family values

["Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RepublicanFamilyValues

On this page I will be exposing the hypocrisy of the Republican Party
when it comes to family values. They claim to be the party of family
values, but in reality often have reprehensibly low standards when it
comes to family values. This is not to say that Democrats are perfect
when it comes to family values, they obviously aren't, but it appears
that Democrats appear to be normal human beings with normal problems.
Republicans appear to have worse "family values" than Democrats in
practice, despite their claims that they believe in family values, they
don't seem to practice them very well. And I'm not saying that 100% of
the activities listed below are wrong or immoral (obviously,
homosexuality is not), but I'm saying that denying onesself and being a
hypocrite about the family values you claim to have is.

    * Thomas Adams, Illinois: "Thomas Adams, longtime Green Oaks mayor
and former chairman of the Lake County Republican Central Committee,
was charged Monday with possession and distribution of child
pornography. Adams, 67, faces 11 counts of disseminating child
pornography and two counts of possession..." (SS, 7.25.06)

    * 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.
(Kos, 2.8.05)

    * Steve Aiken, Arizona: "In 1996 he was convicted of two counts of
corruption of a minor after being accused of having sex with two
teenage girls that he met in Pennsylvania while he was working with
YouthQuest, a Christian counseling agency." (CKQ, 6.16.06)

    * Edison Misla Aldarondo, Puerto Rico: The Republican legislator
was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the
ages of 9 and 17. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * George Allen, Virginia: Is divorced yet promotes "family values."
(AMERICA, 6.6.06)

    * Randal David Ankeney, Colorado: was arrested in 2001 on suspicion
of sexual assault on a child with force, sexual assault on a child,
sexual exploitation of a child, marijuana possession, and possession of
drug paraphernalia. Lured 13-year-old girl to his apartment, plied her
with booze and pot, photographed her topless, then had sex with her.
After his arrest, a second girl -- a 17-year-old campaign worker --
charged him with sexual assault. In 2002, he pleaded guilty to
attempted sexual assault on a child. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Dick Armey, Texas: Three women who had been students of Armey's
reported that he engaged in inappropriate behavior. Armey's second wife
had been one of his students. (Flynt - 47)

    * Jim Bakker, televangelist: Involved in fraud related to time
shares and adultery with Jessica Hahn. (ChT, 9.13.04)

    * Bob Barr, Georgia: Is on his third marriage. (Salon). Photographs
show him licking whipped cream off the breast of a stripper. Allegedly
lied under oath about adulterous sex during a 1986 deposition. Dumped
his second wife Gail and their two sons (ages 5 and 4) just before
Thanksgiving in 1985. When Gail was diagnosed with breast cancer, she
asked her husband to stop campaigning for the statehouse, but he
refused. He never attended chemotherapy treatments with his wife.
(Flynt - 20). His second wife Gail believes that he was having an
affair with his future third wife Jeri while he and Gail were still
married. (Flynt - 22). Allegedly condoned and paid for an abortion for
his then-wife. (Flynt - 24)

    * Merrill Robert Barter, Maine: The Republican County Commissioner
pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
(ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Gary Bauer, Virginia: Nine members of Bauer's staff quit,
including Charles Jarvis, Bauer's campaign manager, and Tim McDonald,
former chief of advance operations. Jarvis and McDonald have said
publicly that they resigned in protest of Gary Bauer's "inappropriate"
behavior in travelling alone and spending time behind closed doors with
a 26-year-old deputy campaign manager. Jarvis says that he and others
in the campaign warned Bauer several times "in the clearest possible
terms" that he was creating "the appearance of impropriety" by spending
"hours and hours and hours behind closed doors with a young single
woman." Neither Jarvis nor McDonald has directly claimed that sex
occurred, though. An unnamed source in the Bauer campaign said that
Bauer has been traveling alone with this hot 26-year old blond (deputy
campaign manager Melissa McClard) on a daily basis and the two have
been so inseparable that it was like a "husband-wife relationship."
This source said that rumors of an affair have circulated inside the
campaign for months, and that several people told the candidate of
their concern. "Bauer told them basically to buzz off -- that it was
his personal business," the source said. Other staff members who quit
include media consultant Tom Edwards and Betty Barrett, who was Bauer's
secretary for 15 years. They declined comment. (SC)

    * Robert Bauman, Marlyand: Married dad of four pleaded not guilty
in 1980 a charge of committing oral sodomy on a teenage boy in
Washington. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Parker J. Bena, Virginia activist: Convicted in 2001 of
possession of child pornography. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Bill Bennett?, activist, pundit: Few vices have escaped Bennett's
withering scorn. He has opined on everything from drinking to
"homosexual unions" to "The Ricki Lake Show" to wife-swapping. There is
one, however, that has largely escaped Bennett's wrath: gambling. This
is a notable omission, since on this issue morality and public policy
are deeply intertwined. During Bennett's years as a public figure,
casinos, once restricted to Nevada and New Jersey, have expanded to 28
states, and the number continues to grow. In Maryland, where Bennett
lives, the newly elected Republican governor Robert Ehrlich is trying
to introduce slot machines to fill revenue shortfalls. As gambling
spreads, so do its associated problems. Heavy gambling, like drug use,
can lead to divorce, domestic violence, child abuse, and bankruptcy.
According to a 1998 study commissioned by the National Gambling Impact
Study Commission, residents within 50 miles of a casino are twice as
likely to be classified as "problem" or "pathological" gamblers than
those who live further away. If Bennett hasn't spoken out more
forcefully on an issue that would seem tailor-made for him, perhaps
it's because he is himself a heavy gambler. Indeed, in recent weeks
word has circulated among Washington conservatives that his wagering
could be a real problem. They have reason for concern. The Washington
Monthly and Newsweek have learned that over the last decade Bennett has
made dozens of trips to casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where
he is a "preferred customer" at several of them, and sources and
documents provided to The Washington Monthly put his total losses at
more than $8 million. A review of one 18-month stretch of gambling
showed him visiting casinos, often for two or three days at a time (and
enjoying a line of credit of at least $200,000 at several of them).
Bennett likes to be discreet. "He'll usually call a host and let us
know when he's coming," says one source. "We can limo him in. He
prefers the high-limit room, where he's less likely to be seen and
where he can play the $500-a-pull slots. He usually plays very late at
night or early in the morning--usually between midnight and 6 a.m."
Despite his personal appetites, Bennett and his organization, Empower
America, oppose the extension of casino gambling in the states. In a
recent editorial, his Empower America co-chair Jack Kemp inveighed
against lawmakers who "pollute our society with a slot machine on every
corner." The group recently published an Index of Leading Cultural
Indicators, with an introduction written by Bennett, that reports 5.5
million American adults as "problem" or "pathological" gamblers.
Bennett says he is neither because his habit does not disrupt his
family life. Bill Bennett's teensy little seven-figure gambling habit
also mentions that he regularly plays (or at least played until
recently) a private poker game with Robert Bork and Supreme Court
Justices and fellow avatars of morality Antonin Scalia and William
Rehnquist. Which, under DC law, is punishable by jail. (WM, 6.03).
Apparently, Bennett is also an excessive smoker. (OTK, 5.5.03) "I
happen to know that several major news organizations have for some time
been looking into claims about portly conservative moralizer William
Bennett and a leather-bound dominatrix bodybuilder in Las Vegas, a
woman who has some very interesting narratives to recount. What news
organizations? The top five that come to your mind are on the list.
Some reporters have even traveled far and wide on this story. Does this
mean the story is true? No. It is "developing," as our favorite
cybergossip character assassin likes to say, and it may go nowhere."
(NYP, 2.17.04)

    * John Bolton, Washington, D.C.: 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 despite inquires
posed by Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt concerning the
allegations. Mr. Flynt has obtained information from numerous sources
that Mr. Bolton participated in paid visits to Plato's Retreat, the
popular swingers club that operated in New York City in the late 1970s
and early 1980s. "The first Mrs. Bolton's conduct raises the
presumption that she fled out of fear for her safety or, at a minimum,
it demonstrates that Mr. Bolton's established inability to
communicate or work respectfully with others extended to his intimate
family relations," said Mr. Flynt. "The court records alone provide
sufficient basis for further investigation of nominee Bolton by the
Senate." (Raw, 5.11.05)

    * Christopher Bond, Missouri: Is divorced yet promotes "family
values." (AMERICA, 6.6.06)

    * Mary Bono, California: Allegedly engaged in a torrid love affair
prior to the death of her husband Sonny. (Flynt - 8) Looks like the
cat's out of the bag on Cher's late ex-husband's widow and the dashing
freshman Rep. Connie Mack IV (R-Fla.). Rumors have been swirling for
weeks now about Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) and Mack, both of whom
recently filed for divorce from their spouses. On Friday, a wire
service had more nerve than HOH and printed the rumor that Bono and
Mack are an item, something neither House Member denied. The Scripps
Howard News Service reported that "romance may be in the air" for Bono
and Mack, the son of former Sen. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) and
great-grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer Connie Mack (all of whose
legal names are Cornelius McGillicuddy). Mack's chief of staff, Jeff
Cohen, told HOH on Monday that "Connie's marriage was in trouble for a
long time, which is why he filed for divorce in August. But beyond
that, he doesn't feel it's appropriate to discuss his personal life."
Mack and his wife, Ann, have two children, ages 5 and 3. Cohen did not
deny that the hunky Congressman is seeing the fetching widow of one of
America's most famous pop-culture icons. Asked whether they are
"dating" or "seeing each other," Cohen said, "The statement stands for
itself." Nor did Bono's chief of staff, Frank Cullen, deny the rumored
relationship. "Out of respect for what my boss is dealing with ... I'm
not going to comment on that situation or other aspects of her life,"
he told HOH. He said he and the rest of Bono's staff are "just trying
to support her." Cullen said Bono and her husband, Glenn Baxley, a
Western-wear designer and former farm-league baseball player, have
"mutually agreed to separate and have this divorce proceeding move
forward." Bono, whose two children with the late singer are now 17 and
14, has been married to Baxley since November 2001. She filed for
divorce last month. Her chief of staff described the couple's break-up
as "amicable." It seems that most folks in the Florida and California
delegations are withholding judgment, at least publicly, on whatever is
going on between the Congressman and Congresswoman. But one freshman
Member expressed disappointment with his classmate, saying through his
spokesman, "When you got two kids, it's just not worth it." (BBWW,
10.20.05)

    * Mike Bowers, Georgia: Admitted to a longtime extramarital affair.
Had the former Georgia attorney general had a 10-year relationship with
a state employee. (CSM)

    * Karl Brabenec, California Young Republican: Made a name for
himself by distributing fliers at 2003 Young Republicans national
convention for "Karlpalooza '03," party offering "lots of beer, liquor
and sex." (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Howard L. Brooks, California: The Republican staffer was charged
with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
(Kos, 3.24.04)

    * Pat Buchanan, Washington, D.C.: Right before he turned 21 was
pulled over, cursed out two police officers, resisted arrest and then
kicked one of the police officers in the ass." (Franken - 172). Pat
Buchanan, former presidential candidate: Buchanan himself said that in
1960, when he was 21, the draft board rejected him because he had
Reiter's syndrome. What's that, you ask? It's a form of arthritis
usually caused by chlamydia, a venereal disease (at least in America.
In third world countries, a form of dysentery is the most common
cause.) When pressed, a Buchanan aide said that if, indeed, sexual
contact is the only way to get Reiter's, Buchanan would never have
admitted it. That's an honest if cynical response, but it assumes that
Buchanan knows what causes Reiter's. He also could have had chlamydia
for years, even to this day, without knowing it; chlamydia often has no
symptoms, especially in men. Notice also that this aide's statement is
not a denial. The Buchanan campaign has refused to confirm or deny
whether Pat has had chlamydia or any other venereal diseases. (SC)

    * Christopher Buckley, activist, author: He sends up a philandering
President in his new novel, "No Way to Treat a First Lady," is learning
more about sex scandals - probably more than he wants. The married
writer is embroiled in a paternity action with PR woman Irina Woelfle
over her 2-year-old son, Jonathan. Woelfle, 40, formerly worked at
Random House, which published "Thank You for Smoking," one of Buckley's
five novels. Woelfle's lawyer Ed Nusbaum tells us that Buckley, the
50-year-old son of conservative pundit William F. Buckley Jr.,
"voluntarily agreed" to a DNA test, which established him as Jonathan's
father. Buckley also took it upon himself to file suit recently in
Stamford (Conn.) Superior Court. Nusbaum says that the journalist and
former speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush is seeking "to
establish what child support should be paid." "The amount being being
paid now is inadequate," claims Nusbaum, who says that Woelfle and
Buckley also disagree "over when he became aware of his paternity."
Nusbaum adds that "at this juncture there has been no contact between
Buckley and Jonathan - by his choice. Overtures were made by Irina,
which he rejected." Buckley is also seeking to have the court file
sealed and have the case labeled anonymously as "John and Jane Doe,"
according to Nusbaum, whose client is opposing that motion. (NYDN,
12.24.02)

    * Andrew Buhr, Missouri: The Republican politician was charged with
two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy. (ArmSub,
7=2E13.05)

    * Ted Bundy, serial killer: He was a handsome, charming, urbane and
extrovert graduate, who did charity work and campaigned for the
Republican Party in the USA - Ted Bundy did not fit the bill as a
serial killer. And that was his great advantage. Friends, relatives and
even detectives instinctively shied away from following up their
suspicions about him. The women he killed also did not suspect a thing
until it was too late ...Killed at least 16 victims. (BBC, 7.13.05)

    * Jim Bunn, 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, 1.1.04)

    * Jack Burkman, activist: "afterward, we got a snazzy hotel room at
the mayflower downtown. on the way over there, this really hot business
man in a pinstriped suit walked past me, said hello, and doubled back.
he asked me my name and introduced himself (jack burkman, government
relations strategies), asked where i went to school, etc, gave me his
card, and asked me to call him. i later texted him and never could get
rid of him again. he thought he talked to me on the phone several
times, but he never did. i always made kat or kristin be me. he told
kristin about how he really enjoyed my outfit (TITS GALORE) and that i
was beautiful, etc. by the end of the night (5 am or so), he was
offering to pay for our room and give us a thousand dollars if two of
us would fuck him. oh, jack burkman. his card is my DC souvenir."
(Wonkette, 6.16.06). "He asked if I made exceptions for men at all, and
I was like, 'not for Republicans.'" "Faith, Family and Freedom" is the
religious right group FRC's slogan. Perhaps they should change it to
"Faith, Family, Freedom and Fornication." Now, we don't have a problem
with sex. We don't have a problem with sex with lesbians. We even don't
want to make judgments about paying for sex. But we do have a problem
if a self-proclaimed Republican "family values" lobbyist offers a pair
of lesbians 1,000 bucks to join him at a high-class Washington, DC
hotel in a hot homo three way, which is what Wonkette is reporting."
(AMERICA, 6.17.06)

    * William Wesley Burmeister, Georgia: The son of an influential
Augusta lawmaker is in the Richmond County Jail on child molestation
charges. William Wesley Burmeister, 23, of Clayton County was arrested
in an aggravated child molestation case, said Richmond County sheriff's
Maj. Ken Autry. Burmeister is the eldest of four children of Rep. Sue
Burmeister (R-Augusta). The lawmaker, a conservative Christian, has
carried some of the Republican Party's most important legislation,
including HB 188, requiring the publication of photographs of convicted
sex offenders in local newspapers. Burmeister ushered that bill to
final passage. (AJC, 4.1.05)

    * John Allen Burt, activist: A six-day search for him began last
based on charges of sexual misconduct asserted by two teenage girls who
were living at Our Father's House, Burt's so-called home for "unwed
mothers," according to the Pensacola News Journal. John Burt has a long
history of connections to violence against abortion clinics in the
Pensacola area. He has been arrested numerous times for his
participation disruptive protests and clinic invasions. A 1986 invasion
led by Burt was the impetus for the NOW v. Scheidler case. Burt led
protests in Pensacola on behalf of two couples that bombed three local
clinics on Christmas Day in 1984, according to the Sarasota Herald
Tribune. Burt was outside the Pensacola clinic when an Our Father's
House volunteer, Michael Griffin, murdered Dr. David Gunn in 1993.
Griffin's family later claimed that John Burt had manipulated Griffin.
Burt is also an associate of Paul Hill who murdered Dr. Bayard Britton
and volunteer escort James Barrett outside another local Pensacola
clinic in 1994. Burt is on film helping Paul Hill identify Dr. Britton
outside the clinic in the weeks before Hill shot and killed Dr. Britton
and his clinic escort. (FMF, 6.11.03)

    * Dan Burton, Indiana: Admitted that he had fathered a child out of
wedlock during an extramarital affair. (Flynt - 42). "Republicans and
Democrats alike from that era recall ceaseless complaints from female
staffers fed up with fending off Burton's sexual advances." (Flynt -
43). Several people report that Burton had sex with his assistant to
the administrative assistant. A female lobbyist from Planned Parenthood
claimed that Burton stuck his hand up her skirt. Numerous sources claim
tha tBurton maintained sexual relationships with women on his
Congressional and campaign payrolls. Ex-model Claudia Keller claims to
have been romantically involved with Burton. (Flynt - 43)

    * George Bush?, Connecticut: Allegedly engaged in an affair with an
aide, Jennifer Fitzgerald, while serving as vice president. (Flynt -
56). For the May 29th issue of the Rolling Stone, Ashton Kutcher shares
tidbits from his sometimes loco life - including an unforgettable party
with the Bush gals. He tells Rolling Stone: "So we're hanging out ...
The Bushes were underage drinking at my house. When I checked outside,
one of the Secret Service guys asked me if they'd be spending the
night. I said no. And then I go upstairs to see another friend and I
can smell the green wafting out under his door. I open the door, and
there he is smoking out the Bush twins on his hookah." (ET, 5.6.03)

    * George W Bush, Texas: Alleged cocaine abuser and alcoholic before
reforming; reportedly paid for an abortion in his younger days; several
allegations of drunken driving, alleged affair with Tammy Phillips.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Jeb Bush, Florida: Allegedly had an affair that was captured in
photographs. (Flynt - 58). His 24-year-old daughter Noelle was jailed
for having prescription pills while in a treatment center, violating a
court-ordered drug treatment plan. (AP, 7.17.02). Noelle, was sentenced
to 10 days in jail after being accused of having crack cocaine in her
shoe while in drug rehab. (AP, 10.17.02) Appointed former a former
Playboy bunny to several government posts while allegedly having an
affair with her. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04) The youngest son of
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public
intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said. John
Ellis Bush, 21, was arrested by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission at 2:30 a.m. on a corner of Austin's Sixth Street bar
district, said commission spokesman Roger Wade. (MSNBC, 9.17.05)

    * Neil Bush, businessman: The president's younger brother and his
estranged wife signed an "amicable, irrevocable" mediated divorce
settlement ending 23 years of marriage, Neil Bush's lawyer said. All
that remains for Neil and Sharon Bush, who have three teenage children,
is for a formal divorce decree to be drafted and filed at the Harris
County courthouse. (AP, 4.17.03) Admitted to cheating on his ex-wife
with "three or four" different women, it was alleged. Bush told of the
affairs during leaked video depositions to lawyers representing his
former wife, Sharon. The father-of-three said: "I had sexual
intercourse with perhaps three or four - I don't remember the exact
number - women at different times." The affairs took place while he was
on business trips to the Far East, according to a report in the New
York Times. Bush allegedly told the lawyers: "In Thailand once, I have
pretty clear recollection that there was one time in Thailand and Hong
Kong." (Mirror, 7.14.03) The following events took place while he was
married. "I had sexual intercourse with perhaps three or four, I don't
remember the exact number, women, at different times. In Thailand once,
I have a pretty clear recollection that there was one time in Thailand
and in Hong Kong." (NYDN, 1.1.04)

    * John Butler, activist: The Republican activist was charged with
criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Nancy J. Caffyn, Massachusetts: Divorced former state legislator.
(AASP)

    * Ken Calvert, California: Allegedly was caught with a prostitute
by police in 1993. (Flynt - 54) He was sued as an alimony deadbeat by
his ex-wife. (Dem, 8.11.03)

    * Charles Canady, Florida: Lied to his constituents about his
adulterous affair with Sharon Becker, which caused her divorce from
Florida businessman Robert Becker. (Dem, 8.11.03)

    * George Harrold Carswell, Judge: Arrested in 1976 for making a
pass at an undercover cop in men's room at a Tallahassee, Florida,
shopping mall. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Dick Cheney, Wyoming: Despite having daughter who is a lesbian,
opposes gay rights laws and supports people who oppose rights for
homosexuals. Served on a ticket with a candidate who supported
criminalization of homosexual sex. Voted against allowing the federal
government to collect data on violent crimes based on sexual
orientation. (IGF) Says he would support President Bush if he proposes
a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Cheney, whose
daughter is a lesbian, told The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News
in interviews published Saturday that he still believes states should
handle the issue, but that he would support Bush's decision. (AP,
1=2E10.04)

    * Lynne Cheney, wife of the vice president: Wrote a book about
lesbian "love," <i>Sisters</i>, yet went so far as to deny her
daughter's lesbianism entirely, despite her daughter's open lesbianism.
(IGF)

    * Helen Chenoweth, Idaho: Reportedly had an affair with her married
boss in 1977 and 1978. Allegedly had a long-term adulterous affiar with
former business associate Vernon Ravenscroft. (Flynt - 45)

    * Keola Childs, Hawaii: The Republican County Councilman pleaded
guilty to molesting a male child. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Mark Chmura, activist: Chmura was arrested for raping a 17-year
old girl. He was acquitted -- but that doesn't erase the fact that he
A) had sex with an underage girl (in a hot tub full of boozed-up
teenagers at a party), and B) was himself married at the time.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * John Christensen, Nebraska: As part of divorce settlement, got
his ex-wife to sign affidavit stating she was the one who had been
"unfaithful." (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Kevin Coan, Missouri: Arrested in Illinois in 2001 for offering
to pay for sex over the Internet from a 14-year-old girl -- who turned
out to be male police officer working a chat-room sting. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * John Cox, Illinois: Cox's birth was the result of a rape; yet Cox
has evaded questions about whether he's pro- or anti-choice. Is
divorced. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Carey Lee Cramer, consultant: A man who made national news in
2000 by producing an anti-Al Gore television ad featuring his
stepdaughter is now charged in Hidalgo County with multiple counts of
molesting the girl and another young relative. (Bobo, 6.4.05)

    * Dan Crane?, Illinois: In 1983, after a yearlong investigation by
the House Ethics Committee, Crane was found to have engaged in an
illicit sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl working as a
congressional page. (Salon, 10.5.98)

    * Charlie Crist?, Florida: Is divorced and promotes "family
values." OS

    * Paul Crouch, televangelist: First, extortion seems like the only
word to describe what Enoch Lonnie Ford, the former TBN employee who
says he and Crouch had extramarital sex in 1996, attempted. Crouch paid
him a $425,000 settlement in 1998 after Ford accused the global network
of wrongful termination. (ChT, 9.13.04)

    * Randy Cunningham, California: "A source close to the bribery
case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing
investigation, told the Union-Tribune that Mitchell Wade, who pleaded
guilty in February to bribing Cunningham, told federal prosecutors that
he periodically helped arrange for a prostitute for the
then-congressman." (Kos, 4.28.06)

    * Richard A. Dasen Sr., philanthropist: The Republican benefactor
of conservative Christian groups, was charged with rape for allegedly
paying a 15-year old girl for sex. 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. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Gilbert Davis, Virginia: Former attorney for Paula Jones, allowed
himself to be videotaped in Roanoke, VA, hotel room, drunk, while
instructing a female client to disrobe. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Doug Dean, Colorado: Divorc=E9, who had hot pants for female
lobbyists, went ape after live-in lover (a lobbyist, of course) dumped
him in 2001. Broke into her home, lay in wait for ex-squeeze, then
scared all hell out of her when she arrived, and chased her down
street, brandishing screwdriver. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Tom Delay?, Texas: There is a rumor that a photograph exists with
DeLay locked in a sexual embrace with a Mexican prostitute. There is
another rumor that claims that DeLay has a grown daughter in Texas
whose mother is not DeLay's wife. Allegedly DeLay has paid support for
this child. (Flynt - 49)

    * Richard Delgaudio?, Maryland: A prominent Republican fund-raiser
who once said former President Bill Clinton was "a lawbreaker and a
terrible example to our nation's young people" pleaded guilty in
Baltimore Circuit Court to production of child pornography. Delgaudio,
who was sentenced to two years' probation before judgment, admitted to
taking lewd photographs of a 16-year-old girl he met in East
Baltimore's Patterson Park in 2001. In some of the photos, he was
engaged in sex with her, court records show. Delgaudio, 50, of Burke,
Va., is a frequent talk-radio guest and national figure in conservative
politics. He is president of the Legal Affairs Council, a group that
helped pay the legal bills of former Reagan administration officials
Oliver L. North and Caspar W. Weinberger after they were charged in
connection with the Iran-contra affair. In his pornography case, there
was additional evidence that Delgaudio took erotic images of at least
one other, younger teen-ager, but that evidence was not admissible in
court because police improperly stopped and searched Delgaudio, a judge
ruled. (Sunspot, 4.24.03)

    * Frank T. Devine, Illinois: This week, federal authorities filed a
12-count complaint against Frank T. Devine, a GOP precinct committeeman
in the Kendall County Republican organization, for allegedly defrauding
more than 40 investors in what the FBI described as a classic Ponzi
scheme. (IL, 12.23.04)

    * Peter Dibble, Connecticut: The Republican legislator pleaded no
contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old
girl. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina: Had an affair with Bob Dole when
he was still married. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Bob Dole?, Kansas: He had an affair with a younger woman (not
Libby) during the last four years of his first marriage, before
suddenly dumping his loyal first wife Phyllis in 1972. Bob Dole married
Phyllis Holden, a sweet, unambitious woman from a successful New
England family. She bore him a daughter, Robin, though most voters
probably have no idea he is a father. Robin is not a big part of his
life, and Dole himself has said "I don't think I really knew her well.
I was there for ceremonial things in school. But mostly they [Phyllis
and Robin] were here and I was not." Bob did make his decision, and he
stayed married to politics, often coming home at midnight, leaving at 5
am the next morning. His marriage naturally suffered, and in 1971 he
asked Phyllis for a divorce, out of the blue, no discussion. During the
last year of their marriage, she has said, he was only home for supper
4 nights. (SC)

    * Bob Dornan, California: His wife Sallie has left him 3 or 4
times, and alleged in several aborted divorce suits over 16 years that
he beat her. For example, in her 1961 divorce suit she stated under
oath that he "dragged her about the home... by her hair and ...
exhibited a revolver." In June 1966, Dornan was found guilty of a
"violent attack" on his wife and was ordered to go to jail, though
police records do not show him actually serving any time. (SC)

    * Brian J. Doyle, Maryland: The deputy press secretary for the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the
Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities
said. Brian J. Doyle, 55, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested on
charges of use of a computer to seduce a child and transmission of
harmful material to a minor. The charges were issued out of Polk
County, Fla. Doyle had a sexually explicit conversation with what he
believed was a 14-year-old girl whose profile he saw on the Internet on
March 14, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The
girl was an undercover Polk County Sheriff's Computer Crimes detective,
the sheriff's office said. Doyle sent the girl pornographic movie clips
and had sexually explicit conversations via the Internet, the statement
said. During other online conversations, Doyle revealed his name, that
he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and offered his
office and government issued cell phone numbers, the sheriff's office
said. On several occasions, Doyle instructed her to perform a sexual
act while thinking of him and described explicit activities he wanted
to have with her, investigators said. Homeland Security press secretary
Russ Knocke in Washington said he could not comment on the details of
the investigation. "We take these allegations very seriously, and we
will cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation," Knocke said. (AP)

    * David Dreier, California: A Republican congressman from
California who has repeatedly voted against gay rights measures is said
to be gay himself, and at least three MediaNews Group newspapers are
said to have instructed its reporters not to ask questions about the
congressman's sexuality or how it relates to public policy. Brad Smith,
Dreier's chief of staff with whom he is said to have lived, is paid
an unusually high salary relative to the chief of staffs of other
powerful congressmen, including Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.
(Raw, 1.18.05)

    * Nicholas Elizondo, activist: The Republican director of the
"Young Republican Federation" molested his 6-year old daughter and was
sentenced to six years in prison. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Thomas Evans, Delaware: In 1981, shacked up in a Florida cottage
with Rep. Tom Railsback (R-Ill.), Rep. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) and
insurance-industry lobbyist Paula Parkinson. Of the three, only Evans
admitted to having sex with Parkinson. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Mike Ferguson, New Jersey: In his dark suit, knotted tie and
official congressional ID pin on his lapel, Republican House member
Mike Ferguson looked out of place at the Rhino Bar and Pumphouse, a
Georgetown saloon popular with college kids. "He shouldn't have even
been at the bar," 21-year-old Georgetown University junior Michelle
Mezoe told us. "He and his group" - two unidentified staffers, also
wearing suits - "stuck out like sore thumbs." Yesterday Mezoe accused
the congressman, a 32-year-old married father of three representing New
Jersey's 7th District, of grabbing her in the wee hours Wednesday
morning. She said Ferguson removed his ID pin and handed it to her,
saying she could keep it if she would "come back and have a drink with
me." Mezoe said she refused to return it unless Ferguson apologized for
his "disrespectful" behavior. An apology was not forthcoming. (WP,
4=2E4.03)

    * Frank Figueroa, Washington, D.C.: The former head of the
Department of Homeland Security's program to stop child predators
(Operation Predator), today pleaded no contest to charges he exposed
himself to a 16-year-old girl. According to the victim, "Figueroa
pulled up a leg of his shorts, exposed himself and masturbated for
about 10 minutes" in front of her. (TP, 4.5.06)

    * Larry Dale Floyd, Texas: A Denton County constable drove to a
Colorado restaurant on Thursday and called a woman he met through the
Internet to let her know he had arrived, according to court papers.
Instead of Marsha showing up with her 8-year-old daughter for a sexual
encounter, he met her colleagues - Ca=F1on City, Colo., police
officers. Mr. Floyd has been a Denton County constable since 1993. A
Republican, Mr. Floyd was unopposed in his most recent re-election in
November. (Eschaton, 7.30.05)

    * Mark Foley, Florida: Reports that he's gay are about to spread
from alternative and gay media outlets to major Florida newspapers,
Foley said. He blamed Democratic activists for spreading the rumor and
decried the "repulsive" campaign tactic. He wanted reporters to know
that he won't answer questions about his sexuality; it has nothing to
do with his candidacy. Supports an anti-gay agenda. (SPT, 6.1.03).
Resigned from office after sending sexually explicit messages to male
minors (ABC, 9.29.06)

    * Kirk Fordice, Mississippi: Allegedly had an affair and then got
divorced. Fordice was one of Bill Clinton's biggest critics. (DM)

    * Galen Fox, Hawaii: The 27-year-old woman who accused state Rep.
Galen Fox of sexually molesting her on a United Airlines flight
testified that she awoke to find his hand inside her jeans and rubbing
her crotch. Her testimony was consistent with statements she gave to
FBI investigators a day after the Dec. 18 incident on Flight 56, an
overnight flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles. After a non-jury trial
in the Central District of California on Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge
Margaret Nagle found Fox (R, Waikiki-Ala Moana) guilty of a misdemeanor
charge of abusive sexual contact with another person without their
consent. (Bobo, 11.5.05)

    * Bill Frist, Tennessee: The senator's son, Jonathan Frist, 17 was
arrested for DUI and possession of alcohol by a minor. (NC5, 5.6.03)
Frist acknowledged in a 1989 book that he routinely killed cats while
an ambitious medical student at Harvard Medical School in the 1970s.
His office said it had no record on how many cats died. Frist disclosed
that he went to animal shelters and pretended to adopt the cats,
telling shelter personnel he intended to keep them as pets. Instead he
used them to sharpen his surgical skills, killing them in the process.
(UPI, 12.31.02)

    * Tom Gallagher?, Florida: "Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom
Gallagher spoke publicly Monday for the first time about his bitter
1979 divorce after being confronted with court documents alleging that
he drunkenly tried to break into his then-estranged wife's home,
threatened her mother and sought to retrieve his dog." "Another time,
[Gallagher's ex-wife] Louise said she found cocaine in a drawer in
Gallagher's Tallahassee condominium. She showed it to Gallagher's
father before flushing it down the toilet, she said. 'That's the
first I ever heard of it,' Gallagher said Monday. He denied ever using
cocaine but told reporters later that he had used marijuana." "Tom
Gallagher, the Republican state chief financial officer running for
governor on a platform of family values, admitted Monday that he had an
extramarital affair that led to his 1979 divorce and said he used
marijuana before he was elected to public office "many, many" years
ago." (FLAP, 6.20.06). Is divorced and promotes "family values." OS

    * Jim Galley, California: Republican Jim Galley, who is running for
Congress as a "pro-traditional family" candidate, was married to two
women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has
been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives. (Kos, 6.2.06)

    * Jeff Gannon, "reporter": "A potential male prostitute gets White
House credentials using a fake name, provides McClellan a welcome
ideological lifeline during press conferences, and somehow gets access
to classified CIA documents that outs an undercover CIA operative."
(SS, 2.9.05). Homosexual who supports conservative causes and served as
a pro-White House reporter under a fake name. (HC, 2.11.05)

    * Jack W. Gardner, Pennsylvania: The Republican Councilman was
convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Richard Gardner, Nevada: Convicted in California in 1988 for lewd
and lascivious behavior with a child under the age of 14 -- a felony
sex crime. The victim was his own 12-year-old daughter. Investigation
led to exposure of two additional sex-crime convictions, one involving
the same daughter, and one involving another daughter under age 14.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Newt Gingrich, Georgia: Visited his wife when she was recovering
from cancer surgery. Gingrich brought along their two daughters and a
yellow legal pad with his terms for a divorce. (Franken - 44). After
his divorce from Jackie, Newt Gingrich was late with his alimony
payments and she had to take him to court twice to provide adequate
support for her and the girls and that her church had to take up a
colection ot help them get by. (Franken - 45). "We would have won in
1974 if we could have kept him out of the office, screwing her [a young
volunteer] on the desk." - Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler at the
time. Several newspapers reported that Newt Gingrich was dating and
basically living with Callista Bisek, a "willowy blond Congressional
aide 23 years his junior." Biske, 33, was spending nights at Gingrich's
apartment near the Capitol and had her own key. In an amazing act of
hypocrisy, Gingrich was apparently dating Bisek all during
Clinton-Lewinsky adultery scandal, even as he proclaimed family values
and bitterly criticized the President for his adultery. Reporters and
other Washington insiders have known about this relationship since
1994, even before Gingrich became Speaker of the House, but did not
have any solid proof to report. In 1995, Vanity Fair magazine described
Bisek as Gingrich's "frequent breakfast companion." Gingrich was
married to Marianne Gingrich during all of that time, and just filed
for divorce in August 1999. This is hardly the first time Newt has
cheated, either. "It was common knowledge that Newt was involved with
other women during his [first] marriage to Jackie. Maybe not on the
level of John Kennedy. But he had girlfriends -- some serious, some
trivial." -- Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler throughout the 70s. One
woman, Anne Manning (who was married at the time), has come forward and
confirmed a relationship with him during the 1976 campaign. "We had
oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, 'I
never slept with her.'" Kip Carter, his former campaign treasurer, was
walking Newt's daughters back from a football game one day and cut
across a driveway where he saw a car. "As I got to the car, I saw Newt
in the passenger seat and one of the guys' wives with her head in his
lap going up and down. Newt kind of turned and gave me this little-boy
smile. Fortunately, Jackie Sue and Kathy were a lot younger and shorter
then." (SC). According to the The Irish Times , Newt's decision to
resign was actually based on his discovery that Larry Flynt had
uncovered some very damaging personal information. Flynt had begun
"negotiating with several parties, people described as having an
association with a prostitution ring, for a series of credit card
receipts that showed Mr Gingrich paying for services. In the midst of
that negotiation, Mr Gingrich resigned suddenly." (RA). Asked the
Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta for an annulment of his second
marriage, which ended in divorce after 19 years. Gingrich's second
wife, Marianne Gingrich, said through her attorney that she learned of
the request this week when she received a letter from the archdiocese.
The couple were divorced in April 2000, nine months after Newt Gingrich
filed for divorce and acknowledged a seven-year affair with Callista
Bisek, a former congressional aide. Gingrich and Bisek were married in
August 2000. (AP, 5.10.02)

    * Philip Giordano, Connecticut: Was arrested on two federal charges
dealing with "sexual activity" involving a child, the FBI said. Special
agent Lisa Bull said the mayor was arrested on two offenses: The use of
an interstate facility to entice a child under the age of 16 to engage
in sexual activity, and conspiracy to carry out that offense. (CNN 2,
7=2E26.01)The former Waterbury, Connecticut mayor was convicted on 17 out
of 18 counts on his indictment. Counts 1 and 2 were for the following:
"Philip A. Giordano, while acting under color of the laws of the state
of Connecticut, willfully deprived the victim of rights and privileges
secured and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United
States. That includes the right not to be deprived of liberty without
due process of law, which includes the right to be free from aggravated
sexual abuse and sexual abuse. He violated this by coercing and forcing
the victim, who was younger than 12, to engage in oral sex and genital
contact with him and by fondling her, resulting in bodily injury."
(CCB, 3.26.03)

    * Matt Glavin?, activist: Glavin was charged back in May with
public indecency for allegedly masturbating in public at the
Chattahoochee National Recreation Area on Medlock Bridge road in North
Fulton County. An undercover federal police officer reported that
Glavin fondled him after he encountered the activist pleasuring
himself. And it wasn't the first time that Glavin had been caught doing
this in the same park. In 1996, Glavin quietly pleaded "no contest" to
charges of public indecency after being caught in an identical
situation. (CLoaf, 10.14.00)

    * Marty Glickman, commentator/editor/publisher: Seven years ago,"
wrote Tallahassee political commentator Marty Glickman (aka Republican
Marty) in his newsletter The Ugly Truth, "a rednecked, classless
pervert named Clinton from a low rent state like Arkansas was tearing
down all standards for the highest office in the land... Decency,
morals, telling the truth, and standing accountable were all American
values that were on the line. With a rapist, a liar, and a sexual
harasser and his First Enabler Hillary Clinton in charge; the country
and it's children were perilously close to sinking beneath recovery."
Harsh words, but we hope they taste good - because Republican Marty
sure is eating them right now. Last week he was taken into custody by
Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a
juvenile and one count of the delivery of LSD. Yes, it turns out that
Marty was doing his own bit to help the children of America by giving
drugs and money to underage girls in exchange for sex. (DU, 4.23.01)

    * Rudy Giuliani?, New York: His estranged wife has filed for
divorce, citing adultery. "If there's going to be a divorce, let's have
the truth about why - Rudy's open and notorious adultery," she said.
(CBS, 1.21.02)

    * Phil Gramm, Texas: Invested $7500 in a soft-core porn movie in
1974. (Franken - 153). Is on his second wife. (DO)

    * Mark A. Grethen, Virginia: Convicted in 2002 on six counts of sex
crimes against children. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Jon Grunseth, businessman: The Republican businessman withdrew
his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he
went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his
daughter. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Steve Gunderson, Wisconsin: Homosexual who supported the
Christian Coalition in public. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Susan J. Haase, Illinois: Divorced clerk of Wheatland Township
and member of Illinois State Republican Central Committee. (AASP)

    * Dr. W. David Hager, activist: Sex was always a source of conflict
in the marriage. Though it wasn't emotionally satisfying for her, Davis
says she soon learned that sex could "buy" peace with Hager after a
long day of arguing, or insure his forgiveness after she spent too much
money. "Sex was coinage; it was a commodity," she said. Sometimes Hager
would blithely shift from vaginal to anal sex. Davis protested. "He
would say, 'Oh, I didn't mean to have anal sex with you; I can't feel
the difference,'" Davis recalls incredulously. "And I would say, 'Well
then, you're in the wrong business.'" By the 1980s, according to Davis,
Hager was pressuring her to let him videotape and photograph them
having sex. She consented, and eventually she even let Hager pay her
for sex that she wouldn't have otherwise engaged in--for example,
$2,000 for oral sex, "though that didn't happen very often because I
hated doing it so much. So though it was more painful, I would let him
sodomize me, and he would leave a check on the dresser," Davis admitted
to me with some embarrassment. This exchange took place almost weekly
for several years. For the next seven years Hager sodomized Davis
without her consent while she slept roughly once a month until their
divorce in 2002, she claims. "My sense is that he saw [my narcolepsy]
as an opportunity," Davis surmises. Sometimes she fought Hager off and
he would quit for a while, only to circle back later that same night;
at other times, "the most expedient thing was to try and somehow get it
[over with]. In order to keep any peace, I had to maintain the illusion
of being available to him." At still other moments, she says, she
attempted to avoid Hager's predatory advances in various ways--for
example, by sleeping in other rooms in the house, or by struggling to
stay awake until Hager was in a deep sleep himself. But, she says,
nothing worked. One of Davis's lifelong confidantes remembers when
Davis first told her about the abuse. "[Linda] was very angry and
shaken," she recalled. (Eschaton, 5.12.05)

    * Mark Harris, Wisconsin: The Republican city councilman, 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. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * W. John Hathaway, Maine: A Maine Republican seeking a seat in the
United States Senate who has cast himself as a champion of family
values, became a center of controversy today after New England
newspapers published six-year-old accusations that he had had sex with
his children's 12-year-old baby sitter. (NYT 6.6.96)

    * Howard Scott Heldreth?, activist: The Republican anti-abortion
activist is a convicted child rapist in Florida. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Jesse Helms, North Carolina: Campaigned against gay rights. Has a
gay granddaughter. (Raw, 10.28.04)

    * Jon Hinson, Mississippi: Newly wedded (to a woman), he was
arrested at a D.C. gay bar in 1976. A year later, escaped a fire in a
gay porn theatre. Was arrested again in 1981 on charges of attempted
oral sodomy. In a men's room. In a House office building. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Rev. Mike Hintz, Iowa: A Des Moines youth pastor, who had
appeared publicly with President Bush promoting his tax cuts, is
charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor. KCCI learned that the
married father of four recently turned himself in to Johnston police.
Rev. Mike Hintz was fired from the First Assembly of God Church,
located at 2725 Merle Hay Road, on Oct. 30. Hintz was the youth pastor
there for three years. Police said he started an affair with a
17-year-old woman in the church youth group this spring. (IAC, 12.7.04)

    * Bobby Hodge, Mississippi - A Republican candidate for Attala
County Circuit Clerk was arrested and charged with child molesting. A
spokesman for the sheriff's department said that Hodge, a plummer and
electrician, is accused of molesting a "young girl." She was believed
to be a preteen, but authorities declined to give details about the
victim or the circumstances. (KMSH, 2.11.03)

    * Neal Horsley?, activist: "Neal Horsley returned to the Alan
Colmes Radio Show Thursday night to defend his history of his, er, um,
fancy of a certain mule in his pre-teen life of a "normal" farm boy. It
was a natural occurence, he said, like that of a mutt that will hump
everything warm and wet in sight. He maintained that he did not rape
the mule. Horsley claimed that the mule consented and was a willing
consultant in this match due to the fact that the mule was clearly a
whore for accepting the gift of an ear of corn for the sexual act. Now
if you are doing a double take on that piece of information, I should
advise you, he really said it. Mr. Horsley stated that it is logical
and natural to engage in beastiality in today's world, comparing it to
consenting gay sex. Mule-man sex is natural, and man-man sex is natural
but not normal. He compared it to the paradigm of a dog humping a leg
or anything it can find. All men are mutts (well DUH!) when it comes to
their sexuality, The mule was just a matter of convenience for him, but
it was just one mule. And I'll quote Alan on this one "At least you
were a monogomist". Alan continued the question with "if it were a
washing machine would you have sexual intercourse with it?" Horsley
replied, paraphasing, "I hadn't thought about it, but I would have had
sex with anything wet and warm and moved." At this time all I could
think was sending out an APB warning people to lock up their washing
appliances tonight. Horsley continued by saying that you can be
forgiven for the "naturalness" of beastiality because animals are dumb
and have no feelings, but those involved in homsexuality should be put
in prison. That would mean Horsley should be sitting in that prison
according to his own convictions. Yes folks, most of you guessed it
right, he admitted to 1 homosexual affair with a man and 2
extra-marital affairs that resulted in pregnancies. Mr. Horsely who is
staunch anti-abortion advocate, claimed tonight he had "personally seen
thousands of abortions walk by him, weeping", (can I please have video
of that?), stated he had told the mistresses that they should abort the
fetuses. The women didn't chose that option and decided to have the
children." NH, 5.14.05)

    * Hooters of America donated 97% of its money to Republicans (Kos,
1=2E1.05)

    * Deal Hudson, Catholic GOP adviser/publisher: He announced he
would step down from his volunteer position, after the National
Catholic Reporter, another Catholic publication, published the details
of a decade-old sexual harassment case involving Hudson and an
18-year-old college student. (BN, 1.18.05)

    * Michael Huffington, California: Columnist-wife Arianna dumped him
when she found out he was cheating on her. With other men.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Kay Bailey Hutchinson?, Texas: Is divorced yet promotes "family
values." (AMERICA, 6.6.06)

    * Tim Hutchinson, Arkansas: In 1996 when he first ran for the
Senate, he styled himself as a conservative, family-values Republican,
an ideological approach intended to appeal to this state's many
Christian-right voters. The breakdown of the American family, he said,
was a critical national issue. Hutchinson won fairly comfortably, with
53 percent of the vote, the first Republican since Reconstruction to
capture a Senate seat in heavily Democratic Arkansas. Again, Hutchinson
is identifying himself as a conservative, family-values Republican. The
problem is that in 1999 Hutchinson, now 52, divorced his wife of 29
years, Donna, with whom he had three sons, and shortly afterward
married a former member of his office staff, Randi Fredholm, now 39.
(NYT, 5.15.02)

    * Henry Hyde, Illinois: Allegedly had an affair for five years with
Cherie Snodrass, a young mother of three, giving her an apartment and
giving her gifts of jewelry and furniture. He initiated the affair by
telling Snodgrass he was single. (Flynt - 39). He apparently broke up
the Snodgrass family. In 1983, after a yearlong investigation by the
House Ethics Committee, Crane was found to have engaged in an illicit
sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl working as a congressional
page. When the question of whether the House should expel, censure or
merely reprimand Crane reached the floor, Hyde popped up to beg mercy
for his friend. "We sit here not to characterize the crime, the breach,
the transgression, because we all know the transgression, which is
admitted and it is stipulated as reprehensible." Even so, Hyde pleaded,
"In searching our souls for the appropriate punishment, I ask the
members to consider this situation in its totality, in its entire
context." (Salon, 10.5.98)

    * Paul Ingram, Washington: Pleaded guilty to six rape charges in
1989. He is serving a 20-year prison sentence. Two relatives had
accused him of attacking them for 17 years during rituals that included
killing two dozen babies in Satanist rituals. (LAT, 5.11.91)

    * Bill Janklow, South Dakota: Bill Janklow, a blunt-spoken
political titan from South Dakota, will serve 100 days in a county jail
for the death of a motorcyclist who slammed into his speeding car last
August. (CNN 1.22.04) In 1955, at age 16, appeared in juvenile court
(Moody County, South Dakota) for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old
girl. Janklow denied charge was rape, but inadvertently tipped off
public with smug statement, "It didn't go that far, but it was
preliminary to that sort of thing." Charge dropped, records sealed. In
1967, attorney Janklow was accused of rape by Jancita Eagle Deer,
15-year-old babysitter for Janklow family. Janklow, then working for
the Office of Economic Opportunities on the Rosebud Sioux reservation,
denied charge, said enemies were trying to smear him. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Jimmy Karalis, California: Made a name for himself by
distributing fliers at 2003 Young Republicans national convention for
"Karlpalooza '03," party offering "lots of beer, liquor and sex."
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Jack Kemp?, New York: You'll hear a lot about Kemp's marriage,
four children, and 14 children -- but you seldom hear anything about
his first wife. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Dirk Kempthorne?, Idaho: "Dirk Kempthorne has an 'illegitimate'
child. I used quotes because I loathe that word-- the one person it
hurts most is the kid, and they don't deserve it. While in DC, Dirk
Kempthorne was known as the Kennedy of the Republican Party -- and not
for his stance on civil rights. His exit from senatorial life was
because Dirk's wife, Patricia Kempthorne, insisted that he end the
affair and/or the philandering." (43rd, 3.16.06)

    * Bernard Kerik, New York: Kerik, the man tasked with protecting
the United States from the threat of terrorist attacks, fathered a
daughter with a South Korean woman while serving on the peninsula in
the mid-1970s, U.S. media reported over the weekend. The baby, named
Lisa, was born in 1975. But Kerik deserted her and her mother when he
left the country in February 1976. (KORT, 12.5.04) Conducted two
extramarital affairs simultaneously, using a secret Battery Park City
apartment for the passionate liaisons, the New York Daily News has
learned. The first relationship, spanning nearly a decade, was with
city Correction Officer Jeannette Pinero; the second was with famed
publishing titan Judith Regan. His affair with Regan, the head of her
own book publishing company, lasted for almost a year. (Eschaton,
12.13.04) Then there's the story that celebrity book publisher Judith
Regan had to hire a personal bodyguard when Kerik started 'hounding'
her after their relationship went sour. (TPM, 12.12.04) Investigators
conducting a background check of Bernard Kerik last week as part of his
confirmation hearing uncovered that the then-Secretary of Homeland
Security nominee was married to a woman he has apparently kept a secret
for the past 20 years. Friends of his said they were not aware of the
woman, and Kerik did not acknowledge the marriage in his best-selling
autobiography, "The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice." Instead,
he wrote about only two marriages, one to a New Jersey woman named
Jacqueline, whom he married in 1983 when he was 28, and one to his
current wife, Hala, whom he married in 1998. But Kerik, who withdrew
his name for consideration for the nation's top security post on
Friday, was also married to the former Linda Hales in North Carolina.
Kerik and Hales, who has since remarried and changed her name to
Priest, were married Aug. 10, 1978, when she was 27 and he was three
weeks shy of 24, according to her lawyer, Ronnie Mitchell. They
separated in 1982 and were officially divorced June 6, 1983, Mitchell
told Newsday. (NYND, 12.15.04) Another story in the Post reports that
Kerik was not only stalking Judith Regan but her children too. (TPM,
12.16.04)

    * Earl Kimmering, activist: An Anderson man who gained statewide
attention by fighting attempts by a gay couple to adopt an 8-year-old
girl under his foster care now is charged with molesting her. (AP,
1=2E18.05)

    * Lawrence King, activist: "Republican activist Lawrence E. King,
Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s."
(Kos, 7.14.05)

    * Henry Kissinger?, Washington, D.C.: Had a 1964 divorce and a 1974
re-marriage, peppered with lots of screwing around. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * State Sen. William "Pete" Knight, California: David Knight, son
of the state senator who was the author of the California ballot
measure that banned same-sex marriage, defied his father's law and wed
his partner of 10 years Tuesday in a quiet ceremony attended by just
two friends in San Francisco City Hall. (SFG, 3.10.04)

    * Jim Kolbe, Arizona: Was a closeted homosexual who supported an
anti-gay agenda. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Ernie Konnyu, California: Career ended in 1987 after two former
aides detailed sexual harassment to the media. (Conservative Babylon,
1=2E1.04)

    * Stephen LaTourette?, Ohio: Extramarital affair with Washington
lobbyist led to divorce after 21 years of marriage (and four kids).
When wife pleaded for reconciliation & marriage counseling, he said no
thanks, and asked for divorce. Over the phone. (Conservative Babylon,
1=2E1.04)

    * Alan L. LeDoux, Kansas: Convicted in 2003 of aggravated criminal
sodomy, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated burglary. A plea bargain
dismissed the charge of rape. Holding a knife to her throat, he
blindfolded, duct-taped, and raped his victim in her own bed. The
victim was a member of LeDoux's wife's family, whom LeDoux described as
"a woman who had treated me with nothing but grace." The victim said
she "thought of LeDoux as a brother and a father-figure to her son and
daughter." (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Scooter Libby, Washington, D.C.: Wrote a 1996 novel called <i>The
Apprentice</i>. "Like his predecessors, Libby does not shy from the
scatological. The narrative makes generous mention of lice, snot,
drunkenness, bad breath, torture, urine, "turds," armpits, arm
hair, neck hair, pubic hair, pus, boils, and blood (regular and
menstrual). One passage goes, "At length he walked around to the
deer's head and, reaching into his pants, struggled for a moment and
then pulled out his penis. He began to piss in the snow just in front
of the deer's nostrils."" "Homoeroticism and incest also figure as
themes. The main female character, Yukiko, draws hair on the
"mound" of a little girl. The brothers of a dead samurai have sex
with his daughter. Many things glisten (mouths, hair, evergreens),
quiver (a "pink underlip," arm muscles, legs), and are sniffed
(floorboards, sheets, fingers)." "At age ten the madam put the child in
a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls
would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her
through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to
lose interest." (SS, 11.1.05)

    * Rush Limbaugh, pundit: Although he was insecure and did not get
out much, at 26, he married, but was divorced after three years. His
second wife moved out on Christmas weekend of 1988, and their divorce
was final in 1990. In 1994, Rush married Marta Fitzgerald, a woman Rush
met online. They have worked together in a number of endeavors, and to
this day remain happily married. (PIR) Conservative radio commentator
Rush Limbaugh announced Friday that he and his wife, Marta, were
divorcing. (AP, 6.11.04) Openly admitted to being a drug addict. (CNN,
10.10.03)

    * Bob Livingston?, Louisiana: "I have on occasion strayed from my
marriage, and doing so nearly cost me my marriage and my family."
(Flynt - 14). Allegedly had sex with lobbyists included those who
represented the defense industry. (Flynt - 15)

    * Thatcher Longstreth, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer
reported that Longstreth had filed for divorce on June 6th, after 60
years of marriage! Once again, there is here the unspeakable
interference of the Other Woman, the Councilman's Chief of Staff,
Melanie Hopkins, age 51. His office personnel say that they plan to
marry. (PMI)

    * Donald Lukens, Ohio: In a conversation secretly videotaped by a
Columbus television station last November, Republican Donald Lukens
talked with Anna Coffman, an unemployed widow, in a fast-food
restaurant about his relationship with the woman's daughter, now 17. "I
couldn't understand a man in your position, why you're messin' around
with these teenagers," said Coffman. Replied Lukens, who turns 58 this
week: "I didn't really know she was a teenager. I do now, of course."
(Time 2.13.89)

    * Connie Mack III, Florida: Looks like the cat's out of the bag on
Cher's late ex-husband's widow and the dashing freshman Rep. Connie
Mack IV (R-Fla.). Rumors have been swirling for weeks now about Rep.
Mary Bono (R-Calif.) and Mack, both of whom recently filed for divorce
from their spouses. On Friday, a wire service had more nerve than HOH
and printed the rumor that Bono and Mack are an item, something neither
House Member denied. The Scripps Howard News Service reported that
"romance may be in the air" for Bono and Mack, the son of former Sen.
Connie Mack (R-Fla.) and great-grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer
Connie Mack (all of whose legal names are Cornelius McGillicuddy).
Mack's chief of staff, Jeff Cohen, told HOH on Monday that "Connie's
marriage was in trouble for a long time, which is why he filed for
divorce in August. But beyond that, he doesn't feel it's appropriate to
discuss his personal life." Mack and his wife, Ann, have two children,
ages 5 and 3. Cohen did not deny that the hunky Congressman is seeing
the fetching widow of one of America's most famous pop-culture icons.
Asked whether they are "dating" or "seeing each other," Cohen said,
"The statement stands for itself." Nor did Bono's chief of staff, Frank
Cullen, deny the rumored relationship. "Out of respect for what my boss
is dealing with ... I'm not going to comment on that situation or other
aspects of her life," he told HOH. He said he and the rest of Bono's
staff are "just trying to support her." Cullen said Bono and her
husband, Glenn Baxley, a Western-wear designer and former farm-league
baseball player, have "mutually agreed to separate and have this
divorce proceeding move forward." Bono, whose two children with the
late singer are now 17 and 14, has been married to Baxley since
November 2001. She filed for divorce last month. Her chief of staff
described the couple's break-up as "amicable." It seems that most folks
in the Florida and California delegations are withholding judgment, at
least publicly, on whatever is going on between the Congressman and
Congresswoman. But one freshman Member expressed disappointment with
his classmate, saying through his spokesman, "When you got two kids,
it's just not worth it." (BBWW, 10.20.05)

    * Sam Malone, Ohio: Malone's son told police he came home from the
Kings Island outing and his father said: "I know what you did. ... I'm
going to wear your butt out." According to the teen's statement, Malone
ordered him to his room, telling him: "You'd better go ahead and
meditate. If I were you, I wouldn't eat anything either." Malone took
his shirt off and got a belt from his room, according to the report and
police records. When the boy tried to explain why he was late to the
checkpoint, Malone said he didn't want to hear it and told his son to
turn around, take off his shirt and pull his pants down, the statement
said. Malone is accused of hitting the boy several times with the belt.
The hospital records detail bruising to his chest, arms, back and
buttocks. The boy told police he fell at one point and Malone continued
to hit him. "I pay for your school, and you bring home poor grades,"
Malone told his son during the beating, according to the boy's
statement. "You're not paying attention." When his father stopped
hitting him, the boy told police Malone told him he wasn't finished
with him, adding: "I'm going to whip the black off you." (BBB, 7.6.05)

    * Bonnie Martinez, Montana: Divorced former state representative.
(AASP)

    * Jon Matthews, pundit: The conservative talk show host is being
investigated by police for alleged indecency with a child. (ABC)
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his
genitals to an 11 year old girl. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * John McCain, Arizona: Has a reputation as a politician who has
difficulty keeping his pants zipped, according to Republican sources.
He acknowledges that his adultery broke up his first marriage. His
second wife Cindy, the daughter of a wealthy Budweiser beer
distributor, was addicted to prescription narcotics and even stole hard
drugs from a medical charity that she ran. (SC)

    * Mitch McConnell, Kentucky: His daughter Claire, is accused of
abusing students. "The first sign of trouble came last year when one
couple learned their daughter had been strapped into her chair with a
leather belt. Since then, more than a dozen parents have removed their
elementary school youngsters amid complaints about disciplinary tactics
by one of the teachers at Hawthorne Valley. Punishment included tying
the hands of students and taping their mouths shut if they misbehaved."
(ATU, 7.17.03). Is divorced yet promotes "family values." (AMERICA,
6=2E6.06)

    * Jim McCrery, Louisiana: Was a closeted homosexual who supported
an anti-gay agenda. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * John McKay, Florida: During a divorce, his wife accused him of
having an affair with a young telecommunications lobbyist. The
newspapers ran with it. A week later, McKay admitted he was involved
with the woman, resigned as chairman of the state's powerful Ways and
Means Committee but denied he gave any special treatment to the
lobbyist. The two later wed. (CNN)

    * John McLaughlin, pundit: He's been accused of sexual harassment
by several female employees, settling a suit out of court with one in
1989. (FAIR, 8.94)

    * Pat McPherson, Nebraska: The Douglas County Election Commissioner
was arrested for fondling a 17-year-old girl. (Kos, 3.24.04)

    * Timothy McVeigh, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City bomber who killed a
number of children. "His only known affiliations are as a registered
Republican in his New York days, and as a member of the National Rifle
Association while he was in the Army." (CNN, 3.29.01)

    * Ken Mehlman, Washington, D.C.: Is allegedly a closeted homosexual
who has been extremely homophobic while in the public eye. (BlogA,
11.10.05)

    * Jeff Miller, Ohio: A state senator sponsoring a constitutional
amendment aimed at "solemnizing the relationship of one man and one
woman" is accused in a divorce case of cheating on his wife. (Eschaton,
4=2E14.05)

    * Guy Milner, Florida: Married not once, not twice, but three
times. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Susan Molinari, New York: Divorced & remarried (to former NY
congressman Bill Paxon). (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Nicholas Morency, activist: The Republican anti-abortion activist
pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and
offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor. (ArmSub,
7=2E13.05)

    * Rupert Murdoch, activist, philanthropist, businessman: Another
fine program brought to you by Rupert Murdoch and Fox: "The Fox network
will air a special next month, "Who's Your Daddy?," where a daughter
given up for adoption as an infant attempts to guess the identity of
her birth father for a $100,000 prize. Activists in the adoption
community immediately attacked the special, which will air for 90
minutes Jan. 3." (SOSD, 12.16.04)

    * Sue Myrick, North Carolina: In 1989, Myrick was running for a
second term as Charlotte mayor when news reports revealed that she
committed adultery with a married man in 1973. (Dem, 8.11.03)

    * Drew Nixon, Texas: In 1997 was arrested and convicted of
soliciting a prostitute who turned out to be an undercover police
officer. (QR, 8.15.03)

    * Jim Oberweis, Illinois: Divorced Senate candidate. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Bill O'Reilly, pundit: Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and
his former associate producer, Andrea Mackris, have agreed to settle
their dispute over her allegations that the television personality
harassed her sexually. In a case filed earlier this month, Mackris
alleged that O'Reilly, who is married, made explicit phone calls to her
in which he recommended she use a vibrator, described sexual fantasies
involving her and masturbated. (CNN, 10.28.04)

    * Bill Owens, Colorado: Killed a 28-year marriage. Devout Catholic
who made "family values" the mainstay of his platform had to back out
of keynote speeches to ultra-con groups such as Focus on the Family.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Bob Packwood, Oregon: Former Oregon Sen. Packwood set all records
for sexual harassment while serving in Congress for more than a
quarter-century. The old goat apparently made a sexual play on every
pubescent female left alone for more than two minutes with the powerful
Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Packwood resigned
in the fall of 1995 after the Ethics Committee voted for his expulsion
from the Senate. The committee released 10,000 pages of evidence
against Packwood, much of it detailing his sexual abuse and harassment
of women. The committee found Packwood sexually harassed at least 17
women, mostly Senate employees, campaign workers and others "who were
effectively powerless to protest in the face of his position as a
United States senator." Twenty-nine women had accused Packwood of
sexual misconduct. (TO, 1997)

    * Brent Parker, Utah: The Republican state representative was
arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a male
prostitute. (Kos, 3.24.04)

    * Jeff Patti, New Jersey: Was arrested in January for possession
and distrubution of video footage of a five-year-old girl getting
raped. (NJH, 2.8.05)

    * Mark Pazuhanich, Pennsylvania: The Republican judge pleaded no
contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years
probation. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * John Paulk, activist: A self-proclaimed "former homosexual" who
works for antigay Christian media behemoth Focus on the Family--gets
caught in a Washington, DC, gay bar and loses his leadership position
on the North American board of ex-gay-ministry network Exodus
International. (AFO, 1.12.01)

    * John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania: Accused of forced kissing and
unwelcome groping of women (a page, a staffer and a lobbyist) in the
workplace over a decade. (Flynt - 52)

    * Dan Quayle, Indiana: On March 6, 1981 the Wilmington, Delaware
News-Journal reported that Paula Parkinson, a Washington D.C.
agricultural lobbyist took a Florida vacation, and shared a cottage,
with Quayle and Republican Congressmen Thomas Evans and and Tom
Railsback. Parkinson, who later posed for Playboy and claimed affairs
with at least 5 Congressmen, was apparently a very persuasive lobbyist;
she was then fighting federal crop-insurance legislation and all three
voted against it. Quayle denied having sex with her, and she confirmed
that, though only because she was sleeping with Evans at the time.
However, she said about Quayle that "We flirted a lot and danced
extremely close and suggestively. He said he wanted to make love." In
his own defense, Quayle said: "I hope there's some respect and dignity
for things I did not do." So what's worse - cheating on your wife or
dirty dancing with another woman and trying to cheat on your wife, but
getting rejected? (SC)

    * Jeffrey Kyle Randall, Minnesota: A former mayor of Clarkfield has
been sentenced to nine months in jail and six years on probation on
charges that he molested two boys from 1997 to 2003. Jeffrey Kyle
Randall, 36, of Clarkfield, also must register as a sex offender and
undergo evaluation and treatment, a judge ordered Thursday. Randall
entered an Alford plea last month to two counts of fifth-degree
criminal sexual conduct, both gross misdemeanors, in connection with
the alleged molestation of a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old. Randall was
mayor of Clarkfield from 1998 until the fall of 2004. In 2002, he ran
as a Republican in an unsuccessful bid for state representative. (Bobo,
11.5.05)

    * Robert Ray, prosecutor: "The former prosecutor who negotiated the
deal that kept President Bill Clinton from being indicted in the probe
of his sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky has
been charged with stalking an ex-girlfriend, a law enforcement official
said. Robert Ray surrendered to cops last night after Manhattan
resident Tracy Loughlin, 40, filed a complaint. "She tried to end it
four months ago, but he kept calling her, sending her e-mails and
showing up at places he knew she would be," the official said."
(Eschaton, 5.12.06)

    * Ronald Reagan?, California: Jane Wyman divorced Reagan, alleging
"mental cruelty." (PBS) Divorced from actress Jane Wyman; married
actress Nancy Davis -- but not before allegedly bedding a bevy of
Hollywood starlets while still married. When not estranged from all
four children, was emotionally absent for most of their lives.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Red State Values: 17 of 23 states that don't expressly outlaw
bestiality are red states. (BBB)

    * Ralph Reed?, activist: When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of
the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank
in his "family values" agenda, calling gambling "a cancer on the
American body politic" that was "stealing food from the mouths of
children." But now, a broad federal investigation into lobbying abuses
connected to gambling on Indian reservations has unearthed evidence
that Reed has been surreptitiously working for an Indian tribe with a
large casino it sought to protect--and that Reed was paid with funds
laundered through two firms to try to keep his lucrative involvement
secret. (Nation, 7.12.04)

    * Judith Regan, publisher: Strongly condemned Bill Clinton for his
affairs with Monica Lewinsky, but later engaged in an affiar with
Bernard Kerik. (Eschaton, 12.13.04)

    * George Roche III, Michigan: George Roche III, president of
Hillsdale since 1971 and a fund raiser who topped $325 million during
his tenure by tapping conservative wealth, resigned shortly after his
daughter-in-law, Lissa Roche, committed suicide on the campus following
her revelation to Roche's son, George IV, that she had had an affair
since 1980 with George III who had divorced his wife of 44 years in
April 1999 then surprised everyone with an October 1999 second marriage
which quickly dissipated into a separation followed a few weeks later
by a reconciliation which precipitated Lissa's confession in what had
to be some kind of awkward moment of confrontation among the four
aforementioned players. (JWR, 11.29.99)

    * Nelson Rockefeller?, New York: In 1964, Rockefeller emerged as
the clear favorite for the presidential nomination. His divorce and
remarriage in 1963, however, brought about a decline in his popularity
that he was not able to overcome. (AmP). "Megan Ruth Marshack (born ca.
1952) was the mistress of former Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller when
he died on Jan. 26, 1979." (Wiki, 5.24.06)

    * Karl Rove, Washington, D.C.: Reportedly has carried on a longtime
affair with lobbyist Karen Johnson, despite being married. (Kos,
7=2E26.05)

    * Chris Ruleman, radio pundit: "Kiddie porn also figured
prominently in the arrest of Christian radio DJ Chris Ruleman of
Nashville, Tennessee in March. If Ruleman believes in a Hell as he
claims, then he has to know that the violation of children--and
vicarious enjoyment of same--are some of the things GUARANTEED to land
immortal souls there." (Kos, 9.14.05)

    * Beverly Russell, activist: Caused the breakup of Susan Smith's
parents' marriage, resulting in her father's suicide when she was 6
years old. This might have caused her stepfather to do everything
possible to give her support and make up to her some of the horror and
turmoil she had experienced, but not Beverly Russell. He began
molesting her when she was 15, all the while aware that she was
emotionally fragile (she had attempted suicide two years before). Smith
later killed her own children. (NWW, 8.7.95)

    * Jack Ryan, Illinois: Illinois Senate candidate Jack Ryan dropped
out of the race Friday amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations
that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising
candidacy to implode in four short days. In those records, his ex-wife,
"Boston Public (news - web sites)" actress Jeri Ryan, said Ryan took
her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans and tried to
get her to perform sex acts with him while others watched. (AP,
6=2E26.04)

    * Dominick J. Salfi, Florida: Divorced former circuit court judge.
(AASP)

    * Richard Mellon Scaife?, philanthropist: "He married Frances L.
Gilmore, and they had two children, David N. and Jennie K. The marriage
ended acrimoniously after a lengthy divorce. In June, 1991, Scaife
married Margaret "Ritchie" Battle whose son is Turner Westray Battle
III...On April 11, 2006 Scaife confided to a gossip columnist that he
and Margaret "Ritchie" Battle Scaife, 58, plan to divorce and that
their marriage began without a prenuptial agreement." (Wiki, 6.24.06)

    * Joe Scarborough, Florida: Divorced wife in 1999. Scarborough got
a divorce. Then he suddenly resigned from Congress, just six months
after re-election. (Invoked old fallback excuse of wanting to "spend
more time" with children.) Then he suddenly resigned as publisher of
the Independent Florida Sun. Then, just as suddenly, Lori Klausutis,
28-year-old staffer to Scarborough, was found dead in Scarborough's
district office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Date was July 20, 2001.
Cause of death: Blow to the head. Conclusion: Heart condition caused
her to collapse, fall, hit head on a desk, and die. Story barely a blip
on the radar. Lots of people left with lots of questions. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Dan Schaefer?, Colorado: Divorced member of Congress.
(Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * David Schippers, impeachment counsel: Had his own secret mistress
for 25 years -- and he had the nerve to bring her to the Judiciary
Committee's impeachment hearings! Nancy Ruggero was a young secretary
in his office nearly Monica Lewinsky's age when their affair began in
the early 1970's. Schippers, now 69, had 10 children with his wife of
45 years, Jackie, whom he called "his one and only sweetheart," on 60
Minutes. Moreover Schippers, who originally trained for the priesthood,
is a "papal knight" - one of only several hundred in the world - and
told the New Republic that adultery is, indeed, a mortal sin. (Dem,
8=2E11.03)

    * Laura Schlessinger, pundit, activist: Has not spoken to her
mother since the late 80's. "Does not see much" of her younger sister.
Hired her mother as a secretary. She quit after Laura told her to
"learn how to type." Has enocuraged her husband to forget his family...
"My husband HAD a prior family. And I figured I went through 12 hours
of labor and a C-section. I figured, I'm going to name this thing
anything I want, and I said, 'Lew, do you have any problem with the
last name Schlessinger? ' He said, 'No.'" Speaks out against birth
control in any form, and yet has had her tubes tied. Shows an open
disrespect for women who choose to have children AND jobs. And yet she
is herself a working mother. Says that you should save yourself for
marriage, stay married once you are married and that adultery is just
plain wrong and that women who sleep around are "sluts." Has admited to
having sex before marriage in college. Is herself divorced, despite
enocuraging many disatisfied wives to stand by their men, no matter
what. Had an affair with another man while she was married. Had an
affair with her current husband while he was with his previous wife.
Posed nude for pornographic pictures. (RLA)

    * John Schmitz, Colorado: Extreme right-wing activist. Fathered two
out-of-wedlock children with a student. Daughter is Mary Kay
LeTourneau, schoolteacher now in prison for having sex with 13-year-old
student, who fathered two children by her. (Conservative Babylon,
1=2E1.04)

    * Ed Schrock, Virginia: Abruptly announced his retirement, citing
unspecified allegations that "called into question my ability to
represent the citizens of Virginia's 2nd Congressional District."
The two-term Republican did not answer questions or address the
allegations. A Washington-based activist claimed on his Web site that
Schrock engaged in homosexual activity, and offered audio evidence to
support the case. Schrock has refused to confirm or deny the
allegations for two weeks. Schrock is married and has an adult son.
Michael Rogers, the blogActive publisher, accused Schrock of being a
hypocrite for opposing gay-rights issues. (blogA, 8.31.04)

    * Larry Jack Schwarz, Colorado: Custer County Sheriff Fred Jobe
said the investigation began about three weeks ago when his office
received allegations that Schwarz "might be in possession of pictures
and material of sexual exploitation of children." There are three
alleged victims, all of whom were family members living in the Schwarz
home when the incidents reportedly occurred, Jobe said. (RMN, 12.5.01)

    * Arnold Schwarzenegger, California: Six women who came into
contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio offices and
in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a
sexual manner without their consent. In interviews with The Times,
three of the women described their surprise and discomfort when
Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. A fourth said he reached under
her skirt and gripped her buttocks. (LAT, 10.2.03) Republican governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he
was 28. (ArmSub, 7.13.05). Reportedly had a seven-year affair with Gigi
Goyer while he was married. (Kos, 9.8.05)

    * Gordon Shadburne?, Oregon: His first scandal was sending a letter
on county stationery to local fundamentalist churches, preaching that
homosexuality was "the stronghold of Satan." Not a big deal, but a bit
excessive. But when he was found to have used county money to take his
sweetheart shopping in Edmonton, Alberta (of all places) the papers had
a field day and he was forced to resign. Because, as you've guessed by
now, his sweetheart was a man. And here's the rest of the story, as
Paul Harvey would say: Reporters first started wondering because one of
Shadburnes top aides was openly gay; he actually wrote the gay rights
law that Shadburne later opposed. True to form, Shadburne fired this
highly respected former county commissioner, offering him 4 week's
severance pay if he wouldn't talk to the press. This caused another
aide to quit. Then a number of sources reported that Shadburne had
homosexual affairs himself. Most prominent was the testimony of
Shadburne's ex-wife during mediation proceedings. The County Auditor
issued a report criticizing Shadburne for paying his long-time friend
and former roommate $29,000 in nine months as an independent
contractor, despite very poorly documented hours and questionable work
output. Shadburne's friend was during this time one of the highest paid
public officials in the county, working from home; the commissioners
themselves only made $33,000 a year. Finally, the roof caved in.
Shadburne quit his commissioner post amid allegations of cocaine use
and pile-on orgies during a county-paid business trip, and was
convicted twice of using county money for personal business. (SC)

    * Don Sherwood, Pennsylvania: Repeatedly punched and choked a
Maryland woman during a "five-year intimate relationship" with her,
according to a lawsuit. Cynthia Ore, 29, of Rockville, Md., says that
after each "unprovoked and vicious attack," Sherwood, 64, promised he
wouldn't do it again and begged her not to leave him, according to the
four-count lawsuit filed by Patrick M. Regan, a Washington lawyer.
(Eschaton, 6.16.05) Admitted in court papers filed Thursday that he had
a five-year affair with a Maryland woman, but he denied abusing her, as
she claimed in a $5.5 million civil suit. The court papers were filed
by Sherwood, R-Pa., in response to the lawsuit filed last month by
Cynthia Ore, 29, of Rockville, Md. In it, she alleges that he brutally
assaulted her and struck her on several occasions. (Kos, 7.22.05)

    * Tom Shortridge, activist: The Republican campaign consultant was
sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a
15-year old girl. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * Bud Shuster, Pennsylvania: Shacked up with a
transportation-industry lobbyist, put her on his payroll, and voted any
way she wanted him to. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Pennsylvania: The Republican City
Councilman pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served
6-months in prison. (ArmSub, 7.13.05)

    * David D Smith?, businessman: Was arrested in his hometown of
Baltimore and charged with a misdemeanor sex offense. Sinclair owns
WPGH, the Fox affiliate in Pittsburgh, and programs most of WPTT. The
Baltimore Sun reported that Smith, 45, was arrested Tuesday night in an
undercover sting at a downtown corner frequented by prostitutes.
Sinclair issued a statement that Smith's arrest was unrelated to
company business and "The company will continue to operate under the
direction of its current management." (Eschaton, 4.30.04) Sinclair is
ran by David Smith, who in the mid-1970s was a partner in a company
called Cine Processors, according the Los Angeles Times, which cites
public records and a former partner in the company as sources. David E.
Williams, Smith's partner in the business, told the Times that Cine
Processors' sole business was the development of 8mm pornographic
films. According to Williams, the film company went out of business in
1975 or 1976 after police confiscated film and other materials during
an obscenity raid. Baltimore police officials were unable to locate
records of the raid, citing the decades since the raid took place as
the reason why. (LAT, 10.27.04). Never mind that (David) Smith's own
behavior had almost nothing in common with (Sinclair's vice president
of corporate relations, Mark) Hyman's moralistic segments. According to
several sources close to Smith, the principal owner of Sinclair has
never been the paragon of personal virtue that his stations preach and
his political allies champion. Having launched his career selling
pornographic videos in Baltimore's red-light district during the 1970s,
Smith has apparently spent the past thirty years refining that passion.
After he was caught by police in 1996 getting a blow job from a
prostitute while driving a company Mercedes, his sexual adventures
became a matter of public record, but according to his friends, that
incident only begins to tell the story. "That was the time he got
caught," says one. "He's a whoremonger. A real whoremonger. He loves
the titty bars. The only people he likes go to the titty bars with him.
Those are the only people he trusts. He also goes out to Vegas all the
time. He goes to the high-end titty bars. He's always getting the
private upstairs rooms, champagne, the works." (DCMG, 11.22.05)

    * Douglas Smith, activist: Boy Scouts of America's National
Director of Programs Douglas Smith will appear in a Dallas courtroom
tomorrow to face charges of posessing child pornography. He previously
said "Some intolerant elements in our society want to force scouting
to abandon its values and to become fundamentally different. They want
scouting to forego its constitutional rights, affirmed in 2000 by the
Supreme Court in BSA v. Dale, and adopt fundamentally different values
from the ones that helped shape the character of Mr. Collins and 106
million other young men over the past 94 years." (Raw, 3.29.05)

    * Craig Spence, lobbyist: "Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence
organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s." (Kos,
7=2E14.05)

    * Alan Stangeland, Minnesota: Married father of seven swore that
the several hundred long-distance phonecalls made to female aide in
1986-87 -- and charged to his House credit card -- were not evidence of
a romantic relationship. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist: Consorted with a prostitute. (ChT,
9=2E13.04)

    * David Swartz, Ohio: "Republican County Commissioner David Swartz
pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was
sentenced to 8 years in prison." (Kos, 7.14.05)

    * Steve Symms, Idaho: "When his wife Fran divorced him, and details
of his philandering began to emerge, Symms decided not to run for
re-election in 1992." (Wiki, 6.23.06)

    * Randall Terry?, activist: Is divorced. Campaigns against
homosexuality, yet has a homosexual son. (BN, 4.8.05)

    * Bill Thomas, California: Affair with healthcare lobbyist Deborah
Steelman. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice: Accused of sexual
harassment by Anita Hill. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Strom Thurmond?, South Carolina: Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a
78-year-old retiree living in Los Angeles, says former Sen. Strom
Thurmond, a onetime segregationist, fathered her when he was 22 and
living in his parents' home. Her mother, Carrie Butler, 16 at the time,
worked as a maid in the Thurmond home. (AP, 12.16.03)

    * John Tower, Texas: Boozing, philandering, messy divorce (from
wife number two), and appearing in a newspaper while wearing a Superman
costume, reportedly while drunk. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * Mike Trout, pundit: He worked for anti-gay group Focus on the
Family and admitted to cheating on his wife. (AFO, 1.12.01)

    * Robin Vanderwall, Virginia: A third-year law student at Regent
University, who helped run several successful campaigns for local
Republicans, was arrested Jan. 10 and charged with two counts of
soliciting sex with a minor over the Internet. (ACS, 1.14.03)

    * Thomas A. Varrell, New Hampshire: Divorced state legislator.
(AASP)

    * Sol Wachtler, New York: Had longterm affair while he was married.
She broke up with him. He started stalking her, threatening her, and
once even sent a condom inside a greeting card to her 14-year-old
daughter. When he threatened to kidnap the girl, Mom called the FBI;
they tapped her phone, and nailed him. Wachtler and his mistress were
step-cousins by marriage. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * George Wallace?, Alabama: "After the death of his first wife,
Lurleen Wallace, George Wallace remarried twice, with each marriage
ending in divorce." (Wiki, 6.25.06)

    * John Warner, Virginia: Dumped first wife Catherine Mellon (she of
the ultra-right-wing and obscenely wealthy Mellon-Scaife clan) -- from
whom he won a $7 million divorce settlement -- for Elizabeth Taylor.
Married Liz in '76; separated in '81; divorced in '82. (Conservative
Babylon, 1.1.04)

    * JC Watts, Oklahoma: Allegedly while a teen, he sired two
out-of-wedlock children with two different women. Abandoned his sister,
who had problems with drugs. Once she was arrested, he turned his first
visit with her in more than a year into a photo opportunity. (Flynt -
50)

    * Jim West, Washington: Jim West broke a 2 day silence on Sunday
morning by calling the Steven A. Smith, editor of the Spokesman Review
with a response to allegations that he masturbated in his office. West
and the members of the Pac NW Pedophile clan have been accused of using
an at risk boys camp, Morning Star Boys Ranch , as a library of sorts
to check out young boys for camping trips and hiking. It is alleged
that during these trips the clan molested the young men. Apparently
there is another member of the Pac NW Pedophile clan who, as yet,
remains un-named. Read on... West, who resigned last week from the boys
ranch board of directors, later told Smith he "vaguely remembers" maybe
he and Hahn "both took one kid on a hike or camping trip once." The
mayor also referred to a story in Saturday's paper in which a man named
"Scott" said he was sexually molested by Hahn and reported the conduct
to West during a 50-mile Boy Scout hike around Mount Rainier in 1980.
Smith said West "couldn't remember the kid. He doesn't recall the
incident." West said another adult on the trip, whom he didn't
identify, "told him not to worry about it, that we didn't know about
sexual abuse in 1980," Smith said in relating the mayor's comments. But
West also said, "It may be possible that the kid said something, maybe
about being fondled, and maybe I just didn't recognize how important
that might have been." West goes on to say he expected there to be more
men coming forward. When the newspaper editor asked the mayor if other
men claiming to be abuse victims are likely to come forward, he said,
"probably so." West, on being gay: "I'm being destroyed because I am a
gay man, which is fine. I've been in public life, I can accept that.
Because I am a gay man, because of this double life, it has been hell."
(BBB, 5.9.05)

    * Keith Westmoreland, Florida: Arrested last week in Florida on
seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under
16. (Tenn, 6.18.02)

    * Reverend Stephen White, activist: Faces charges that he solicited
sex from a teenage boy in a Philadelphia suburb. (Yale, 10.23.03)

    * S. Vance Wilkins, Virginia: Rather than defy a chorus of party
leaders calling for him to step aside, he relinquished his post as the
state's most powerful legislator because of sexual harassment
allegations. The 65-year-old Republican, sounding despondent at times,
told reporters in a telephone conference call that his decision was
best for the party. (AP, 6.14.02)

    * George Will?, pundit: Soon after the alleged incident, Will and
his wife separated, then later divorced. (Salon) Committed adultery
against his first wife, Madeleine; Will's divorce left his wife with
their Downs syndrome son. (Dem, 8.11.03)

    * Steve Wilsey, activist: One of Focus on the Family's youth
conselors and a man who was considered a mentor to kids, was convicted
Dec. 19 of one count of "sexual assault on a child by a person in a
position of trust." The judgment came after prosecutors charged Wilsey
with molesting an 8-year-old boy--the son of another FOF employee--over
a period of 16 months. (AFO, 1.12.01)

    * Robert K. Wilson, Ohio: Divorced former state party treasurer.
(AASP)

    * Charles Wingate, Colorado: Convicted on 16 felony counts and two
misdemeanor charges. He was nailed for bouncing checks, charging pizzas
to his state-issued credit card, and stealing and pawning city-owned
equipment, including his city-owned computer. Because he was also a
habitual (some might suggest addicted) Internet porn surfer -- using,
of course, his city-owned computer, on city time. He was also sued for
failing to pay off his campaign debts. (Conservative Babylon, 1.1.04)

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