From NDR to Ned Lamont: The Democratic Party's Transformation From Strength to Weakness" Its message is obvious Its logic is ludicrous -- ie that only blind adherence to Bush's failed policies will make America safe (More after the jump) .