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2008
Bruce Barclay, former Cumberland County commissioner, videotaped hundreds of sexual encounters - many with male escorts - using cameras hidden throughout his Monroe Township home.[1]
Matthew Joseph Elliott, former aide to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.[2]
Vito Fossella, the only Republican member of Congress from New York City, admitted to police to having a child out-of-wedlock when stopped for drunk driving.[3]
Robert McKee, Republican delegate from Western Maryland, announced his resignation after authorities seized two computers, videotapes and printed materials from his Hagerstown home in a child pornography investigation. McKee also resigned his position as executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.[4]
Daniel Dean Thompson, 31, a Utah retailer of "family-friendly" tapes and DVDs (Hollywood films with the "dirty parts" cut out of them), arrested and booked into the Utah County jail on charges of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old.[5]
Derek Walker, former Eagle Scout and candidate seeking the GOP nomination in a race for north-central Pennsylvania district, was charged with felony burglary and criminal trespass stemming from an encounter last year with an ex-girlfriend, during which he allegedly broke into her home and used his cell phone to videotape her engaged in an intimate moment with another man.[6]
2007
Robert "Bob" Allen, Florida state Rep. Arrested in the afternoon at a Veteran's Memorial Park for solicitation of prostitution from an undercover male officer inside a restroom. According to the papers Bob "offer[ed] to perform oral sex for $20". Bob Later claimed that his offer had something to do with his being afraid of black people.[7]
John David Roy Atchison, Republican prosecutor, was arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an "assistant U.S. attorney" appointed by President Bush's attorney general.[8]
E. Ozwald Balfour, chairman of the Utah Republican Black Assembly and elected to the Republican State Central Committee in 2007, even though he was awaiting trial on four felony counts of forcible sex abuse dating back to his arrest in February, 2005.[9]
John Bryan, Republican city councilman, killed himself after police began investigating allegations that he had molested three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15.[10]
Larry Craig Republican Senator for Idaho, was arrested on July 11, 2007, by plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd behavior in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport airport men's room. On August 8 in Hennepin County Municipal Court in Bloomington, Minnesota, Craig entered a guilty plea and paid a $500 fine.[11]. On September 1st, Craig subsequently announced his retirement from the Senate[12]. Five days later, Craig changed his mind, renounced his retirement and began a battle to have his guilty plea overturned.[13]
John R. Curtin, Monroe County state Republican committeeman, was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison.[14]
Richard Curtis, Washington State Rep., resigned from the House after reports of his sexual encounter with a male escort became public.[15]
Donald Fleischman, Brown County, WI, Republican Party Chairman, resigned his post after he was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.[16]
Larry Dale Floyd, Republican Constable in Denton County, Texas Precinct Two. Arrested for allegedly crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old child and was charged with 7 related offenses. Age 62 at time of arrest.[17]
Ted Klaudt, former South Dakota State Rep., found guilty of four counts of second-degree rape of two teenage foster daughters.[18][19]
Ronald C. Kline, Republican Judge in Orange County, CA, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer after six years of legal wrangling. In 2002, charged with child molestation and under house arrest on federal charges of possessing child pornography, political analysts still gave him a 50-50 chance of winning the March 5 primary for the Orange County Superior Court seat. He lost the election to a write-in candidate.
Joseph M. McDade, 75, was issued a summons on a charge of exposure of sexual organs, a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The longtime Pennsylvania Republican congressman who served for 36 years in the House and now works for a Washington lobbying firm, has been accused of exposing his private parts to two women at a beach resort on Sanibel Island. [20]
Patrick Lee McGuire, former former Flagler County Commissioner, surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.[21]
Jon Matthews, Republican talk show host in Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17.[22]
Joseph Monteleone Jr., Elyria city councilman, was found guilty of fondling underage girls and asking them, to have sex with him.[23]
Glenn Murphy Jr., chairman of the Clark County Republican Party and president of the Young Republican National Federation, resigned both posts, after the Clark County Sheriff's Department began investigating Murphy for alleged criminal deviate conduct. A 22-year-old man claimed that Murphy performed an unwanted sex act on him while the man slept in a relative's Jeffersonville home. During the investigation, a similar accusation from 1998 came to light.[24]
Armando Tebano, Schenectady County Republican Chairman, pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.[25]
David Vittner, junior Senator from Louisiana, became one of the few high-profile politicians to be implicated as a client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey.[26]
2006
Steve Aiken, campaign manager for a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona, former Quakertown, PA, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend, was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.[27]
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. 3 of his family members accuse him of molesting them when they were pre-teens. In August 06, Beres confessed.[28]
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and adviser to a California assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. [29]
Randall Casseday, Washington Times newspaper executive, pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.[30]
Larry Corrigan, Republican operative and Director of Operations and Budget at King County Prosecutor's Office, OR, was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.[31]
Carey Lee Cramer Political consultant and anti-Kerry ad producer, tried for molesting two young girls, one of whom lived with him, and was 8 yrs old; the other starred in an anti-Kerry commercial. Diary [32]
Mark Foley, Republican Representative, Florida Sixteenth Congressional District. Resigned after trying to solicit sex from male congressional pages via an instant messenger program. The conversations included his asking a sixteen-year-old "stud" whether his penis was erect and requesting that he take out and measure his penis. The cover-up involved Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Eighth Congressional District and Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Illinois Fourteenth District.[33]
Jim Gibbons, then US Rep. and Republican candidate for governor, was accused by a Las Vegas casino cocktail waitress of grabbing her, shoving her against a wall and threatening her after she rebuffed his advances.[34][35] Since elected Governor, Gibbons is under investigation by the FBI on corruption charges and is embroiled in what looks set to become a very messy divorce.[36]
Ted Haggard, was fired as pastor of the New Life Church and resigned from his position as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November 2006 after a former male prostitute alleged they had a cash-for-sex relationship. The man also said he saw Haggard use methamphetamine. Haggard confessed to undisclosed "sexual immorality" and said he bought meth but didn't use it.[37]
Don Haidl, Assistant Sheriff of Orange Country, in violation of California's rape shield law, led a smear campaign against the child his son poisoned and then violently gang-raped on videotape, adding up to 24 felony counts. He said that his son "acted accordingly" because the child was a "slut".[38][39]
Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, Christian conservative activist and lawyer with close ties to Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Scott Baugh, head of the Orange County Republican Party, was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.[40]
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman, was arrested for distributing what experts call "some of the most offensive material in the child pornography world" - a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.[41]
Brent Schepp, Republican County Board Candidate was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.[42]
2005
Adelphia Communications Corp.: Donated large sums of money to some of the most conservative members of Congress. They are also the first cable company to offer hard-core adult movies to subscribers.[43]
John Collins, of Eatontown, NJ, former music teacher and city councilman, pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.[44]
John Gosek Republican Mayor of Oswego, N.Y.was arrested after paying a confidential informant $250 to introduce him to two 15-year-old girls at a hotel.[45]
Dr. W. David Hager Bush appointee, member of Focus on the Family's Physician Resource Council, player in movement to ban the morning-after-pill. Had an adulterous affair, before divorcing his wife he sexually abused her, including sodomizing her in her sleep.[46]
Russell Harding, president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. under then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $400,000 for his personal use and possessing child pornography.[47]
Neal Horsley has called for the arrest of all homosexuals. During an interview with Alan Colmes on the Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show, he admitted to having engaged in sex with a mule at age 11. "When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule," he said. He then credited Jesus with forgiving and cleansing him of his "sin."
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Jeff Miller, (R-Cleveland), Senate Republican Caucus Chairman in Tennessee and the sponsor of Tennessee's Marriage Protection act, getting divorced (as of April 2005) because of an affair he was having with an office aid. Miller described the Tennessee Marriage Protection Act as a means of preserving the sanctity of marriage. He opposed an amendment, however, which stated that "Adultery is deemed to be a threat to the institution of marriage and contrary to public policy in Tennessee."
Dennis L. Rader, AKA, The BTK Killer, Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president, pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.[48]
Jeffrey Kyle Randall, Republican Mayor of Clarkfield, Minnesota, was sentenced to 275 days in jail for molesting two boys--ages ten and 12--during a six-year period.[49]
Jean Schmidt, OH-2, though not herself implicated, employed a campaign manager (Joe Braun) in her 2005 election who once wrote an article condemning gay men for running sex ad profiles, and who was then accused of running his own sex profile on Collarme, an S&M sex site. The profile called for "submissives" to wear only a collar and handcuffs and to have hot wax dripped on them.[50]
Mark Seidensticker, Republican campaign worker, is a convicted child molester.[51]
Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Eventually admitted to an affair with a woman 30 years younger than him, after she accused him of physical abuse and attempting to choke her. [52]
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman, pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.[53]
Jim Stelling, Seminole County Republican Party chairman who believes in "family values", as he told a judge. Filed a defamation lawsuit against Nancy Goettman, a former county GOP executive committee member, for falsely claiming he had been married six times. Stelling has been married 5 times. [54]
Bobby Stumbo, former Floyd County, KY, Republican Party leader, was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.[55]
Jim West, Spokane Mayor. Supported a bill, which failed, would have barred gays and lesbians from working in schools, day-care centers and some state agencies. Voted to bar the state from distributing pamphlets telling people how to protect themselves from AIDS. Proposed that "any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person" among teens be criminalized. Had a sexual affair with an 18 year old boy.[56]
2004
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican former speaker of Puerto Rico's house of representatives, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of intoxicating his stepdaughter and her 17-year-old friend and attempting to rape the friend.[57]
Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.[58]
Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a sentence of 126 years in prison. Investigators estimated that he spent at least $5 million.[59][60][61]
Peter Dibble, Republican legislator pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. [62]
Jeff Gannon, partisan blogger with no journalism credentials and a fake name who got invited to Bush's Press conferences. Is also a pimp and a gay prostitute.[63]
Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, introduced by Bush on the campaign trail, and promoted his policies. Says he supports Bush's values. Two months later, this married father of four turned himself into police, charged with the sexual exploitation of a child.[64][65]
Also signed an ad (that called for criminally prosecuting business that sell porn), along with another pastor who was repeatedly busted for public masturbation.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican judge, pleaded no contest to fondling his 10-year old daughter and was sentenced to 10 years probation.[66]
Donald Rumsfeld, Republican Defense Secretary, may have authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here.[67]
Jack Ryan, 2004 Republican nominee for US Senate from Illinois, pressured his wive, actress Jeri Ryan, to have sex with other men. Tricked her into visiting sex clubs, where he asked her to have sex with him while others watched.[68]
Ed Schrock, two-term republican congressman, with a 92% approval rating from the Christian Coalition. Cosponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, consistently opposed gay rights. Married, with wife and kids. Withdrew his candidacy for a third term after tapes of him soliciting for gay sex were circulated.[69]
David Swartz, Republican Commissioner, of Richland County, Ohio pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.[70]
Robin Vanderwall, Republican strategist and director of Faith & Family Alliance, (a Christian Coalition spin off), was convicted in April 2004 on five counts of computer solicitation of a minor and one count of attempted indecent liberties with a child.[71]
2003
John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion activist, convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl at the home for troubled girls that he ran. [72]
Neil Bush, brother or G. W. Bush, in a March 2003 divorce deposition, admitted repeatedly having sex with strange women who just showed up at his room while on an Asian business trip. (Overshadowing the sex scandal; the business scandal--see link.) [73]
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican fund-raiser and Bush pioneer, was found guilty of child porn charges. [74]
Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman, had been convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the Republican Party, knowing of these crimes, put him on the ballot.[75]
Philip Giordano, Republican mayor sentenced to 37 years for forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to perform oral sex on him in his City Hall office.[76][77]
Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee[78], 30-pill a day drug addict.[79]. In 2006, returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic, Limbaugh was detained by customs agents for several hours after they found a bottle of Viagra prescribed to someone else in his luggage.[80]
Pat McPherson, Douglas County Election Commissioner, resigned a day after being ticketed on suspicion of fondling a 17-year-old girl who was dressed as a restaurant mascot.[81]
Brent Parker Utah State Representative. Arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a male prostitute.[82]
Stephen White, infamous for preaching against homosexuality and sexual promiscuity at Yale and other college campuses, was arrested after allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.[83]
2002
Andrew Buhr, Republican politician, former committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.[84]
Richard Gardner, a Nevada State Representative (R), admitted to molesting his two daughters. 34% of those who voted in Assembly District 34 preferred Gardner to the Democratic candidate.[85]
Howard Scott Heldreth, anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the Shiavo media-circus, was convicted of two charges of raping a child in 2002.[86]
Tom Randall, Republican petition drive manager of Orange County, CA, pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.[87]
Keith Westmoreland, a Tennessee state representative (R), was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).[88] Not long afterwards, Westmoreland committed suicide.[89]
2001
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child with force. He faces 6 charges related to getting a 13-year-old girl stoned on pot and then having sex with her. [90] Also accused of sexually assaulting another girl. [91]
Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush Elector, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography (including children as young as 3 years old) on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. [92]
Kevin Coan, Republican St. Louis Election Board official, arrested and charged with trying to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the Internet. [93]
John Fund, of the Wall Street Journal, a prominent anti-abortion columnist and GOP fund raiser. He lost his position after it was revealed that he impregnated the daughter of an old girlfriend and then encouraged her to abort his child.[94]
Donald "Buzz" Lukens, Republican Congressman from Ohio, was found guilty of having sex with a minor - a girl he was accused of sleeping with since she was 13.[95] Lukens was convicted in March, 1996, on five counts of bribery and conspiracy related to actions he took while in Congress.[96]
Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion activist, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor [97].
Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, fired after child pornography was found in his possession. [98] With his political career over, he went to work in the hard-core pornography industry for Platinum X Pictures, owned by his daughter, porn starlet Jewel De'Nyle (Stephany Schwarz). [99]
Tom Shortridge. Republican campaign consultant, was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. [100]
2000
Keola Childs, Republican County Councilman, pleaded guilty to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child.[101]
Matthew Glavin, president and CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, big player in the Clinton Impeachment, and many anti-gay jihads, has been arrested multiple times for public indecency, one time fondling the crotch of the officer who was arresting him.[102]
Earl Kimmerling, sentenced to 40 years in prison after he confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.[103]
1999
George Roche III president of conservative Hillsdale College, MI, divorced his wife of 44 years (who had cancer) and remarried five months later. Apparently shocked and upset by the presence of a new woman in her father-in-law's life, Roche's daughter-in-law Lissa revealed that she and her father-in-law had been off-and-on lovers for 19 of the 21 years she and her husband had been married. Shortly thereafter, Lissa took her own life.[104]
1998
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. [105]
Dan Burton, Republican Congressman who, while married, fathered a child by another woman. [106]
Dan Crane, Republican Congressman, married, father of six. Received a 100% "Morality Rating" from Christian Voice. Had sex with a minor working as a congressional page.[107] On July 20, the House voted for censure Crane, the first time that censure had been imposed for sexual misconduct.[108]
Helen Chenoweth, Congresswoman (R-Id.). In 1995, Chenoweth had denied having an affair when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review. In 1998 she called (in a campaign ad) for Bill Clinton's resignation saying "I believe that personal conduct and integrity do matter". Days later she admitted to a six-year adulterous affair with a married associate. but now she claims a pardon from a higher authority: "I've asked for God's forgiveness, and I've received it," she revealed.
Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton's impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair with a woman who was married and had three children, during the course of which she and her husband were divorced. [109]
1997
Mike Bowers Former State Attorney General, prosecuted the famous Bowers vs. Hardwick case, based on Georgia anti-sodomy laws. Admitted to a 10-year adulterous affair.[110]
1996
John Hathaway, Republican Senate candidate, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.[111]
I. Lewis Libby, former Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. In 1996 published a novel containing bizarre sexual content, including bestiality and pedophillia.[112]
1995
Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments.[113]
Beverly Russell, county chairman of the Christian Coalition and county coordinator of the South Carolina Citizens for Life[114], sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two children.[115]. Mr. Russell continued to serve on the executive committee of the state G.O.P. as late as six months after his stepdaughter's confession of murder had brought their sexual history to light.
1994
Jim Bunn Congressman of Oregon: With his success due in great part to support from the Christian Coalition, Bunn won his congressional seat, then immediately ditched his wife (and mother of his five children), married a staffer, and put his new wife on the state payroll for the unheard-of salary of $97,500. [116]
1993
Ken Calvert, Congressman (R-Ca), champion of the Christian Coalition and its "family values." Sued as an alimony deadbeat by his ex-wife. Said "We can't forgive what occurred between the President and Lewinsky." In 1993 he was caught by police receiving oral sex from a prostitute and attempted to flee the scene.[117]
1990
Jon Grunseth, Republican businessman and candidate for Minnesota governor, withdrew his candidacy after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter, and tried to grope one. "I've made some mistakes," he said.[118]
1989
Paul Ingram, Republican Party leader of Thurston County, Washington, pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Sue Myrick, Republican mayor of Charlotte, NC, self-described "devout Christian", during her run for reelection news reports revealed that she committed adultery with a married man in 1973. Myrick admitted the adultery and won reelection. She was later elected as congresswoman for North Carolina's 9th district.
1988
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at Robertson's Christian Broadcasting network. Committed adultery with Jessica Hahn [119] and then used charitable donations to pay her hush money[120]. Fellow televangelists say he's gay. [121][122] Convicted on 24 federal charges of fraud and conspiracy charges. [123].
1986
Roy Cohn, continually condemned gays and gay rights. Was a closet gay who died of AIDS. [124]
1982
John Scmitz, right-wing republican congressman, who had had his committee chairship taken away from him in the California State Senate after issuing a press release attacking Jews, feminists and gays. Forced out of office in 1982 for having an adulterous affair and fathering two children out of wedlock with one of his students. He was caught because his baby was admitted to hospital for having hair tied so tightly around his penis that it was almost severed. His daughter, Mary Kay LeTourneau, was convicted of having an adulterous affair with one of her students, and giving birth to two of his children. [125]
1980
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. [126]
1973
Ted Bundy, the notorious serial rapist who murdered 16 women. Bundy worked on the re-election campaign of Washington's Republican Governor Dan Evans. Evans was elected and he appointed Bundy to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee.[127]
1925
Strom Thurmond, Republican senator, aged 22, fathered a child on 16-year old African American maid working for his family.[128]
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Dick Armey (R-Texas), former professor, has been accused by The Dallas Observer of sexually harassing female students.
Bob Barr, Republican Congressman from Georgia. Sponsored the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, saying "The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of our society, the family unit." Was married three times. Paid for his second wife's abortion (she also suspected he was cheating on her). Failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of strippers at his inaugural party.
John Bolton Bush's appointee ambassador to United Nations, corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton's first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Department.
Pat Buchanan presidential candidate, media talking-head. His campaign refused to confirm or deny whether Pat has had chlamydia or any other venereal diseases.
George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie Schoedinger, who was later suicided. Accused by Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair with Bush that had ended in 1999. Also noted by Mrs. Blount whom G.W.BUSH while campaigning for her Husband Red Blount and while G.W.BUSH was possibly A.W.O.L from the Air National Guard at age 26 he was all over their 14 year old daughter.
John Butler, Republican activist, was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Charles Canady, Congressman (R-Florida), Judiciary Committee member. Lied to his constituents about his adulterous affair with Sharon Becker, which caused her divorce.
Nicholas Elizondo, Young Republican Federation board member was convicted for molested a 6-year old girl and was sentenced to six years in prison.[129]
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. -R Congressman from Delaware may have had an affair with Paula Parkinson (see his article for more info).
Rudy Giuliani, had an adulterous affair. Pocketed $80,000 for speaking at a charity benefit for tsunami aid which raised only $60,000 for the victims themselves (Feb 2005).
Marty Glickman, Republican activist, was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Mark A. Grethen, Republican activist, convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Mark Harris, Republican city councilman who is described as a "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Tim Hutchinson, divorced his wife of 29 years to marry a congressional aide he was having an affair with.
Bernard Kerik, had two simultaneous adulterous affairs.
Bob Livingston, former Congressman (R-La.) resigned from the House in the wake of revelations about his past adultery.
Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for sexual harassment by his producer.
Bob Packwood, Senator (R-Ore.), resigned in 1995 under a threat of public senate hearings related to 10 female ex-staffers accusing him of sexual harassment.
John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while running a fundamentalist group to cure gays.
John Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa), accused of sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment by six women. Peterson has refused to admit a crime, saying only "I may have been an excessive hugger."
Harvey Pitt, SEC Chief under George W. Bush until he was forced to resign in 2002. Worked for New Frontier Media, a firm which distributed teen sex videos.
Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in Florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury."
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family values, estranged from her mother, opposes birth control, has had her tubes tied, espouses saving oneself for marriage, admits to having had sex before she was married, opposes adultery, has committed adultery while she was married, and has slept with a married man, opposes divorce, is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available online.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, said during a sermon "I'm trying to find the correct name for it ... this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. ... I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm gonna be blunt and plain; if one ever looks at me like that, I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died." Had an affair with a prostitute.
Randall Terry, Right to Life activist, founder of Operation Rescue, involved in the Terri Schiavo protests. Once imprisoned for sending former President Bill Clinton an aborted fetus. His son Jamiel is gay; his daughter Tila had sex outside of marriage, became pregnant, had a miscarriage - she is no longer welcome in his home; his daughter Ebony had 2 children outside of wedlock and became Muslim. He has campaigned against infidelity and birth control, gays and unwed mothers. Terry himself was censured by his church after committing a
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Bruce Barclay, former Cumberland County commissioner, videotaped hundreds of sexual encounters - many with male escorts - using cameras hidden throughout his Monroe Township home.[1]
Matthew Joseph Elliott, former aide to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.[2]
Vito Fossella, the only Republican member of Congress from New York City, admitted to police to having a child out-of-wedlock when stopped for drunk driving.[3]
Robert McKee, Republican delegate from Western Maryland, announced his resignation after authorities seized two computers, videotapes and printed materials from his Hagerstown home in a child pornography investigation. McKee also resigned his position as executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.[4]
Daniel Dean Thompson, 31, a Utah retailer of "family-friendly" tapes and DVDs (Hollywood films with the "dirty parts" cut out of them), arrested and booked into the Utah County jail on charges of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old.[5]
Derek Walker, former Eagle Scout and candidate seeking the GOP nomination in a race for north-central Pennsylvania district, was charged with felony burglary and criminal trespass stemming from an encounter last year with an ex-girlfriend, during which he allegedly broke into her home and used his cell phone to videotape her engaged in an intimate moment with another man.[6]
2007
Robert "Bob" Allen, Florida state Rep. Arrested in the afternoon at a Veteran's Memorial Park for solicitation of prostitution from an undercover male officer inside a restroom. According to the papers Bob "offer[ed] to perform oral sex for $20". Bob Later claimed that his offer had something to do with his being afraid of black people.[7]
John David Roy Atchison, Republican prosecutor, was arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an "assistant U.S. attorney" appointed by President Bush's attorney general.[8]
E. Ozwald Balfour, chairman of the Utah Republican Black Assembly and elected to the Republican State Central Committee in 2007, even though he was awaiting trial on four felony counts of forcible sex abuse dating back to his arrest in February, 2005.[9]
John Bryan, Republican city councilman, killed himself after police began investigating allegations that he had molested three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15.[10]
Larry Craig Republican Senator for Idaho, was arrested on July 11, 2007, by plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd behavior in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport airport men's room. On August 8 in Hennepin County Municipal Court in Bloomington, Minnesota, Craig entered a guilty plea and paid a $500 fine.[11]. On September 1st, Craig subsequently announced his retirement from the Senate[12]. Five days later, Craig changed his mind, renounced his retirement and began a battle to have his guilty plea overturned.[13]
John R. Curtin, Monroe County state Republican committeeman, was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison.[14]
Richard Curtis, Washington State Rep., resigned from the House after reports of his sexual encounter with a male escort became public.[15]
Donald Fleischman, Brown County, WI, Republican Party Chairman, resigned his post after he was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.[16]
Larry Dale Floyd, Republican Constable in Denton County, Texas Precinct Two. Arrested for allegedly crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old child and was charged with 7 related offenses. Age 62 at time of arrest.[17]
Ted Klaudt, former South Dakota State Rep., found guilty of four counts of second-degree rape of two teenage foster daughters.[18][19]
Ronald C. Kline, Republican Judge in Orange County, CA, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer after six years of legal wrangling. In 2002, charged with child molestation and under house arrest on federal charges of possessing child pornography, political analysts still gave him a 50-50 chance of winning the March 5 primary for the Orange County Superior Court seat. He lost the election to a write-in candidate.
Joseph M. McDade, 75, was issued a summons on a charge of exposure of sexual organs, a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The longtime Pennsylvania Republican congressman who served for 36 years in the House and now works for a Washington lobbying firm, has been accused of exposing his private parts to two women at a beach resort on Sanibel Island. [20]
Patrick Lee McGuire, former former Flagler County Commissioner, surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.[21]
Jon Matthews, Republican talk show host in Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17.[22]
Joseph Monteleone Jr., Elyria city councilman, was found guilty of fondling underage girls and asking them, to have sex with him.[23]
Glenn Murphy Jr., chairman of the Clark County Republican Party and president of the Young Republican National Federation, resigned both posts, after the Clark County Sheriff's Department began investigating Murphy for alleged criminal deviate conduct. A 22-year-old man claimed that Murphy performed an unwanted sex act on him while the man slept in a relative's Jeffersonville home. During the investigation, a similar accusation from 1998 came to light.[24]
Armando Tebano, Schenectady County Republican Chairman, pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.[25]
David Vittner, junior Senator from Louisiana, became one of the few high-profile politicians to be implicated as a client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey.[26]
2006
Steve Aiken, campaign manager for a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona, former Quakertown, PA, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend, was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.[27]
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. 3 of his family members accuse him of molesting them when they were pre-teens. In August 06, Beres confessed.[28]
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and adviser to a California assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. [29]
Randall Casseday, Washington Times newspaper executive, pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.[30]
Larry Corrigan, Republican operative and Director of Operations and Budget at King County Prosecutor's Office, OR, was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.[31]
Carey Lee Cramer Political consultant and anti-Kerry ad producer, tried for molesting two young girls, one of whom lived with him, and was 8 yrs old; the other starred in an anti-Kerry commercial. Diary [32]
Mark Foley, Republican Representative, Florida Sixteenth Congressional District. Resigned after trying to solicit sex from male congressional pages via an instant messenger program. The conversations included his asking a sixteen-year-old "stud" whether his penis was erect and requesting that he take out and measure his penis. The cover-up involved Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Eighth Congressional District and Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Illinois Fourteenth District.[33]
Jim Gibbons, then US Rep. and Republican candidate for governor, was accused by a Las Vegas casino cocktail waitress of grabbing her, shoving her against a wall and threatening her after she rebuffed his advances.[34][35] Since elected Governor, Gibbons is under investigation by the FBI on corruption charges and is embroiled in what looks set to become a very messy divorce.[36]
Ted Haggard, was fired as pastor of the New Life Church and resigned from his position as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November 2006 after a former male prostitute alleged they had a cash-for-sex relationship. The man also said he saw Haggard use methamphetamine. Haggard confessed to undisclosed "sexual immorality" and said he bought meth but didn't use it.[37]
Don Haidl, Assistant Sheriff of Orange Country, in violation of California's rape shield law, led a smear campaign against the child his son poisoned and then violently gang-raped on videotape, adding up to 24 felony counts. He said that his son "acted accordingly" because the child was a "slut".[38][39]
Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, Christian conservative activist and lawyer with close ties to Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Scott Baugh, head of the Orange County Republican Party, was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.[40]
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman, was arrested for distributing what experts call "some of the most offensive material in the child pornography world" - a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.[41]
Brent Schepp, Republican County Board Candidate was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.[42]
2005
Adelphia Communications Corp.: Donated large sums of money to some of the most conservative members of Congress. They are also the first cable company to offer hard-core adult movies to subscribers.[43]
John Collins, of Eatontown, NJ, former music teacher and city councilman, pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.[44]
John Gosek Republican Mayor of Oswego, N.Y.was arrested after paying a confidential informant $250 to introduce him to two 15-year-old girls at a hotel.[45]
Dr. W. David Hager Bush appointee, member of Focus on the Family's Physician Resource Council, player in movement to ban the morning-after-pill. Had an adulterous affair, before divorcing his wife he sexually abused her, including sodomizing her in her sleep.[46]
Russell Harding, president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. under then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $400,000 for his personal use and possessing child pornography.[47]
Neal Horsley has called for the arrest of all homosexuals. During an interview with Alan Colmes on the Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show, he admitted to having engaged in sex with a mule at age 11. "When you grow up on a farm in Georgia, your first girlfriend is a mule," he said. He then credited Jesus with forgiving and cleansing him of his "sin."
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Jeff Miller, (R-Cleveland), Senate Republican Caucus Chairman in Tennessee and the sponsor of Tennessee's Marriage Protection act, getting divorced (as of April 2005) because of an affair he was having with an office aid. Miller described the Tennessee Marriage Protection Act as a means of preserving the sanctity of marriage. He opposed an amendment, however, which stated that "Adultery is deemed to be a threat to the institution of marriage and contrary to public policy in Tennessee."
Dennis L. Rader, AKA, The BTK Killer, Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president, pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.[48]
Jeffrey Kyle Randall, Republican Mayor of Clarkfield, Minnesota, was sentenced to 275 days in jail for molesting two boys--ages ten and 12--during a six-year period.[49]
Jean Schmidt, OH-2, though not herself implicated, employed a campaign manager (Joe Braun) in her 2005 election who once wrote an article condemning gay men for running sex ad profiles, and who was then accused of running his own sex profile on Collarme, an S&M sex site. The profile called for "submissives" to wear only a collar and handcuffs and to have hot wax dripped on them.[50]
Mark Seidensticker, Republican campaign worker, is a convicted child molester.[51]
Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Eventually admitted to an affair with a woman 30 years younger than him, after she accused him of physical abuse and attempting to choke her. [52]
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman, pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.[53]
Jim Stelling, Seminole County Republican Party chairman who believes in "family values", as he told a judge. Filed a defamation lawsuit against Nancy Goettman, a former county GOP executive committee member, for falsely claiming he had been married six times. Stelling has been married 5 times. [54]
Bobby Stumbo, former Floyd County, KY, Republican Party leader, was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.[55]
Jim West, Spokane Mayor. Supported a bill, which failed, would have barred gays and lesbians from working in schools, day-care centers and some state agencies. Voted to bar the state from distributing pamphlets telling people how to protect themselves from AIDS. Proposed that "any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person" among teens be criminalized. Had a sexual affair with an 18 year old boy.[56]
2004
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican former speaker of Puerto Rico's house of representatives, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of intoxicating his stepdaughter and her 17-year-old friend and attempting to rape the friend.[57]
Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.[58]
Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a sentence of 126 years in prison. Investigators estimated that he spent at least $5 million.[59][60][61]
Peter Dibble, Republican legislator pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. [62]
Jeff Gannon, partisan blogger with no journalism credentials and a fake name who got invited to Bush's Press conferences. Is also a pimp and a gay prostitute.[63]
Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, introduced by Bush on the campaign trail, and promoted his policies. Says he supports Bush's values. Two months later, this married father of four turned himself into police, charged with the sexual exploitation of a child.[64][65]
Also signed an ad (that called for criminally prosecuting business that sell porn), along with another pastor who was repeatedly busted for public masturbation.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican judge, pleaded no contest to fondling his 10-year old daughter and was sentenced to 10 years probation.[66]
Donald Rumsfeld, Republican Defense Secretary, may have authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here.[67]
Jack Ryan, 2004 Republican nominee for US Senate from Illinois, pressured his wive, actress Jeri Ryan, to have sex with other men. Tricked her into visiting sex clubs, where he asked her to have sex with him while others watched.[68]
Ed Schrock, two-term republican congressman, with a 92% approval rating from the Christian Coalition. Cosponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, consistently opposed gay rights. Married, with wife and kids. Withdrew his candidacy for a third term after tapes of him soliciting for gay sex were circulated.[69]
David Swartz, Republican Commissioner, of Richland County, Ohio pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.[70]
Robin Vanderwall, Republican strategist and director of Faith & Family Alliance, (a Christian Coalition spin off), was convicted in April 2004 on five counts of computer solicitation of a minor and one count of attempted indecent liberties with a child.[71]
2003
John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion activist, convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl at the home for troubled girls that he ran. [72]
Neil Bush, brother or G. W. Bush, in a March 2003 divorce deposition, admitted repeatedly having sex with strange women who just showed up at his room while on an Asian business trip. (Overshadowing the sex scandal; the business scandal--see link.) [73]
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican fund-raiser and Bush pioneer, was found guilty of child porn charges. [74]
Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman, had been convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the Republican Party, knowing of these crimes, put him on the ballot.[75]
Philip Giordano, Republican mayor sentenced to 37 years for forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to perform oral sex on him in his City Hall office.[76][77]
Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee[78], 30-pill a day drug addict.[79]. In 2006, returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic, Limbaugh was detained by customs agents for several hours after they found a bottle of Viagra prescribed to someone else in his luggage.[80]
Pat McPherson, Douglas County Election Commissioner, resigned a day after being ticketed on suspicion of fondling a 17-year-old girl who was dressed as a restaurant mascot.[81]
Brent Parker Utah State Representative. Arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a male prostitute.[82]
Stephen White, infamous for preaching against homosexuality and sexual promiscuity at Yale and other college campuses, was arrested after allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.[83]
2002
Andrew Buhr, Republican politician, former committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.[84]
Richard Gardner, a Nevada State Representative (R), admitted to molesting his two daughters. 34% of those who voted in Assembly District 34 preferred Gardner to the Democratic candidate.[85]
Howard Scott Heldreth, anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the Shiavo media-circus, was convicted of two charges of raping a child in 2002.[86]
Tom Randall, Republican petition drive manager of Orange County, CA, pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.[87]
Keith Westmoreland, a Tennessee state representative (R), was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).[88] Not long afterwards, Westmoreland committed suicide.[89]
2001
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child with force. He faces 6 charges related to getting a 13-year-old girl stoned on pot and then having sex with her. [90] Also accused of sexually assaulting another girl. [91]
Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush Elector, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography (including children as young as 3 years old) on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. [92]
Kevin Coan, Republican St. Louis Election Board official, arrested and charged with trying to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the Internet. [93]
John Fund, of the Wall Street Journal, a prominent anti-abortion columnist and GOP fund raiser. He lost his position after it was revealed that he impregnated the daughter of an old girlfriend and then encouraged her to abort his child.[94]
Donald "Buzz" Lukens, Republican Congressman from Ohio, was found guilty of having sex with a minor - a girl he was accused of sleeping with since she was 13.[95] Lukens was convicted in March, 1996, on five counts of bribery and conspiracy related to actions he took while in Congress.[96]
Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion activist, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor [97].
Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, fired after child pornography was found in his possession. [98] With his political career over, he went to work in the hard-core pornography industry for Platinum X Pictures, owned by his daughter, porn starlet Jewel De'Nyle (Stephany Schwarz). [99]
Tom Shortridge. Republican campaign consultant, was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. [100]
2000
Keola Childs, Republican County Councilman, pleaded guilty to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child.[101]
Matthew Glavin, president and CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, big player in the Clinton Impeachment, and many anti-gay jihads, has been arrested multiple times for public indecency, one time fondling the crotch of the officer who was arresting him.[102]
Earl Kimmerling, sentenced to 40 years in prison after he confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.[103]
1999
George Roche III president of conservative Hillsdale College, MI, divorced his wife of 44 years (who had cancer) and remarried five months later. Apparently shocked and upset by the presence of a new woman in her father-in-law's life, Roche's daughter-in-law Lissa revealed that she and her father-in-law had been off-and-on lovers for 19 of the 21 years she and her husband had been married. Shortly thereafter, Lissa took her own life.[104]
1998
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. [105]
Dan Burton, Republican Congressman who, while married, fathered a child by another woman. [106]
Dan Crane, Republican Congressman, married, father of six. Received a 100% "Morality Rating" from Christian Voice. Had sex with a minor working as a congressional page.[107] On July 20, the House voted for censure Crane, the first time that censure had been imposed for sexual misconduct.[108]
Helen Chenoweth, Congresswoman (R-Id.). In 1995, Chenoweth had denied having an affair when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review. In 1998 she called (in a campaign ad) for Bill Clinton's resignation saying "I believe that personal conduct and integrity do matter". Days later she admitted to a six-year adulterous affair with a married associate. but now she claims a pardon from a higher authority: "I've asked for God's forgiveness, and I've received it," she revealed.
Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton's impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair with a woman who was married and had three children, during the course of which she and her husband were divorced. [109]
1997
Mike Bowers Former State Attorney General, prosecuted the famous Bowers vs. Hardwick case, based on Georgia anti-sodomy laws. Admitted to a 10-year adulterous affair.[110]
1996
John Hathaway, Republican Senate candidate, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.[111]
I. Lewis Libby, former Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. In 1996 published a novel containing bizarre sexual content, including bestiality and pedophillia.[112]
1995
Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments.[113]
Beverly Russell, county chairman of the Christian Coalition and county coordinator of the South Carolina Citizens for Life[114], sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two children.[115]. Mr. Russell continued to serve on the executive committee of the state G.O.P. as late as six months after his stepdaughter's confession of murder had brought their sexual history to light.
1994
Jim Bunn Congressman of Oregon: With his success due in great part to support from the Christian Coalition, Bunn won his congressional seat, then immediately ditched his wife (and mother of his five children), married a staffer, and put his new wife on the state payroll for the unheard-of salary of $97,500. [116]
1993
Ken Calvert, Congressman (R-Ca), champion of the Christian Coalition and its "family values." Sued as an alimony deadbeat by his ex-wife. Said "We can't forgive what occurred between the President and Lewinsky." In 1993 he was caught by police receiving oral sex from a prostitute and attempted to flee the scene.[117]
1990
Jon Grunseth, Republican businessman and candidate for Minnesota governor, withdrew his candidacy after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter, and tried to grope one. "I've made some mistakes," he said.[118]
1989
Paul Ingram, Republican Party leader of Thurston County, Washington, pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Sue Myrick, Republican mayor of Charlotte, NC, self-described "devout Christian", during her run for reelection news reports revealed that she committed adultery with a married man in 1973. Myrick admitted the adultery and won reelection. She was later elected as congresswoman for North Carolina's 9th district.
1988
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at Robertson's Christian Broadcasting network. Committed adultery with Jessica Hahn [119] and then used charitable donations to pay her hush money[120]. Fellow televangelists say he's gay. [121][122] Convicted on 24 federal charges of fraud and conspiracy charges. [123].
1986
Roy Cohn, continually condemned gays and gay rights. Was a closet gay who died of AIDS. [124]
1982
John Scmitz, right-wing republican congressman, who had had his committee chairship taken away from him in the California State Senate after issuing a press release attacking Jews, feminists and gays. Forced out of office in 1982 for having an adulterous affair and fathering two children out of wedlock with one of his students. He was caught because his baby was admitted to hospital for having hair tied so tightly around his penis that it was almost severed. His daughter, Mary Kay LeTourneau, was convicted of having an adulterous affair with one of her students, and giving birth to two of his children. [125]
1980
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. [126]
1973
Ted Bundy, the notorious serial rapist who murdered 16 women. Bundy worked on the re-election campaign of Washington's Republican Governor Dan Evans. Evans was elected and he appointed Bundy to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee.[127]
1925
Strom Thurmond, Republican senator, aged 22, fathered a child on 16-year old African American maid working for his family.[128]
Unattributed
Dick Armey (R-Texas), former professor, has been accused by The Dallas Observer of sexually harassing female students.
Bob Barr, Republican Congressman from Georgia. Sponsored the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, saying "The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of our society, the family unit." Was married three times. Paid for his second wife's abortion (she also suspected he was cheating on her). Failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of strippers at his inaugural party.
John Bolton Bush's appointee ambassador to United Nations, corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton's first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Department.
Pat Buchanan presidential candidate, media talking-head. His campaign refused to confirm or deny whether Pat has had chlamydia or any other venereal diseases.
George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie Schoedinger, who was later suicided. Accused by Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair with Bush that had ended in 1999. Also noted by Mrs. Blount whom G.W.BUSH while campaigning for her Husband Red Blount and while G.W.BUSH was possibly A.W.O.L from the Air National Guard at age 26 he was all over their 14 year old daughter.
John Butler, Republican activist, was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Charles Canady, Congressman (R-Florida), Judiciary Committee member. Lied to his constituents about his adulterous affair with Sharon Becker, which caused her divorce.
Nicholas Elizondo, Young Republican Federation board member was convicted for molested a 6-year old girl and was sentenced to six years in prison.[129]
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. -R Congressman from Delaware may have had an affair with Paula Parkinson (see his article for more info).
Rudy Giuliani, had an adulterous affair. Pocketed $80,000 for speaking at a charity benefit for tsunami aid which raised only $60,000 for the victims themselves (Feb 2005).
Marty Glickman, Republican activist, was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Mark A. Grethen, Republican activist, convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Mark Harris, Republican city councilman who is described as a "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Tim Hutchinson, divorced his wife of 29 years to marry a congressional aide he was having an affair with.
Bernard Kerik, had two simultaneous adulterous affairs.
Bob Livingston, former Congressman (R-La.) resigned from the House in the wake of revelations about his past adultery.
Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for sexual harassment by his producer.
Bob Packwood, Senator (R-Ore.), resigned in 1995 under a threat of public senate hearings related to 10 female ex-staffers accusing him of sexual harassment.
John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while running a fundamentalist group to cure gays.
John Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa), accused of sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment by six women. Peterson has refused to admit a crime, saying only "I may have been an excessive hugger."
Harvey Pitt, SEC Chief under George W. Bush until he was forced to resign in 2002. Worked for New Frontier Media, a firm which distributed teen sex videos.
Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, currently a conservative talk show host. Resigned his congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in his office. The medical examiner, who had his license revoked in Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in Florida for six years, ruled the case an accident, after giving conflicting information about her injuries. He said he lied about them because "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury."
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family values, estranged from her mother, opposes birth control, has had her tubes tied, espouses saving oneself for marriage, admits to having had sex before she was married, opposes adultery, has committed adultery while she was married, and has slept with a married man, opposes divorce, is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available online.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, said during a sermon "I'm trying to find the correct name for it ... this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men. ... I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm gonna be blunt and plain; if one ever looks at me like that, I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died." Had an affair with a prostitute.
Randall Terry, Right to Life activist, founder of Operation Rescue, involved in the Terri Schiavo protests. Once imprisoned for sending former President Bill Clinton an aborted fetus. His son Jamiel is gay; his daughter Tila had sex outside of marriage, became pregnant, had a miscarriage - she is no longer welcome in his home; his daughter Ebony had 2 children outside of wedlock and became Muslim. He has campaigned against infidelity and birth control, gays and unwed mothers. Terry himself was censured by his church after committing a
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sokeri
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2008-08-08 07:35:00 PM |
and your mom. don't forget your mom!
| amo
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2008-08-08 07:38:55 PM |
Hobodeluxe: (blah blah blah)
tl;dr
tl;dr
| Nabb1
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2008-08-08 07:53:27 PM |
Dear Kos,
McCain's affair, while certainly not a good thing by any measure, is really old news. No one cares. Sorry. You'll get over it.
Love and kisses,
Nabb1
McCain's affair, while certainly not a good thing by any measure, is really old news. No one cares. Sorry. You'll get over it.
Love and kisses,
Nabb1
| Litterbox
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2008-08-08 07:56:39 PM |
What the fark was John Edwards thinking? I like pussy as much as the next guy, but Im damn sure not going to fark some bimbo while my wife is dying of cancer and then sit around and deny the whole affair. I sure hope that strange was worth it.
/douchebag
/douchebag
| 2wolves | 2008-08-08 08:20:27 PM |
No mention of Saint Reagan boffing Nancy while he was still married to his first wife?
| GAT_00
|
2008-08-08 08:32:32 PM |
Hobodeluxe: (blah blah blah)
That was unnecessary.
That was unnecessary.
| Lionel Mandrake
|
2008-08-08 08:59:27 PM |
If anything, it means that McCain and his "camp" won't try to extend the issue or generalize about Democrats or "liberals," lest someone bring up McCain's own shameful past.
Then again, McCain - with his $500 shoes, 8 homes, private jet, etc - just released an ad about how nice it must be to be Obama, because things are so tough "for the rest of us," so perhaps I shouldn't be so certain.
GAT_00: That was unnecessary.
Yes...one can, and someone probably will, post a list of Democrats, too...*sigh*
Then again, McCain - with his $500 shoes, 8 homes, private jet, etc - just released an ad about how nice it must be to be Obama, because things are so tough "for the rest of us," so perhaps I shouldn't be so certain.
GAT_00: That was unnecessary.
Yes...one can, and someone probably will, post a list of Democrats, too...*sigh*
| Lionel Mandrake
|
2008-08-08 09:00:56 PM |
2wolves: No mention of Saint Reagan boffing Nancy while he was still married to his first wife?
He was a Democrat back then.
/seriously
//he sucked as a member of both major parties.
He was a Democrat back then.
/seriously
//he sucked as a member of both major parties.
| The Icelander
|
2008-08-08 09:01:18 PM |
Litterbox: What the fark was John Edwards thinking? I like pussy as much as the next guy, but Im damn sure not going to fark some bimbo while my wife is dying of cancer and then sit around and deny the whole affair. I sure hope that strange was worth it.
Not just that, but any weight he could bring to bear against issues he cares about is gone. He was doing tons of good, and risked it all for a few moments with a chick who, let's face it, isn't that good looking.
I mean, he's worked for these causes for years, and he farking threw it away. He's not just a douchebag, he's a farking moron.
Not just that, but any weight he could bring to bear against issues he cares about is gone. He was doing tons of good, and risked it all for a few moments with a chick who, let's face it, isn't that good looking.
I mean, he's worked for these causes for years, and he farking threw it away. He's not just a douchebag, he's a farking moron.
| Suicidal Writer | 2008-08-08 09:03:34 PM |
What is it with members of The Democrat Party constantly pointing out the problems of the other side whenever Democrats are exposed for wrongdoings? It seems like it's one big setup. When Democrats oversee a pro-torture policy will the excuse be that Republicans did it too? It's almost like a card that exempts one from everything.
| liberalish | 2008-08-08 09:11:15 PM |
| Lionel Mandrake
|
2008-08-08 09:11:24 PM |
Suicidal Writer: What is it with members of The Democrat Party constantly pointing out the problems of the other side whenever Democrats are exposed for wrongdoings?
No kidding...Republicanians never do that.
*rolls eyes*
No kidding...Republicanians never do that.
*rolls eyes*
| GAT_00
|
2008-08-08 09:22:32 PM |
Lionel Mandrake: Yes...one can, and someone probably will, post a list of Democrats, too...*sigh*
Heh.
Suicidal Writer: What is it with members of The Democrat Party constantly pointing out the problems of the other side whenever Democrats are exposed for wrongdoings?
Hypocrisy. Look into it.
Heh.
Suicidal Writer: What is it with members of The Democrat Party constantly pointing out the problems of the other side whenever Democrats are exposed for wrongdoings?
Hypocrisy. Look into it.
| DarthBrooks
|
2008-08-08 09:34:07 PM |
Approves this particular thread's initial entry:
| bronyaur1
|
2008-08-08 10:14:12 PM |
Did McCain have his affair while running for President, just after running for VP, with his wife on his side?
Obama, baby. Vote Obama.
Obama, baby. Vote Obama.
| The Icelander
|
2008-08-08 10:15:22 PM |
Suicidal Writer: What is it with members of The Democratic Party constantly pointing out the problems of the other side whenever Democrats are exposed for wrongdoings?
FTFY.
\Seriously tired of that crap
FTFY.
\Seriously tired of that crap
| bronyaur1
|
2008-08-08 10:43:39 PM |
There is hardly a clearer sign of a partisan moran than the use of the term "Democrat party." Kind of like admitting your parents were closely related.
| ohnonotfloridaagain
|
2008-08-08 10:53:02 PM |
Thank you, The Icelander.
| Eddie Adams from Torrance
|
2008-08-08 11:00:08 PM |
Submitter:'s Mom?
| Yukon Callmeal | 2008-08-08 11:08:00 PM |
You know who else funneled campaign cash to their lover?
Other than Edwards, I am drawing a blank.
Other than Edwards, I am drawing a blank.
| Prospero424
|
2008-08-08 11:08:19 PM |
It was the 70's, baby!
Seriously, that's the big difference.
Seriously, that's the big difference.
| One F Jef | 2008-08-08 11:11:29 PM |
B-b-b-b-b-ut everyone!
At least democrats bang WOMEN. Adult women, too.
At least democrats bang WOMEN. Adult women, too.
| Elmo Jones | 2008-08-08 11:11:53 PM |
Hobodeluxe: 2008
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
| Hang On Voltaire
|
2008-08-08 11:12:28 PM |
Yes yes we get it...but but but but but but but but.
| The Homer Tax | 2008-08-08 11:13:16 PM |
Nabb1: Dear Kos,
McCain's affair, while certainly not a good thing by any measure, is really old news. No one cares. Sorry. You'll get over it.
Love and kisses,
Nabb1
He's going to have an interesting time securing the "Family Values" vote.
McCain's affair, while certainly not a good thing by any measure, is really old news. No one cares. Sorry. You'll get over it.
Love and kisses,
Nabb1
He's going to have an interesting time securing the "Family Values" vote.
| Donald_McRonald | 2008-08-08 11:16:28 PM |
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That's some fine copypasta there, Lou.
That's some fine copypasta there, Lou.
| Bucky Katt
|
2008-08-08 11:17:01 PM |
| Desterion | 2008-08-08 11:17:28 PM |
Why does the left always think attacking the other side and thinking their guy did nothing wrong is the way to go?
| Donald_McRonald | 2008-08-08 11:19:01 PM |
Desterion: Why does the left always think attacking the other side and thinking their guy did nothing wrong is the way to go?
But Clinton...!
But Clinton...!
| Bucky Katt
|
2008-08-08 11:19:10 PM |
Elmo Jones: Hobodeluxe: 2008
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
| UncleFriendly | 2008-08-08 11:20:25 PM |
Desterion: Why does the left always think attacking the other side and thinking their guy did nothing wrong is the way to go?
I don't think anyone is saying Edwards did no wrong. For the record, he's a douche. But this may, may, just backfire on McCain. Probably not, though.
I don't think anyone is saying Edwards did no wrong. For the record, he's a douche. But this may, may, just backfire on McCain. Probably not, though.
| soy_bomb | 2008-08-08 11:20:50 PM |
Wow, the excuse patrol is rolling through town like the Shriners in a parade. Let's put it simply, dude, his wife has chick cancer and he was cheating on her. He's a scumbag, pure and simple. Two Americas...
| Hang On Voltaire
|
2008-08-08 11:21:09 PM |
Bucky Katt:
holy shiat that has to be the longest post ever.
and I am sure he had one just as long when Mark Foley was busted regarding Congressman Barney Frank.
holy shiat that has to be the longest post ever.
and I am sure he had one just as long when Mark Foley was busted regarding Congressman Barney Frank.
| Bucky Katt
|
2008-08-08 11:21:24 PM |
chick cancer?
| Hang On Voltaire
|
2008-08-08 11:22:09 PM |
UncleFriendly:
I don't think anyone is saying Edwards did no wrong. For the record, he's a douche. But this may, may, just backfire on McCain. Probably not, though.
Backfire on McCain? He hasn't even said anything about it
I don't think anyone is saying Edwards did no wrong. For the record, he's a douche. But this may, may, just backfire on McCain. Probably not, though.
Backfire on McCain? He hasn't even said anything about it
| The Homer Tax | 2008-08-08 11:22:18 PM |
soy_bomb: Wow, the excuse patrol is rolling through town like the Shriners in a parade. Let's put it simply, dude, his wife has chick cancer and he was cheating on her. He's a scumbag, pure and simple. Two Americas...
Are you only a scumbag if you cheat on your wife when she has a disease?
Otherwise, cheating on your wife is cool?
Are you only a scumbag if you cheat on your wife when she has a disease?
Otherwise, cheating on your wife is cool?
| dmort | 2008-08-08 11:23:33 PM |
It all depends on when infidelity is considered a flaw. Most of the conversation on Edwards today tended to concern the future of his career and very little has concerned any character debate.
I find this odd for two reasons:
1. What makes McCain's affair more or less acceptable than John Edwards's? If the media considers infidelity to be a permanent mar on a politician's leadership capabilities (career-ending in Edward's case as opposed to career-launching in McCain's) then why isn't there a discussion of McCain's personal history?
2. The media covering this story has been mincing words the whole way through. If they can throw out crap like "Is Obama arrogant?" and constantly raise character questions about the Dem nominee based on speeches and Obama's personal observations, then why is this only being discussed in terms of Edwards's political future? If people can have an on-air debate about character under those benign circumstances, why only take the high road when a politician cheats on his wife?
In a related matter, it looks like men with very similar names are about to have the same awards on their mantlepiece.
I find this odd for two reasons:
1. What makes McCain's affair more or less acceptable than John Edwards's? If the media considers infidelity to be a permanent mar on a politician's leadership capabilities (career-ending in Edward's case as opposed to career-launching in McCain's) then why isn't there a discussion of McCain's personal history?
2. The media covering this story has been mincing words the whole way through. If they can throw out crap like "Is Obama arrogant?" and constantly raise character questions about the Dem nominee based on speeches and Obama's personal observations, then why is this only being discussed in terms of Edwards's political future? If people can have an on-air debate about character under those benign circumstances, why only take the high road when a politician cheats on his wife?
In a related matter, it looks like men with very similar names are about to have the same awards on their mantlepiece.
| GhostFish | 2008-08-08 11:23:39 PM |
Hey, John McCain had an affair. We knew this. We've known this for a very long time. Most of us didn't see it as that big of a deal. It's a sad, shameful thing for any family to go through, but it's something that tends to happen regardless of folks' political persuasion.
Seriously, we can do "B-b-but McCain", "B-b-but Clinton", "B-b-but *insert cheating politician here*" back through the years until we're blue in the face.
But now that Edwards gets called on it, we're back to harping on McCain about it? And in a rather unprovoked manner?
Get over it. Your overcompensating defense mechanism is showing.
Oh, and insinuating that cheating Republicans are all closeted homosexuals is extra classy. "Not that there's anything wrong with that", until it's someone on the opposite side of the party lines - right?
Seriously, we can do "B-b-but McCain", "B-b-but Clinton", "B-b-but *insert cheating politician here*" back through the years until we're blue in the face.
But now that Edwards gets called on it, we're back to harping on McCain about it? And in a rather unprovoked manner?
Get over it. Your overcompensating defense mechanism is showing.
Oh, and insinuating that cheating Republicans are all closeted homosexuals is extra classy. "Not that there's anything wrong with that", until it's someone on the opposite side of the party lines - right?
| The Homer Tax | 2008-08-08 11:24:15 PM |
Hang On Voltaire: Backfire on McCain? He hasn't even said anything about it
You don't think that people (in the GOP) raising hell about what an asshole Edwards is for cheating on his wife won't open up a discussion on politicians and adultery?
You don't think that people (in the GOP) raising hell about what an asshole Edwards is for cheating on his wife won't open up a discussion on politicians and adultery?
| serpent_sky
|
2008-08-08 11:25:07 PM |
A very long article and early on comment, all to make this point:
Politicians [and most powerful and/or famous people] tend to have affairs.
People just think Edwards is "worse" because his wife is sick. But let's face it -- it's extremely common for these people to have extra-marital affairs and it shouldn't even be shocking to people anymore.
It's also not really our business. I'm far more concerned about their voting records and polices than who they stick their dicks in.
Politicians [and most powerful and/or famous people] tend to have affairs.
People just think Edwards is "worse" because his wife is sick. But let's face it -- it's extremely common for these people to have extra-marital affairs and it shouldn't even be shocking to people anymore.
It's also not really our business. I'm far more concerned about their voting records and polices than who they stick their dicks in.
| soy_bomb | 2008-08-08 11:25:13 PM |
The Homer Tax: Are you only a scumbag if you cheat on your wife when she has a disease? Otherwise, cheating on your wife is cool?
I think then a standard @$$hole label is appropriate.
I think then a standard @$$hole label is appropriate.
| Elmo Jones | 2008-08-08 11:25:53 PM |
Bucky Katt: Elmo Jones: Hobodeluxe: 2008
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
Thanks!
Why were you not on my favorites list?
/rectified
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
Thanks!
Why were you not on my favorites list?
/rectified
| The Homer Tax | 2008-08-08 11:26:14 PM |
dmort: It all depends on when infidelity is considered a flaw.
Infidelity is only a flaw when it's the other party.
GhostFish: Hey, John McCain had an affair. We knew this. We've known this for a very long time. Most of us didn't see it as that big of a deal. It's a sad, shameful thing for any family to go through, but it's something that tends to happen regardless of folks' political persuasion.
So, you don't think it's a big deal for Edwards, either?
Infidelity is only a flaw when it's the other party.
GhostFish: Hey, John McCain had an affair. We knew this. We've known this for a very long time. Most of us didn't see it as that big of a deal. It's a sad, shameful thing for any family to go through, but it's something that tends to happen regardless of folks' political persuasion.
So, you don't think it's a big deal for Edwards, either?
| Fart_Machine | 2008-08-08 11:27:34 PM |
Who. Farking. Cares.
| The Homer Tax | 2008-08-08 11:28:30 PM |
soy_bomb: I think then a standard @$$hole label is appropriate.
So...McCain is an asshole for cheating on his wife, but he's not a scumbag because his wife didn't have a disease.
For what it's worth, I think that standing by her man and single-handedly raising their children for 5 years while he was a POW is equivalent to having a disease.
If you don't, that's cool, but for me that puts them on equal levels of "scumbagginess."
So...McCain is an asshole for cheating on his wife, but he's not a scumbag because his wife didn't have a disease.
For what it's worth, I think that standing by her man and single-handedly raising their children for 5 years while he was a POW is equivalent to having a disease.
If you don't, that's cool, but for me that puts them on equal levels of "scumbagginess."
| Bucky Katt
|
2008-08-08 11:28:42 PM |
Elmo Jones: Bucky Katt: Elmo Jones: Hobodeluxe: 2008
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
Thanks!
Why were you not on my favorites list?
/rectified
i'm honored!
...Bruce Barclay, ... possession of child ...
Hobodeluxe,
can you provide a link to those sources? I need some quiet in an IRL discussion.
thx,
EJ
http://republicansexperverts.com/
Thanks!
Why were you not on my favorites list?
/rectified
i'm honored!
| Hang On Voltaire
|
2008-08-08 11:30:06 PM |
The Homer Tax: You don't think that people (in the GOP) raising hell about what an asshole Edwards is for cheating on his wife won't open up a discussion on politicians and adultery?
No, I don't. This will be a complete non-story as it has been, except to people like you who will somehow find a way to spin it so that KKKarl Rove sent the woman to Edwards room
No, I don't. This will be a complete non-story as it has been, except to people like you who will somehow find a way to spin it so that KKKarl Rove sent the woman to Edwards room
| soy_bomb | 2008-08-08 11:32:31 PM |
The Homer Tax: Otherwise, cheating on your wife is cool?
I should amend my statement. It's cool if it's her:
Isn't that right, Steve?
I should amend my statement. It's cool if it's her:
Isn't that right, Steve?
| GhostFish | 2008-08-08 11:32:35 PM |
The Homer Tax: So, you don't think it's a big deal for Edwards, either?
On the political level it's a big deal for Edwards, if only such as that he was doing his cheating while running for President. Taking that kind of risk, he was basically cheating on the entire Democratic party.
On the political level it's a big deal for Edwards, if only such as that he was doing his cheating while running for President. Taking that kind of risk, he was basically cheating on the entire Democratic party.
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