Bush Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt headlines another week of wrongdoing by the miscreants of the right.
The HHS chief earned the wrath of the Avenging Angel this week for proving that charity does indeed begin at home. Bush's go-to man on blocking the morning after pill used a non-profit foundation to enrich himself and family members. With Senators clamoring for the IRS to close the "Leavitt loophole," the HHS head may have to turn to Plan B.
Meanwhile in New York, former Wall Street Journal editor and reliable GOP mouthpiece John Fund finds himself at the center of an embarrassing lawsuit. Fund is being sued by a former girlfriend who claims she was battered by the paragon of conservative values. The truth of the charges may be in doubt, but Fund's smarminess is not.
On a darker note, the Avenging Angel takes no pleasure in latest news regarding Jim West, the disgraced former mayor of Spokane. West, yet another hypocritical Republican values merchant, was recalled by voters after revelations that he offered city jobs and other favors to young men in exchange for sex. West passed away this week after complications from colon cancer surgery.