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Shokk,
We own one of those "Small Business" that is going to be hurt by the Obama administration.
The best years we have had, money to add employees and to have a bit more for ourselves (we are the last to get paid and the food business is not the best Mom and Pop to own) has been the Bush years. We struggled under Clinton - I dread to think what we are going to go through again. I have people that depend on me - how do you tell them you can't keep them when they are good workers.
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Not Linda, but it comes (the world hates the U.S.) from all the (insert any word you want here) on this board who have lived in Europe, are currently living in Europe or who have friends who visited Europe or knew someone who knew someone in some part of Europe or are BFFS with someone or just know it cause they know it and yada, yada, yada! Usually over there <----------------------------------------.
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Democrat Scandals
William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate
The above information was compiled from pur knowledge, various news articles and
http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
The above information was compiled from pur knowledge, various news articles and
http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.
DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.
Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings.
Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.
Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Eliot Spitzer- Democrat - New York governor - resigned from office after being tied to a prostitution ring.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.
Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.
George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.
Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.
John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator
Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.
James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.
Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.
Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.
Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison
Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison
Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.
Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.
Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.
Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.
Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.
Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.
Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.
Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.
Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.
David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.
Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.
Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.
Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.
Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI.
James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation.
Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.
David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.
John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine
Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.
Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute
Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.
Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.
David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.
James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.
Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation.
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.
Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.
Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.
Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.
Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.
Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.
Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.
Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.
Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.
Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.
Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury
Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.
Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.
Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
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Political scandals of the United States
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(August 2007)This article provides a list of major political scandals of the United States.Contents[hide] 1 Scope and organization of political scandals 1.1 Categorizing and listing scandals 1.2 "Scandal" 1.3 "Political" 1.4 "Major" 2 Systemic scandals 3 FEDERAL SCANDALS 3.1 PRESENT - 2000, Executive Branch Scandals 3.2 Present - 2000, Legislative Branch Scandals 3.3 1999 - 1992, Executive Branch Scandals 3.4 1999-1992, Legislative Branch Scandals 3.5 1992 - 1980, Executive Branch Scandals 3.6 1992 - 1980, Legislative Branch Scandals 3.7 1992 - 1980, Judicial Branch Scandals 3.8 1979 - 1950, Executive Branch Scandals 3.9 1979 - 1950, Legislative Branch Scandals 3.10 1979 - 1950, Judicial Branch Scandals 3.11 1948 - 1900 3.11.1 1884-1804 3.11.2 1884-1804 3.11.3 1800-1777 3.12 STATE AND LOCAL SCANDALS 3.12.1 Present - 2000 3.12.2 1990-1999 3.12.3 1975-1989 3.12.4 1946-1974 3.12.5 1900-1945 3.12.6 19th century 3.12.7 Date needed 4 Sex scandals 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References [edit] Scope and organization of political scandals[edit] Categorizing and listing scandalsDivision of this article's list of American political scandals falls into four categories --- (1) federal; (2) state; (3) local; and (4) private (often sexual) ---- is somewhat arbitrary and sometimes overlapping. The arrangement of the list of federal-level scandals in this article follows a more or less chronological order; in the case of state and local scandals, the arrangement is alphabetical, by state.[edit] "Scandal"A scandal is anything which the public decides is a scandal. Aided and abbetted by the press and media (which may themselves be biased) which feed the public's desire for news, regardless of the truth, importance, or character of the 'crime' if any. Salacious behavior is very likely to attract attention, particularly when public officials are involved, thus an entire section is included on sex.Neither can the press be counted on to define what a scandal is or is not. The enormous amount of publicity devoted to Monica Lewinsky did not match the seriousness of the crime, while recent overt actions of the United States such as the mining of Nicaraguan waters, the invasion of Panama or the invasion of Irag were treated by the press not as scandals but as public policy.[edit] "Political"By definition, political scandals should involve politicians and not private citizens. We more or less expect civilians to be corrupt, but only when they are closely linked to elected or appointed officials should they be included. Thus Martha Stewart's insider trading and Rush Limbaugh's drug addiction may both have been 'scandals,' but they need not be included here.An obvious benchmark for 'scandal' should be when a politician or his immediate staff is convicted and found quilty. Other offences such as misunderstandings, breaches of ethics, unproven crimes or coverups may or may not result in scandals depending on who's bringing the charges, the amount of publicity and the seriousness of the crime, if any.[edit] "Major"There is no bright line to distinguish "major" scandals from "minor" scandals, but rather scandals tend to be defined by the public themselves and the media's desire to feed that particular frenzy. Thus, small but salacious scandals, such as Larry Craig's (R-MT) arrest for lewd behavior can eclipse more serious scandals such as suspending the Writ of Habeaus corpus in time of war.What is also not so clear, is how far down the ladder of obscurity a scandal should go. During the Truman (D) administration a large number of local IRS staffers were found to be corrupt, but they were so far removed from Washington, Truman or any of his appointees, that it could hardly be called a 'Truman scandal' yet it played a part in his failure to win re-election.[edit] Systemic scandalsNot included in this article are pervasive systemic scandals, such as the role of money in the political process. Details of campaign donations are well documented by the Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics, and elsewhere. The "normal" purchase of access and influence by means of political donations is not covered in this article.Neither are 'revolving door' stories, the latest manifestaion of Eisenhower's 'military-industrial complex' treated here. That is the practice of hiring high placed officials to promote companies or lobbies they recently were paid to regulate. Some rules apply, but to a great extent this is legal.Likewise, corporate scandals, failures or corruption are not included unless significant government involvement is also present. Thus the Lockheed bail out is not included, but the Enron scandal and Harken Energy are. There are just too many to include.[edit] FEDERAL SCANDALS[edit] PRESENT - 2000, Executive Branch ScandalsAlphonso Jackson, (R) Secretary of HUD resigned while under investigation by the FBI when he revoked a contract because the vendor told him he didn't like President Bush. (2008) "Lawyergate" -[3] The Bush administration firing without explanation of a number of Republican federal prosecutors which he himself had appointed. It is alleged they were fired for prosecuting Republicans and not prosecuting Democrats. As hearings were called, a number of senior officials cited executive privilege and resigned rather than testify under oath, including; Monica Goodling, (R) White House Liason Michael A. Battle, (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys Bradley Scholzman, (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys who replaced Battle Michael Elston, (R) Chief of Staff to Paul McNulty Paul McNulty, (R) Deputy Attorney General Kyle Sampson, (R) Chief of Staff to Alberto Gonzales Alberto Gonzales, (R) Attorney General Sarah Taylor, (R) Assistant to Karl Rove Karl Rove, (R) Assistant to the President Harriet Miers, (R) Legal Counsel to the President. As of August 2008, the investigation continues.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LawyergateLurita Alexis Doan (R) Resigned as head of the General Services Administration. She was under scrutiny for conflict of interest and violations of the Hatch Act. (2008) Jack Abramoff (R) see Scandals, Legislative Branch. David Safavian, (R) Administrator of Procurement Policy for the OMB, found guilty of four counts of lying and sentenced to 18 months. Roger Stillwell, (R) Staff in the Department of the Interior under George W. Bush. Pled guilty and received two years suspended sentence. Susan Ralston, (R) Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to Carl Rove, resigned October 6, 2006 after it became known that she accepted gifts and passed information to her former boss Jack Abramoff. Steven Griles (R), (former Deputy Secretary of the Interior) pled guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 10 months. Italia Federici, (R) staff to Secretary of Interior, obstruction of justice, 4 years probation Mark Zachares, (R)staff in Labor Depart, bribed by Abramoff, guilty of conspiracy to defraud Robert E. Coughlin, Justice Department official pled guilty to conflict of interest. Julie MacDonald, (R) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, resigned May 1, 2007 after giving government documents to developers. (2007) Randall L. Tobias, (R) Deputy Secretary of State, after confirming he had been a customer of the 'DC Madam', Deborah Palfrey, escort service. (2007) Lester Crawford, (R) Commissioner of the FDA, resigned after 2 months. Pled guilty to conflict of interest. (2006) Brian Doyle, (R) Deputy Press Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. Charged with 7 counts of using a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmitting harmful materials to a minor. (2006) Harriet Miers (R) Longtime friend and personal attorney to President Bush who nominated her for Justice of the Supreme Court. Derided by both parties, she herself stepped down after three weeks stating she was "unqualified." (2005) Downing Street Memo minutes of UK government secret meeting (dated 23 July 2002, leaked 2005) include summary of MI6 Director Sir Richard Dearlove's report that "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and the facts were being fixed around the policy." FISA/NSA Controversy, By executive order, George W. Bush (as part of the war on terror) authorized the NSA to easedrop on electronic communications between the US and abroad without warrents, thus by-passing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court which had been set up for this purpose. (2005) wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA-warrentless-surveillance-controversy Bush payment of news columnists to say nice things. Included areArmstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus (2004-2005) Sandy Berger (D) former Clinton security advisor pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully removing classified documents from the National Archives in (2005) Bernard Kerik (R), nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security derailed by past employment of illegal alien as nanny, and amid allegations of various other ethical improprieties (2004) Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse Top US officials allow Iraqi prisoners to be tortured for information by US troops (2004-2005) Plame affair (2004), in which CIA agent Valerie Plame's name was leaked to the press in retalition for her husband's criticism of the Bush administration. Kyle Foggo, (R) (Dusty) Executive Director of CIA, guilty of bribery 02/17/07 Steven Griles, (R) Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior, pled guilty to obstruction of justice. (2007) Lewis Libby, (R) (Scooter) Chief of Staff to Dick Cheney, convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice 3/06/07. Sentenced to 30 mos and fined $250K. Commuted by Bush July 1, (2007) CIA leak scandal (2003) and Plamegate.) Yellowcake forgery. Evidence alleged to be forged was presented as true by the Bush administration while preparing for the 2003 invasion of Iraq (2003) Enron collapse (2002) leading to investigation of Kenneth Lay, a top political ally and financial donor to the election campaign of President George W. Bush; Lay, who had been named as a leading candidate for Secretary of the Treasury, eventually indicted (2004). Attempts to link individual politicians with the Enron malfeasance have not been particularly successful, perhaps partly due to the fact that so many politicians of both major parties received campaign contributions (including 158 Republicans and 100 Democrats in Congress (as of 2001) [4]). Linda Chavez (R), nomination as Secretary of Labor derailed by past employment of illegal alien (2001) [edit] Present - 2000, Legislative Branch ScandalsTed Stevens Senator(R-AK) indicted for bribery and tax evasion, July 29, 2008 Christopher Ward, (R) treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee was accused of embezzling $800,000 during the last six years. Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2008, Section 1, pg 7 Charles Rangel (D-NY) accused of failing to report $75,000 income from the rental of his villa in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (September 2008). Rick Renzi (R-AZ) Announced he would not seek another term. Seven months later, on February 22, 2008 he pled not guilty to 35 charges of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. Jack Abramoff Scandal, (R) Lobbyist found guilty of conspiracy, tax evasion and corruption of public officals in three different courts in a wide ranging investigation. Currently serving 70 months and fined $24.7 million. See Scandals, Executive Branch. The following were also convicted: Adam Kidon, business partner of Abramoff, pled quilty to fraud, sentenced to 70 months Michael Scanlon,(R) former staff to Tom DeLay, working for Abramoff, pled quilty to bribery Tony Rudy, (R)forner staff to Tom DeLay, pled quilty to conspiracy Robert Ney, (R-OH) bribed by Abramoff, pled quilty to conspiracy, sentenced to 30 months Neil Volz, (R)former staff to Robert Ney, R-OH, pled quilty to conspiracy William Heaton, (R)former staff to Robert Ney, pled quilty to fraud, 24 months probation J. Steven Griles, (R) Deputy Secretary of the Interior, guilty to conspiracry, 10 months Jared Carpenter, (R) income tax evasion, 4 years probation Duke Cunningham (R-CA) House Majority Leader pled guilty on November 28, 2005 to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. Sentenced to over eight years. Also involved were: Brent Wilkes, defense contractor, bribed Cunningham with $2.4 million, serving 144 months Thomas Kontogiannis, businessman, sentenced to 97 months Mitchell Wade, defense contractor, pled quilty to bribery Kyle Foggo, CIA Exec. Director, indicted Feb 13, 2007 fraud, money laundering, conspiracy Robert Fromm, convicted October 9, 2007 John T. Michael, Kontogiannis' nephew, convicted February 4, 2008 Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) struck a U.S. Capitol Police officer in the chest after he attempted to stop her from going around a security checkpoint. McKinney apologized on the floor of the House and no charges were filed.(March 29, 2006). William J. Jefferson (D-LA) In August 2005 the FBI seized $90,000 in cash from Jefferson's home freezer. He was re-elected in 2006. On June 4, 2007, Jefferson was indicted on 16 charges of corruption for accepting bribes from convicted businessman Vernan Jackson. Jefferson pled not guilty. His former Chief of Staff Brett Pfeffer has been sentenced to 84 months. Tom DeLay (R-TX), House Majority Leader, reprimanded twice by House Ethics Committee and aides indicted (2004-2005); eventually DeLay himself was indicted (October 2005); DeLay resigned from the House 9 June, 2006. See Jack Abramoff, Scandals Legislative Branch James W. Ellis, (R) runs DeLay's PAC, indicted John D. Calyandro, (R) runs Texans for a Republican Majority, indicted Trent Lott Senator(R-MS) resigned as Senate Majority Leader after supporting remarks by Senator Strom Thurmond which were construed as supporting racial segregation. (2002) Robert Torricelli Senator(D-NJ) After 14 years in the House and one term in the Senate, Torricelli declined to run again when accused of taking illegal contributons from Korean, David Chang (2002) Jim Traficant (D-OH) Found guilty on 10 felony counts of financial corruption, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison and expelled from the House. (2002) [edit] 1999 - 1992, Executive Branch ScandalsHenry Cisneros (D) Resigns as Clinton's Housing Secretary and pleads guilty (1999) to lying to the FBI about the amount of money he paid his former mistress, Linda Medlar. He was fined $10,000. Monika Lewinsky Affair, Discovery and coverup of President Clinton's sexual relation with an intern which resulted in his impeachment, though he was found not guilty. Also known as Monicagate (1997-1999) Teamstergate In which Teamster president Ron Carey (D) allegedly gave money to Bill Clinton's (D) 1996 presidential campaign and Clinton gave money for Carey's campaign. Carey's re-election was invalidated, though he was later cleared of all charges. No charges were ever filed against the Clinton's. Whitewater scandal (1994-2000) Independent counsel Kenneth Starr (R) investigated the Clinton's role in peddling influence for the Whitewater (real estate) Development Corporation while he was Governor of Arkansas. No criminal charges were brought against either President Bill Clinton (D) or First Lady Hillary Clinton (D) Wampumgate Bruce Babbitt (D), Secretary of the Interior 1993-2001. Accused of lying to Congress about influencing a 1995 American Indian tribe casino decision. Babbitt was cleared of all wrongdoing. Pardongate (1999 - 2001) -- President Bill Clinton (D) granted 396 pardons at the end of his term, an amount which seemed excessive compared with the 74 granted by his predecessor George H.W. Bush, but not when compared to his predecessor Ronald Reagan who pardoned 393. [5] Filegate Alleged misuse of FBI resources by Clinton Security Chief, Craig Livingstone (D), to compile an 'enemies' list (1996); Investigation found insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing Americorps head Eli Segal (D) investigated (1996)[1]The People's Republic of China campaign finance controversy (1996) Refers to alleged efforts by China to influence the 1996 elections by directing campaign donations through intermediaries, largely to Democratic candidates including Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Vincent Foster(D) The White House lawyer was alleged to have been murdered by either Bill or Hillary Clinton, for various reasons and with varying degrees of involvment. The suicide was investigated by the Park Police Service and FBI, Independent Consultant Robert Fiske and finally by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr (R) all of whom ruled that it was a simple suicide. (1993) White House Coffees and Lincoln Bedroom -- political donations linked to access to President Clinton. No wrong doing was found. Travelgate (1993) Involving White House travel agents. In 1998 Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr (R) exonerated President Bill Clinton of any involvement. Iran-Contra pardons President George H.W. Bush's President(R) lameduck pardon of Reagan's Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger(R) and 6 other convicted Iran-Contra affair figures on December 24, 1992 just days before Weinberger's perjury trial was to begin. Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, (R) Treasurer of the United States. Pled guilty to obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Only Treasurer ever sent to prison. (1992) [edit] 1999-1992, Legislative Branch ScandalsWes Cooley (R-OR) In 1997, Cooley was convicted of having lied on the 1994 voter information pamphlet about his service in the Army. He was fined and sentenced to two years probation. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) The Speaker of the House was accused of financial improprieties leading to House reprimand and $300,000 in sanctions leading to his resignation. (1997) Walter R. Tucker III (D-CA) Resigned from the House before conviction on bribery charges while Mayor of Compton, CA(1996) Carol Moseley-Braun Senator(D-IL) conspired with her siblings to hide $28,750 of Medicaid money, and was fined by the U.S. Senate. (1993) House banking scandal (1992) The House of Representatives Bank found that 450 members had overdrawn their checking accounts, but not been penalized. The following 22 House members were singled out by the House Ethics Committee. Buzz Lukens(R-OH) Carl D. Perkins(D-KY) Carroll Hubbard(D-KY) Mary Rose Oskar(D-OH) Walter Fauntroy (D-DC) and Jack Russ, Sgt. at Arms were later convicted. Tommy F. Robinson (R-AK) -996 checks, 16 months overdue Robert Mrazek (D-NY) -920 checks, 23 months overdue Robert W. Davis (R-MI) -873 checks, 13 months overdue Doug Walgren (D-PA) -858 checks, 16 months overdue Charles F. Hatcher (D-GA) -819 checks, 35 months overdue Stephen J. Solarz (D-NY) -743 checks, 30 months overdue Harold Ford, Sr. (D-TN) -743 checks, 30 months overdue Charles Hayes (D-IL) -715 checks, 15 months overdue Ronald D. Coleman (D-TX) -673 checks, 23 months overdue Carl C. Perkins (D-KY) -514 checks, 14 months overdue Bill Alexander (D-AK) -497 checks, 18 months overdue William F. Goodling(R-PA) -430 checks, 9 months overdue Edolphus Towns (D-NY) -408 checks, 18 months overdue Ed Feighan (D-OH) -397 checks, 8 months overdue Mickey Edwards (R-OK) -386 checks, 13 months overdue Bill Clay (D-MO) -328 checks, 9 months overdue Tony Coelho (D-CA) -316 checks, 12 months overdue John Conyers (D-MI) -273 checks, 9 months overdue Mary Rose Oskar (D-OH) -213 checks, 18 months overdue Joseph Early (D-MA) -124 checks, 13 months overdue Douglas H. Bosco (D-CA) -124 checks, 13 months overdue Jim Bates (D-CA) - 89 checks, 9 months overdue Congressional Post Office Scandal (1991 - 1995) Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) and Joe Kolter (D-PA) were accused of heading a conspiracy to launder Post Office money through stamps and postal vouchers. Rostenkowski was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison, in 1995. Robert Packwood Senator(R-OR) resigned his office before expulsion, after 29 women came forward with claims of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual assaults. His claims of no wrongdoing were eventually contradicted by his own lurid diaries boasting of his sexual conquests.(1992) David Durenberger Senator (R-MN) denounced by Senate for unethical financial transactions (1990)and then disbarred. In 1995 he pled guilty to misuse of public funds and given one years probation. [edit] 1992 - 1980, Executive Branch ScandalsIran-Contra pardons President George H.W. Bush's President(R) lameduck pardon of Reagan's Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger(R) and 6 other convicted Iran-Contra affair figures on December 24, 1992 just days before Weinberger's perjury trial was to begin. Robert Bernard Anderson (R) former Secretary of Treasury(1957-1961) pled guilty to owning an offshore bank in (1987). Wedtech scandal Wedtech Corporation convicted of bribery for Defense Department contracts Edwin Meese(R) Attorney General, never convicted, but resigned Lyn Nofziger(R) White House staff, conviction overturned Mario Biaggi (D-NY) sentenced to 2 1/2 years (1987) Savings and loan scandal in which 747 institutions failed and had to be rescued with $160,000,000,000 of taxpayer monies Keating Five (1980-1989) Failure of Lincoln Savings and Loan led to Charles Keating donating to five congressmen for help. They were; Alan Cranston Senator(D-CA) reprimanded Dennis DeConcini(D-AZ) acted improperly Don Riegle(D-MI) acted improperly John Glenn(D-OH) used poor judgement John McCain(R-AZ) used poor judgement Iran-Contra cover-up Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger-R and eleven others, including Oliver North, were convicted of crimes related to Iran-Contra, but were pardoned by President George H. W. Bush, except for North whose conviction had been overturned on appeal. Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1986); A plan conceived by CIA head William Casey (R) and Oliver North (R) of the NSC to trade arms to Iran for the return of US hostages and using part of the money received to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Ronald Reagan appeared on TV stating there was no "arms for hostages" deal, but was later forced to admit, also on TV, that yes, there indeed had been. William Casey (R) insider trading (1983) Anne Gorsuch Burford (R) Refusal to turn over EPA Superfund documents. When Reagan appointee Burford refused to turn over EPA documents she was compelled to resign with twenty of her top employees after being found in Contempt of Congress. (1980) Raymond J. Donovan (R) Secretary of Labor under Reagan, investigated and acquitted of larceny and fraud (1987) "Debategate": briefing book of President Jimmy Carter (D) stolen and given to Ronald Reagan (R) before U.S. presidential election, 1980 Hamilton Jordan (D) Jimmy Carter's advisor who became target of repeated rumors of coarse and even criminal behavior, but extensive legal investigations failed to substantiate any of them. (1979) [edit] 1992 - 1980, Legislative Branch ScandalsRobert Packwood Senator(R-OR) resigned his office before expulsion, after 29 women came forward with claims of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual assaults. His claims of no wrongdoing were eventually contradicted by his own lurid diaries boasting of his sexual conquests.(1992) David Durenberger Senator (R-MN) denounced by Senate for unethical financial transactions (1990)and then disbarred. In 1995 he pled guilty to misuse of public funds and given one years probation. Jesse Helms Senator (R-NC), Signed an admission of guilt for election tampering in 1990 but was never prosecuted, probably due to his advanced age. He died a few months later. Donald ‘Buz' Lukens, Congressman (R-OH). On May 26, 1989 he was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. In 1996, he was convicted of 5 counts of bribery and conspiracy and served one year in prison. Anthony Lee Coelho(D-CA) resigns after being accused of unethical finance practices including "junk bond" deal. He was never charged with any crime. (1989) Jim Wright (D-TX) House Speaker resigned after ethics investigation led by Newt Gingrich(R) alleged improper receipt of $145,000 in gifts by Wright and his wife (1989) Congressional page sex scandal House censure of Dan Crane (D-IL)for having sex with a female page and Gerry Studds (D-MA) for having sex with a male page (1983) Abscam (1980) FBI sting targeting 31 congressmen. The following six were convicted. Harrison A. Williams Senator(D-NJ) John Jenrette (D-SC) Richard Kelly (R-FL) Raymond Lederer (D-PA) Michael "Ozzie" Myers (D-PA) Frank Thompson (D-NJ) Also arrested were NJ State Senator Angelo Errichetti (D) and members of the Philadelphia City CouncilHerman Talmadge Senator(D-GA) Denounced by the Senate for accepting over $43,435.83 in gifts. He failed to be re-elected. (1979) Tongsun Park "Koreagate" scandal involving alleged bribery of more than 100 members of Congress by South Korean government; charges were pressed only against congressmen Richard T. Hanna(D-CA) (convicted) and Otto E. Passman(D-LA) (not prosecuted because of illness); also implicated was South Korean President Park Chung Hee (1977-1980) "Lancegate": President Carter's OMB Director Bert Lance (D) resignation amidst allegations of misuse of funds. He was aquitted of all charges. (1977) John Connally (R-TX) Milk Money scandal (1975) Aquitted of all charges. [edit] 1992 - 1980, Judicial Branch ScandalsAlcee Hastings (D-FL), federal district court judge impeached and convicted of soliciting a bribe. (1989) subsequently elected to U.S. House of Representatives(1992) [edit] 1979 - 1950, Executive Branch ScandalsGerald Ford President (R) Controversial pardon of resigned President Richard Nixon(R) just before he could be tried for conspiracy(1974) Spiro T. Agnew (R-MD) Richard Nixon's V-P, Convicted of bribery and forced to resign(1973) Nixon Jewelry (1974) Violation of Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1881, as amended in 1966. Bebe Rebozo (1973) investigated for accepting large contribution to Nixon campaign. No charges filed. Watergate (1972-1973) A burglary into the Democratic National headquarters and its coverup by President Nixon(R) resulted in eleven convictions and the only resignation of a U.S. President. They are; John H. Mitchell, Attorney General, convicted of perjury Frederick C. LaRue, Advisor to John Mitchell, convicted of obstruction of justice H. R. Haldeman, Chief of Staff for Nixon, convicted of perjury John Ehrlichman, Counsel to the White House, convicted of perjury John W. Dean III, Counsel to Nixon, convicted of obstruction of justice Dwight L. Chapin, Deputy Asst to Nixon, convicted of false and misleading statements Herbert W. Kalmbach, personal attorney to Nixon, convicted of illegal campaigning Charles W. Colson, Special Consul to Nixon, convicted of obstruction justice G. Gordon Liddy, Special Investigations Group, convicted of burglary E. Howard Hunt, ‘security consultant,' convicted of burglary Pentagon Papers Exposed unconstitutional military actions by LBJ(D) and Nixon(R) in Vietnam from 1964 through 1971. Abe Fortas Supreme Court Judge(D) resigns after financial scandal, no charges filed (1969) Bobby Baker (D) Advisor to LBJ resigned after charges of favoritism(1963) Billy Sol Estes (D) convicted felon who influenced TX elections(1961) Sherman AdamsEisenhower's staff(R) wife given a Vicuna Coat as a possible bribe(1958) Richard Nixon (R) V-P nominee delivers "Checkers Speech," to deflect scandal about $18,000 in gifts, maintaining the only personal gift he had received was a dog (1952) IRS Investigation by the Justice Department lead to the firing or resignation of 166 lower level employees causing Truman to be stained by charges of corruption.(1950) [edit] 1979 - 1950, Legislative Branch ScandalsTed Kennedy Senator(D-MA) drove his car into the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months(1969) Thomas J. Dodd Senator (D-CT) censured for financial misconduct and corruption (1967) Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-NY) expelled from Congress for (1967) but re-elected anyway McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy Senator (R-WI) Hearings into the supposed spread of Communism in the US Army and Hollywood(1948-1957) IRS Investigation by the Justice Department lead to the firing or resignation of 166 lower level employees causing Truman to be stained by charges of corruption.(1950) [edit] 1979 - 1950, Judicial Branch ScandalsOtto Kerner, Jr. (D) resigned as U.S. Seventh Circuit Judge Court of after conviction for bribery, mail fraud and tax evasion Governor of Illinois(1974) Harold Carswell (R)withdrew from nomination to the Supreme Court (1970) after publication of a 20 year old speech: "I yield to no man . .. in the firm, vigorous belief in the principles of white supremacy." Arrested in (1976) for homosexual advances in a men's room. [edit] 1948 - 1900Estes Kefauver (D-TN) took on Memphis, TN's boss E.H. Crump (1948) Edwin Atherton's report revealed police graft in San Francisco. (1937) Teapot Dome scandal President Harding(R)'s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Falls was bribed by Henry F. Sinclair for control of the Teapot Dome federal oil reserves in WY (1922) Newport Sex Scandal (1919) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt initiated an investigation into allegations of "immoral conduct" (homosexuality) at the Naval base in Newport, RI; the investigators were also accused of homosexuality(1919) Eugene Schmitz Mayor and Abe Ruef convicted of corruption in San Francisco(1907) [edit] 1884-1804Nehemiah Ordway (R) Governor of Dakota Territory removed by President Arthur after charges of corruption (1884) Ezra Ayres Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, forced to resign by Secretary of Interior <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz" title="Carl S -
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William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate
Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.
DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.
Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings.
Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.
Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Eliot Spitzer- Democrat - New York governor - resigned from office after being tied to a prostitution ring.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.
Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.
George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.
Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.
John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator
Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.
James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.
Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.
Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.
Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison
Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison
Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.
Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges.
Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.
Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.
Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.
Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.
Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.
Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.
Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.
David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.
Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.
Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.
Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1 million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.
Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI.
James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement and three years of probation.
Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.
David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975. Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.
John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine
Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.
Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute
Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.
Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.
David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.
James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.
Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty to one felony count and sentenced to probation.
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.
Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.
Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.
Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.
Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.
Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.
Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.
Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.
Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.
Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.
Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.
Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax evasion, conspiracy, and perjury
Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.
Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.
Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker - received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
The above information was compiled from pur knowledge, various news articles and
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I tried Republican scandals, just to be fair and could not find a list, just a couple of names in news articles...anyone else can challenge this homework...go for it!
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Edward Alden good article. Hell I love you....ok that is unappropriate, but I love you anyways.
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I heard Mark Levin say today that 94% of the people who want jobs have jobs. I haven't fact-checked this, but with all the other skewed information we are being fed~~~what and whom to believe? When Soledad can't count raised hands????
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Summer-I think that most Americans, like myself, don't really think of Canada much as a foreign country. We are too similar, in language (pardon mon francaise), history, tradition, and overall mindset to feel that we are foreigners. It is kind of an us and them mentality. It is the new world vs the old world. I think we even feel more of a kinship with Austrailia, which is hardly on our doorstep, than we do to Europe, even though many of us have European roots. Our countries, the children of the old world, were founded by the "survivors" of the old world. We have an independent spirit that the rest of the world cannot understand. When we say that the world hates us, we are looking outside North America. I know it is somewhat silly to think this way but the media keeps telling us how low our reputation is in the world so we believe it. But for people like me, and a lot of republicans, we just get so furious at the rest of the world because we are being blamed for Sept 11. Sept 11th happened, not because of what we have done, but for who we are and what we stand for. These terrorists hate us simply because we exist. If anyone has any doubt about this, go to obsession.com and watch the video that I mentioned a while back that was being distributed in US papers. People have forgotten about the terrorists because we have not had another attack (thankyou Mr. President). But they are still out there ready to pounce. They are looking for our weaknesses and plotting to take advantage of them. This is how they were able to pull off the attack. One of our major weaknesses was porous borders. Yeah, we will never be able to secure them 100% but we have to at least make them less accessible. Unfortunately,this makes it more difficult for Americans and Canadians to go back and forth, but we have no other choice. If we did not make the border more secure, terrorists would know it is an easy route. Some of the hijackers did come in through Canada,and I think that Canada use to have a much more liberal immigration policy that they were able to exploit. One of my first thoughts on Sept 11th was that I knew my country would have to change forever. We were forced to give up a lot of our freedoms because of it. It makes our lives more inconvenient, but it is better than the alternative. It may seem unfriendly to Canada, but it is just a matter of self preservation.
That was some list you have on the evil deeds of dems. They left off another Ill. gov, Dan Walker, and our current gov. will be joining the list soon, if they bother to prosecute him. Our last Republican Gov. George Ryan, was sent to jail at 80 for the same abuses of power that Blagoivich has committed but, no one is screaming to put him in jail, because he is a democrat. There are lots of crooked GOP too of course, but the difference is, we like to throw the bums out. The dems have a tendency to, as you said, slap them on the wrist and reelect them. I am still amazed that guys like T. Kennedy, who at the very least was guilty of vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident. . . , is respected as the godfather of the senate. In my mind he will always be a liar and a murderer. And people still love that shiesty(sp) creep, Bill Clinton, even though he disgraced the Oval Office with his affairs, and then had the gaul to wave his finger at us and deny it. If either one of them would have been republicans, they would have been done for. Look at how they treated Nixon. I never liked the guy, but his "wiretapping" was something that was the norm back in the day. He owned up to it, but the way he was vilified for it was ridiculous. He was a descent president, but will only be remembered for Watergate. The double standard it maddening.
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Oh, I thought of another one not on the list:
Carol Mosely Braun-the charismatic first African American senator, whom I am embarassed to say, I voted for, who was finally tossed for taking kickbacks. Fortunately, she was not reelected. I wonder if any other state has this many, high ranking crooks? And you do not even have any of the long standing tradition of crooked Chicago pols. The musical "Chicago" explains it pretty well. And people want to elect someone who was weaned on Chicago politics to lead this country. I just do not get it. Again, because he is a dem he gets a pass. If McCain even had one association like Rezco, he would have been done for, not to mention an anarchist like Ayers. Republicans are held to a much higher standard.
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The truth is that Sarah Palin is not qualified to be vice-president let alone president. Her selection shows that John McCain has terrible judgment. He well knows there is a 50% chance to die in office and yet he selected the bimbo beauty queen to be the next in line for the Presidency. I am going to have to hold my nose and vote Democratic. I don't see what choice any of us have.
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Truthseeker2...new to the boards? That is YOUR truth, vastly different from the truth! 50% chance to die in office? Where did you get those stats? The "bimbo beauty queen" ...wow, now if you would have called her "bimbo beauty babe" I could at least give you points for using alliteration. Hold your nose, good idea, that way you won't smell your own feces.
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Yes, 50% chance. His melanoma has a 50% chance of recurrence and close to that for metastasis. His heart has probably been weakened from his POA days. He will not outlive the grueling years of a presidency, especially given the problems we face. Most people who do not close their eyes to the facts, and that generally excludes right wing nutcases, will agree that Palen is an uneducated dolt who knows little about anything. Her claim to foreign policy experience is her ability to see Russia from a tiny island off the Alaska coast that she never visited? A governor of a state with a population smaller than many small cities in the Continental US? Wow. She is already a known liar with starting with her bridge to nowhere nonsense, and I personally don't want the soccer mom down the street running the country. Nor do most sane people. She may or may not be likable if you can stand her condescending "folksy" talk and winking, but it is clear that Biden was far more professional and knowledgeable, far more Presidential than the bimbo from down the street. I don't see there being any real issue to these facts. The republican spinsters are trying to do the best with the material they have but even they have to hold their noses when they argue that Palen is qualified to be President. Thankfully, per the polls, looks like the public isn't buying it.
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Dear friends
We are being infiltrated by the troll who continues to try to hijack the threads on these boards to stir up trouble. Please be aware that truthseeker, or worried husband1-7, or whatever he wants to call himself has made it his mission in life to harass women who have breast cancer, insult us, and try to stir up trouble. Please do not respond to any of his comments, as this will only encourage him more. Sorry about all this, because he seems to be following me around. I just do not want to see him ruin the wonderful thread we have like he has so many others. Do not respond to anything he has to say, and block him from your private messages.
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Obama, Taxes, and "Facts"
by L. Brent Bozell III
September 30, 2008
Ever since liberal media types felt robbed by the Bush-Quayle campaign's "lies" about Michael Dukakis in 1988, we've been suffering through the media elite's attempts to "police" the facts in advertisements. "Correction" squads are insisting that John McCain can't say Barack Obama will raise taxes, no matter how much that announcing Democrats will raise taxes is like announcing the sun will rise.
In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle suggested Bill Clinton would raise taxes on the middle class. Quayle said in the vice presidential debate that everyone over $36,000 could face a tax hike. Media "experts" accused the GOP of mangling "facts." President Clinton was elected - and passed the largest tax increase in American history, right down to the middle class.
"It was Quayle who repeatedly twisted and misstated the facts," CNN reporter Brooks Jackson had pronounced after the vice presidential debate. On ABC, Jeff Greenfield proclaimed: "Independent examination of this charge by, for example, press organizations, has found it, to say the least, misleading."
Do you think "independent" was a good adjective to describe the adoring chorus of Clinton correspondents in 1992?
After the fact - which is to say, when Clinton was safely elected - some in the press developed a sudden sense of guilt.
Cut to February 18, 1993, when USA Today admitted: "Looks like Dan Quayle was right. Last year's vice presidential debate....produced an accurate prediction from Quayle about the Clinton budget plan....The final plan, according to Clinton officials, will hit those making $30,000 and above."
This is the sticky thing about campaign proposals. They are simply proposals. When a president is elected, the entire campaign manual can be thrown out the window. Predictions about what a politician will do are predictions, not facts. Obviously, some predictions can be wilder, like the suggestion that Ronald Reagan would start a massive war. (Liberals never tire of that one.) Predicting a massive tax hike under Democrats does not qualify as a wild prediction.
This goes not just for debates, but for commercials. The Bush-Quayle campaign issued a TV ad in the fall of 1992 that used their own numerical estimates of how much Clinton would raise taxes, and all the networks leaped on it like starving men on a crust of bread. NBC's Lisa Myers said "facts" were not on the GOP side: "President Bush's new ad portrays Bill Clinton as a big taxer and a danger to the middle class...That's misleading. In fact [here we go with that nettlesome word again], Clinton has proposed cutting taxes to the sort of people in this ad." In 20-20 hindsight, the fact is that Lisa Myers ended up with egg on her face.
Eric Engberg, the infamous CBS blowhard, was worse, and his producer encouraged Steven Colford of Advertising Age to denounce the ad starkly: "I think it's lying." If anyone was lying about Clinton, it ended up being CBS. Engberg continued: "Clinton's ad squad, aware that the unanswered attacks look true, struck back within 24 hours." He aired a Clinton claim that "George Bush has had the worst economic record of any President in the past 50 years" - but this time, he simply refused to assess the accuracy of that ludicrous groaner (two words: Jimmy Carter) or anything else in the Clinton response.
In 2008, reporters and columnists touting Obama are repeatedly citing numbers by something called the Tax Policy Center - and you'll never hear that this is a project operated by two liberal-Democrat think tanks - to suggest Obama will actually cut middle-class taxes more than John McCain. That, of course, assumes that President Obama will follow his plan to the letter, and that a newly elected liberal House and Senate will rubber-stamp his alleged tax cut for "95 percent" of Americans. That, by the way, is a serious math error. Please explain how it's possible to cut 95 percent of Americans' taxes when the Tax Foundation reports that 40 percent of Americans don't pay any income tax. If you think you can, I'd like to interest you in a sub-prime mortgage. This math apparently is too sophisticated for the guardians of "fact," who are nowhere to be found.
When Democrats claim they'll be more generous in tax-cutting, does anyone believe a liberal-dominated Washington is going to do less taxing and spending than the Bush administration?
There's nothing wrong with the media suggesting that the Republican candidate is refusing to accept the genuineness of the Democratic candidate's proposal. But if they suggest McCain is lying or misleading voters, they're in danger of walking off yet another cliff of credibility if and when President Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi get to cook their own ever-expanding federal budget pie.
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excuse me LindaMemm, I should be able to give an opinion without being attacked by a nasty woman for giving my opinion. I notice you attack lots of people when you don't like what they way. Being mean and nasty should not be tolerated on this board. I don't like Palen or Mcain for that matter. I'm not thrilled with the alternative but that choice is the least bad of the choices we have. And Bush is the worst President we have ever had. Does anybody doubt that? Isn't it time for a change? Would you rather have an old, angry man as President and a Bimbo right behind him leading our country in this perilous world? Do I need to complain to the moderators because you have insulted me? Or do you think you can act like an adult in the future?
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