Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats

[BridgeTheGap]

Republican Sex Scandals Dwarf Those of Democrats
Perspective by Tim King Salem-News.com 10/17/07

The sexual antics of President Bill Clinton have been a dangerous tool in the Republican campaign arsenal, used to the fullest possible extent, but what have they been up to all these years?

(SALEM, Ore.) - "He who lives in a glass house should not throw stones." It seems that old adage may be lost on the confused mass that we call modern society. The Grand Old Party, once known for controversial abolitionists, has become the moral party of today, or so their elected leaders will tell you.

As we evolve as a nation, too many people seem to be clinging to ideologies that make little sense, fighting against a woman's right to abortion while demanding that schools not teach children sex education or instruct them in the deadly virus, AIDS. It creates a vicious circle when we fight ourselves, and deny education to those who need it most.

Our nation spent more tax money conducting Ken Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, than they did in the investigation of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the United States. Many Americans fail to see the logic behind this.

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/october172007/repub_scandals_10_17_07.php

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Ouch!

Our nation spent more tax money conducting Ken Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton's affair with intern Monica Lewinsky, than they did in the investigation of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the United States.

Also more money investigating BC/ML than all the myriad constitutional abuses of the last six years...combined.

[rodeodance]

2. This puts things into perspective----

[groovedaddy]

3. Republican "values" shining through!

What a bunch of scumbags!

[rodeodance]

4. Joe Scarborough,--(article includes him)

Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman, is currently a conservative talk show host. He 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."

[Stuckinthebush]

5. Yes, repression does amazing damage to one's psyche

The GOP is full of some of the most sexually repressed people I've ever seen.

An interesting research study would be to take a randomly selected sample of incarcerated child molestors and review their voting histories. I wonder if you'd find a statistically significant difference between % of GOP voters and % of Dem voters in the bunch.

[EST]

6. Thanks for posting this.

In 2003-2004 we did a lot of research and came up with a list that was by no means exhaustive of sex and morals scandals involving public, political figures.
Of the 726 incidents-crimes-of that list, 723 involved republicans.

As more and more of us who are repulsed by rampant hypocrisy associate ourselves with the democratic party, the unfortunate comparisons and contrasts between the two groups become even more dramatic.
Democrats, with their emphasis on equality of and concern for human beings and willingness to be identified as "bleeding heart liberals," will become more and more the party of ethics and honesty. That is a good thing.

Edit to add: slight correction-the more than seven hundred incidents did not all necessarily include public figures. The reporting hinged on whether the perpetrator had a political preference that he was willing to disclose and what that preference was.

[zbdent]

9. 3 of 726 were Democrats?

It's a "bi-partisan" problem ...

[EST]

10. Heheh--that's what they claimed.

Given the well documented republican penchant for lying, who knows?

In my world, where I am re-defining the democratic party, you have to be long on compassion, ethics and thoughtfulness to claim kinship.
You can't be compassinate and ethical and abuse the weak and powerless.

Therefore, anybody who can do such horrible things and be such a despicable hypocrite cannot possibly claim to be a democrat and be telling the truth.

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7. Good stuff! I mean bad stuff. What a lineup of pervs. K&R. n/t

[liberal N proud]

8. But let one Democrat be caught in a compromising situation and...

The media will hawk it for weeks maybe even months and the accused would then resign unlike some republicons.
My point is they would blow any Democratic scandal to the far ends of the spectrum while trying to ignore and pacify the republicons dirty deeds.

[EST]

11. Yeah, it's pretty funny, in a morbid sort of way,

that the pukes have to go back forty years to come up with five democratic fubars when they are arguing bipartisan hypocrisy and homemade sin.

You can count on 'em to trot out Clenis, Franks, that other guy?, Ted Kennedy and Jefferson. Pathetic.

[EST]

12. If you haven't yet, head on over

and have a visit with the armchair subversive http://www.armchairsubversive.com/

Also a visit to our own DU research forum http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x357

Would be in order. Lots of duplicates, but enough head-shaking disbelief to make your ears whistle.