Summer Winners Losers
Politics
Winner: Ben Quayle
We should have never counted him out. Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, triumphed at August’s end in his campaign to succeed Arizona Rep. John Shadegg. Quayle faced down allegations that he rented family members for a campaign advertisement (the 33-year-old posed with his nieces in a pamphlet that made them look like his daughters). He shook off charges that he was a frequent contributor to sexy website called The Dirty. In a masterstroke of campaign rhetoric, he called Barack Obama the “worst president in history” and clinched his ticket to Washington.
Loser: Charlie Rangel
If only someone would relieve the New York Democrat from his misery. Rangel was caught in the crossfire of a House ethics investigation. He stands accused of using his elected office to do some private fundraising, forgetting to pay taxes on a Dominican villa, and keeping rent-controlled apartments in Harlem illegally. But you couldn’t keep the veteran politician down, as Rangel danced up a storm at his 80th birthday party, secure in the knowledge that former New York Mayor David Dinkins would flip off any offending protester.
We should have never counted him out. Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, triumphed at August’s end in his campaign to succeed Arizona Rep. John Shadegg. Quayle faced down allegations that he rented family members for a campaign advertisement (the 33-year-old posed with his nieces in a pamphlet that made them look like his daughters). He shook off charges that he was a frequent contributor to sexy website called The Dirty. In a masterstroke of campaign rhetoric, he called Barack Obama the “worst president in history” and clinched his ticket to Washington.
Loser: Charlie Rangel
If only someone would relieve the New York Democrat from his misery. Rangel was caught in the crossfire of a House ethics investigation. He stands accused of using his elected office to do some private fundraising, forgetting to pay taxes on a Dominican villa, and keeping rent-controlled apartments in Harlem illegally. But you couldn’t keep the veteran politician down, as Rangel danced up a storm at his 80th birthday party, secure in the knowledge that former New York Mayor David Dinkins would flip off any offending protester.
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