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Article: Nemesis. (Geraldine Ferraro and John Zaccaro's financial disclosures)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- September 21, 1984
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A DECADE AGO, Democrats found disturbing evidence of original sin among Republicans, and took steps to root it out. Congress passed a series of laws limiting campaign spending and requiring candidates and office-holders to make detailed disclosures of their personal finances. Some of us feared the unanticipated consequences, but the Democrats charged ahead, quivering with delicious indignation over such shocking bits of sleaze as Ed Meese's cufflinks.
Enter Geraldine Ferraro. It transpires that she has broken some of the purity laws and, perhaps illegally, circumvented others. She and her husband--the extent of her involvement in his businesses is unclear, ...