For NBC's "Today" show crew it wasn't enough to label Larry Craig's scandal as a crisis for him personally or even to call it a crisis for the Republican Party, no "Today" went even further as it declared it a "crisis" for conservatives everywhere. NBC's Matt Lauer opened the Tuesday "Today" show asking his viewers: "Can the right wing withstand yet another scandal involving one of its own?"
Lauer's colleague Ann Curry, then piled on, as she wondered if the Craig incident spelled doom for the GOP's chances in ‘08: "How does this specter of hypocrisy affect the party, especially as we're now moving into a very critical time for the Republican Party facing this presidential election year?"
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Curry also listed scandals involving those linked to conservatives as if to blame the movement itself for the GOP's troubles: "First it's been a rough year for the right. Let's list them. Congressman Mark Foley, conservative pastor Ted Haggard, Senator David Vitter. All involved in scandals, accusing them of inappropriate conduct. So the question's gotta be asked, why do these kinds of scandals seem to be following Republicans, lately?"
In fact, the "Today" team couldn't contain their glee in casting this story as a problem for the conservative movement as it applied the terms "conservative" or "right wing" to it's coverage of Craig, a whopping seven times, within the first nine minutes of the show.
The following is a complete transcript of Lauer and Curry's teasers, followed by Bob Faw's report, along with Curry's interview of MSNBC's Joe Scarborough as they occurred on the August 28th edition of Today:
Matt Lauer: "Good morning, politician in peril. Idaho Senator Larry Craig, an opponent of gay rights, admits pleading guilty to disorderly conduct after a police officer accused him of soliciting sex in an airport men's room. Can the right-wing withstand yet another scandal involving one of its own?"
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Ann Curry: "What a shocker! Idaho Senator Larry Craig's political future is in some serious doubt this morning."
Lauer: "It's a confusing story. On Monday, word leaked out that the conservative Republican was arrested and pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a sex sting at the men's room at the Minneapolis airport. A police officer, who was sitting in a stall there, says that Craig tried to solicit him for sex. Now Craig denies it and now says that he regrets pleading guilty. Is this another major setback for the Republican Party? We'll have more on that in just a moment."
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Lauer: "But first the arrest of Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig. Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, says that Craig was arrested in June at the Minneapolis airport after a plain-clothed officer noticed him peering into his stall, then putting his foot and hand underneath the divider, supposedly a sign that he wanted to engage in lewd conduct. Now last year a gay activist Web site publicly claimed Craig is a homosexual. His office denied it. So is the gay-rights opponent living a double-life or is he just the victim of a big misunderstanding. Here's NBC's Bob Faw."
Sen. Larry Craig: "That is not the role of the United States Senate to draw that kind of line-"
[On screen headline: "Conservative Crisis, 'Lewd Behavior' Plea for Senator."]
Bob Faw: "Craig, a conservative Republican said in a statement issued late Monday, that he did nothing inappropriate and that quote, 'in hindsight, I should not have pled guilty,' to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct for alleged lewd behavior, observed by an undercover policeman in a public restroom at a Minneapolis airport in June. While Craig, who last year denied he was homosexual, says airport police quote, 'were misconstruing my actions,' his defense might prove somewhat, unpersuasive, back in conservative Idaho."
Jennifer Duffy, The Cook Political Report: "I think it is going to be increasingly difficult for him to run for reelection and I think the question needs to be posed about whether he can actually finish out this term. At some point conservatives are going to say, 'enough is enough.'"
Craig: "A 1,038 square miles of fire-"
Faw: "In other words, the political fallout could be more painful than the penalties, a fine of $575 and a year's probation imposed on Craig in his guilty pleas earlier this month. For Today, Bob Faw, NBC News, Washington."
Ann Curry: "Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough is the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC. Joe, good morning."
Joe Scarborough: "Good morning."
Curry: "Well let's talk about the political fallout. First it's been a rough year for the right. Let's list them. Congressman Mark Foley, conservative pastor Ted Haggard, Senator David Vitter. All involved in scandals, accusing them of inappropriate conduct. So the question's gotta be asked, why do these kinds of scandals seem to be following Republicans, lately?"
Scarborough: "What's with the Republican Party? And before that you can talk about Duke Cunningham apparently having poker parties where reports were that they were trading votes for sex. I don't know. You can talk about the closeted Republican that votes like Larry Craig, that votes for a Constitutional ban on same-sex marriage or votes against protections for discriminating against gays in the workplace. Perhaps they are more closeted, perhaps the Republican Party does not allow gay members to win their primaries. So maybe these guys have to live these secret lives where on the Democratic side, you've got Democrats, I think it, it comes down to hypocrisy. Mainly where you have Democrats that will support same-sex marriage or civil unions and will fight to stop discrimination in the workplace against gays and lesbians. Because of that there are the issues of hypocrisy that follow Republicans around, whether you're talking about David Vitter or whether you're talking about Larry Craig or whether you're talking about Mark Foley."
Curry: "Well the question, I think is, you know, how does this specter of hypocrisy affect the party, especially as we're now moving into a very critical time for the Republican Party facing this presidential election year?"
Scarborough: "Well it's, it's very simple. You know, last year people were talking about the war, they were talking about runaway deficit spending but the bottom-line is, with the Republicans that I spoke to, after the Mark Foley scandal broke, they looked at each other and said, 'Well, that's it. We're gonna have a Democratic Senate and we're gonna have a Democratic House and because of Mark Foley, Nancy Pelosi is gonna be Speaker of the House.' So, of course, you can't blame Mark Foley for everything but there were these scandals following Jack Abramoff, following Duke Cunningham. Following-"
Curry: "Point taken Joe, but what's the impact going to be if that's what happened after Mark Foley came, faced the scandal? What's going to happen now, regarding, after this Senator's, what he's facing."
Scarborough: "Well it's not, it's not a good impact. It's not gonna have a great impact on Idaho. I think, you know, I just don't think a Democrat can be elected for the U.S. Senate in Idaho but Larry Craig's career is probably over. The former 'Singing Senator,' is gonna be singing alone in Idaho, probably next year. But the bigger impact with the Republican Party in America will be like the Tory Party in Great Britain when they had one sex scandal after another. There is a sleaze, an element of sleaze that will hang over this party. Because, again, we had the David Vitter scandal a couple of months ago. The two sex scandals, this year, have involved Republicans, conservative, pro-family, pro-life Republicans."
Curry: "It's also interesting to note, Joe, that Senator Craig has been a co-liaison to the, in the Senate, to the Mitt Romney campaign."
Scarborough: "Yeah."
Curry: "So the question is, also, is this gonna spill over?"
Scarborough: "Well you know, I don't think anybody would blame Mitt Romney for what Larry Craig did in a bathroom in Minneapolis because of Larry Craig's, as he says, 'unusually wide-stance.' That he wasn't sending signals. But what this does bring up for Mitt Romney is a problem about his flip-flops. His flip-flops on abortion, his flip-flops on gun control and his flip-flop on gay rights. So, you have a guy like Larry Craig, who's on your campaign, at least for 24 hours in this news cycle, will raise questions. Well Mitt Romney do you support same-sex marriage this week or do you oppose same-sex marriage this week? And I suspect after that it'll all blow over. The biggest problem, though, again, has to do with hypocrisy and the Republican Party. And right now you've got Larry Craig linked with Mark Foley, linked with David Vitter, linked with Duke Cunningham going, my gosh, I think every sex scandal in Washington D.C., since Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky has involved a Republican. And that has to have an impact and may break the Republican Party, again, just a little bit more away from its evangelical base."
Curry: "And, and Joe, I was gonna remind people, you are a Republican. You are a former Republican congressman, so those are very strong words and opinion from you. Joe Scarborough, thank you so much this morning."
Scarborough: "Always good to remind my Republican friends, that yes I am a Republican. Doesn't sound like it. Thanks a lot."
Curry laughing: "It is now 7:08am. Now once again, here's Matt."
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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It sort of reminds me
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 10:55 ET by smitty031of that Simpsons episode when Homer wants to eat a lobster "Pinchy". When Homer looks at the lobster it seems like one of those like one of the care bears...but when Marge looks at it it looks like a foaming nasty biting thing.
Our media have reduced me to this...making Simpsons comparisons to their "newscasts".
Now how many democrat scandals have been tossed aside this year..."Lets list them...hee hee"
Sorry for the Cand P...
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..
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.
...now this is more like
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 11:51 ET by TruthMonger...now this is more like it:)!
Is the DNC losing its GRIP?!?!?!?
Actually this is just busy as usual over there...now if THERE WEREN'T CONSTANTS DEMOCRAT SCANDALS at all that would be big news...
This is typical left
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 10:53 ET by kgThis is typical left thinking. They can only relate how they feel when a
Democrat is caught. That is part of the reason they never mention the word
Democrat with the scandal. It also explains the liberal's glee when a Republican
is caught.
Republicans, on the other hand, despise corruption whether it be Republican
or Democrat. That is why corrupt Republicans step down when the corruption is
brought to light.
Unfortunately Democrats lie, deny, whine, and place blame when caught and
refuse to accept their own corruption, much less step down. It is this mind set
that will continue to make sure the US Congress is a corrupt body.
Maybe Chinese Crisis Again!!
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 10:59 ET by PawpawNhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB118826947048110677.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
Conservative like me should
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 11:39 ET by Roger the ShrubberConservative like me should be and are disgusted by politicians like Craig, and it only reinforces my belief that politicians, as a whole, are scum.
That being said, what does anonymous gay sex with a senator have to do with romney's stance on gay marriage? Accepting the "gay lifestyle" and accepting "gay marriage" are two completely separate deals of different magnitude, to me at least.
And why is Ted Haggard mentioned in the same breath as politicians? Quite a stretch. Why not name every liberal in Hollywood busted in the past year? Poor reporting.
Oh, and to my Conservative brethren out there in NB land: listing all the corruption and legal woes of all the liberal politicians in America does not remove the fact that Conservative politicians are still the same breed of scumbag. That being said, I realize this is a knee-jerk reaction all those liberal trolling treehumpers out there pointing their finger and laughing. Neither side should be laughing because both sides are led by the same.
And finally, those same liberal trolls here at NB and other sites should be ashamed of themselves. They should be celebrating Craig's sexuality, his freedom to express it in his own fashion. In haste to point out the sterotypical "bible-thumpin kunservativ", they are too stupid to see that, yes, some Conservatives are pillow-biters just like they are.
you said a blogful
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 11:53 ET by TruthMongeryou said a blogful roger:)
I think we see the the MSM is up to here, don't we
And it just doesn't quite work anymore does it?
Where's the liberal media
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:39 ET by Roger the ShrubberWhere's the liberal media bias? asked random liberal NB poster #58477.
Hahahaha. This story is a good example of bias, TM. Good point.
"and it only reinforces my
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:12 ET by Carl Kolchak"and it only reinforces my belief that politicians, as a whole, are scum. "
Couldn't agree with you more. I think I would also throw in that I think the MSM for the most part is garbage too. Both politicians and the MSM seem to be extremly ethical don't they?
I think Roy L Fuchs seems to sum it up pretty good.
"I'll tell you something. This country is going to the dogs. You know, it used to be when you bought a politician, that sob stayed bought. "
come on now, lets respect
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:15 ET by TruthMongercome on now, lets respect our impeccable political institutions here...
don't throw the babies out with the bathroom perverts
Truth, I'm sure there are
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:51 ET by Carl KolchakTruth, I'm sure there are some good politicians and I shouldn't stereotype them all as bad, but I don't really have much respect for much of the politicians now. I also have very very little respect for the MSM. I didn't know it was the MSM's job to be cheerleader for Gore and Hillary. Aren't these beacons of truth and justice supposed to be impartial like the statue of the blindfolded lady of justice? It seems as if politicians pump themselves up as being ethical, and Mike B makes some great points about how the Dems pumped themselves up, except when a Dem does something unethical, it can't be bad, or the MSM doesn't want to say anything.
"Well I got nothing against the press, they wouldn't print it if it wasn't true" 'Sunday Papers'
Roger, the listing of
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:21 ET by MikeBRoger, the listing of Democrat scandals was done, not to imply that Republicans are above it, and don't engage in such activities, but to point out the hypocrisy of the Democrats. After all, did not the Democrats demonize the Republicans as having a "culture of corruption"? Did not the President who pledged the most ethical administration ever have the most unethical, most criminal administration ever? Didn't the first woman to hold the position of Speaker of the House vow to clean House, then turn around and protect malefactors from her party?
As individuals, Republicans are just as prone to corruption and immorality as Democrats. As a party, Republicans are more willing to censure or expel members who engage in corruption, immorality, or criminal activity, whereas the Democrats either shrug it off, or reward such behavior. Even if the Republican party treated their miscreants with the same series of rewards that Democrats do, the press do not ignore or cover up for Republicans the way they do for Democrats. Even when the behavior of a Democrat has become so egregious it must be reported, the press attempts to conceal the party affiliation of the Democrat, whereas they will trumpet the party affiliation of any Republican caught in a scandal.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Mike, I cannot disagree with
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:36 ET by Roger the ShrubberMike, I cannot disagree with anything you said. Good post.
Well put
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:32 ET by Jack BauerWell put shrubbo...
But... are there any other briefcase owning, foot-tappers out there who are a bit worried about the cops threshold for suspicion of casual gayness?
I mean the cop said he grew suspicious because when Craig sat (excuse my imagery) on the john, he placed his briefcase on the floor (as opposed to the ceiling I suppose), and then "tapped his foot."
Tell you what, I'll be holding it in till after take-off from now on and use the plane's facilities.
"Conservative Crisis"?
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 12:35 ET by Chris Norman"Conservative Crisis"?
As if the problems of individual politicians are linked directly to that political philosophy. Yeah, I can see the MSM trying to make that connection - they think if you're conservative, then you must be a hypocrite...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
It is a crisis. Main
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 16:47 ET by sembyIt is a crisis.
Main voting block for Conservatives and Christians and Catholics.
Craig should resign immediately!