{"id":36811,"date":"2011-07-03T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/before-there-was-weiner-there-was-baucus-gate\/"},"modified":"2011-07-03T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T14:05:00","slug":"before-there-was-weiner-there-was-baucus-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/before-there-was-weiner-there-was-baucus-gate.php","title":{"rendered":"Before there was Weiner, there was Baucus-gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CdbIbGFZIwk\/ThB5G4r3-NI\/AAAAAAAAT1E\/AEwOKUvmJac\/s1600\/MaxBaucus.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/11114_MaxBaucus.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><strong>Weds former staffer, Biden in attendance<\/strong><\/p><p>From Eric Dondero:<\/p><p>Long forgotten. <\/p><p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireandreamitchell.com\/2009\/12\/05\/max-baucus-admits-to-affair-with-state-office-director-melodee-hanes\/\">FireAndreaMitchell.com<\/a>, 2009:<\/p><blockquote><p>Melodee Hanes was nominated by Max Baucus to be U.S. attorney in Montana. Though Hanes ended her employment with Baucus in the spring of this year, this just goes to show how one advances in politics these days...<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-IGUt2XSehUc\/ThB5LmYnoTI\/AAAAAAAAT1M\/VV5PIEFTc00\/s1600\/melodee-hanes-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/11114_melodee-hanes-150x150.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>A year before Baucus divorced his wife Wanda Baucus, Max began his affair with Melodee Hanes. Baucus spokesman Tyler Matsdorf tried to spin the affair, saying the relationship was not the cause of Baucus&rsquo; divorce and that Baucus did not arrange for her current position.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>And now this from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vxec.com\/2011\/07\/montana-senator-gets-married\/\">AP<\/a>:<\/p><blockquote><p>U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has married the former state director he once recommended for Montana's top attorney job.<\/p><p>Spokeswoman Kate Downen says the wedding Saturday at the Sieben Ranch was casual with close friends and family, but did not release a guest list. Several Montana media outlets reported Air Force Two carrying Vice President Joe Biden landed in Helena earlier in the day.<\/p><p>The 69-year-old senator recommended Melodee Hanes for Montana's U.S. attorney post in 2009, a move that came under scrutiny due to their relationship. She withdrew her name from consideration and took a job with the Justice Department in Washington, D.C<\/p><\/blockquote><p><em>Editor's comment - It's interesting that when Lefties defend Anthony Weiner, they always point to Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter; yet Bacucus-gate which involved conflict of interest gets swepped under the rug.<\/em><\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/11114_7828681836623105417-3293718161648560209?l=www.libertarianrepublican.net\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weds former staffer, Biden in attendanceFrom Eric Dondero:Long forgotten. From FireAndreaMitchell.com, 2009:Melodee Hanes was nominated by Max Baucus to be U.S. attorney in Montana. Though Hanes ended her employment with Baucus in the spring of this year, this just goes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/before-there-was-weiner-there-was-baucus-gate.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}