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Fred Barnes’s column “The ABCs of Media Bias” appeared in the April 4, 2005, issue of The Weekly Standard.
Howard Kurtz’s column “Doubts Raised On Schiavo Memo” appeared in the Washington Post on March 30, 2005.
For more on Mel Martinez’s history of bad hires, check out mediamatters.org/items/200504080009.
Tom DeLay’s comments before the Family Research Council were reported by TIME magazine on March 23, 2003.
The St. Petersburg Times article reporting DeLay’s suggestion that Terri Schiavo was sentient was titled “Political Heft behind Bill” and ran on March 21, 2003.
Senator Frist’s comments about Senator Edwards were reported by CNN on October 12, 2004.
Frist’s Senate floor speech in which he diagnosed Terri Schiavo is available on-line at www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20050317-7&bill=s109-653.
I made up the FristCam thing.
Rush Limbaugh’s explanation of why liberals wanted Terri Schiavo to die was part of his radio show on March 23, 2005.
Bay Buchanan unveiled her feminist theory on CNN’s Inside Politics on March 25, 2005.
Bill O’Reilly pondered the motivations of the tube-yankers on March 24, 2005.
Michael Schiavo slander collection:
Scarborough Country guest William Hammesfahr appeared to talk about the “huge hoax” Michael Schiavo was pulling on March 21, 2005.
Tom DeLay railed against Michael Schiavo at a March 18, 2005, press conference.
Bill Bennett denigrated Schiavo on the March 24, 2005, episode of The Sean Hannity Show.
Tom DeLay thundered against Justice Kennedy on Fox News Radio on April 19, 2005.
An excellent time line of the Schiavo legal case can be found on-line at www.miami.edu/ethics/schiavo/timeline.htm.
The tragic and ironic story of Charles DeLay is told in the March 27, 2005, Los Angeles Times article titled “DeLay’s Own Tragic Crossroads.”
Chapter 10: The Tom DeLay Saipan Sex Tour and Jack Abramoff Casino Getaway
You can relive the original Battle of Saipan by watching a 1944 newsreel about it at www.archive.org/details/1944-06-30_Saipan_Is_Ours.
Brian Ross’s first report on Saipan appeared on 20/20 on March 13, 1998. His second report appeared on 20/20 on May 24, 1999.
Marshall Wittmann was quoted in a New York Times Magazine article on Jack Abramoff titled “A Lobbyist in Full,” published May 1, 2005.
The Washington Post article about Tom DeLay’s Judeo-Christian worldview was titled “Absolute Truth” and ran on May 13, 2001. This article also referenced the peculiar political philosophy (“beat him over the head with a baseball bat”) of Michael Scanlon.
DeLay’s adoring toast to Jack Abramoff was reported by James Harding for Slate on April 7, 2005.
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee, as I mentioned, has posted some of the e-mail correspondence between Abramoff, Scanlon, and Ralph Reed on its website. It’s worth reading through at indian.senate.gov.
Timothy Noah wrote about Jack Abramoff’s early days, including his “Abraham Jackoff” moniker, in a piece titled “Jack Abramoff’s School Days—The Making of a Sleazeball,” published in Slate on April 27, 2005.
Michael Isikoff’s Newsweek article about the Tom DeLay–Jack Abramoff relationship was titled “With Friends Like These . . .” and ran on April 18, 2005.
The New York Times reported on the plight of the Tigua tribe in a June 13, 2005, article titled “For a Tribe in Texas, an Era of Prosperity Undone by Politics.”
The story of David Grosh was detailed in a June 23, 2005, Washington Post article titled “One Committee’s Three Hours of Inquiry, in Surreal Time.”
The Galveston Daily News article on DeLay’s denial, published May 15, 2005, was titled “DeLay Disputes Charges of Abuse in Saipan.”
The National Journal article about Peter Hoekstra, “Former House Staffers Say DeLay’s Office Derailed Northern Marianas Investigation,” ran on May 6, 2005.
Chapter 11: Social Security: Franni vs. Bush
When President Bush was sworn into office in 2001, the federal debt was $5.7 trillion. When I wrote this in the summer of 2005, it was over $7.8 trillion.