text:  As the New York Times' Nicholas Fandos writes, the timing of an episode that resulted in a misdemeanor plea and house censure could hardly have been worse. Opposites and researchers turned up old blog posts dabbling in 9-11 conspiracy theories and publicized video of Bowman calling reports Hamas sexually abused Israeli women during its attack propaganda. Also, don't alienate your friends back home. As Politico points out, a more skilled politician might have survived those travails with a local support network in place, but Bowman didn't have that because Latimer had that.