Thursday, April 12, 2012
Bobby Petrino was in frequent contact with Arkansas model - USATODAY - According to Deadspin, Petrino and Alison Melder exchanged more than 200 text messages during a three-month period between September and November of last year. Melder also sent seven photos to the former coach. A graduate of Arkansas-Little Rock, Melder, according to her LinkedIn profile, worked as a Senate assistant with the Republican Party of Arkansas. That profile no longer exists.
Google Reports Staggering Profits - The Daily Beast - Google employees just got a lot richer. The search giant reported a 61 percent first-quarter profit increase of $2.89 billion from paid advertising clicks, up from $1.8 billion at the same time last year. The company’s revenue also jumped 24 percent to $10.65 billion.
Over Two-Month Period, Bobby Petrino Exchanged 200 Messages With Former "Miss Motorcycle Mania" Bikini Model - Deadspin.com - Petrino exchanged nearly two hundred text and picture messages with a Little Rock cell phone registered to one Alison Melder, whose LinkedIn profile lists her as a senate assistant with the Republican Party of Arkansas.- Update, 4:10 p.m.: Melder has been scrubbed from the Arkansas Young Republicans' website. Here's before, and here's after.] But her political work is hardly the first thing that comes up when you search for her name: she did a spot of modeling, at least a few years back. One modeling profile she created four years ago contains a portfolio of bikini and lingerie images, and she seems to be a favorite of The Dirty. She also lists herself as winner of the 2008 Miss Bikini USA and Miss Motorcycle Mania competitions.
Petrino Texted With ’08 Miss Bikini USA? - Yardbarker - Deadspin reported on Thursday that Petrino, in addition to thousands of texts with former employee Jessica Dorrell, exchanged 200 text messages over a two-month period last fall with a 26-year-old woman named Alison Melder. That includes seven picture messages sent from Melder to Petrino (we can only imagine what those were of…). Some intrepid reporting by Deadspin shows that Melder listed herself as the winner of “2008 Miss Bikini USA” and “Miss Motorcycle Mania.” She has also had a cameo on the gossip website “The Dirty.” - Melder is now listed as a senate assistant with the Republican Party of Arkansas living in Little Rock.
Long surprises in doing right thing, now will Arkansas stand behind him? - CBSSports.com - Tony Barnhart -Is this going to hurt? If you love Arkansas damn right it hurts. This is not good for Arkansas and it's not good for the SEC. And it is just horrible for those kids who play football for Arkansas. They don't deserve this. Arkansas, the football program, lost a coach Tuesday night. But Arkansas, the university, gained a lot of respect. For some that may not be as important or fulfilling as beating Alabama. But it should be.
Why Conservative GOP Voters Aren’t Giving Up on Rick Santorum - The Daily Beast - Michelle Goldberg - The more the Republican establishment pushes Mitt Romney, the more alienated the religious right becomes. Why the party’s hard-core base isn’t coming around.
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