Who is he? Plaxico Burress, the New York Giants’ wide receiver, who happened to catch the winning pass last year to win the XLII Super Bowl. A consistently controversial player, he’s been a burr in the side of Giants coach Tom Couglin and fellow players due to his attitude and resistance to the role of [...]
Scanda-Lists
The Norm Coleman Vs. Al Franken Scanda-List
Who Are They? Norm Coleman, Senior Senator of Minnesota and Republican. Coleman is running for re-election this year. Al Franken, former Saturday Night Live actor/writer and author of Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot. Franken is Coleman’s Democratic opponent. Why is everyone talking about them? The battle between Coleman and Franken was one of [...]
The Rashid Khalidi Scanda-List
Who is he? Rashid Khalidi, a Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University. Khalidi’s statements about the relationship between Israel and Palestine has caused considerable controversy, and possibly cost the Professor a position at Princeton University. Why is everyone talking about him? In 2003, then-State Senator Barack Obama gave a speech at a farewell party [...]
The Ashley Todd Scanda-List
Who is she? Ashley Todd, a 20-year-old student. Todd has been volunteering in Pittsburgh with John McCain presidential campaign after working for the College Republican National Committee in New York. Why is everyone talking about her? Todd claimed that a 6’4″ black man had stolen $60 from her at a ATM in the early hours [...]
The “Zack And Miri Make A Porno” Scanda-List
What is it? Zack And Miri Make A Porno, a new Kevin Smith movie starring Seth Rogen and Elisabeth Banks, out this Friday. The movie is about two lifelong platonic friends who realize their latent attraction while putting together an amateur porno film to solve their financial difficulties. Why is everyone talking about it? It’s [...]
The G. Gordon Liddy Scanda-List
Who is he? G. Gordon Liddy, conservative radio talk show host. Liddy was a member of the White House Plumbers, a covert investigation unit under the Nixon Administration. He went to jail for four and a half years for co-masterminding a robbery of the DNC headquarters, in the Watergate Hotel. He also proposed firebombings, kidnapping [...]
Bill Ayers Vs. Charles Keating: Who’s More Scandalous?
We heard a lot from the presidential nominees about the economy in September, but judging from today, they’ll spend much of October talking about guilt by association. Senator John McCain‘s campaign has announced they want to “turn the page” on the economic crisis and start hitting Senator Barack Obama for his connection to Bill Ayers, [...]
The Bill Ayers Scanda-List
Who is he? Bill Ayers, a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and a former ’60s radical involved in the SDS and Weather Underground. Ayers participated in a series of bombings in the late ’60s and early ’70s, whose targets included the New York City police headquarters and the Pentagon. Ayers turned [...]
The Charles Keating Scanda-List
Who is he? Charles Keating, former lawyer and chairman of Lincoln Savings & Loan. In the 1990s, Keating was found guilty of conspiracy, fraud and racketeering after Lincoln S&L collapsed, eradicating the life savings of 21,000 investors. The government buyout cost taxpayers billions. Why is everyone talking about him? In 1989, five U.S. senators (including [...]
