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Indiana congressman Mark Souder (R) to resign after affair

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interesting post from the Daily Beast

 

With every other issue devolving into partisan finger-pointing, The Daily Beast thought it would use two decades of cold, hard data and rational methodology to answer the question everyone in Washington wants to know: Which party has more problems with sex scandals?

After studying the 59 scandals over the past 20 years involving all politicians or major candidates for city mayor and above-many involved crimes, others just allegations, but all wound up as tabloid fodder-some conclusions can be reached.

"¢ The number sex scandals has increased dramatically over the past few decades, thanks to technology, new press standards and a post-Clinton belief that everything is fair game.

"¢ Republicans have more scandals (33 to 26), but Democrats have bigger ones, based on our methodology (13 out of the top 20).

"¢ Democrats tend to have more problems with harassment, staffers and underage girls; Republicans tend to have more problems with prostitutes, hypocrisy and underage boys.

 

 

To offer some clarity, we've broken the scandals into categories, and graded them Cook Report-style. We also ranked all 59 sex scandals overall, using a methodology that accounted for whether a crime was committed, versus inappropriate behavior; whether the charges were proven, versus alleged; the level of office held; and whether the incident involved children, staff, a coverup or hypocrisy.

 

 

Prostitution

This category combines both those who solicited a prostitute but for whatever reason did not accept-think former Idaho Senator Larry Craig-and those who went ahead and became johns. Republicans by a count of six-to-one have been involved in prostitution scandals. For our rankings, soliciting prostitution without accepting it was weighted slightly lower than becoming a john.

Solid Republican (6-1)

Staffer

There's a clear abuse of power when a politician and his employee is involved in a sex scandal. Democrats, by a count of 16 to five, have seemingly leveraged that power imbalance more.

Solid Democrat (16-6)

 

 

Hypocrisy

Almost half the sex scandals we turned up involved someone saying one thing and while doing another. The earliest example was womens' rights champion Robert Packwood, who in 1992 was infamously slapped with several sexual-harassment and abuse charges from former female staffers.

Solid Republican (17-9)

 

 

Sexual harassment

Whether threats or phone calls, it's mostly been Democrats.

Solid Democrat (8-2)

 

 

Adultery

Bipartisanship? More of a personal ethical issue rather than a legal one, the adultery category is the most populated, with Republicans and Democrats nearly even, with the recent Mark Souder scandal pushing the GOP into the lead.

Toss up (19-18)

 

 

Inappropriate conduct with a minor

This type of scandal indicates at the least a serious flaw or lapse in judgment. The most infamous example is former Representative Mark Foley, who exchanged sexually charged emails and instant messages with underage pages. Two Republicans and one Democrat have been involved in this type of scandal.

Lean Republican (2-1)

 

 

Sexual relations with a minor

Far more serious than above: the most serious charge, in fact, among all recent political sex scandals. Conviction carries more than a decade in jail, based on federal sentencing guidelines.

Toss up (3-3)

 

 

Out-of-wedlock child

Two Republicans have confirmed having children as a result of extramarital affairs, compared to one Democrat.

Lean Republican (2-1)

 

 

Sexual assault

Six Democrats have faced allegations of sexual assault, compared to four for Republicans.

Lean Democrat (6-4)

 

 

Cuckolding

Republicans have had three scandals involving an affair with a married woman-compared to one for Democrats. The only woman on this list, Helen Chenoweth, created a cuckquean (who knew?) out of her lover's wife.

Lean Republican (3-1)

 

 

Coverup

Either with money or behind-the-scenes wrangling, five Republicans have been caught covering up a sex scandal, compared with two Democrats, with payoffs ranging from $150,000 or a job for a spouse to, allegedly, $20.

Lean Republican (5-2)

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interes- I wonder how far skewed right the data would have been if they had included republican leaning evangelical public figures.

 

didn't one just take a rent boy on vacation wink.gif

Disclaimer: the above may not represent the actual views of the writer, but may have been expressed sarcastically/ ironically with the sole intention of providing humour. That notwithstanding, the writer retains the right to be emotionally, psychologically or alcohol/substance impaired at the time of writing

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I wish they had put names to each of those numbers so we could see who was selected and who was left out.

 

In the end, infidelity is no respector of cultural bounds.

 

How many here have fallen? I wonder.

 

The fact the some conservatives are listed tells me that many don't take their convictions very seriously, or maybe they become so powerful they feel they are above being held acountable.

 

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Good! He's leaving. Don't let the door hit you in the butt, Congressman.

 

This is a plus for Reps of course, because if he had tried to run, the Dem. would have killed him. Now we get some new blood in there, hopefully a conservative or libertarian who wants to cut the size of the fed. government. And in Indiana, this person would have a good chance of winning.

 

Too bad we can't get rid of all of them of both parties. The nation needs a good physic to get rid of all of the impacted drones, desparately holding on to their power. See Arlen Spector.cwm31.gif

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In the end, infidelity is no respector of cultural bounds.

 

The fact the some conservatives are listed tells me that many don't take their convictions very seriously, or maybe they become so powerful they feel they are above being held acountable.

 

Infidelity is no *respector* of cultural bounds cwm27.gifkooky.gif

It's not like an effing disease, it's a personal choice.

If people don't *respect* so called cultural bounds,

it's not *infidelities* fault cwm27.gifshakehead.gif

 

Oh and about those so called conservatives kooky.gifcwm27.gif

Did it ever occur to you that they have always been full of crap headscratch.gif

or are you going to stick with the *power corrupts* theory cwm27.gif

 

The point IS, Right-Wing jack-offs legislate morality for others

and then go right out and commit the very same transgressions...

hypocritical scummy liars mad.gif

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