I wonder if he'll admit to having a drinking problem soon.

nah, he'll claim a drug addiction. He may even claim that he was so desperate to get drugs that he "did things he shouldn't have"

I heard a kind of incredible political ad this morning. Alan Hevesi, the NY State Controller, got busted for having his state driver drive his wife around or something (I don't know the details because I don't care), so suddenly the Republican challenger is doing much much better in the polls. So Hevesi has been doing ads against the guy, naturally ("He couldn't manage a 12 person office! Do you think he can manage our zillion dollar state pension system??"), but this new one was just Hevesi apologizing. He's like, "I did something stupid. I'm sorry. But it was one stupid thing against my whole record. Really, I was stupid. And I'm sorry. Vote for me!"

The question is, was he abused by a Catholic priest when he was an altarboy? Because THAT excuses everything.

I'm a firm believer that anyone who vehemently tells others what NOT to do is often secretly engaged in whatever behavior outrages them the most.

Moral Majority, my ass.

That's what I was thinking too shrift, even though it seems wrong in the "it shouldn't be an issue" sense.

That's what I thought, but when I Googled. According to Clark County:

"A Coroner Inquest is the fact-finding procedure that takes place anytime an individual dies at the hands of law enforcement. The purpose of this hearing is to publicly bring forth all of the details surrounding the incident causing this death, as described in Clark County Code 2.12. The panel of designated jurors hears the testimony of pertinent witnesses and, based on this information, reaches a verdict determining if the death was justifiable, excusable, or criminal."

So even though it shouldn't be an issue, Greg will still have to go to a hearing and say he killed a kid, which I imagine isn't a cakewalk.

The Hevesi thing is kind of funny. He mishandled money, promised to pay back money that he took for personal use and didn't pay back the whole thing, refuses to leave the race and no one will endorse his opponent.

D'Amato was making fun of his "Columbia PhD, whoo-woo!" commercial on NY1 the other night. (I watched at lot of NY1 while I was home sick.)

Wonkette claims they may give a prize to the person who has the closest guess as to when Haggard checks himself in for treatment.

It'll have to be a full news cycle before Tuesday.

Isn't there a line in Corinthians about false apostles? Do these folks read their own book? Holy butt, I'm not even a Christian and I know bazillion dollar preachers are whack.

He mishandled money, promised to pay back money that he took for personal use and didn't pay back the whole thing, refuses to leave the race and no one will endorse his opponent.

Well, sure. Until a couple of weeks ago, the opponent was just some name on the other line of the ballot, you know? It's not like he was a serious candidate in any way.

I'm a firm believer that anyone who vehemently tells others what NOT to do is often secretly engaged in whatever behavior outrages them the most.

This is so often, very true. See, Jimmy Swaggert, et.al.