Republicans Anonymous

Yet another member of the "values" party shows "poor judgement." Shall we start a pool on how long it takes before he decides to leave office "to spend more time with his family?" Sure looks like he's spiralling in for a crash:

The Pentagon has ordered a halt in new work for MZM Inc., a (DC) defense and intelligence firm, under a contract that has brought the company $163 million in revenue during the past 2 1/2 years.

A Pentagon spokesman said in a statement that the decision to cut off further awards for MZM under the 2002 contract, known as blanket purchase agreement, was because of a change in procurement law.

Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), a member of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, acknowledged last week that his relationship with MZM founder Mitchell J. Wade is being examined by federal authorities.
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News reports earlier this month disclosed that Wade, MZM's founder and president, bought Cunningham's California home for $1.675 million in late 2003 and then sold it at a $700,000 loss. Cunningham also has been living on Mitchell's 42-foot yacht on the Potomac while in Washington. Cunningham said last week that he exercised "poor judgment" in the relationship, but he denied doing anything improper.
(Source: Washington Post Pentagon Ends New Work On D.C. Firm's Contract, June 28, 2005 [emphasis added.])

Looks like the other rats on that 42-foot yacht better stock up on life preservers...