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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:43 PM
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I need a list of corrupt Republicans and their crimes
Last week, Randi Rhodes read a list of Republican sex crimes and I found that list online very easily. Does anyone have a list of the scandals that have plagued Republican elected officials? The phone jamming incident leading to the White House is the most recent one I can think of. I am having a 'conversation' with a coworker, who claims that the Democrats are just as corrupt. He mentioned the John Conyers babysitting scandal. :eyes: Give me a break!

Thank you in advance. :-)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:45 PM
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1. Sorry, not enough bandwidth.
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:45 PM
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2. Try here:
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:47 PM
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4. Thank you
You think it would be easy to find a list, since they are so numerous!
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:50 PM
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5. You're very welcome - CREW is a great organization. n/t
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:50 PM
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6. Now that's a bunch of stuff Zorra.
Thanks.
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 09:23 PM
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10. Here's a few others too
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:46 PM
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3. Here is the start of the list
Edited on Tue Apr-11-06 08:52 PM by smtpgirl
They might have not committed sex crimes, but where a criminal lays, there are peeping-toms, serial killers and pedophiles


Cheney
Rumsfled
Bush
Newt - fake hair
Reed - fake hair
Delay - a definite helmet
Rice
Powell
Mehlman - fake hair
Luntz
Bolton - UN
McClellan
Rove
Erlich - a definite helmet
Swartzenager - possible fake hair
Franks
InSannity
O'Really
MANCoulter........... - fake hair
Why do so many republicans wear fake hair?
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:55 PM
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7. Don't forget Mehlman: closet case
Trent Lott had helmet hair too.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 08:58 PM
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8. that would be all of them.
Complicit and corrupt.
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 09:21 PM
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9. Kick
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AllieB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:59 AM
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11. KICK
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 09:02 AM
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12. Here ya go
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD (10/21/05)
To access links, go here:
http://forums.therandirhodesshow.com/index.php?showtopi...
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STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD
Your Weekly 'Republican Corruption' Update
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Alabama
Investigation: Sen. Richard Shelby
Disposition: received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Robert Riley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Alaska
Investigation: Senate President Ben Stevens (son of US Senate Pro Tem President Ted Stevens)
Disposition: Probed for accepting consulting fees from oil services firm Veco. Subject to a recall petition.

Investigation: Sen. Ted Stevens
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
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Arkansas
Investigation: Arkansas Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Arkansas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Joshua Dickens, Republican Constable of Faulkner County.
Disposition: Severly beat, burned, handcuffed and kidnapped woman he was in a relationship with. Sentenced 5 yrs, could be released within 1 year. After the trial, a 16-year-old girl, also made accusations to the police that she had been sexually assaulted by the young man. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2005/10/editorial-good-wo... >LINK
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Arizona
Investigation: Rep. J. D. Hayworth
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.
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California
Investigation: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Disposition: Ethics probe for accepting salary from two men’s fitness magazines while governor, possible kickback from American Media publisher to Schwarzenegger charity and silence money to a woman who had an extramarital affair with Schwarzenegger. This probe may go criminal.

Investigation: Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham
Disposition: Probed for bribery regarding financial ties with and favors for defense firm MZM

Investigation: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Disposition: Tied to Abramoff scandal on loan papers. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doug Ose
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Richard Pombo
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. John Doolittle
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

Investigation: Rep. Ed Royce
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff.

California - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Nicholas Elizondo(Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation) Bakersfield, CA
Disposition: molested his 6-year old daughter and was http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Nicholas_Elizondo.htm >sentenced to six years in prison.

Investigation: Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline
Disposition: placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00914F9... >LINK
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Colorado
Investigation: Colorado Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Colorado - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv... >Larry D Floyd (R-Denton County Constable)
Disposition: Arrested charged with one count of soliciting for child prostitution, three counts of enticement of a child and three counts of attempted sexual assault on a child.

Investigation: Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative.
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/schwarz.htm >fired after child pornography was found in his possession

Investigation: Colorado Republican Party activist Randal David Ankeney
Disposition: charged in a second sexual-assault incident, following his July arrest involving a Disposition: 14-year-old girl he had met in an Internet chat room. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/1130885/detail.htm... >LINK
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Connecticut
Investigation: Gov. John Rowland
Disposition: Convicted, imprisoned 2004

Investigation: Rep. Rob Simmons
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Connecticut - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Giordano.htm >Philip Giordano(R- former Mayor of Waterbury)
Disposition: Sexually abused 2 girls. Sentenced to 37 years

Investigation: Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl. http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1913548 >LINK
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Delaware
Investigation: Attorney General Jane Brady
Disposition: Accused of helping MBNA Bank of Wilmington skirt campaign finance laws.
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Washington DC
Investigation: Jack Abramoff, GOP lobbyist
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Adam Kidan, DC Dial-a-Mattress franchise in DC and Abramoff associate
Disposition: Indicted, wire fraud, conspiracy

Investigation: Michael Scanlon, former chief of staff to Tom DeLay
Disposition: Being probed for involvement in Indian casino scandal with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay

Investigation: Steve Rosen, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Keith Weismann, AIPAC
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Larry Franklin, Colonel, USAF Reserves, Dept. of Defense
Disposition: Indicted for criminal conspiracy involving classified national security information

Investigation: Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President;s Chief of Staff
Disposition: Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information

Investigation: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove
Disposition: Probed for illegal disclosure of CIA classified information

Investigation: David Safavian, Chief of Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
Disposition: Arrested, Safavian is charged with making false statements to a General Services Administration ethics officer and the GSA inspector general's office. Safavian served as chief of staff at GSA before moving to OMB. Arrested Sept 19 2005 on charges of lying to investigators and obstructing a federal inquiry involving Jack Abramof

Investigation: Timothy E. Flanigan, Flanigan was nominated in May 2005, to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department - Gonzales' top deputy. But the nomination has been held up over questions about his connection to Abramoff. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-532... >LINK

Investigation: John Hannah, a key aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the architects of the Iraq war,
Disposition: cooperating with Fitzgerald after being told that he was identified by witnesses as a co-conspirator in the leak. Sources said Hannah was not given immunity, but was likely offered a “deal” in exchange for information that could result in indictments of key White House officials. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooper... >LINK

Investigation: a second Cheney aide, David Wurmser, has agreed to provide the prosecution with evidence that the leak was a coordinated effort by Cheney’s office to discredit the agent's husband. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war. http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Second_Cheney_aide_cooper... >LINK



Washington DC - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mark Grethen, a longtime GOP activist and fundraiser. He was to be honored in Washington D.C. as “Republican of the Year” – an honor bestowed upon him by Representative Tom Davis of Virginia.
Disposition: convicted of six sex crimes involving raping children. He’s scheduled to be in the Deep Meadow Correctional Facility until September 25, 2024. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html >LINK

Investigation: Richard Delgaudio, served as president of the Republican-affiliated Legal Affairs Council, raising money for Oliver North’s defense during the Iran-Contra scandal, and for former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger’s defense fund (back in the pre-Ashcroft/Gonzales days when Republican criminals were actually sometimes tried for their crimes). He also raised money for such Republican notables as Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms.
Disposition: he pled guilty to charges of producing child pornography after getting caught paying two teenage girls to pose for his camera in a Baltimore hotel. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html >LINK

John Bolton: 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. http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/larry_flynt_bolton... >LINK

History of Washington DC Pedophilia - http://sf.indymedia.org/uploads/conspiracyofsilence2.wm... >Video
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php >Bush Sr White House Scandal 1989

Investigation: Donald Rumsfeld (R-Defense Secretary)
Disposition: authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate >Report 1, http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/abugh... >Full Report
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Florida
Investigation: Rep. Katherine Harris, US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from MZM, Inc. (related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: Rep. Tom Feeney
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff. Probed for corporate ties to Yang Enterprises, involved in over billing state of Florida. Feeney was Jeb Bush’s 1994 running mate for Lt. Gov.

Investigation: Rep. Ric Keller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele
Disposition: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12241082.htm >indicted on 26 counts of fraud and money laundering (suicide)

Investigation: Brian H. Darling, 39, legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) and former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night.
Disposition: offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-20... >LINK

Florida - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-abortion activist, John Allen Burt.
Disposition: charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15 year old girl.
(Link broken) http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?i... >LINK

Investigation: Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was Disposition: charged with four counts of unlawful sexual activity with a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
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Georgia
Investigation: Ralph Reed, candidate for Lt. Gov.
Disposition: Probed for involvement in Abramoff, Kidan, DeLay Indian casino money laundering.

Investigation: Sen. John Isakson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Phil Gingrey
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Jack Kingston
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Richard Leonard, former manager of Linda Schrenko Campaign
Disposition: Pleads guilty on attempted witness tamering http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/gan/press/12-21-04.html >LINK

Investigation: Linda Schrenko, Georgia School Superintendent
Disposition: indicted on federal charges of stealing taxpayer money
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/1104/11schrenko.h... >LINK http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/04/11/edi04086.html >LINK

Investigation: Governor Sonny Perdue
Disposition: Fined for Ethics Violations, the first time a sitting governor has ever been fined since the commission was created in the 1970s. http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=6... >LINK

Investigation: state Rep. David Graves of Macon
Disposition: will drop his legal claim that his status as a legislator should shield him from DUI charges. http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/12788935.htm >LINK
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Guam
Investigation: Gov. Felix Camacho
Disposition: Probed for ties to Abramoff and demoting Acting US Attorney for Guam Frederick Black
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Hawaii
Investigation: New Hawaii PAC and House GOP PAC
Disposition: Campaign violations filed against a number of GOP candidates for the state legislature and US House for skirting spending limits.

Hawaii - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Former Hawaii County Councilman Keola Childs
Disposition: pleaded guilty in Kona Circuit Court to sexual assault in the first degree for molesting a male child last year. http://starbulletin.com/2000/07/20/news/briefs.html >LINK

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Idaho
Investigation: Rep. Michael Simpson
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Butch Otter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Illinois
Investigation Target: House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Disposition: Probed for accepting money from Turkey.

Investigation Target: former Illinois Gov. George Ryan.
Disposition: Indicted. Trial pending. Charges for handing out state contracts to friends and backers in return for campaign contributions, trips and gifts

Investigation Target: Rep. Jerry Weller
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff (Weller is married to the daughter of Guatemalan dictator and mass murderer <300,0000 Guatemalans> Efrain Rios Montt).

Investigation: Republican National Treasurer Bob Kjellander
Disposition: Under Federal probe for steering investment contracts to Illinois Teachers Retirement Fund.

Investigation: Michael Tristano, chief of staff to State Rep. Lee A. Daniels, when Daniels served as House Republican Leader and Minority Leader in the state House ofRepresentatives -
Disposition: Indicted for diverting state employees to campaign work http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2005/pr0519_01... >LINK

Investigation: Scott Fawell, Gov Ryan's top aide, campaign manager and former secretary of state during much of the 1990s.
Disposition: Convicted of racketeering in 2003 in connection with his work for Ryan, Fawell was sentenced to 6 1/2 years. Fawell later agreed to help the government at the request of his indicted fiancee, Andrea Coutretsis.
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp >LINK http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/georyan12.html >LINK

Investigation: Andrea Coutretsis
Disposition: Coutretsis, a Fawell assistant who later developed a relationship with him, has pleaded guilty in two separate corruption cases and awaits sentencing. http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp >LINK

Investigation: Larry Warner, lobbyist, co-defendent with Gov Ryan ........Prosecutors say Ryan steered state contracts and leases to a select group of friends, including his co-defendant in the case, lobbyist Larry Warner, and received subtle kickbacks that included gifts, vacations and other benefits. Some criminal charges against Ryan stem from his 1999-2003 term as governor. http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/68609.asp >LINK http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/05/10/12/d.asp >LINK

Illinois - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Congressman, Dan Crane(R-IL), had sex with a minor.
http://archive.salon.com/col/cona/1998/10/05cona.html >LINK
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Indiana
Investigation: Rep. Dan Burton
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Mitch Daniels
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Thomas Sharp, INDOT Commissioner
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Jim Kittle, GOP state chairman
Disposition: Under investigation for soliciting campaign donations in return for INDOT (Indiana Dept. of Transportation contracts)

Investigation: Bradley R. Hiller, Ex-GOP insider
Disposition: pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felonies in connection with spending he could not account for while running the Senate Republicans' fundraising committee. Judge Stoner sentenced him to one year in prison. Initially, Hiller was charged with writing eight fraudulent checks to himself valued at $24,890.39, but he agreed to repay the committee $146,775 for expense checks he wrote to himself that could not be documented. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2005... >LINK

Indiana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/kimmerling.htm >LINK
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Iowa
Investigation: Sen. Charles Grassley
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Kansas
Investigation: Rep. Jim Ryun
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Sam Brownback
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Adam Taff
Disposition: 2004 congressional candidate (KS-3), indicted for campaign violations amnd wire fraud.
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Kentucky
Investigation: Gov. Ernie Fletcher
Disposition: Criminal probe in a state employees’ merit system scandal. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff.

Investigation: Transportation Commissioner Dan Druen
Disposition: Merit system scandal, witness tampering. Indicted.

Investigation: Deputy Personnel Secretary Bob Wilson
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: GDarrell Brock, Chairman of Kentucky GOP
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted.

Investigation: Gov. Personnel Adviser Basil Turbyfill
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Transportation Secretary ill Nighbert
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Dick Murgatroyd, Gov. Deputy Chief of Staff
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Jim Adams, Deputy Transportation Secretary
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Cory Meadows, Executive Director, Transportation Dept.
Disposition: Merit system scandal. Indicted

Investigation: Environmental Protection Commissioner Lloyd Cress
Disposition: Probed in merit system scandal

Investigation: Sen. Jim Bunning
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Lt. Gov. Stephen Pence
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Kentucky - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3943230&nav=4CAL >Bobby Stumbo, Former Floyd County republican leader
Disposition: Charged with sexually abusing a five year old boy
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Louisiana
Investigation: Sen. David Vitter
Disposition: Linked to Abramoff in a case involving a Louisiana Indian tribe.
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Maine
Investigation: Maine Republican Party
Disposition: Received contributions from DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Maine - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Merrill Robert Barter(R-County Commissioner)
Disposition: http://boothbayregister.maine.com/1999-04-15/barter_ple... >pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican Senate candidate, John Hathaway, was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/hathaway1.htm >LINK
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Maryland
Investigation: Joseph Steffen, aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Resigned for starting a rumor campaign against Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley.

Investigation: Gov. Bob Ehrlich
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Massachusetts
Investigation: Gov. Mitt Romney’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Disposition: Under ethics cloud for awarding a $10,000 contract to conservative Boston Herald columnist to write columns supportive of Romney’s policies.

Investigation: Lawrence Novak, Atty, vice chairman state Republican Party
Disposition: Indicted, money-laundering charges accusing him of offering to ``cleanse'' drug proceeds for a legal client(Scott Holyoke).
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Michigan
Investigation: Rep. Dave Camp
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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Minnesota
Investigation: Rep. Gil Gutknecht
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Minnesota - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Jon Grunseth(former Republican candidate for Governor)
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/grunseth.htm >withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
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Missouri
Investigation: Sen. Christopher Bond
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Jim Talent
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Gov. Matt Blunt
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Ronnie Gene DeShon, 50, of Gallatin, Mo., superintendent of the Pattonsburg, Missouri R-II School District
Disposition: pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $844,000 from the school district. The court released DeShon on his own recognizance. http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/mow/news2005/deshon.ple.pdf >LINK
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Mississippi
Investigation: Rep. Charles Pickering
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Roger Wicker
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Thad Cochran
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Montana
Investigation: Sen. Conrad Burns
Disposition: Probed for links to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Dennis Rehberg
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Montana - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Richard_Dasen.htm >Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups
Disposition: found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtre... >Dansen, 62, told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/14/news/mtre... >LINK
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Nebraska
Investigation: Former Rep. Jon Christensen
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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Nevada
Investigation: Sen. John Ensign
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Nevada - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Republican Assembly candidate Richard Gardner(forced to withdraw from race.)
Disposition: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Oct-30-Wed-... >sexually abused his daughter, who was about 12 when the crime was committed in May 1982. Child molestation in 1983 against another daughter under the age of 14 in California.
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New Hampshire
Investigation: Sen. John Sununu
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: Rep. Jeb Bradley
Disposition: Probed for receipt of money from DeLay tainted PAC

Investigation: House Speaker Gene Chandler
Disposition: Campaign contributions violations

New Hampshire Republican Party
Despite a zero-tolerance policy on tampering with voters, the Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire. http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050811... >LINK See Tobin, Raymond, and McGee.

Investigation: James Tobin, a former Bush campaign official
Disposition: indicted on charges of orchestrating a low-tech version of a denial-of-service attack. http://news.com.com/Former+Bush+campaign+official+indic... >LINK

Investigation: Allen Raymond , Former GOP Consultant
Disposition: Va. Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Harassing Phone Calls to N.H. Democrats, sentenced to five months in prison. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9149-200... >LINK

Investigation: Chuck McGee, former executive director of the Republican state committee.
Disposition: indicted in Republican phone-jamming scheme
and been sentenced to seven months in federal prison. http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles... />LINK

New Hampshire - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Raymond Burton, Executive Councilor
Disposition: U.S. Sen. John Sununu is calling for the resignation Raymond Burton, a fellow Republican, for having hired an aide, Mark Seidensticker, with an extensive criminal record. Mark Seidensticker, 45, of Concord and Ogunquit, Maine, was arrested last month in Concord, accused of inappropriate contact with teenage boys. Based on that arrest, Burton said last week he no longer will employ Seidensticker, who is being held on $50,000 bail at the Merrimack County jail. http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/09... />LINK
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New Jersey
Investigation: GOP State Chairman Tim Wilson
Disposition: Probed for his firm receiving $2.7 million from the Burlington County Bridge Commission

Investigation: Rep. Jim Saxton
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Mike Ferguson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff

New Jersey - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
And then there’s anti-abortion crusader Nicholas Morency, who recently pled guilty to offering a $1.5 million contract to anyone who would murder an abortion provider. In the course of the investigation, authorities also turned up a computer packed with child pornography. Morency’s perception of reality seems all screwed up – with him thinking zygotes are children, and children are sexual beings without the right to childhood. http://mediastudy.com/articles/av5-26-05.html >LINK http://www.armchairsubversive.com/morency2.htm >LINK

Investigation: Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti
Disposition: arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped. http://www.armchairsubversive.com/jeffrey_patti.htm >LINK
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New Mexico
Investigation: Rep. Heather Wilson
Disposition: Received of contributions from Abramoff
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New York
Investigation: Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro and US Senate candidate
Disposition: Probed for campaign donations from mobsters. Her husband served a year in prison for tax evasion.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: sentenced 62 months, embezzled $400,000 NYC revenue

New York - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mayor John Gosek, Oswego, NY
Disposition: placed under house arrest. Charge of using his city-issued cell phone to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce minors to engage in sexual acts.

Investigation: Russell Harding(R-former top Giuliani administration official)
Disposition: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-russ0... >sentenced 62 months, possessing child pornography
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Northern Marianas
Investigation: Gov. Froilan Tenorio
Disposition: Grand Jury probe, ties to Abramoff
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North Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Charles Taylor
Disposition: Probed for ownership of shady Russian bank – whose other major investor is a former KGB general. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Hayes Martin, Taylor Campaign Treasurer
Disposition: Indicted, fraud and money laundering

Investigation: Rep. Walter Jones
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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North Dakota
Investigation: Richard Clayburgh, House candidate
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Ohio
Investigation: Gov. Bob Taft, Misuse of state funds/ethics violations
Disposition: Convicted, four first degree misdemeanors, pleaded no contest (admission of guilt). $4000 fine and public apology, two Federal Grand Juries, one state Grand Jury still investigating Taft.

Investigation: Thomas Noe, Bush-Cheney 04 campaign chair, NW Ohio; Turnpike Commissioner; University Regent
Disposition: Misuse of state funds for rare coin fund

Investigation: Bernadette Noe, Thomas Noe’s wife; chair Lucas County GOP; chair Lucas Co. Board of Elections
Disposition: Misuse of state funds

Investigation: Brian Hicks, Taft chief of staff, member Ohio University Board of Trustees
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Cherie Carroll, Taft Chief of Staff Executive Secretary
Disposition: Convicted

Investigation: Rep. Bob Ney
Disposition: Being probed for involvement with Abramoff, Kidan, and DeLay, Indian casino money laundering. Recipient of contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Investigation: Rep. Jean Schmidt
Disposition: Probe of financial ties to Games, Inc., and proposal to put Ohio State Lottery on the Internet. Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Ralph Regula
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Ohio- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation Target: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/David_Swartz.htm >David Swartz (R-Richland County Commissioner)
Disposition: Swartz pleads guilty in court to felony sex charges involving a teenage, girl whose assault lasted 10 yrs. He faces up to 10 years in prison at an upcoming sentencing. 2nd investigation involving another child has not gone to trial, yet.

Investigated: Republican Congressman, Donald "Buz" Lukens
Disposition: convicted of having sex with a minor http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,110189... >LINK

"Naked Photographer" Released From Jail
Investigation: Stephen Linnen is a former lawyer for the Ohio House Republican caucus
Disposition: ambushed women in the nude and took photos of their shocked expressions. He was sentenced last year to 18 months ordered Linnen not to possess any cameras, video equipment or recording device of any kind.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/15/naked_photog.... >LINK
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Oklahoma
Investigation: Ernest Istook
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. James Inhofe
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. Tom Coburn
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff
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Oregon
Investigation: Sen. Gordon Smith
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: state Rep. Dan Doyle, a Salem Republican, resigned after starting his third term in the Oregon House because of widening investigations into irregularities on his campaign finance reports.
Disposition: Doyle pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of lying on his reports. He awaits a sentencing hearing set for Thursday. http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/2005100... >LINK

Oregon - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Louis Beres, 70, denied any criminal conduct in a statement posted Monday on www.coalition.org . Beres said he will pursue "the Biblical response" and do all within his power "to reconcile with that person." http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/bas... >LINK
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Pennsylvania
Investigation: Sen. Arlen Specter
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Don Sherwood
Disposition: Investigated by DC police for assaulting and choking a 29-year old Maryland woman

Investigation: Rep. Curt Weldon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Joe Pitts
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Pennsylvania - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E6DE... >Judge Mark Pazuhanich(R-Monroe County)
Disposition: Pleaded 'No Contest' for indecent assault, corrupting a minor and endangering the welfare of a child.

Investigation: Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. (R-City Councilman)
Disposition: http://www.thewgalchannel.com/news/4176008/detail.html >pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Investigation: Republican preacher, Stephen White
Disposition: arrested after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy to perform oral sex on him. http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=23709 >LINK

Investigation: Michael Dructor‚ Republican candidate for North Wales Borough Mayor‚ Pennsylvania.
Disposition: accused of hitting and choking a woman at his Montgomery Township ...The woman accused Dructor of hitting her in the head‚ arms and waist‚ ripping her clothing off and choking her after an argument that began around midnight‚ according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in district court. http://www.thereporteronline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1... >LINK
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Puerto Rico
Investigation: Puerto Rican New Progressive Party (GOP affiliate party)
Disposition: Paid Abramoff $400,000 for lobbying for 1998 statehood referendum

Puerto Rico - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Edison_Misla_Aldarond... >Edison Misla Aldarondo (R-Speaker of the State House of Reps)
Disposition: sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

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Rhode Island
Investigation: Former House candidate (2002) Mike Battles
Disposition: Firm, Custer Battles, disbarred from Iraq contracts after allegations of over charging and money laundering

Investigation: Providence Mayor Vince Cianci
Disposition: Imprisoned in 2002 for 5 years.
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South Carolina
Investigation: Rep. Joe Wilson
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Gresham Barrett
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Henry Brown
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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South Dakota
Investigation: Sen. John Thune
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Bill Janklow
Disposition: Guilty, second degree manslaughter, imprisoned. Received contributions from Abramoff
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Tennessee
Investigation: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn
Disposition: 2 investigations by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission into his stock sales.

Investigation: Rep. Van Hilleary
Disposition: Recipient of contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Michael Hooks, Sr, chairman Shelby County Commission
Disposition: Indicted. Charged with taking more than $24,000 in bribes to help a company called E-Cycle Management - a sham company set up by the FBI - win business contracts with Shelby County government.(Tennessee Waltz corruption investigation. )

Investigation: state Rep. Chris Newton
Disposition: bribery and conspiracy

Investigation: Roscoe Dixon, a state senator
Disposition: public corruption
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Texas
Investigation: Rep. Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader
Disposition: INDICTED Twice, Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Saipan sweat shops. Grand Jury, Travis County prosecutor, and House Ethics Committee probing DeLay Received contributions from Abramoff.
Election law violation.

Investigation: Jim Ellis, Director Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) PAC tied to DeLay and Abramoff
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Investigation: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DELAY_MONEY_CARO... >Rep. Roy Blunt, Temporary House Majority Leader
Disposition: Money Laundering. Laundering conspiracy. Probed for campaign finance fraud, ties to Abramoff/Kidan, Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: John Colyandro, Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted, 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering charges stem from $190,000 in corporate funds that were sent to the Republican National Party

Contributing Companies to Delay's TRMPAC: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-10-... >LINK
Questerra Corp., Va. 2 counts, illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Westar Energy, Kan. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Diversified Collection Services, Calif. Illegal contribution ($50,000) Third-degree felony
Sears, Roebuck, Ill. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
The Williams Companies, Okla. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Bacardi U.S.A., Fla. Illegal contribution ($20,000) Third-degree felony
Cracker Barrel, Tenn. Illegal contribution ($25,000) Third-degree felony
Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Illegal contribution ($100,000) Third-degree felony

Investigation: House Speaker Tom Craddick
Disposition: Probed for campaign violations involving TRMPAC and DeLay

Investigation: Warren RoBold, Lobbyist and DeLay associate
Disposition: Indicted

Texas - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography, Scandal
Investigation: Sam Walls, candidate for Texas House
Disposition: Photos of him wearing women’s clothes surfaced in the 2004 runoff campaign

Investigation: Larry Dale Floyd, a 62-year-old Republican constable from The Colony.
Disposition: arrested on suspicion of soliciting to have sex with an 8-year-old child and was charged with seven related crimes, Cañon City police said. http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_07_24_atrios_archive.ht... >LINK

Investigation: Republican talk show host Jon Matthews of Houston
Disposition: indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17. http://radio.about.com/b/a/042911.htm >LINK

Investigation: Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer
Disposition: charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial. http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/G... >LINK
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Utah
Investigation: Rep. Chris Cannon
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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Vermont
Investigation: Gov. Jim Douglas
Disposition: Opposition to universal health care in Vermont tied to huge contributions from insurance industry.
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Virginia
Investigation: Rep. Virgil Goode
Disposition: Probed for contributions from MZM, Inc.
(related to Duke Cunningham probe)

Investigation: Jerry Kilgore, gubernatorial candidate
Disposition: Received $5000 from MZM, Inc.

Investigation: Edmund Matricardi III, former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia
Disposition: pleaded guilty to one federal felony count of wiretapping yesterday, a week before he was to go on trial for eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls...charged with five counts stemming from his listening to and taping two different conference calls in which Democrats discussed strategy in their lawsuit against the new legislative districts Republicans drew in 2001. http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2003/042003/04022003... >LINK

Investigation: Rep. Eric Cantor
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Randy Forbes
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Sen. George Allen
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Tom Davis
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff and Kidan.

Virginia - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Robin Vanderwall (R- Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate)
Disposition: http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Vanderwall.htm >convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Investigation: Parker J. Bena, a Republican activist and presidential electors for Virginia
Disposition: pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Investigation: Richard A. Delgaudio, (pictured, right), of Burke, Va., who is a nationally-known Republican party fund-raiser.
Disposition: facing child porn charges.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2153721/detail.html >LINK
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Washington
Investigation: Rep. George Nethercutt
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Doc Hastings
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Spokane Mayor Jim West
Disposition: Under Federal and state investigation for abusing his office to obtain sexual favors and soliciting sex over the Internet from underage males.

Washington- Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Spokane Mayor Jim West, who championed an anti-gay agenda during his tenure as one of the most powerful Republicans in the Legislature, yesterday admitted to using the trappings of his current office to entice what he thought was a young adult man but denied allegations that he molested two young boys more than 20 years ago http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/223201_west06.html >LINK
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West Virginia
Investigation Target: Rep. Shelly Moore Capito
Disposition: Received contributions from. DeLay’s ARMPAC, linked to Abramoff
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Wisconsin
Investigation: Rep. Paul Ryan
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Wisconsin - Sexual Assault, Child Pornography
Investigation: Mark Harris (R- City Councilman)
Disposition: who is http://www.armchairsubversive.com/Mark_Harris4.htm >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.
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Wyoming
Investigation: Sen. Mike Enzi
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff

Investigation: Rep. Barbara Cubin
Disposition: Received contributions from Abramoff
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14. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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13. bushitler - serial killer
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 09:10 AM
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15. cant find what i was looking for. here is some stuff i have
bush lies
About winning a fair election
About serving honorably in the military
About being an honest businessman
About his drunk driving arrest
About him being just a “good ole boy” like the rest of us
About the scientific evidence on arsenic in drinking water
About the scientific evidence on global warming
About the safety of air quality at ground zero on 9-11
About who the tax cuts benefited
About the fact that Ken Lay was a very good and long-time friend
About Weapons of Mass Destruction
About the need to land on a carrier

Bush has lied and lied again

The question is why should we trust him when he or his administration turns out information that new jobs are being created and that unemployment is going down?


bush fakes things
There's just too many fake incidents since 2000
There was the capture of Sadaam that was "recreated"
There were the interrogations at GITMO that were "faked" for visitors
There was the fake pulling down of Sadaam's statue, small crowd
carefully screened
There were fake WMD's, & biological weapons
The FBI is investigating fake Republican campaign contributions in OH
There was a fake terror alert in Warren County, OH in the 04 election
There was the fake riot by men in suits to stop recount FL '00
There were fake Secret Service throwing out Dems at townhall mtg
There were the fake allegations by Swift Boaters on Kerry war record
There were the fake memos on GWB's war service, real ones disappeared
There was the fake reporter/with fake name in WH press room 2 years
There were the fake tax cuts where they were sucking our pension money from social security to run the country
There were fake FBI agents at Abu Ghraib
There were fake Bush supporters, GI's photoshopped make a crowd in 04
There was the fake 9-11 report


more bush lies. dont know how many same
George W. Bush says that he is a "Texan". In fact, he is the son, grandson, etc. of a Connecticut/New England family. He was born in Connecticut. He attended Philips Andover Academy, Yale and Harvard.

George W. Bush is not a Texan.

George W. Bush said that he had never been in trouble with the law. In fact, he was arrested and convicted of drunk driving, once that is publicly-known. For someone who is an admitted alcoholic, it is statistically unlikely that this was the one and only time he ever drove drunk, much less the only time he was caught.

George W. Bush has been in trouble with the law – an arrest and conviction.

George W. Bush said that he served his country as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. In fact, he deserted, failing to show up for regular duty for over one year, and losing his flight privileges after missing repeated medical exams.

George W. Bush did not serve his country as a pilot in the Texas Air National Guard.

George W. Bush says that he was a successful oilman. In fact, every oil venture that he was ever involved with failed miserably (and yet he still managed not to lose any of his own money).

George W. Bush was not a successful oilman.

George W. Bush says that he was "the owner" of the Texas Ranger baseball franchise. In fact, he was loaned the money to buy the minority share of a group purchase of the team, and was placed in the front office due to his father's name. He made millions on that "loan" (never repaid) when the team was sold - even though he never invested any personal money. His only "act" as "owner" that can be documented is giving up the homerun star Sammy Sosa.

George W. Bush was not the owner of the Texas Rangers.

George W. Bush says that he was successful in politics way before he ran for Governor of Texas. In fact, he lost a Congressional race, AND he helped his father lose his re-election bid in 1992.

George W. Bush was not successful in politics before he ran for Governor of Texas.

George W. Bush says that he was a strong full-time governor of one of the largest states in the Union, overseeing a large bureaucracy, and that this qualified him to be President. In fact, Texas has the weakest governor in the fifty states. The Governor of Texas has the power to appoint and remove only about 190 people who work directly for him or her. The Texas Governor cannot even select the officers of her or his own cabinet. Every important decision-maker in Texas is elected by the people and is responsible to a constituency other than the sitting governor. The lieutenant governor, elected by the people, runs the Texas State Senate and oversees the committee that prepares the state budget. The Governor may appoint members to about 200 boards, but terms are staggered, and the Governor may not fire her or his predecessor's appointments. The Texas Governor exercises less influence over the state budgetary process than any other Governor in the Union. The Texas legislature only meets for a few weeks every other year.

George W. Bush was not a strong full-time Governor.

George W. Bush said while running for re-election in Texas that he would serve the full term. In fact, he ran for President during his second term; when he was awarded the Presidency by the Supreme Court, he left his job as Governor midway through the term.

George W. Bush did not keep his promise to fulfill his term as Governor.

George W. Bush said that the reason he hid on 9/11 - unlike leaders such as Rudy Giuliani, risking their lives for their people - was that terrorists had targeted Air Force One. In fact, this was not only shown to be untrue, it was finally admitted by his Administration.

George W. Bush cowardly hid and ran on 9/11 while Americans were dying and afraid and in need of real leadership.

George W. Bush said that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda were working together, and that the relationship constituted a threat to US National Security. In fact, not only has no link ever been established between the two men, strong evidence indicates the exact opposite – that they would never work together.

George W. Bush was not correct when he claimed a link between Saddam and Al Qaeda.

George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear weapons that could be used against Americans. In fact, no evidence of nuclear weapons has been found in Iraq; strong evidence indicates that the nuclear weapons program was successfully shut down after the first Gulf War.

George W. Bush was not correct when he claimed Saddam had nuclear weapons.

George W. Bush said Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons that could not only harm Americans, but that would absolutely be used against American forces in an invasion of Iraq. In fact, no evidence of chemical or biological weapons has been found in Iraq; strong evidence indicates that these weapons were successfully destroyed after the first Gulf War.

George W. Bush was not correct when he claimed Saddam had chemical and biological weapons, and that they would be used against Americans.

George W. Bush said that trailers found in Iraq were proof of Saddam's mobile chemical weapons program. In fact, these trailers have been shown to have been mobile weather balloon-filling stations.

George W. Bush was not correct when he claimed the trailers found in Iraq were proof of Saddam's chemical weapons program.

George W. Bush said that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ready and deployable against American citizens and American troops at a moment's notice. In fact, no weapons of mass destruction at all, whether deployable at a moment's, minute's, hour's, day's, month's or year's notice, have been found in Iraq; not even any evidence of such weapons have been found.

George W. Bush was not correct when he claimed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction ready and deployable at a moment's notice.


What are we to make of this? George W. Bush has lied about every single major fact and event - and many minor ones - in his entire life. He continues to lie, causing the deaths of American service personnel, the destruction of at least two countries (and counting), neither of which attacked the United States, the worsening of our economy on a daily basis, the destruction of our environment on an unprecedented scale, and the loss of stature and confidence in the United States in every country in the world.

THIS is the George W. Bush RECORD.

THIS is the man you hold up to be your role model.

THIS is the man that real Americans who care about this country - the entire country - and the world are going to kick out of the White House in less than fifteen months.

azellyn
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(8/13/03 9:57 pm)
Reply George Bush is not a Texas Ranch Hand
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He makes believe he's on vacation clearing the brush on the family farmstead that's been part of their history for years. In reality, he just bought the land that houses the mansion on which he lives and there is no "ranch", no horses, no cattle, no chickens. The wood chopping and pickup truck rides are pure photo ops to make the idiots who believe he's like them feel "connected." What a crock.
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"President Bush is down on the ranch, and we all know what that means: lots of pictures of him in that pickup truck, as if he's going into town to pick up a bale of hay. Okay, we get it. You're a "rancher." You're clearing brush. You're a "Washington outsider." You're a huge country fan. Unfortunately, that country is Saudi Arabia."


Of course, "All Hat - No Cattle" says it more succinctly.


list of bush bads
1) DOWNING STREET MINUTES
--A) “Spikes of Activity”
--B) “…intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy…”
2) IRAQ (the lead up to the war)
--A) Lies About WMD
-----i. To the press and public
-----ii. To our Senators and Congressman
-----iii. To the UN and the International Community
--B) Lies about Al Quieda link
--C) Lied about cost of war
--D) “…I doubt six months.”
--E) Dissent is unpatriotic
--F) “Freedom Fries”
--G) No UN or International Support
--H) No post war planning
3) IRAQ (the war and reconstruction)
--A) Nearly 1,800 American soldiers dead
--B) Over 13,000 wounded
--C) Over 100,000 civilian dead
--D) Absolutely NO WMD found
--E) 9 BILLION dollars just missing
--F) No exit plan
--G) Inadequate forces
-----i. to stop looting
-----ii. protect ammunition depots
-----iii. enough troops to protect Oil though
--H) Abu Ghraib (TORTURE)
--I) Halliburton
-----i. over a BILLION in over charges
-----ii. Cheney still receives 150,000 a year
-----iii. Cheney has 433,000 in stock options
-----iv. dirty food
--J) Iraq citizens are left without clean water
--K) Iraq citizens are left without electricity
4) Afghanistan
--A) Too few Troops
--B) Lack of Focus
--C) Paying warlords to find Bin Laden
--D) Lack of reconstruction
5) The Party Who Lost Their Scruples
--A) ROVE
-----i. leaked CIA operative’s identity
-----ii. a man with no Scruples
-----iii. 9/11 comments
--B) NOVAK
-----i. leaked CIA operative’s name
-----ii. a man with no Scruples
--C) Rush Limbaugh
-----i. addicted to OxyContin (Hypocrite)
--D) Gonzales
-----i. legal defense for the abuse and torture of prisoners
-----ii. Recommended opting out of the Geneva Convention
--E) Jeb Bush
-----i. Terry Schivo case
--F) Bill Frist
-----i. Schivo diagnosis on senate floor
-----ii. Denial of diagnosis after autopsy prove him wrong
--G) The Swift Boat Bastards
--H) Any one who works at Fox News
-----i. except Clark
--I) Ann Coulter
-----i. For every word she ever spoke or wrote
--J) Dick Cheney
-----i. Halliburton
-----ii. “last throes”
-----iii. voted against asking to free Nelson Mandela (pre2001)
--K) Condoleezza Rice
-----i. “Bin Laden determined to Attack inside United States” (8/6/01)
--L) Colin Powell
-----i. Vial of anthrax at the UN
--M) Delay
-----i. illegal fund raising
-----ii. orchestrated the Texas congressional redistricting
--N) President Bush
-----i. Appeared in military uniform to declare “Mission Accomplished”
-----ii. Considers ROVE his “Brain”
-----iii. Considers Gonzales a friend
-----iv. He chose Cheney as a running mate
-----v. More vacations than any other president in history
-----vi. He’s the man with his finger on the button
-----vii. He is responsible for all those under him
-----viii. Used Colin Powel to legitamize administration
-----ix. (I dare you to find one thing he’s done right)
-----x. (I double dog dare you)
6) Power Grabs
--A) Threatened to unethically end Filibuster
--B) Republican controlled branches
-----i. White House
-----ii. Senate
-----iii. House of Representatives
-----iv. Supreme Court
7) Media
--A) Tax payer money for fake news reports
--B) Tax payer money for journalist to support policy
8) Environment
--A) Clear Skies
--B) Healthy Forests Initiative
9) Economy
10) Taxes
--A) Majority went to the wealthiest one percent
--B) Unprecedented tax cuts during time of War
11) Corporate Corruption
12) TORTURE
--A) Guantonamo Bay
-----i. Stress positions
-----ii. Koran Desecration
-----iii. Sleep depravation
--B) Abu Ghraib
-----i. Dogs set on prisoners
-----ii. Sexual degradation
-----iii. Blame the soldiers, the “few bad apples”
--C) Sent prisoner to countries that routinely use TORTURE
-----i. Uzbekistan boils their victims alive
--D) “Cruel and Unusual”
13) Election Fraud
14) Religion in Politics
--A) Faith based initiatives
-----i. Abstinence only sex education
--B) Anti-Gay Hysteria
--C) Gay Marriage Constitutional Amendment
--D) Terry Schivo
--E) Stem cell research ban
-----i. current plan allows destruction of some embryos (Hypocrite)
-----ii. (its either life or its not, and therefore wrong or not)
-----iii. over 400,000 left in storage that will never be used
15) Homeland Security
--A) The terror color code
-----i. manipulation for political gain
--B) Unprotected Nuclear and Chemical plants
--C) Lack of border security
16) Legislation
--A) P.A.T.R.I.O.T. act
--B) Bankruptcy bill




*gonna look some more. i am just sure i have saved list of criminal acts, though not updated. here is some stuff i collected though. didnt read thru so dont know what is there and how much is what you want

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16. Why split hairs?
At this point, anyone still supporting that party with membership is guilty of aiding and abetting treason.
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