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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:03 PM
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Has anything ruined more careers than improper penis usage? (List the Fallen)
No sins bigger than Lust when it comes to ruined political lives.

Greed? not even close
Glutony?
Sloth?
Pride?
Wrath?
Envy?

List the names of the Fallen:

Edwards
Weiner
Spitzer
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BulletproofLandshark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:04 PM
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1. Gary Hart
Edited on Mon Jun-06-11 07:12 PM by BulletproofLandshark
I strongly believe he would have won the White House in '88 if not for the Donna Rice debacle.
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:08 PM
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2. Larry Craig
Mark Foley
Chris Lee
Gary Condit
Rudy Guiliani
John Ensign
Mark Sandford
David Vitter..............
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:13 PM
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3. The Greatest Hits...
Edited on Mon Jun-06-11 07:54 PM by WorseBeforeBetter
http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2009/06/25/sex-scandals-through-the-years-both-parties-even.html

Democrats:
1. Wayne Hays (1976): Affair with secretary (one of the first major sex scandals)
2. Allan Howe (1976): Solicited sex with two prostitutes (both of whom were undercover cops)
3. John Young (1976): Staffer alleged sexual harrassment
4. Fred Richmond (1978): Charged with soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy.
5. Gerry Studds (1983): Reprimanded for having sex with a male teenage House page
6. Gary Hart (1988): Affair with model Donna Rice.
7. Barney Frank (1989): Affair with male prostitute, who also conducted business in Frank's home.
8. Chuck Robb (1991): Admitted to receiving a nude massage from a former Miss Virginia.
9. Brock Adams (1992): Eight women accused him of sexual harassment, abuse, and rape.
10. Mel Reynolds (1994): Sexual relationship with 16-year-old campaign volunteer.
11. Bill Clinton (1998): Affair with intern Monica Lewinsky.
12. Gary Condit (2001): Affair with (murdered) intern Chandra Levy.
13. Paul Patton (2002): Affair with nursing home operator; when the affair ended the state of Kentucky filed numerous violations against her business.
14. Bob Wise (2003): Affair with a state government staffer
15. Jim McGreevey (2004): Resigned as NJ governor after admitting that he is "a gay American"
16. Neil Goldschmidt (2004): Admitted to having a relationship with a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s.
17. Roosevelt Dobbins (2005): Congressman form Arkansas, pleaded guilty to fondling a 16-year-old.
18. Gavin Newsom (2007): Affair with the wife of a top aide.
19. Antonio Villaraigosa (2007): Affair with a television reporter.
20. Tim Mahoney (2008): Admitted to multiple affairs.
21. Eliot Spitzer (2008): Involved in prostitution scandal.
22. Paul Morrison (2008): Affair with administrative staffer while Attorney General of Kansas, pressured her to reveal information about Kansas D.A.
23. Marc Dann (2008): Attorney General of Ohio, had an affair with a staffer.
24. David Paterson (2008): Admitted that both he and his wife had extramarital affairs
25. John Edwards (2008): Had an affair with a campaign employee while running for President.
26. Kwame Kilpatrick (2008): Text messaging sex scandal
27. Sam Adams (2009): Portland, OR mayor lied about relationship with 18-year-old male intern.
TALLY: 27

Republicans:
1. Tom Evans (1980): Along with other politicians, accused of being involved with lobbyist/former Playboy model Paula Parkinson.
2. Bob Bauman (1980): Solicited sex from a 16-year-old boy
3. Jon Hinson (1980): Caught attempting to have oral sex in a men's House restroom.
4. John G. Schmitz (1982): Had an affair that led to an out-of-wedlock child.
5. Dan Crane (1983): Reprimanded for having sex with a teenage House page.
6. (Buz Lukens (1989): Spent time in jail after having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
7. Jon Grunseth (1990): Swam nude with group of 13-year-old girls; suspended gubernatorial run.
8. Ken Calvert (1993): Arrested while soliciting a prostitute.
9. Bob Packwood (1995): Resigned from Senate amid allegations of sexual harassment and abuse.
10. Bob Livingston (1998): Admitted to multiple extramarital affairs.
11. Helen Chenoweth-Hage (1998): Admitted to a six year affair with a married rancher in her home state of Idaho
12. Henry Hyde (1998): Admitted he'd had an affair many years prior
13. Rudy Giuliani (2002): Ex-wife Donna Hanover accused him of "notorious adultery"; he's now married to Judith Nathan, his girlfriend at the time.
14. Steve LaTourette (2003): Accused of affair with staffer, who he later married.
15. Jack Ryan (2004): Former wife Jeri claimed he took her to sex clubs and pressured her to have sex in public.
16. James West (2005): Removed as mayor of Spokane, WA after an gay Internet sex scandal.
17. Don Sherwood (2006): Affair with 29-year-old woman while he was a PA congressman.
18. Mark Foley (2006): Involved in a texting scandal with male House pages
19. Bob Allen (2007): Solicited oral sex from a male undercover cop.
20. Newt Gingrich (2007):Acknowledged having an affair in the 1990s
21. Charles Boutin (2007): Resigned from MD Public Service Comission after email exchanges with a prostitute surfaced.
22. David Vitter (2007): Part of the DC Madam scandal
23. Larry Craig (2007): Bathroom sex solicitation scandal.
24. Vito Fossella (2008): Affair with a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel.
25. John Ensign (2009): Admitted to having an affair with a married staffer.
26. Mark Sanford (2009): Affair with a woman in Argentina.
TALLY: 26

I only skimmed the list, but looks like one woman listed.





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LetTimmySmoke Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 08:30 PM
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10. This really goes to show that sex scandals are truly independent of party.
People are people, and as long as people are in power.....
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 10:36 PM
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12. True, but Dems typically aren't the holier-than-thou ones preaching morality...
and denying others equality.
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LetTimmySmoke Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-11 02:01 AM
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13. True, which is fine by me.
It means individual sex scandals hurt the GOP more than they hurt the Dems. Look at the last 15 years.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:13 PM
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4. Clinton took a big hit, though I would not count him among the fallen
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:14 PM
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5. May I just say, the greatest of them all ultimately triumphed- THE CLENIS!
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:35 PM
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6. And the still standing. Diaper boy Vitter. Argentine Sanford. nt
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:40 PM
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7. This would be more relevant to current events if Weiner's penis had actually been used. n/t
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:57 PM
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8. Remember Wilbut Mills who fell because of Fanne Foxe?
From the stage of Boston's Pilgrim Theater, a seedy burlesque house in the city's newly designated "Combat Zone" for sex films and ecdysiast exhibitions, a shapely, silken-gowned Fanne Foxe, "the Argentine Firecracker," had a surprise for her audience. "I'd like you to meet somebody," she said, then called to the wings: "Mr. Mills, Mr. Mills! Where are you?" Onto the stage strode Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Daigh Mills, 65, the redoubtable Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Placing a hand on Fanne's shoulder, Mills began a brief exchange of quips with the audience, then received a kiss on the cheek from his favorite stripper and calmly walked offstage. With that unlikely bit of business, Mills' distinguished 36-year legislative career came crashing down around him.

It was one of the steepest falls from power in congressional history. Mills, the overlord of federal revenue legislation, whose Ways and Means Committee has responsibility for drafting major tax, trade and Social Security bills, has long savored his reputation as the most powerful man in Congress. The spectacle of one of the House's most revered elder statesmen cavorting onstage with a stripper sent shock waves through Congress, most especially members of Mills' own party. In sorrow, House Speaker Carl Albert announced that Mills would not be Ways and Means chairman when the 94th Congress convened in January. A confused and ailing Mills checked himself into the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for a checkup and a badly needed rest.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911535,00.html#ixzz1OXzt7EWL
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JohnnyLib2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 09:11 PM
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11. Yes! The good ol' days.....

:party:
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Capitalocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-11 07:58 PM
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9. Vagina ownership?
Just sayin'
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