Does it seem like there's a new Republican scandal in the news every
single week? Well, that may be because there is:
January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou
of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child
into a sexual relationship
January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado,
Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges "in connection
with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he
awarded one of his employees"
January 31, 2007: Republican Congressman Gary Miller is named by
Republicans as ranking member of oversight subcommittee of House
Financial Services Committee despite the FBI's investigation into his
land deals
February 14, 2007: Major Republican fundraiser Brent Wilkes and
former CIA executive director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo are indicted by a
grandy jury for corrupting CIA contracts
February 16, 2007: Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali
Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon, is indicted in federal court on charges
of providing material support to terrorists
March 5, 2007: Ethics complaint filed against Republican Senator Pete
Domenici for his role in the Attorney Purge scandal
March 6, 2007: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to
Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and
perjury
March 8, 2007: Republican former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the
House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair
March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an
oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush's
energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a
Senate committee
March 27, 2007: Criminal charges filed against Republican
Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola in connection with the death
of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun; he is
accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm
by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing
March 27, 2007: Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockman,
"indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6
billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker
that collapsed days after he quit"
March 28, 2007: Robert Vellanoweth, a Republican activist and
appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is arrested on suspicion of
gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence
of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one
child
April 18, 2007: The FBI raids the home of Republican Congressman John
Doolittle, investigating his ties to Jack Abramoff
April 19, 2007: The FBI raids a business tied to the family of
Republican Congressman Rick Renzi, as part of an investigation into
his business dealings
April 23, 2007: The FBI questions Republican Congressman Tom Feeney
about his dealings with Jack Abramoff
April 23, 2007: Federal auditors find repeat violations of federal
election law from the 2004 Senate campaign of Republican Senator Mel
Martinez
April 26, 2007: David Huckabee, son of Republican Presidential
candidate Mike Huckabee, is arrested at an Arkansas airport after a
federal X-ray technician detected a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage
May 4, 2007: Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott, former Alaska state
Republican legislators, were arrested and accused of soliciting and
accepting bribes from the corrupt VECO Corporation
May 4, 2007: Republican state Assemblyman Michael Cole is censured
and stripped of his leadership position after the married father of
two spent the night at a 21-year-old intern's apartment
May 11, 2007: A field coordinator for Republican Congressman Patrick
McHenry is indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina
May 12, 2007: NBC News breaks the story that the FBI is investigating
Republican Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons for suspicion of accepting
bribes in exchange for securing government contracts
May 15, 2007: Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy is
arrested for drunk driving (he pled no contest on June 1, but didn't
publicly disclose the event until June 11)
May 18, 2007: Republican former South Dakota State Representative Ted
Klaudt is charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts
of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a
child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count
of stalking against two foster children in his care
May 21, 2007: Republican state Senate candidate Mark Tate is indicted
on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand
jury
June 11, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig is arrested for lewd
conduct in the men's bathroom of an airport
June 19, 2007: South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South
Carolina Chairman of Giuliani for President Thomas Ravenel is
indicted by a grand jury on cocaine distribution charges
July 2, 2007: President George W. Bush commutes the sentence of
former Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby following
Libby's conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury
July 3, 2007: A grand jury report declares that the sale of public
land to Republican Congressman Ken Calvert and his business partners
violated the law
July 11, 2007: Republican state Representative and Florida co-
Chairman of McCain for President Bob Allen is arrested for soliciting
a male undercover police officer, offering to pay $20 to perform oral
sex
July 16, 2007: Republican Senator David Vitter holds press conference
acknowledging being on the D.C. Madam's list and past involvement
with prostitutes
July 16, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski
was involved in a sweetheart real estate deal
July 19: Republican former state legislator Coy Privette is charged
with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution
July 24, 2007: Michael Flory, former head of the Michigan Federation
of Young Republicans, pleads guilty to sexual abuse
July 26, 2007: Media report that Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski
will sell back land purchased in a sweetheart deal, following close
scrutiny of the shady transaction
July 29, 2007: Glenn Murphy Jr., recently-elected Chairman of the
Young Republican National Federation, is accused of sexually
assaulting a sleeping man
July 30, 2007: The FBI and IRS raid the home of Republican Senator
Ted Stevens following investigations into Stevens' dealings with the
corrupt VECO Corporation
August 2, 2007: Bush administration senior adviser Karl Rove
disregards a Congressional subpoena and refuses to testify before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
August 6, 2007: Investigation called for after House Republican
Leader John Boehner leaked classified information regarding a secret
court ruling over warrantless wiretapping
August 8, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig pleads guilty to
misdemeanor disorderly conduct following his June 11 arrest
August 9, 2007: Major Republican donor Alan Fabian is charged with 23
counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction
of justice, and perjury
August 15, 2007: Republican state House candidate Angelo Cappelli is
arrested for perjury and grand theft
August 22, 2007: Republican political consultant Roger Stone resigns
his role with the New York state Senate Republicans after reports
surfaced that he made a "threatening, obscenity-laced" phone call to
the 83-year-old father of Governor Eliot Spitzer
August 27, 2007: Story breaks that Republican Senator Larry Craig was
arrested and pled guilty - he had not publicly disclosed the events
to that point
That seems like an awful lot of corruption, scandal, hypocrisy,
impropriety, and jail-worthy crime, huh? A lot of corruption. One
might say an entire Culture of Corruption.
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