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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 09:21 PM Aug 2014

Head of powerful conservative think tank brought down by office romance gone wrong

The CEO of one of the most powerful conservative think tanks in the country has been ousted from his position after a series of revelations concerning a romance with a subordinate that went badly wrong.

According to Dallas’ D Magazine, John Goodman of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) was ousted by the group’s board of directors in June for “sexual misconduct and breach of fiduciary duty.”

Goodman, 68, founded the center more than 31 years ago and has long served as its president and CEO. He has advised Republican politicians like former President George W. Bush as well as former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Goodman is known to many as “the father of health savings accounts,” an anti-Obamacare proposal that the GOP floated as a possible alternative to the current health care system.

Now, the think tank’s board has shrunken from more than a dozen directors to five with the organization’s future uncertain.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/29/head-of-powerful-conservative-think-tank-brought-down-by-office-romance-gone-wrong/

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Head of powerful conservative think tank brought down by office romance gone wrong (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2014 OP
They just can't keep it in their pants these family values Conservatives. Historic NY Aug 2014 #1
One quibble. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #2
Let's be clear this is not about sex, it's about assault and misappropriation of funds. LiberalAndProud Aug 2014 #3
"Think tank" - in quotes - is the proper usage.... hadrons Aug 2014 #4
I think "Sex Tank" has a more truthy ring to it Blue Owl Aug 2014 #5
I like "stink tank" myself Zorro Aug 2014 #8
just another neocon Dink Tank. Agony Aug 2014 #6
Wait... What?! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #7

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
2. One quibble.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 09:33 PM
Aug 2014

Health Savings Accounts were around before Obamacare - my housemate actually has one as part of her insurance plan at her job.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
3. Let's be clear this is not about sex, it's about assault and misappropriation of funds.
Fri Aug 29, 2014, 09:36 PM
Aug 2014

Carrying on an affair with an employee is bad judgment. Assault and diversion of funds -- those are crimes. This man is the scum on scum and the punishment should cost him every last penny he possesses. And for that, I'll support him in the pokey for a good long time.

No term derogatory enough for this asshole.

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