Here it is in full color at the DNC site...the GOP Culture of Corruption

Just in case we forget who the bad guys are right now. Refer to this great page at least twice a day when you feel like attacking a fellow Democrat.

The Corruption Files

There are four sections to this:

1. Corruption and Abuse of Power

2. Cronies

3. Smear Campaigns (which is what made me think of this page at the DNC site today)

4. Coverups/Stonewalling

Quite a long page but in sections. Keep it handy.

Which of course is not getting picked up with regularity by the media.

http://www.democrats.org/press.php

There is a drop down menu at the bottom for the archives. Good stuff.

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It is a great page, well done, and many just don't know about it or the Press Release pages which the Press dutifully ignores.

that we become the media. Act as if our freedom hangs in the balance. It does.

They just caught a Democrat on tape taking over a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant.

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4931264

Look at the charts...this GOP administration is filled with it. There are pages and pages.

Concentrating on just one Democrat is the tactic to deflect from their own sins.

The way the DNC site is set up is that all Republicans are corrupt and all Democrats are saints. That's not true at all...
And it isn't just one Democrat. The Democrats have had their fair share of scandals as well over the years.

This is one of the reasons why a one-party system needs to be avoided.

There is just no comparison right now. They are destroying our country.

that is unfolding on a daily basis under this current administration. Yes, in the PAST there has been corruption in both parties, but if you think there is anything comparable, please post a link.

Here are just a few examples of what we are dealing with in the Republican Party RIGHT NOW. This corruption determined the state of the country today, the disastrous war, the failure to deal with natural disasters but to profit from them.

Are you aware that in the past few months, several top WH employees have been arrested?

Republican WH director of Procurements: Safavian, arrested and charged with lying to Federal agents in the Abramoff Affairs.

Republican Claude Allen: Resigned his position (Domestic Affairs) and was arrested for petty theft shortly after. He was also a Bush Judicial Nominee cheered on by the right.

Republican Top WH official, 'Scooter Libby' ~ indicted on 5 counts of perjury and OOJ. in the Valerie Plame case.

Republican Congressman Randy Duke Cunningham convicted of taking bribes from two Defense Contractors and now serving 8 years in jail. As a result of his cooperation another emerging scandal of corruption, bribary, prostitutes, cronyism and questionable war contracts is being investigated.

Republican Congressman Tom Delay ~ indicted in Texas and soon-to-be indicted in the Abramoff affairs

Republican Aide to Tom Delay, Rudy, I believe recently entered a plea and is now cooperating with the prosecution.

Republican Larry Franklin Franklin, convicted of passing sensitive information to a foreign government in the Pentagon Spy case and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican Members of AIPAC, Rosen and Weissman, indicted and currently on trial for passing sensitive information to a foreign government.

Republican Governor Ryan and several members of his administration, all Republicans were recently convicted on multiple charges of corruption.

Republican Governor Rowland of Conn. who campaigned for Bush before being convicted and going to jail, from which he was just released.

Republican Governor Taft of Ohio convicted of misdeamors, but still serving!!

Republican Tom Noe indicted on 50 charges of corruption in another big Ohio scandal, Coingate

Republican Tobin, in the election phone jamming case, convicted this week and this may lead to further investigations, right up to the WH.

Republican Top Lobbyist Abramoff convicted of corruption and currently cooperating with various federal prosecuters in so many cases of corruption I can't list them all here.

Republican Scanlon, Abramoff partner, convicted and cooperating.

Republican Adam Kidan, Abramoff partner, convicted and cooperating also.

And related to the Abramoff affairs there was the Mafia hit on a Florida business in the Suncruz purchase by Abramoff and Kidan. The Mafia hitmen were 'consultants' to Abramoff partner, Adam Kidan:

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.


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Under suspicion and investigation:

Republican Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert regarding illegal dealings in Turkey

Republican Majority Leader of the Senate, Bill Frist being investigated for insider trading

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).

I have to get back to work, but that is just a partial list of convictions and indictments which I am going to update later and copy and keep available whenever anyone tries to say that there has been anything like this EVER before in our history.

Here's a list of Republican scandals currently under investigation so far:

The Abramoff Affairs: So many, this needs a sublist of its own, but combined they are expected to bring down many top Republicans in Congress, the Senate and the WH.

The Pentagon Spy Case: Pre-trial hearings are already going on, and Condoleeza Rice has been called as a witness. This imo, is one of the most serious scandals because it involves possible treason committed by top government officials.

The CIA Spy Case: Still ongoing

Hookergate: Prostitutes may be a minor part of this Republican scandal. So far corruption regarding war contracts, defense contractors, a Limo Company, Homeland Security are all implicated in this emerging scandal.

Coingate: Several members of the Ohio Republican party may be involved in this scandal ~

As far as Democrats and corruption. I can think of only two offhand who are under suspicion. One is Jefferson, and if he's guilty we need to get rid of him.

But if you can post a list of Democratic corruption that even compares to this, please do. And this is just over the years since the Bush Administration took office.

Did you see Catrina's thread? That is only the tip of the iceberg. Why repeat the Faux News talking point "the Dems have scandals too" when the party that controls three branches of government is by far the most corrupt?

How about some sex and pedophilia scandals:

http://www.armchairsubversive.com/

Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

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

Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.

Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.

Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.

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

Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.

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

Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

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

Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

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 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 advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.

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 Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.

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 found guilty of molesting 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 president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. 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.
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner's report here and his full report here.

but men commit certain crimes more than women, and vice versa.

W is running the most corrupt, power-mad administration I've seen in my lifetime.

The republican congress makes laws written by lobbyists and then gets caught up in bribery scandals, a la Duke Cunningham. Jack Abramhoff bilks Indian tribes out of millions and then donates only to Republicans. M$M loves to say that Democrats got money related to Abramhoff, but this came from Indian tribes that have always donated to Democrats. Abramhoff never gave a dime to a Democrat.

Jeff Gannon, a former gay male prostitute, was given access to White House press briefings and visited the White House dozens of times. He represented Talon News, a RW sponsored web site and asked the most brown-nosed questions I've ever heard.

You may mean well, but you're playing into the Republican spin, that everybody does it.

but not the whole damn basket !

http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/05/the_timeline_of.php


The Timeline of a Leak

It gives a reference point.