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NEWS ABOUT: cronyism

cronyism stories: 5 news summaries

Palin's 'Reforms' Include State Jobs for Donors

Governor's appointees include loyalists
with iffy qualifications

Oct 24, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has touted herself as a reformer, telling voters she "took on the old politics as usual in Juneau." But an LA Times investigation shows the Alaska governor gave more than 100 state jobs to campaign contributors and their relatives, many of whom lacked qualifications for... More »

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Alaska • McCain 2008 • cronyism • Election 2008 • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • political appointee • Walt Monegan • McCain-Palin

OPINION

Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

Cronyism flourishes under Iraq, Katrina

Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal. If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • Hurricane Katrina • contractors • Halliburton • Katrina aftermath • cronyism • KBR • George W. Bush • war profiteers

Immigration Chief Covered Up Racist Pics, Dems Say

Myers report highlights worries about diversity

Apr 9, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement tried to hide pictures of her giving an award to an employee in a racially insensitive Halloween costume, House Democrats say. Julie Myers was photographed smiling and standing next to an employee in prison garb and wearing blackface, whom she awarded the night's... More »

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racism • Department of Homeland Security • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • cronyism • Julie Myers • blackface

New Russian Prez Digs Hard Rock, Putin

In Medvedev, quirky résumé masks loyal junior partner

Mar 4, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Trivia on Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev—that he is a swimmer, a yoga lover, and Deep Purple buff—merely masks a man wholly devoted to Vladimir Putin, New Yorker editor David Remnick writes. "Trivia domesticated even the worst Soviet-era résumés," he reminds us: Catherine the Great... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • corruption • nepotism • Dmitry Medvedev • cronyism • Russian elections • Russian president

OPINION

Candidates
Play the
Name Game

Obama's best selling point: He's neither a Bush nor a Clinton

Feb 4, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - With “little substantive to separate them,” Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton nevertheless present radically different choices, argues US-based Guardian columnist Gary Younge. He contrasts Obama's fresh blood against "the sclerosis in America's political class," heaping scorn on President Bush’s “cronyism, sleaze, dysfunction and incompetence”... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • legacy • cronyism • George W. Bush

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