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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. Daily Kos article
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator from Puerto Rico, was
sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his daughter and her
friend for eight-year period starting when they were 9. Full Article
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist from Colorado, 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. Source Also accused of sexually assaulting another girl. Denver ABC
Article
Dick Armey (R-Texas), former professor, has been accused by The Dallas
Observer of sexually harassing female students.
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at Robertson's Christian
Broadcasting network. Committed adultery with Jessica Hahn [1] and then used
charitable donations to pay her hush money[2]. Fellow televangelists say
he's gay. [3][4]Indicted on 23 federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and
racketeering [5]. Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner from
Maine, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage
boy. Booth Bay Register Article
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. 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.
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to
unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. Booth Bay Register
Article
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist from Maryland,
was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay
bar. Source: Washington Blade
Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush Elector from Virginia, 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. Conservative Babylon
William Bennett, Drug Czar under George H. W. Bush, compulsive gambler who
has had to wire as much as $1.4 million to cover gambling losses in a 2
month period. NY Press Article | Washington Monthly Article
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. 3 of his family
members accuse him of molesting them when they were pre-teens. Editor and
Publisher article
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and advisor to a California
assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of
child pornography. Sacramento Bee article
John Bolton: George W. Bush's latest 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.
Raw Story Article
Mike Bowers Former State Attorney General of Georgia, prosecuted the famous
"Bowers vs. Hardwick" case, based on Georgia anti-sodomy laws. Admitted to a
10-year adulterous affair Slate article
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. Source
Jeffrey Buley (http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36931.htm), New York
Republican Party's top lawyer, and senior political adviser to Gov. Pataki
(R), arrested for assaulting his wife in a drunken rage. They have two young
children.
Ted Bundy campaigned for the Republican Party. Infamous serial rapist who
murdered 16 women. Source: BBC
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. Conservative Babylon
John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion activist from Pensacola, Florida,
convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl at the home for troubled
girls that he ran. Source: Pensacola News Journal
Dan Burton, Republican Congressman from Indiana who, while married, fathered
a child by another woman. Salon.com Article
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.
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.) Washington Post article.
John Butler, Republican activist, was charged with criminal sexual assault
on a teenage girl.
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.
Charles Canady, Congressman (R-Florida), Judiciary Committee member. Lied to
his constituents about his adulterous affair with Sharon Becker, which
caused her divorce.
Helen Chenoweth, Congresswoman (R-Id.). Admitted to a six-year adulterous
affair with a married associate. In 1995, Chenoweth had denied the affair
when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review, but now she claims a
pardon from a higher authority: "I've asked for God's forgiveness, and I've
received it," she revealed.
Keola Childs, Republican County Councilman from Hawaii, pleaded guilty to
sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child.Honolulu
Star-Bulletin Article
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. Source: Newmax
Roy Cohn, continually condemned gays and gay rights. Was a closet gay who
died of AIDS. Wikipedia Article
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 Diary. The Monitor.
Dan Crane, Republican Congressman from Illinois, married, father of six. Had
sex with a minor working as a congressional page. Salon.com
article --Bkmeyers 08:36, 3 October 2006 (PDT)On July 14, 1983 the House
Ethics Committee concluded that Rep. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) had engaged in
sexual relationships with minors, specifically 17-year-old congressional
pages. In Crane's case, it was a 1980 relationship with a female page.
wikipedia.org article
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.
Christianity Today article
Randy Cunningham: Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that
Congressman and confessed-felon 'Duke' Cunningham was periodically supplied
with prositutes.[6] Cunningham pled guilty to corruption charges, and is
currently serving jail-time.
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 up to $5,000,000 on
prostitutes. Missoulian Article on the trial | Missoulian Article
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican fundraiser and Bush pioneer, was found
guilty of child porn charges. WBAL Channel article
Peter Dibble, Republican legislator from Connecticut pleaded no contest to
having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. News Channel 8
Article
Brian J. Doyle, Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. On March 12, 2006, Doyle contacted a 14-year-old girl whose
profile was posted on the Internet, and initiated a sexually explicit
conversation with her. The girl was actually an undercover Polk County
Sheriff s Computer Crimes detective. Doyle knew that the girl was 14 years
old, and he told her who he was and that he worked for the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. During future online chats, Doyle gave the undercover
detective posing as a 14-year-old girl his office phone number and his
government-issued cell phone number, so that they could have telephone
conversations, in addition to their online chatting. Doyle used the Internet
to send hard-core pornographic movie clips to the girl and used the AOL
Instant Messenger chat service to have explicit sexual conversations with
her. [7]
Nicholas Elizondo, Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation"
molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Halfway down this Bakersfield Californian article
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.
Dallas News Article | Atrios Article
Mark Foley, US Representative from Florida, engaged in sexually-explicit SMS
text-messaging with 17-yo males, former pages. He had been chairman of the
House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. details He was protected by
US House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
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. American Politics Journal Article
[[[Steven Gaines]], Pastor in a Southern Baptist Church. For a year, he kept
secret the allegations that another pastor in his church had sexually abused
a young family member years earlier.
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. Truthout Article. See also dKospedia's page on Jeff Gannon.
Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman from Pennsylvania, had been convicted
of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the Republican Party, knowing of these
crimes, put him on the ballot. Article with documents
Richard Gardner, a Nevada State Representative (R), admitted to molesting
his two daughters. Review Journal Article
Newt Gingrich, Republican from Georgia, 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.
Salon Article
Philip Giordano, Republican mayor from Connecticut sentenced to 37 years for
forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to perform oral sex on him in his City
Hall office. NBC Article | Newsday Article
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. Full Article
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 from Virginia, convicted on six counts
of sex crimes involving children. Orlando Weekly article
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. USA Today article
Dr. W. David Hager, Bush appointee from Kentucky, 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. Article
Ted Haggart, pastor of a 3,000-member church, who preached often against
homosexuality, spoke with President Bush frequently, and was held up as a
pillar of "family values." Turns out he had a sexual relationship with a
male prostitute, who he also paid for meth-amphetamines.
Mark Harris, Republican city councilman from Wisconsin 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.
Dennis Hastert protected Mark Foley for over a year, keeping private the
news that Foley had engaged in sexually-explicit conversations with teenage
boys.
John Hathaway, Republican Senate candidate from Maine, was accused of having
sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the
allegations were reported in the media. Source: Casco Bay weekly
Howard Scott Heldreth, anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the
Schiavo media-circus, was convicted of two charges of raping a child in
2002. page at Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sexual
Offender/Predator Unit
Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor from Des Moines, Iowa,
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.
Article | Commentary Also signed an ad (that called for criminally
prosecuting business that sell porn), together with another pastor who was
repeatedly busted for public masturbation.
Neal Horsley, anti-abortion activist from Georgia. Has called for the arrest
of all homosexuals. Admitted on the Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show,
that he's had sex with mules. Put photographs on his Web site of naked men
engaging in homosexual acts and a nude woman engaging in bestiality amid
shots of grotesquely maimed fetuses. Drug dealer convicted of possession of
hashish with intent to sell. He calls for "the establishment of a new
government, one that can obey God's plan for government."
Henry Hyde, Republican Congressman from Illinois, 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. Salon.com article
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". The
full gruesome story, with many newspaper articles.
Tim Hutchinson, divorced his wife of 29 years to marry a congressional aide
he was having an affair with.
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. Source: The Olympian Article
Bill Janklow, former S. Dakota Governor and Congressman, arrested for drunk
driving, disorderly conduct, assaulting an officer, and indecent exposure in
1974. Pardoned his son-in-law for multiple drunk driving convictions in
2002. Resigned congressional seat due to a felony manslaughter conviction in
a reckless driving incident (running a stop sign at 70 mph)in 2003 that
resulted in the death of farmer, Vietnam veteran, and motorcyclist Randy
Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minnesota. Janklow served 100 days of a possible
11-year sentence. Janklow sought and received immunity from civil damages on
the grounds that he was traveling on business related to his role as a
congressman when the killing of Scott occurred. Janklow also petitioned to
get back (and was granted) his license to practice law in the state of South
Dakota. Link from American Motorcyclist Association webpage - [8]
Bernard Kerik, had two simultaneous adulterous affairs.
Earl Kimmerling, from Indiana, 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. Anderson, IN, Mayor Mark Lawler and Republican
State Reps. Jack Lutz of Anderson, IN, and Woody Burton of Greenwood, IN,
supported him.Source
a.. Randy Steven Kraft Republican serial killer convicted of 16 murders
and suspected of at least 51 others. [9]
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 pedophilia.Full Details (Oh yeah, and he's
also been indicted on obstruction of justice, perjury and making false
statements, charges adding up to 10 years in prison.)
Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee[10], 30-pill a day drug addict. Goodies from
The Smoking Gun.com
Bob Livingston, former Congressman (R-La.), Speaker of the House; resigned
from the House in the wake of revelations about his past adultery -- at the
same time he was leading calls for impeachment of President Clinton.
Donald Lukens, Former Ohio Republican Congressman, was found guilty of
having sex with a minor - a girl he was accused of sleeping with since she
was 13. Also convicted of taking $15,000 in bribes from the operators of a
trade school while he was a congressman. A U.S. District Court jury in
Washington deliberated for just one hour before reaching the verdict. Time
Article
Pat McPherson, Douglas County, Nebraska Election Commissioner. Arrested for
fondling a 17-year-old girl. Article
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. Source: ABC News
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." [11] [12]
Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion activist from Cape May County,
NJ, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and
offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor The Dallas
Morning News article.
Sue Myrick, Congresswoman (R-NC), describes herself as a "devout Christian."
Committed adultery with a married man.
Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for
sexual harrassment by his producer. The suit included graphic details,
including tape-recordings. O'Reilly's wife was pregnant at the time.
O'Reilly settled and paid millions of dollars rather than have the details
become public.
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.
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman from Sparta, NJ, 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. Daily Record News Article
Brent Parker Utah State Representative. Arrested for soliciting sex from an
undercover officer posing as a male prostitute. KSL News Article |Deseret
News Article
John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while running a fundamentalist
group to cure gays.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican judge from Monroe County, PA, pleaded no contest
to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Pocono Record article
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.
Ronald Reagan First president to be divorced (from a woman who had been
married two or three times before him - the record is unclear, none of which
seems to bother the religious right).
George Roche III, carried on a 19 year affair with his son's wife, while
serving as president of Hillsdale College in Michigan, which "emphasizes the
importance of the common moral truths that bind all Americans, while
recognizing the importance of religion for the maintenance of a free
society."
Beverly Russell, County Chairman of the Christian Coalition as well as a
member of the South Carolina Republican Party's executive committee,
sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two
children. Herald-Journal Article |Commentary on Newsweek Article
Jack Ryan, 2004 Republican nominee for US Senate from Illinois, pressured
his wife, 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.[13]
Rick Santorum, used $100,000 of PA state funds earmarked for that state's
school children to educate his own children, who were not residents of
Pennsylvania. source (http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04323/413787.stm)
Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman from Pensacola, Florida,
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."
Ed Schrock, two-term Republican Congressman from Virginia, 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.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family
values, but estranged from her mother; opposes birth control, but has had
her tubes tied; espouses saving oneself for marriage, but admits to having
had sex before she was married; opposes adultery, but has committed adultery
while she was married, and has slept with a married man; opposes divorce,
but is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available
online.
Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado
State Representative, fired after child pornography was found in his
possession. Rocky Mountain News article 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).
Wikipedia article
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when
he was 28. Numerous allegations of gropings, harassment, in California.
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. Wikipedia article
Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
representing the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. 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. Post-Gazette
Article
Tom Shortridge. Republican campaign consultant and former head of the South
Bay, CA, Republican Club, was sentenced to three years probation for taking
nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. Los Angeles Times Article
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman from Wrightsville, PA,
pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in
prison. Sex Offender Registry page | Article
Craig J. Spence, Republican lobbyist, organized orgies with child
prostitutes in the White House during the 1980s. Full page including
Washington Times article Discovery Channel documentary
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.
Article
Roger Stone, Republican dirty-tricks operative, led the mob that shut down
the Miami-Dade County recount; advisor for Bob Dole and Arlen Specter's
Presidential campaigns, owner of Washington, D.C.-based Ikon Public Affairs.
Place X-rated ads for group sex with his wife, Nydia. Claimed he was framed,
even though the ads were placed with his credit card and used his P.O. Box.
[14]
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.
David Swartz, Republican County Commissioner from Ohio, pleaded guilty to
molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in
prison. Rocky Mountain News Article
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 adultery.
Bill Thomas Republican congressman, had an affair with Deborah Steelman, a
health care lobbyist who steered huge campaign gifts to Thomas' war chest.
Strom Thurmond, Republican Senator from South Carolina and racist,
impregnated a 15-year old African American maid. (BBC Article)
Robin Vanderwall, Republican strategist and Citadel Military College
graduate, convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys
and girls over the internet. Virginian-Pilot Article
Robert Waltrip, Bush campaign contributor. Runs a funeral company which had
to settle a lawsuit because bodies were being dug up and dumped in the
woods. According to Fox News, Waltrip's company, a cemetery company called
Service Corporation International (also known as Dignity Memorial) was
"recycling" graves, removing the bodies that were there originally and
throwing them in the woods to use the space to house new customers at two
Jewish cemeteries in Florida. George W. Bush, who had met with Waltrip, was
subpoenaed but refused to testify in the case.
J.C. Watts, Representative (R-Oklahoma), loud champion of "moral values."
Has out-of-wedlock children.
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.Source: Spokesman Review
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). Tennessean Article
Stephen White, Republican preacher. Was arrested after allegedly offering
$20 to a 14-year-old boy in West Chester, PA, for permission to perform oral
sex on him. Daily Pennsylvanian article | Daily Yale News Article
Paul Williams, pastor in a large Southern Baptist Church, resigned suddenly
amid allegations that he had sexually abused a young family member 17 years
ago. He was protected for a year from these allegations being made public by
the Church Pastor, Dr. Steven Gaines.
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The devil decries evil.
Virtue is his guise
To find the hidden villain
Listen for the loudest voice
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell
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. Daily Kos article
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator from Puerto Rico, was
sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his daughter and her
friend for eight-year period starting when they were 9. Full Article
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist from Colorado, 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. Source Also accused of sexually assaulting another girl. Denver ABC
Article
Dick Armey (R-Texas), former professor, has been accused by The Dallas
Observer of sexually harassing female students.
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at Robertson's Christian
Broadcasting network. Committed adultery with Jessica Hahn [1] and then used
charitable donations to pay her hush money[2]. Fellow televangelists say
he's gay. [3][4]Indicted on 23 federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and
racketeering [5]. Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner from
Maine, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage
boy. Booth Bay Register Article
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. 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.
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to
unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. Booth Bay Register
Article
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist from Maryland,
was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay
bar. Source: Washington Blade
Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush Elector from Virginia, 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. Conservative Babylon
William Bennett, Drug Czar under George H. W. Bush, compulsive gambler who
has had to wire as much as $1.4 million to cover gambling losses in a 2
month period. NY Press Article | Washington Monthly Article
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. 3 of his family
members accuse him of molesting them when they were pre-teens. Editor and
Publisher article
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and advisor to a California
assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of
child pornography. Sacramento Bee article
John Bolton: George W. Bush's latest 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.
Raw Story Article
Mike Bowers Former State Attorney General of Georgia, prosecuted the famous
"Bowers vs. Hardwick" case, based on Georgia anti-sodomy laws. Admitted to a
10-year adulterous affair Slate article
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. Source
Jeffrey Buley (http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36931.htm), New York
Republican Party's top lawyer, and senior political adviser to Gov. Pataki
(R), arrested for assaulting his wife in a drunken rage. They have two young
children.
Ted Bundy campaigned for the Republican Party. Infamous serial rapist who
murdered 16 women. Source: BBC
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. Conservative Babylon
John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion activist from Pensacola, Florida,
convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year old girl at the home for troubled
girls that he ran. Source: Pensacola News Journal
Dan Burton, Republican Congressman from Indiana who, while married, fathered
a child by another woman. Salon.com Article
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.
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.) Washington Post article.
John Butler, Republican activist, was charged with criminal sexual assault
on a teenage girl.
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.
Charles Canady, Congressman (R-Florida), Judiciary Committee member. Lied to
his constituents about his adulterous affair with Sharon Becker, which
caused her divorce.
Helen Chenoweth, Congresswoman (R-Id.). Admitted to a six-year adulterous
affair with a married associate. In 1995, Chenoweth had denied the affair
when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review, but now she claims a
pardon from a higher authority: "I've asked for God's forgiveness, and I've
received it," she revealed.
Keola Childs, Republican County Councilman from Hawaii, pleaded guilty to
sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child.Honolulu
Star-Bulletin Article
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. Source: Newmax
Roy Cohn, continually condemned gays and gay rights. Was a closet gay who
died of AIDS. Wikipedia Article
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 Diary. The Monitor.
Dan Crane, Republican Congressman from Illinois, married, father of six. Had
sex with a minor working as a congressional page. Salon.com
article --Bkmeyers 08:36, 3 October 2006 (PDT)On July 14, 1983 the House
Ethics Committee concluded that Rep. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) had engaged in
sexual relationships with minors, specifically 17-year-old congressional
pages. In Crane's case, it was a 1980 relationship with a female page.
wikipedia.org article
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.
Christianity Today article
Randy Cunningham: Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that
Congressman and confessed-felon 'Duke' Cunningham was periodically supplied
with prositutes.[6] Cunningham pled guilty to corruption charges, and is
currently serving jail-time.
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 up to $5,000,000 on
prostitutes. Missoulian Article on the trial | Missoulian Article
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican fundraiser and Bush pioneer, was found
guilty of child porn charges. WBAL Channel article
Peter Dibble, Republican legislator from Connecticut pleaded no contest to
having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. News Channel 8
Article
Brian J. Doyle, Deputy Press Secretary for U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. On March 12, 2006, Doyle contacted a 14-year-old girl whose
profile was posted on the Internet, and initiated a sexually explicit
conversation with her. The girl was actually an undercover Polk County
Sheriff s Computer Crimes detective. Doyle knew that the girl was 14 years
old, and he told her who he was and that he worked for the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security. During future online chats, Doyle gave the undercover
detective posing as a 14-year-old girl his office phone number and his
government-issued cell phone number, so that they could have telephone
conversations, in addition to their online chatting. Doyle used the Internet
to send hard-core pornographic movie clips to the girl and used the AOL
Instant Messenger chat service to have explicit sexual conversations with
her. [7]
Nicholas Elizondo, Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation"
molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Halfway down this Bakersfield Californian article
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.
Dallas News Article | Atrios Article
Mark Foley, US Representative from Florida, engaged in sexually-explicit SMS
text-messaging with 17-yo males, former pages. He had been chairman of the
House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. details He was protected by
US House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
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. American Politics Journal Article
[[[Steven Gaines]], Pastor in a Southern Baptist Church. For a year, he kept
secret the allegations that another pastor in his church had sexually abused
a young family member years earlier.
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. Truthout Article. See also dKospedia's page on Jeff Gannon.
Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman from Pennsylvania, had been convicted
of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the Republican Party, knowing of these
crimes, put him on the ballot. Article with documents
Richard Gardner, a Nevada State Representative (R), admitted to molesting
his two daughters. Review Journal Article
Newt Gingrich, Republican from Georgia, 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.
Salon Article
Philip Giordano, Republican mayor from Connecticut sentenced to 37 years for
forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to perform oral sex on him in his City
Hall office. NBC Article | Newsday Article
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. Full Article
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 from Virginia, convicted on six counts
of sex crimes involving children. Orlando Weekly article
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. USA Today article
Dr. W. David Hager, Bush appointee from Kentucky, 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. Article
Ted Haggart, pastor of a 3,000-member church, who preached often against
homosexuality, spoke with President Bush frequently, and was held up as a
pillar of "family values." Turns out he had a sexual relationship with a
male prostitute, who he also paid for meth-amphetamines.
Mark Harris, Republican city councilman from Wisconsin 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.
Dennis Hastert protected Mark Foley for over a year, keeping private the
news that Foley had engaged in sexually-explicit conversations with teenage
boys.
John Hathaway, Republican Senate candidate from Maine, was accused of having
sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the
allegations were reported in the media. Source: Casco Bay weekly
Howard Scott Heldreth, anti-abortion activist who gained fame during the
Schiavo media-circus, was convicted of two charges of raping a child in
2002. page at Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Sexual
Offender/Predator Unit
Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor from Des Moines, Iowa,
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.
Article | Commentary Also signed an ad (that called for criminally
prosecuting business that sell porn), together with another pastor who was
repeatedly busted for public masturbation.
Neal Horsley, anti-abortion activist from Georgia. Has called for the arrest
of all homosexuals. Admitted on the Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show,
that he's had sex with mules. Put photographs on his Web site of naked men
engaging in homosexual acts and a nude woman engaging in bestiality amid
shots of grotesquely maimed fetuses. Drug dealer convicted of possession of
hashish with intent to sell. He calls for "the establishment of a new
government, one that can obey God's plan for government."
Henry Hyde, Republican Congressman from Illinois, 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. Salon.com article
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". The
full gruesome story, with many newspaper articles.
Tim Hutchinson, divorced his wife of 29 years to marry a congressional aide
he was having an affair with.
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. Source: The Olympian Article
Bill Janklow, former S. Dakota Governor and Congressman, arrested for drunk
driving, disorderly conduct, assaulting an officer, and indecent exposure in
1974. Pardoned his son-in-law for multiple drunk driving convictions in
2002. Resigned congressional seat due to a felony manslaughter conviction in
a reckless driving incident (running a stop sign at 70 mph)in 2003 that
resulted in the death of farmer, Vietnam veteran, and motorcyclist Randy
Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minnesota. Janklow served 100 days of a possible
11-year sentence. Janklow sought and received immunity from civil damages on
the grounds that he was traveling on business related to his role as a
congressman when the killing of Scott occurred. Janklow also petitioned to
get back (and was granted) his license to practice law in the state of South
Dakota. Link from American Motorcyclist Association webpage - [8]
Bernard Kerik, had two simultaneous adulterous affairs.
Earl Kimmerling, from Indiana, 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. Anderson, IN, Mayor Mark Lawler and Republican
State Reps. Jack Lutz of Anderson, IN, and Woody Burton of Greenwood, IN,
supported him.Source
a.. Randy Steven Kraft Republican serial killer convicted of 16 murders
and suspected of at least 51 others. [9]
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 pedophilia.Full Details (Oh yeah, and he's
also been indicted on obstruction of justice, perjury and making false
statements, charges adding up to 10 years in prison.)
Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee[10], 30-pill a day drug addict. Goodies from
The Smoking Gun.com
Bob Livingston, former Congressman (R-La.), Speaker of the House; resigned
from the House in the wake of revelations about his past adultery -- at the
same time he was leading calls for impeachment of President Clinton.
Donald Lukens, Former Ohio Republican Congressman, was found guilty of
having sex with a minor - a girl he was accused of sleeping with since she
was 13. Also convicted of taking $15,000 in bribes from the operators of a
trade school while he was a congressman. A U.S. District Court jury in
Washington deliberated for just one hour before reaching the verdict. Time
Article
Pat McPherson, Douglas County, Nebraska Election Commissioner. Arrested for
fondling a 17-year-old girl. Article
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. Source: ABC News
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." [11] [12]
Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion activist from Cape May County,
NJ, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and
offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor The Dallas
Morning News article.
Sue Myrick, Congresswoman (R-NC), describes herself as a "devout Christian."
Committed adultery with a married man.
Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for
sexual harrassment by his producer. The suit included graphic details,
including tape-recordings. O'Reilly's wife was pregnant at the time.
O'Reilly settled and paid millions of dollars rather than have the details
become public.
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.
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman from Sparta, NJ, 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. Daily Record News Article
Brent Parker Utah State Representative. Arrested for soliciting sex from an
undercover officer posing as a male prostitute. KSL News Article |Deseret
News Article
John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while running a fundamentalist
group to cure gays.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican judge from Monroe County, PA, pleaded no contest
to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Pocono Record article
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.
Ronald Reagan First president to be divorced (from a woman who had been
married two or three times before him - the record is unclear, none of which
seems to bother the religious right).
George Roche III, carried on a 19 year affair with his son's wife, while
serving as president of Hillsdale College in Michigan, which "emphasizes the
importance of the common moral truths that bind all Americans, while
recognizing the importance of religion for the maintenance of a free
society."
Beverly Russell, County Chairman of the Christian Coalition as well as a
member of the South Carolina Republican Party's executive committee,
sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two
children. Herald-Journal Article |Commentary on Newsweek Article
Jack Ryan, 2004 Republican nominee for US Senate from Illinois, pressured
his wife, 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.[13]
Rick Santorum, used $100,000 of PA state funds earmarked for that state's
school children to educate his own children, who were not residents of
Pennsylvania. source (http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04323/413787.stm)
Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman from Pensacola, Florida,
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."
Ed Schrock, two-term Republican Congressman from Virginia, 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.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative radio host. Promotes family
values, but estranged from her mother; opposes birth control, but has had
her tubes tied; espouses saving oneself for marriage, but admits to having
had sex before she was married; opposes adultery, but has committed adultery
while she was married, and has slept with a married man; opposes divorce,
but is divorced and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are available
online.
Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado
State Representative, fired after child pornography was found in his
possession. Rocky Mountain News article 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).
Wikipedia article
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when
he was 28. Numerous allegations of gropings, harassment, in California.
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. Wikipedia article
Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
representing the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. 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. Post-Gazette
Article
Tom Shortridge. Republican campaign consultant and former head of the South
Bay, CA, Republican Club, was sentenced to three years probation for taking
nude photographs of a 15-year old girl. Los Angeles Times Article
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman from Wrightsville, PA,
pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in
prison. Sex Offender Registry page | Article
Craig J. Spence, Republican lobbyist, organized orgies with child
prostitutes in the White House during the 1980s. Full page including
Washington Times article Discovery Channel documentary
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.
Article
Roger Stone, Republican dirty-tricks operative, led the mob that shut down
the Miami-Dade County recount; advisor for Bob Dole and Arlen Specter's
Presidential campaigns, owner of Washington, D.C.-based Ikon Public Affairs.
Place X-rated ads for group sex with his wife, Nydia. Claimed he was framed,
even though the ads were placed with his credit card and used his P.O. Box.
[14]
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.
David Swartz, Republican County Commissioner from Ohio, pleaded guilty to
molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in
prison. Rocky Mountain News Article
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 adultery.
Bill Thomas Republican congressman, had an affair with Deborah Steelman, a
health care lobbyist who steered huge campaign gifts to Thomas' war chest.
Strom Thurmond, Republican Senator from South Carolina and racist,
impregnated a 15-year old African American maid. (BBC Article)
Robin Vanderwall, Republican strategist and Citadel Military College
graduate, convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys
and girls over the internet. Virginian-Pilot Article
Robert Waltrip, Bush campaign contributor. Runs a funeral company which had
to settle a lawsuit because bodies were being dug up and dumped in the
woods. According to Fox News, Waltrip's company, a cemetery company called
Service Corporation International (also known as Dignity Memorial) was
"recycling" graves, removing the bodies that were there originally and
throwing them in the woods to use the space to house new customers at two
Jewish cemeteries in Florida. George W. Bush, who had met with Waltrip, was
subpoenaed but refused to testify in the case.
J.C. Watts, Representative (R-Oklahoma), loud champion of "moral values."
Has out-of-wedlock children.
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.Source: Spokesman Review
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). Tennessean Article
Stephen White, Republican preacher. Was arrested after allegedly offering
$20 to a 14-year-old boy in West Chester, PA, for permission to perform oral
sex on him. Daily Pennsylvanian article | Daily Yale News Article
Paul Williams, pastor in a large Southern Baptist Church, resigned suddenly
amid allegations that he had sexually abused a young family member 17 years
ago. He was protected for a year from these allegations being made public by
the Church Pastor, Dr. Steven Gaines.
