Ted Stevens...another Bad Boy Repiglican

[FOTD]

A devilish guess the Bridge to Nowhere is leading somewhere...the slammer!

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWBT00948220080729

Stevens was one of those Sens who said rather than build New Orleans, N.O.'ians should just move to higher ground. Rot in jail, Stevens. Oh, and a bit of advice, if you drop the soap in the shower, don't bend over to pick it up.

JUSTICE!

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

A devilish guess the Bridge to Nowhere is leading somewhere...the slammer!

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWBT00948220080729

Stevens was one of those Sens who said rather than build New Orleans, N.O.'ians should just move to higher ground. Rot in jail, Stevens. Oh, and a bit of advice, if you drop the soap in the shower, don't bend over to pick it up.

JUSTICE!

He's 84 years old.

I doubt he'll ever spend a day in jail.

And, he's probably a life-long crook.

Been at it for at least FOUR decades.

[FOTD]

Agreed.

But the Repiglinators will lose the seat to a Democrat.....more slam dunk government. Seems to work in TeeTown.

Justa Demon!

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by FOTD

Agreed.

But the Repiglinators will lose the seat to a Democrat.....more slam dunk government. Seems to work in TeeTown.

Justa Demon!

There is currently no real leader of the GOP except a failed President with an Approval rating at lowest levels EVER.

If there were a real, credible leader in the GOP, the party would have quietly retired Sen. Stevens.

Instead, this greedy, grasping old man has the arrogance to run for re-election while under FBI investigation.

So, a solidly GOP state will in all likelihood have a Democrat Senator in November.

[FOTD]

BOOGA BOOGA!!!!!

Another one bites the dust.

Does this make Inhofe the elder and oldest repuke on cap hill?

Bop til you drop......

[cannon_fodder]

As with all your "look at the Republican" posts, I'll point out that there are just as many crook Democrats.

It is also worth pointing out that while the President has the lowest approval ratings in history, so does the Democratic House and Senate.

Losers all around.

And, of course, if found guilty they should hit up upside the head with the book.  I don't care if he's 90.  Public corruption can NOT be tolerated.

[T-Town Now]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

As with all your "look at the Republican" posts, I'll point out that there are just as many crook Democrats.

It is also worth pointing out that while the President has the lowest approval ratings in history, so does the Democratic House and Senate.

Losers all around.

And, of course, if found guilty they should hit up upside the head with the book.  I don't care if he's 90.  Public corruption can NOT be tolerated.

The Republican hypocrites have more than their fair share of scandals:

* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

* Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

* Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

* Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.

* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

* Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

* Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

* Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

* Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

* Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

* Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

* Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

* Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

* Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

* Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

And this just since idiot son took office:

Convicted through guilty pleas:

Republican ~ Adam Kidan ~ Abramoff partner
Republican ~ Scanlon ~ Abramoff partner
Republican ~ Abramoff ~ Top Republican Lobbyist
Republican ~ Duke Cunningham ~ pled guilty to crimes separate from the Abramoff affairs, but now thought to be inplicated in the Abramoff affairs.

Three mafia hitmen: Arrested and charged for the Florida murder of Gus Boulis, business associate of Kidan and Abramoff in the purchase of Suncruz Casinos. The three accused men received large sums of money as business consultants of Abramoff partner, Kidan. Kidan has been a suspect in this case, although no charges have been filed against him, yet.

Also arrested and charged in the Abramoff, Republican scandal:

Republican ~ Safavian ~ White House official currently on trial for lying to the Feds
Republican ~ Rudy, aide to Tom Delay.

Targets of the investigation:

Republican ~ Congressman Bob Ney, and at least one aide.
Repbulican ~ Tom Delay and his wife

Under suspicion and/or investigation:

Republican ~ Griles, assist. to Gale Norton in the Dept. of the Interior
Republican Dept. of the Interior employees, several of whom took the 5th at the Senate hearings.
Republican ~ Sen. Conrad Burns and former aide (both deny any wrongdoing)
Republican ~ Sen. Cornyn (he denies any wrongdoing)
Republican ~ Christian Fundamentalist ~ Ralph Reed
Republican strategist ~ Grover Norquist, (Abramoff's Reed's and Kidan's mentor when they were Young Republicans in their college years).

Republicans who have been convicted, charged, indicted, investigated in crimes other than the Abramoff affairs:

Republican ~ Governor Rowland of Conn. serving time now for corruption
Republican ~ Governor Ryan of Illinois and several Republican members of his administration, received a total of about 30 indictments for corruption in that administration. The prosecutor in that case is Patrick Fitzgerald. Update: Convicted on all counts
Republican ~ Governor Taft of Ohio, convicted and paid a fine.
Republican ~ Tom Noe ~ indicted on over 50 counts recently.
Republican ~ Scooter Libby, top WH official in the Valerie Plame affair, indicted on five counts.
Republican ~ Larry Franklin, Pentagon official, pled guilty to spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy case.
Republican ~ Rosen, charged with spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy affair
Republican ~ Weissman, charged with spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy affair.
Republican ~ Claude Allen ~ Bush appointee director of Domestic affairs for petty theft.
Republican ~ Rush Limbaugh ~ guilty of fraudulently buying prescription drugs
Republican ~ Tom Delay former Majority Leader of the House indicted in Texas.

Currently under investigation:

Republican ~ Karl Rove, under investigation in the Valerie Plame affair.

Republican ~ neocon, Douglas Feith, now under investigation for possibly disseminating false information about WMD and terror connections from the OSP. Possibly as a result of his close association with Larry Franklin who is now cooperating with Prosecutors.

Republican ~ Richard Perle, under investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald in the Conrad Black corruption case in Illinois. Conrad Black, media mogul (Canada's Rupert Murdoch) was recently indicted together with co-conspirators, for corruption by Patrick Fitzgerald.

Republican ~ Sen. Frist for insider trading
Republican ~ Speaker Hastert for questionable dealings with Turkey

And the main reason the Democratic Congress has such low approval ratings is because they've failed to IMPEACH the President who took us to war based on lies, outed a covert CIA agent for political reasons, illegally spied on American citizens and lied about it when caught, created a super secret energy policy that has brought about obscene profits for his oil company buddies, and $4+ gas for Americans, among many other things.

In my 40+ years on this planet, the majority of political scandals have involved REPUBLICANS, not Democrats.

How quickly Republicans forget Watergate and Iran Contra, two of the worst abuses of power in our country's history, diminished only by the current Oval Office occupant.

With stunning Republicans like Inhofe, Coburn, and Sullivan representing Oklahoma, is it any wonder we're at the bottom of the list on health care, roads and bridges, and at the top of the list on teenage pregnancies?

[rwarn17588]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder


It is also worth pointing out that while the President has the lowest approval ratings in history, so does the Democratic House and Senate.

True, but I read a good analysis recently (I don't remember who it was) that congressional approval ratings always closely follow the presidential approval ratings, and that Congress' ratings are nearly always below the president's.

Case in point: When George W. Bush had approval ratings in the low 90s right after 9/11, Congress had ratings in the 80s.

Now, when Bush's ratings are in the 20s, Congress falls into the teens.

These same effects happened with other presidents, too. If you get good leadership at the top, it pulls the Congress up with it. If you don't get good leadership at the top, it pulls down Congress, also. That's just the way it is.

[cannon_fodder]

Woohooo! You learned to cut and paste.

I can cut and paste too!

William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate

Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.

Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.

DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.

Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings.

Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.

James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.

Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.

Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..

Eliot Spitzer- Democrat - New York governor - resigned from office after being tied to a prostitution ring.

Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.

Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.

Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.

Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.

George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.

Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.

John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator

Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.

James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.

Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.

Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.

Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison

Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.

John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison

Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.

Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.

Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.

Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.

Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.

Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.

Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.

Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.

Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.

Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.

David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.

Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.

Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.

Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.

Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.

Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI.

James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.

John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation.

Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.

David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.

John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine

Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.

Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.

Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute

Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.

Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.

David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.

James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.

Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.

William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation.

Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.

Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.

Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.

Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.

Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.

Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.

Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use

Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.

Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.

Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.

Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.

Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.

George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.

Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury

Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.

Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.

Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion.

Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.

Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
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There are plenty of crooks and losers to go around on both sides of the aisle.  If you want to pretend that your side is roses and love and the other side is evil... be my guest.  Just know you're living in a fantasy world.

I found this email forward telling:

quote:IS THIS A LIST OF CRIMES BY CURRENT PLAYERS IN THE NBA or NFL?

36 have been accused of spousal abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad checks

Put your ad here!

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71, repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

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Neither, it's the 535 members of the United States Congress (circa 2006).

The same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

[tim huntzinger]

I wonder if Inhofe regrets going to bat for Stevens' 'bridge to nowhere' on KFAQ some years ago.  He sure stuck up for it.

[Conan71]

Cannon, did you really have to go tit-for-tat with T-Town?  I guess we need to remind the libtards every now and then that their own brand sucks too. []

I'm thinking FOTD got a chubby over this story last night.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by T-Town Now

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

As with all your "look at the Republican" posts, I'll point out that there are just as many crook Democrats.

It is also worth pointing out that while the President has the lowest approval ratings in history, so does the Democratic House and Senate.

Losers all around.

And, of course, if found guilty they should hit up upside the head with the book.  I don't care if he's 90.  Public corruption can NOT be tolerated.

The Republican hypocrites have more than their fair share of scandals:

* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

* Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

* Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

* Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.

* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

* Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

* Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

* Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

* Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

* Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

* Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

* Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

* Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

* Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

* Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

And this just since idiot son took office:

Convicted through guilty pleas:

Republican ~ Adam Kidan ~ Abramoff partner
Republican ~ Scanlon ~ Abramoff partner
Republican ~ Abramoff ~ Top Republican Lobbyist
Republican ~ Duke Cunningham ~ pled guilty to crimes separate from the Abramoff affairs, but now thought to be inplicated in the Abramoff affairs.

Three mafia hitmen: Arrested and charged for the Florida murder of Gus Boulis, business associate of Kidan and Abramoff in the purchase of Suncruz Casinos. The three accused men received large sums of money as business consultants of Abramoff partner, Kidan. Kidan has been a suspect in this case, although no charges have been filed against him, yet.

Also arrested and charged in the Abramoff, Republican scandal:

Republican ~ Safavian ~ White House official currently on trial for lying to the Feds
Republican ~ Rudy, aide to Tom Delay.

Targets of the investigation:

Republican ~ Congressman Bob Ney, and at least one aide.
Repbulican ~ Tom Delay and his wife

Under suspicion and/or investigation:

Republican ~ Griles, assist. to Gale Norton in the Dept. of the Interior
Republican Dept. of the Interior employees, several of whom took the 5th at the Senate hearings.
Republican ~ Sen. Conrad Burns and former aide (both deny any wrongdoing)
Republican ~ Sen. Cornyn (he denies any wrongdoing)
Republican ~ Christian Fundamentalist ~ Ralph Reed
Republican strategist ~ Grover Norquist, (Abramoff's Reed's and Kidan's mentor when they were Young Republicans in their college years).

Republicans who have been convicted, charged, indicted, investigated in crimes other than the Abramoff affairs:

Republican ~ Governor Rowland of Conn. serving time now for corruption
Republican ~ Governor Ryan of Illinois and several Republican members of his administration, received a total of about 30 indictments for corruption in that administration. The prosecutor in that case is Patrick Fitzgerald. Update: Convicted on all counts
Republican ~ Governor Taft of Ohio, convicted and paid a fine.
Republican ~ Tom Noe ~ indicted on over 50 counts recently.
Republican ~ Scooter Libby, top WH official in the Valerie Plame affair, indicted on five counts.
Republican ~ Larry Franklin, Pentagon official, pled guilty to spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy case.
Republican ~ Rosen, charged with spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy affair
Republican ~ Weissman, charged with spying for a 'foreign nation' in the Pentagon Spy affair.
Republican ~ Claude Allen ~ Bush appointee director of Domestic affairs for petty theft.
Republican ~ Rush Limbaugh ~ guilty of fraudulently buying prescription drugs
Republican ~ Tom Delay former Majority Leader of the House indicted in Texas.

Currently under investigation:

Republican ~ Karl Rove, under investigation in the Valerie Plame affair.

Republican ~ neocon, Douglas Feith, now under investigation for possibly disseminating false information about WMD and terror connections from the OSP. Possibly as a result of his close association with Larry Franklin who is now cooperating with Prosecutors.

Republican ~ Richard Perle, under investigation by Patrick Fitzgerald in the Conrad Black corruption case in Illinois. Conrad Black, media mogul (Canada's Rupert Murdoch) was recently indicted together with co-conspirators, for corruption by Patrick Fitzgerald.

Republican ~ Sen. Frist for insider trading
Republican ~ Speaker Hastert for questionable dealings with Turkey

And the main reason the Democratic Congress has such low approval ratings is because they've failed to IMPEACH the President who took us to war based on lies, outed a covert CIA agent for political reasons, illegally spied on American citizens and lied about it when caught, created a super secret energy policy that has brought about obscene profits for his oil company buddies, and $4+ gas for Americans, among many other things.

In my 40+ years on this planet, the majority of political scandals have involved REPUBLICANS, not Democrats.

How quickly Republicans forget Watergate and Iran Contra, two of the worst abuses of power in our country's history, diminished only by the current Oval Office occupant.

With stunning Republicans like Inhofe, Coburn, and Sullivan representing Oklahoma, is it any wonder we're at the bottom of the list on health care, roads and bridges, and at the top of the list on teenage pregnancies?

How about NOT padding your listing with the numerous NON-ELECTED private persons who just happen to call themselves Republicans.

Listing Anti-Abortion activists and calling them Republicans is inaccurately running up the GOP body-count.

Many of these hustlers would do business with either party, currying to the one currently in power to dispense favors to the unworthy.

[T-Town Now]

I don't know of any Democratic Presidents that told over 900 lies in order to start a war that killed over 4,100 of our innocent troops.

It doesn't get any worse than that.

You Republicans have such a problem with a BJ, yet you're willing to overlook the actions of your own superstars, like Newt Gingrich who cheated on his wife while she was suffering with cancer, and John McSame, who also cheated on his first wife.

Hypocrisy must be mandate #1 to be a Republican.

And you guys sure know how to "fix" an economy, don't you? Record deficits, pimping the United States like a street whore to other countries, outsourcing good jobs and replacing them with dead end ones...yeah, good job.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by T-Town Now

I don't know of any Democratic Presidents that told over 900 lies in order to start a war that killed over 4,100 of our innocent troops.

It doesn't get any worse than that.

You Republicans have such a problem with a BJ, yet you're willing to overlook the actions of your own superstars, like Newt Gingrich who cheated on his wife while she was suffering with cancer, and John McSame, who also cheated on his first wife.

Hypocrisy must be mandate #1 to be a Republican.

And you guys sure know how to "fix" an economy, don't you? Record deficits, pimping the United States like a street whore to other countries, outsourcing good jobs and replacing them with dead end ones...yeah, good job.

900 lies???  Which moonbat website did you get that nugget of information from?  Care to share your list of lies?

How about the list of lies told by Democrat Presidents which killed many more U.S. troops and innocent Viet Namese civilians?  Care to tabluate those since you seem to enjoy tit-for-tat?

[RecycleMichael]

The reason men lie is because women ask so many damn questions.