Purveyor of the "Profile in Cowardice Award"

Political Satire and Social Commentary since 1996!

2007 Profile in Cowdice Eliot Spitzer	N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer was di-honored for his cowardly attempt to issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens, an act that not only would threaten our national security but also would further the massive voter fraud that has been perpetrated upon New Yorkers for decades.  Spitzer and his top aides also are alleged to have attempted to frame a political rival in an unfolding scandal known as "Troopergate."  Spitzer easily defeated baseball slugger Barry Bonds, who receives the "Dis-Honorable Mention" for placing second in the balloting.  Bonds is under indictment as part of the widespread investigation into steroids abuse and athletes.	accused baseball slugger Barry Bonds
"Preppy Murderer" Robert Chambers	COLD BLOODED KILLERS! Also nominated for the Profile in Cowardice Award were Robert Chambers, the"Preppy Murderer" of young Jennifer Levin, who is now accused of drug dealing.   Wrestling superstar Chris Benoit became the 'poster boy' for the dangers of steroids abuse when he brutally murdered his wife and young son before hanging himself with a cord from his weight lifting machine.	Wrestling star Chris Benoit
1996 Profile in Cowardice O. J. Simpson	ATHLETES BEHAVING BADLY!  "If I Did It" author O. J. Simpson was nominated for his arrest in Vegas on kidnapping & weapons charges.   Marion Jones was nominated after pleading guilty to charges involving the investiagtion of steroids and athelets.  Jones was subsequently stripped of her 5 Olympic medals in track and field.	Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones
Mugshot of criminal prosecutor Mike Nifong, 2006 Profile in Cowardice	FAMOUS FOR THE WRONG REASONS! Anna Nicole Smith Judge Larry Seidlin	mugshot of "Heir-Head" Paris Hilton

Prosecutor Mike Nifong, the 2006 Profile in Cowardice, was jailed & disbarred for the crimes he committed against 3 Duke University students falsely accused of rape.   Judge Larry Seidlin was nominated for his  bizarre Courtroom antics, which  marked a new low in the Media circus that surrounded the death of Anna Nicole Smith.  Paris Hilton was nominated after crying for her mommy once she was facing a few days in jail for violating her Probation for DUI.

Also nominated for the Profile in Cowardice Award was, at center,  the "Unknown Coward," that person who possesed information about a crime, scandal, or cover-up & chose to remain silent.  They know who they are, and, God Willing, someday so may we!

The "Unknown Coward"

JACK LITMAN GIVEN "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD!" Each year, the Chappaquiddick Society bestows a "Lifetime Achievement Award" upon a  criminal lawyer for their defense of those accused of abusing, raping, or murdering women or children.  Litman is a former Prosecutor who pioneered the "blame the victim" legal strategy while defending clients such as Richard Herrin, convicted of  the death of his girlfriend Bonnie Garland in the infamous "Yale Murder" case, and Robert Chambers, convicted of the death of Jennifer Levin in the infamous "Preppy Murder" case.

Andrew Cunanan, 1997 Profile in Cowardice Nominee	Andrew Cunanan went on a murder spree in 1997, culminating in his murder of Gianni Versace before taking his own life.  Versace's funeral was noteworthy for the haunting photograph showing Princess Diana consoling Versace's friend Elton John, with Mrs. John Kennedy seated behind them.  Within a year, Princess Diana and Mrs. Kennedy would meet a tragic Fate.  At left is Kennedy family relative Michael Skakel, the 2002 Profile in Cowardice.  Skakel was finally brought to trial after books by Dominick Dunne and former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman brought public pressure in Connecticutt to solve the case.	Kennedy Family member Michael Skakel
Islamic terrorist John Muhammad, 2002 Profile in Cowardice Nominee	The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were apparently the inspiration for convert to Islam John Mohammad and his adopted son/gay lover Malik Malvo to go on a murderous rampage, shooting in the back 10 innocent Americans.  Malvo's prior detention  - and release - as an illegal alien by the INS was just another example of the ease by which terrorists pass the borders into the United States.  At right is Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, charged in 2002 for the murder of an NYPD cop, about whom he conveniently forgot to disclose to the Feds when he aggreed to 'rat' on Gambino Godfather John Gotti.	2002 Profile in Cowardice Nominee Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
. Scott Peterson, 2003 Profile in Cowardice	Scott Peterson and Mark Hacking, who, within a year of each other, murdered their pregnant wife as she lay sleeping.  Peterson's criminal lawyer, Mark Geragos, who received the Chappaquiddick Society's 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2004, floated a 'trial balloon' with the Media in which he claimed Peterson's wife was murdered by a Satanic cult.  That theory didn't fly and Peterson is now on Death Row in California.	. Mark Hacking, 2004 Profile in Cowardice Nominee
Daniel Pelosi, 2004 Profile in Cowardice	Daniel Pelosi murdered his lover's estranged husband as he slept in his Hampton's mansion.  Robert Chambers, the "Preppie Murderer," killed date Jennifer Levin in what he called 'consensual, rough sex,' in Manhattan's Central Park.  Pelosi is behind prison bars for life; Chambers is walking free the streets of New York City.	Robert Chambers, killer of Jennifer Levin, Profile in Cowardice Nominee, 2004

1996 Profile in Cowardice O. J. Simpson	O. J. Simpson may have beaten his murder rap, but a Civil suit jury later found him financially responsible for the murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.  Simpson lives in Florida, where existing laws protects his home and Pension from being seized.    Some investigators believe an intruder murdered JonBenet Ramsey on Christmas, 1996 and that that person is likely to be found in the world of pre-teen beauty pageants - a scene John & Patsy Ramsey voluntarily subjected their little girl to.	John & Patsy Ramsey, Profiles in Cowardice for 1997 & 1999
David Cash, 1998 Profile in Cowardice	David Cash did nothing as his friend Jeremy Strohmeyer raped and murdered 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson inside a Nevada Casino restroom.  FBI Director Louis Freeh was Nominated in 1996 for not having the courage to issue a public apology to Richard Jewell, who lived under a cloud of suspicion once identified by the FBI as the Atlanta Olympics bomber.  Jewell became a wealthy man by suing Media outlets that falsely accused him based upon the FBI information.  The Jewell case was just one of several investigations botched by the FBI during the tenure of Director Freeh.	1996 Profile in Cowardice Nominee Louis Freeh

Monica Lewinsky and her tape-recording friend Linda Tripp

In 1998 the New York Post reported the introduction of 'Monica Lewinsky Presidential Kneepads,'offered for $69.69 by the Chappaquiddick Society;  ("Ask NOT what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country while wearing these Kneepads!"); AND 'Monica Lewinsky Presidential Cigars,! ("What this country needs - a good 69 cent cigar!")  At right is Jeff Gannon, a White House press corps favorite who didn't quite have the courage to admit he led a double life as a male escort.

2005 Profile in Cowardice Nominee Jeff Gannon

2003 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Congressman James Traficant	The Chappaquiddick Society has scrutinized 3 members of Congress from the State of Ohio:  James Traficant, (left, as he appeared on his Congressional website), Steven la Tourette, who was among the most vocal critics of President Clinton during the 'MonicaGate' scandal and yet was later caught up in his own patronage and adultry scandal, and Jean Schmidt, (right), who created an uproar on the floor of the House by branding as a "Coward" Congressman John Murtha, a decorated Marine Corps veteran of the VietNam war.	Ohio Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, 2005 Profile in Cowardice Nominee
1997,1998,1999 Profile in Cowardice Award Nominee Janet Reno	At left is former Attorney General Janet Reno, nominated 3 consecutive times for her failure to appoint a Special Prosecutor regarding the 'funny money' scandal involving the Democratic Party and the government of Communist China.   At right is baseball slugger Rafael Palmieri, who pointed a finger at members of Congress, angrily denying ever having abused anabolic steroids.  Just months later, Palmieri was detected having used steroids and disciplined by the National Baseball League.	Rafael Palmieri, 2005 Profile in Cowardice Nominee
Andrew Douglas Burnett	At left is Andrew Douglas Burnett, convicted and sent to prison for his murder of "Leo the Dog". According to witnesses, Burnett grabbed Leo from his owner's car after a minor fender bender in 2000 and flung Leo across the divide, where the helpless poodle was struck and killed by oncoming traffic.  At the time Burnett was Nominated for the Chappaquiddick Society's Profile in Cowardice Award, a member of the Society stated: "Dogs are people too!"	Leo the Dog
. 'There's a finger in my chili' con artist Anna Ayala	. . At left is Anna Ayala from her arrest mugshot, nominated after she subjected employees of a Wendy's Restaurant to intense scurtiny and polygraphs after Ayala claimed she found a human finger in her chili.  Ayala was later convicted for this scam.   Reluctant Georgia bride Jennifer Wilbanks was nominated after creating a nationwide sensation by staging her own fake kidnapping.	. "Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks

Norma Jean Baker . . 1926-1962	Sherrice Iverson, brutally murdered in 1997 while David Cash refused to save her	Martha Moxley, murdered by a Kennedy family member at age 15. (Moxley family photo)
JonBenet Ramsey, murdered during Christmas, 1996	18-year-old Jennifer Levin, killed by the "Preppy Murderer" Robert Chambers in 1986	Nicole Brown Simpson 1959-1994

. . . .. and let us not forget

Mary Jo Kopechne . . . . 1940-1969