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I was talking to a wingnut who loves to bring up Ted Kennedy's scandal
Is there any republican politicians who have just as bad skeletons in their closet that has come to surface...
It seems like the first thing that comes to mind to me is all the gay republican scandals. Nothing else really stands out to me.
blue neen
(12,319 posts)He has lived his entire life that way.
In my lifetime, I'd say the biggest scandal of all was Richard Nixon and Watergate.
I guess nothing is going to seem as bad to them as what Ted did.
In his defense, I live in a different state than he did. And my exhusband was locked out of his factory with his union. Ted Kennedy sent all of us a letter. It was extremely touching. It wasn't for votes, we didn't live in his state, and it was never in the media.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)This may help. It lists both parties. Notice the HUGE difference in amount of republican scandals vs. democratic ones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)LONG list. Iran-Contra. Hell, almost Reagan's whole administration was indicted. I'm far too tired right now to do the research on a late Sunday night. Maybe some other posters could help you out.
Voltaire
(2,639 posts)The very existence of the Republican Party is a scandal. On second thought, that is not just my opinion, its a goddamned fact!
You know actually you have a point, so I wrote back to him, "I guess it's only ok to let a woman die if she is uninsured.
GWB Administration Officials Convicted of Crimes
I have more resources.
Edit: And the worst one of all - GWB deliberately lied us into war with Iraq. No other president in living memory has ever stooped so low.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Vitters of Louisiana and the prostitute(s), and then the pederast from Florida. Lots of scandals.
The Kennedy scandal involved a death, but we don't know just why Kennedy's car went off the road and into the water or what happened.
Any of the people mentioned above with just a little less luck could have been involved in an incident like Kennedy's.
Actually, the Republicans probably have a lot more scandals than the Democrats.
Think about Abramov and his friends. Horrors.
Maraya1969
(22,478 posts)This is without turning to google except to spell Blagojevich.
Then you have an entire website devoted to republican sex offenders.
http://www.republicansexoffenders.com/
Rincewind
(1,202 posts)a republican, he's a democrat.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)Tom Ripley
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(4,945 posts)with ties to a couple of very curious deaths
Tom Ripley
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(4,945 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Kookoo cachoo Santorum
Newt and his penchant for pointing fingers at the less than sexually pure all the while carrying on a six year affair after dumping what was it two wives, I can't keep up.
Dogonroof Rmoney
and last but not least
Ron I am not a racist Paul, except that he is.
If Democrats ran people like this MSM would be running with those stories. When it is Republicans not so much.