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In 1948, Lyndon Johnson became a Senator when 202 people lined-up in alphabetical order in Alice, Texas and voted. And, they all owned fountain pens with green ink.

In 1978, Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other members of his party were shot and killed at an airstrip in Guyana. Within hours, 913 American citizens committed suicide at a village that came to be known as ''Jonestown''.

Of the 500 or so campaign promises made by Barack Obama, only 119 have been kept.

Ex-congressman James A. Traficant Jr., who delighted in ''Star Trek'' references and polyester suits, has been released from prison after serving 7 years for corruption.

When two of his employees were jailed in Iran, Perot organized a commando team, hired a former Green Beret colonel to lead the rescue, and Perot went along.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) accused Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) of obstructing his porkbuster-database bill with an anonymous hold. Stevens is famous for his pork projects, including the Alaska ''bridge to nowhere''.

The salary of an ex-president is good, but the expense account is even better. Click here to learn more.

Following his resignation, Richard Nixon met with his staff, delivering an emotional impromptu speech, considered by many to be one of the greatest speeches of all time.

Spiro T. Agnew has the dubious distinction of being the first Vice President to depart office with a criminal record.

As the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in WWII, no one knew more about the military than Eisenhower. In his farewell speech, Eisenhower warned the American people, and coined the phrase '' Industrial Military Complex ''.

Bob Woodward's new book ''State of Denial'' is shaking up Washington, and is already Amazon's number one seller. Click here to learn more and to order.

President George H.W. Bush vomited in the lap of Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi, and fainted during a state function in Tokyo. This spawned the Japanese slang verb bushusuru ( literally, ''Bushing it'' ) to refer to puking.

On April 14, 1922, The Wall Street Journal reported that the secretary of the Interior, without competitive bidding, had leased the U.S. naval petroleum reserve at Wyoming's Teapot Dome to a private oil company.

As shown in the movie ''The Aviator'', Howard Hughes electrified a televised Senate hearing by revealing that Brewster promised an end to the inquiry if Hughes would merge TWA with Pan Am.

Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. (January 15, 1945 � July 20, 1993) was a deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton.

The Bush White House is so concerned about Bush's security, the veil of secrecy extends over the president's bodily excretions. Click to learn more.

What other politician but Barry Goldwater had the courage to make statements like this: ''If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.''

Joe Kennedy did everything he could to get his son Jack elected President of the United States. With close friends controlling newspapers and unions, he was successful.

John Kerry wants to run again in 2008. Should he? And, can he win? Click here for one man's opinion.

Who makes political contributions, and who gets them? In case you've been living under a rock, your favorite politician is bought and paid for. Click here for more.

Lyndon LaRouche takes a lot of money from well-meaning people, including my mother-in-law. Lyndon's fund raiser told her ''Lyndon was Pro-Life'', and out came the checkbook. Finding a sucker, more calls got even more.

When the 25� per hour minimum wage was established in 1938, congressmen earned $10,000 a year, 10 times what the average wage earner made. That ratio is now about 15 times as much as the average wage earner.

In his 1952 television speech, Nixon said his wife Pat wore a ''respectable Republican cloth coat.'', not a mink. The only contribution he admitted receiving was a cocker spaniel the chldren named ''Checkers''.

Many U.S. Senators know just when to buy stocks, and when to dump them. They seem to have information not available to the average investor. Say it isn't so.

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