How did the Kerik story break?

[shiina]

[morgan2]

1. it didnt "break"

until he officially removed his name from consideration.

[oneold1-4u]

9. The domestics of the rich

He knew he could admit to this minor infraction, which thousands of the rich are guilty of, and not even get a rap on the hand!
Most of these illegals work for a bed, meals, and a few dollars a month for personal item necessities. The employers don't pay any type of employment taxes for these people because being illegals, they don't exist! When they lose a job or are sick or injured they have no place to go! This is much worse than indenture that was common only a century ago.
It is natural when one finds a worm in one apple in a basket, that the whole basket needs a good look!

[hatrack]

2. I think it was the "nanny problem", but can't remember the paper

Post? Daily News? :shrug:

[parkenyc]

3. Newsday.

I think Newsday started revealing Kerik information when he was nominated. There is a good article by Ellis Henican written on December 3rd.

[rodeodance]

4. He knew more would come out--and it has

[parkenyc]

8. City Dept. of Investigations

is now investigating. This will continue.

[shiina]

5. Why did he step down with no public pressure?

Don't people usually not step down until the public finds out and they can no longer get away with it?

There were lots of criticisms of him on the internet right after his nomination was announced, but nothing from the MSM. Its my understanding that no Dems were coming out against him either.

So who pushed him to step down? Someone must have been threatening to expose him for one or more of the scandals he was involved in...then he came out and confessed the nanny thing because it was the nicest one>

[idiosyncratic]

6. Here is Benson's cartoon about Kerik and Ghouliani

[SoCalDem]

7. Google

All the info was already in the public domain.. That's why it's so ridiculous that the WH did not "know" about him.

I think that *² thought that his "mandate" had cowed the press enough, that they would continue to let him have his way..:)

[HockeyMom]

10. in NEW YORK?

ROFL When W got a whopping 20% of the vote in NYC?????

[annabanana]

11. I'm more curious about why the MSM did a dog-pile on the guy.

They used to think Rudy and friends pooped solid gold. Who dropped a dime on this guy that made it OK to dump on him? (and how do we get the MSM to do it again on another RW nutcase?)