Cough: Menendez Repeatedly Intervened on Disgraced Donor's Behalf

Cough: Menendez Repeatedly Intervened on Disgraced Donor's Behalf

When we left off, New Jersey Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez was decrying "right wing blogs" for engaging in "smears" against his good name.  Accusations that the Senator took undisclosed flights on a political ally's private jet to the Dominican Republic for liaisons with prostitutes -- some of whom are alleged to have been underage -- are "absolutely false," he's insisted.  Except...he's copped to the flights and has forked over a handsome sum to correct his $60,000 "mistake."  And the New York Times reported that Menendez flexed his political muscles to promote a $500 million port security contract for a firm owned...