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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican Sex Scandals!
Rodger Malcolm Mitchell Adelphia Communications Corp.: Donated large sums of money to some of the most conservative members of Congress. They are also the first cable company to offer hard-core adult movies to subscribers. Daily Kos article
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator from Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his daughter and her friend for eight-year period starting when they were 9. Full Article
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist from Colorado, arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child with force. He faces 6 charges related to getting a 13-year-old girl stoned on pot and then having sex with her. Source Also accused of sexually assaulting another girl. Denver ABC Article
Dick Armey (R-Texas), former professor, has been accused by The Dallas Observer of sexually harassing female students.
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at Robertson's Christian Broadcasting network. Committed adultery with Jessica Hahn and then used charitable donations to pay her hush money. Fellow televangelists say he's gay. Indicted on 23 federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and racketeering.
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner from Maine, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. Booth Bay Register Article
Bob Barr, Republican Congressman from Georgia. Sponsored the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, saying "The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of our society, the family unit." Was married three times. Paid for his second wife's abortion. Failed to pay child support to the children of his first two wives and while married to his third and present wife was photographed licking whipped cream off of strippers at his inaugural party.
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy. Booth Bay Register Article
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist from Maryland, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. Source: Washington Blade
Lots more here: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Examples_of_Republican_hypocrisy_on_moral_values
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Republican Sex Scandals! (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Feb 2012
OP
Someone should ask if the prostitutes Sen. Vitter frequented used contraception
Motown_Johnny
Feb 2012
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Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)1. Don't forget Henry Hyde the Homewrecker.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)2. Someone should ask if the prostitutes Sen. Vitter frequented used contraception
and if he thinks it should be outlawed.
auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)3. Larry Craig and Tom Foley nt