Archive for February, 2010
Posted in February 6th, 2010
The best thing about Illinois? It’s not on the coasts where mediawhoredom is a way of life. Unfortunately, it appears Allred has decided to make a stop in that weird place called the midwest. “Ms. Eneman was Scott Lee Cohen’s girlfriend and lived with him for about a year, some four or five years ago,” […]
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Posted in February 5th, 2010
I think Brady is a lot better for Democrats and I don’t have a ton of great things to say about him, but Rich points out some of his characteristics that could make him dangerous in the general election to Democrats: Yes, Brady is ideologically far to the right of this state’s center. He’s […]
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Posted in February 5th, 2010
The Trib has tracked down the masseuse/prostitute/girlfriend and she doesn’t want to talk. I admit to knowing nothing about undercover stings, but really? Eneman herself was arrested for prostitution at the Eden Spa in April 2005 for performing a sex act on an undercover police officer in exchange for $150. The police report quoted […]
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Posted in February 5th, 2010
Just in case you haven’t watched the disaster already: Ponce did a really good job not sensationalizing it as far as you can given the subject.
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Posted in February 5th, 2010
I’m going to be optimistic and assume sooner or later Cohen is going to see the writing on the wall. That may be a bad assumption, but Illinois Democrats need to plan ahead. Who does the party choose to replace him on the ballot? While no one exactly knows what the oracle in the Speaker’s […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Not surprisingly they are men. Dated a masseuse who as also a prostitute, but he didn’t know that even though she was his masseusse Tried to force his wife to have sex after confessing several affairs Is behind in child support after blowing $3 million on a race for Lite Guv Choked his ex-wife […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
From Shore’s rough transcript of Chicago Tonight: ponce-she was arrrested for hookers scott-never knew her as a hooker she was a mssag therapist. this happened at rough time in my life. I understand it looks bad. I tried to put it out. ponce-what happedn in appartment scott-we had altercation. it was a fight. next […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
There’s lots of good stuff, but Rich runs away with my favorite: – Rich Miller – Thursday, Feb 4, 10 @ 6:49 pm: When the Sex Pistols’ “Never Mind the Bullocks” album hit Number One in England, the newspapers, under government pressure, inserted a blank space on their top ten lists in that slot. Maybe […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Is this an elaborate put on? (not embedding properly so follow the links and watch the video there) I mean, you spend $3 million on a run for Lite Guv and you don’t pay child support. Cohen: On Thursday, Cohen denied those allegations, saying they were typical of divorce proceedings. “Absolutely not […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
I’m just not sure this helps: Cohen and his wife Debra were in the midst of a messy divorce. Court records indicate she got an order of protection against her husband. In her petition she says Mr. Cohen was taking injectable steroids and had an erratic, explosive temper. Mrs. Cohen said her husband confessed […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Via Rich Divorce file: “Over the past year my husband has been taking injectable anabolic steroids,” Cohen’s then-wife Debra York-Cohen said in a statement during their separation proceedings. “As a result he has an erratic and explosive temper.” As a result of the allegations Cohen, who’s not the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor, was […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Now, let’s play out that Cohen reasonably answers the questions about the specific incidents. What’s the next round look like for him? So, did you do cocaine? Hallucinogens? Pot? Did you enter rehab at all? What other women did you date? Were any of them prostitutes as well? and what about… what else… and… […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Shut up Adlai: Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson — who formed a third party to run for governor in 1986 rather than share the same ticket as two disciples of Lyndon H. LaRouche — said Gov. Quinn faces the same political reality in dealing with running mate Scott Lee Cohen. “It would be very […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
From the inbox: “I want to express my deep and heartfelt thanks to all the friends and supporters who were so generous to the McKenna-Murphy campaign. “While we may have fallen a few votes short, we were able to successfully carry our message of cutting spending and not raising taxes across Illinois. Given the current […]
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Posted in February 4th, 2010
Scott Lee Cohen: “I have no intention of stepping down or stepping aside. When the facts come to light, after my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend speak, the people of Illinois can decide, and I will listen to them directly. I am asking my ex-wife and ex-girlfriend to come forward and to talk with the media. There […]
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