User talk:John Broughton/Existing articles - Political - not House of Representatives

VFF
Vets for Freedom Action Fund registered �To communicate with the public on veterans� issues and the war in Iraq.� Wade Zirkle of Edinburg, VA is the contact. September 6, 2006.

Abramoff and CNMI
"A Lobbyist Comes to Call" "Abramoff and the Saipan Sweatshops"

FreedomWorks
Do prods to kill off articles on all non-notable staff members.

American Civil Rights Union
Not to be confused with the ACLU - this one is conservative. Worth an article.

Tom DeLay and ARMPAC
DeLay article is a mess; needs subsections. ARMPAC is way incomplete.

NCCPR
Do a google search: site:rawstory.com NCPPR

Nonprofit Groups Funneled Money For Abramoff - didn't finish (Amy and company).

And check sourcewatch - this really needs more detail

CNP
Council for National Policy - why aren't they paying taxes?

Deleted source (info from cache; otherwise have to pay):

the Council for National Policy held its 20th anniversary conference in Washington May 3-5 and received lavish attention from the White House ... CNP is a confidential network of several hundred highly influential conservative business leaders ... CNP's elite Gold Circle Club met May 3 at the White House with chief strategist Karl Rove and President Bush ... Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke at a private Gold Circle dinner ... Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to the entire CNP.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:NA-e8AAbxGkJ:www.worldmag.com/displayarticle.cfm%3Fid%3D4996+%22Joel+C.+Rosenberg%22+%22Flash+Traffic%22+%22World+Magazine+Online%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

World Magazine, "The Buzz: Need-to-know News", May 19, 2001, http://www.worldmag.com/articles/4996

George W. Bush military controversy
Spend a couple of hours putting footnotes on every questioned fact in the article. Or not.

Williams & Jensen
Really should have a separate article; maybe with a redirect for Barbara:

Barbara Bonfiglio, former treasurer of political action committees for the indicted Sen. Tom DeLay (R-TX), Santorum, and convicted former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA), has resigned from the D.C. law firm of Williams & Jensen and from her post as treasurer of dirty politician Rep. Rich Pombo (R-CA)'s political action committee. Her lawfirm bio says "She also advises the firm's clients on matters involving House and Senate ethics rules, as well as compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act." She was treasurer of Santorum's charity, Operation Good Neighbor. 

But the man with the best connection was Continental lobbyist Steven Hart, the senior partner at Williams & Jensen, one of Washington's two or three most connected lobbying firms. Hart was DeLay's personal lawyer. And he liked to tell clients (and was not ashamed to tell a reporter) that he did DeLay's personal legal work (as well as that of several other congressmen for free as a "loss leader."

Neil Bush
Neil Bush - my rv on July 27 eliminated an article (sans link) that had useful info that someone else might add back, given a chance; otherwise I might want to do it myself.

Brent Wilkes
[http://www.publicintegrity.org/powertrips/report.aspx?aid=423&entry=feed To Panama and Back Contractor implicated in Cunningham bribery scandal sponsored 2000 trip for aide - Wilkes]

Contractor 'knew how to grease the wheels: ADCS founder spent years cultivating political contacts, December 4, 2005,

Brent Wilkes' connection to Mitchell Wade:

DSCC and NRSC pages
It would be useful, I think, to add links to relevant DSCC and NRSC pages (and to quote NPOV info) for each of the U.S. Senate races.

Montana Senate race

2006 Senate races

Pennsylvania United States Senate election, 2006
I'm concerned that controversial aspects of the two candidates are being put into this article as well as the articles on the individuals. That information clearly belongs in the Rick and Bob articles. It's not at all clear that there should be anything but brief mentions in THIS article of what appears elsewhere, if that information is easy to find elsewhere, as it is.

I'd like to get the opinions of others before I start replacing chunks of this article with brief summaries and links back to the Rick and Bob articles. John Broughton 05:01, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

More ADSC (Brent Wilkes) stuff
See my talk/discussion page, and my response on the talk/discussion page of the poster.

Abramoff-related
The April issue of Vanity Fair (hitting next week) devotes nine pages to the disgraced lobbyist and his attempts to set the record straight. Paticularly on all those who have forsaken him:

RNC Chair Ken Mehlman, who said he didn't really know Abramoff - it turns out he had Sabbath dinner at Abramoff's house, did him political favors, and even offered to pay Abramoff's tab at Signatures, the lobbyist's restaurant.

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), who says Abramoff never influenced him - "Every appropriation we wanted [from Burns' committee] we got. Our staffs were as close as they could be. They practically used Signatures as their cafeteria."

Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose spokesman says Newt wouldn't have known Abramoff "if he fell across him" - "I have more pictures of Newt than I have of my wife."

Vanity Fair article:   Choice nuggests:

More Conrad Burns stuff here:

Senator Resumes Lobbyist Huddles: Santorum Suspended Sessions Jan. 30

Related: room provided by Heritage Foundation - free? 

White House buys MZM services:

Burns anti-Abramoff quote:

Santorum denies it's "his" charity:   Rebuttal:  \

Barbara Bonfiglio: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000069.php [Note Pombo connection]

More: 

Rick Santorum
Basically, the main article sucks.

First stop: SHORTEN the "Santorum controversy" section, since it's already a separate article:

(a) Make sure that everything in the Rick Santorum article is in the controversy article; (b) Edit/organize the controversy article (check Discussion first) (c) SHORTEN the controversy section

Second: Change section title of "Political views" to "Controversies" (and cobble together a psuudo-"main" article link on "Santorum controversy" to make it read "Santorum controversy on homosexuality"

Third: Add information on charity (officers, lack of payout, lack of registration)

  

Fourth: consider the following:



Same author, shorter article, less "partisan" source, so cite as well:

Washington Post: home loan not particularly favorable:

William Bennett
I'd like to go back and reinsert the deleted materials, with citations as necessary. In particular, there probably should be a full section on his new K12 company.

Daniel Lapin
Review deleted external links, make a case in the talk/discussion page where these are important (original research).

George W. Bush military service controversy
Would like to revisit deleted text (five reasons why comment was absurd), putting it back, with citations; add "critics pointed out" so that it isn't taken as original arguments

Deletion done around mid-January 2006, pertaining to flight status?

Benigno R. Fitial
Add the Abramoff stuff to his article.

Ney

 * Ney and the Tiguas


 * Ney Statement on Recent Staff Changes
 * Bad days for Ney
 * check more more on Tiguas, including picture

Other

 * Christian Coalition losing chapters


 * Tribe says defendants avoiding being served Ralph on the run


 * Ashcroft and Abramoff

Minnesota United States Senate election, 2006 and Amy Klobuchar are wrong - too little campaign in the first, too much in the second.
 * Defense contractor appears in multiple corruption investigations Wilkes roundup


 * Tainted Past? No Problem: Private-equity fund Veritas thrives by turning around sullied defense contractors