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REPUBLICANS: Taking “family values” out for a ride.

Reader “ESL” asked in a previous post on the latest Republican sex scandals:
The reports are that the owner of the Limo Co. has a criminal record. He
has been given a Homeland Security contract. Could someone find out what this
is all about? Is the contract a way for the Republicans to “pay” for
the services? Why would Homeland Security need a contract with a limo company???

This question gives me a chance to once again tout TPM
Muckraker. Jason Rood is all over it, baby.

Ah, the Shirlington Limousine Service. I dismissed the angle at first, despite the curious details surfacing about the car company which ferried the hookers to Wilkes' parties, and also brought Cunningham to the hookers, according to reports. Also noted: the company owner has a 62-page rap sheet; he had a contract with the Department of Homeland Security, and one with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also, he had tax problems. That was all interesting, I thought. But it diverts us from the crux of the story: Who got the hookers? Who had sex with hookers? Who paid for the hookers? I'm now reconsidering my conviction. Why? Shirlington Limo appears to connect a growing list of high-powered Washington elites to the world of crime. Hookergate: What About the Limo Service?

Now walk on over to Josh Marshall's latest post on it all. Take a cocktail
of choice, because all the prostitution
and bribery, with Republicans in the center talk is positively dishy, on top of being true. Don't
miss it.