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Republicans never tire of making public displays of how concerned they are with America’s moral fabric while supporting their own adultery and fornication at the same time.  This while they judge others, deny equal rights to gays, plunder America’s treasury on illegal wars, support torture and discriminate against anyone who does not agree with them.  Americans have been barraged with laws, programs, sermons, demagoguery, the religious right, right wing bigots and all sorts of moral demonization from a Republican political movement whose most powerful pundit is a multiple-times-divorced drug addict who flamboyantly cavorts around with a new girlfriend every few months. (See the list of 99 immoral Republicans below)The GOP harbors these deviants and why Americans seem oblivious in caring is beyond words!  Americans get more upset over two men kissing in a movie than they do murder, rape or soliticious sexual affairs by Republicans.  Perhaps it is their own self righteousness that dictates a gross misjudgment of immorality.

After all, even now that this conduct has been exposed, their instinct, all the way to the highest levels, is to excuse and defend those leaders and offer up the most disgusting defenses, all because preservation of their political power depends on it. This is not some bizarre aberration. This is how they operate and it is who they are.

Republicans and the religious right talk a lot about threats to marriage and families, especially when scaring Americans about gay people.  They do this to control, manipulate and raise money in an obscene hypocritical manner; however these right-wingers have the market on breaking up families and marriages, creating orphaned children and hurting people and destroying the moral fabric in America.

The Republican Party nor the right-wing, religious right preachers who claim “family values,” and “pro-marriage” platforms in the context of their Party and their religion in order to propel themselves to power and who cannot remain faithful to their own families and churches, demonstrates the PURE hypocrisy of the right wing and the so called “Christian/Religious Right”.

I must admit I always get a good laugh out of witnessing another one of these “family values” type politicians getting caught with his pants down.  I say if a man cheats on his wife, he will cheat on anyone, his wife, his children, his political Party, his church, his congregants and his country.

The truth is that on a personal level these solicitous sexual affairs are none of my business however when elected leaders, taking taxpayer money, stand on their soapboxes and judge others, when they condemn gays and deny equal rights to all Americans, when they destroy the lives of their families and their children, when they use their political power to deny rights and benefits to others and use taxpayer money for self-righteous and religious right agendas then it becomes my business, it becomes Americas’ business.

Extramarital affairs, gambling, alcohol abuse, prostitution and sexual pursuit of minors have taken a toll on the GOP in some ways.  Here is the LONG LIST:

1.     Mark Sanford Republican Governor of South Carolina admits to extra-marital affair “I’ve been unfaithful to my wife,” Resigned as the head of Republican Governors Association. South Carolinians supported keeping Sanford in office. He voted in favor of three of four articles of impeachment against President Clinton.

2.     John Ensign Republican US Senator from Nevada admits to extra-marital affair and issued a statement June 16, 2009 admitting that he had an affair with a campaign staffer last year. He resigned as head of the Republican Policy Committee, the fourth-ranking spot in the leadership. Nevadans supported keeping Ensign in office.

3.     David Vitter Republican US Senator from Louisiana had sexual encounters with hookers, admitting July 10, 2007, “This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.  Louisianans supported keeping Vitter in office.

4.     Rudy Giuliani Republican Mayor of New York City, 2008 candidate for President of the United States, was divorced by his wife who cited “If there’s going to be a divorce, let’s have the truth about why – Rudy’s open and notorious adultery,” she said.

5.     John McCain Republican US Senator from Arizona, 2008 Republican nominee for President of the United States.  February 12, 1999 “You had an affair during your first marriage,” CNN’s Bernard Shaw said to the Arizona senator. “The sitting president is being impeached for his conduct with Monica Lewinsky. Should a politician’s private acts be part of public discourse, Let me say that I am responsible for the breakup of my first marriage,” McCain replied.

6.     Jimmy Swaggart was involved with a prostitute at a Metaire, Louisiana, and hotel called the Travel Inn on Airline Highway, when some associates flattened the tires on Swaggart’s car, went to get cameras, and took photographs of Swaggart exiting the hotel with the prostitute.  On February 21, 1988, on his television show taped in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Swaggart tearfully confessed that he was guilty of an unspecified sin and made comparisons to himself and King David.

7.     Ronald Reagan Republican President of the United States, excerpt from Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (1991), discussing the later years of Ronald Reagan’s marriage to Jane Wyman; Reagan started dating Wyman while she was still married to Martin Futterman. A series of women passed through Ronald Reagan’s bedroom in those years, so many, in fact, that he later told Joe Santley, a publicist, that he once found himself in the Garden of Allah Hotel with a woman he didn’t know. “I woke up one morning and I couldn’t remember the name of the gal I was in bed with.

8.     Larry Craig Republican US Senator from Idaho, October 17, 2006, was arrested for indecent exposure in airport men’s room soliciting sex from an undercover police officer. Craig pleaded guilty.  John McCain said on August 29, 2007 said Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, should resign from the Senate following his guilty plea on a disorderly conduct charge from his arrest in a men’s room of the Minneapolis airport.  Source

9.     Ted Haggard former mega-church pastor of New Life Church and former President of the “National Association of Evangelicals” and former advisor to President George W Bush had a 3 year affair with a gay man. Haggard is known as an outspoken voice against gay marriage; “The fact is, I am guilty of sexual immorality…I am a deceiver and a liar.”

10.   Rush Limbaugh radio talk show entertainer who is the living and breathing embodiment of moral degeneracy, with his countless overlapping sexual affairs, his series of shattered, dissolved marriages, his hedonistic and illegal drug abuse, his jaunts, with fistfuls of Viagrarenowned for its easy access to underage female prostitutes and a gay relationship. (but no wife), to an impoverished Latin American island

11.   Newt Gingrich Republican Representative from Georgia and former Speak of the House, a serial wife ‘dumper’, dumped his first wife, Jackie Battley, for wife number 2 Marianne while 1^stnd wife Marianne found out about another of Newt’s affairs with Callista Bisek and divorced him. Newt then married Callista. Newt called out President Clinton for his affair while Newt was having his own affair at the same time.  (and from Pam’s House Blend below): wife Jackie was in the hospital undergoing cancer treatment; then 2

12.   Aiken, Steve (R), AZ Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed minister.  CONVICTED of having sex with two underage girls.

13.   Allen, Bob (R-Merritt Island), FL State Rep. CONVICTED for soliciting payed sex in a public bathroom.

14.   Barter, Merrill (R-Boothbay Harbor). County Commissioner.  PLEADED GUILTY to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

15.   Bena, Parker (R), Republican activist PLEADED GUILTY to possession of child porn.  CONVICTED.  Sentenced to 30 months in federal prison & fined $18,000.

16.   Dasen, Richard, Sr. (R), Benefactor of conservative Christian groups.  CONVICTED.  CONVICTED of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen (62, married, has several grandchildren), allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

17.   Elizondo, Nicholas (R), Director of the “Young Republican Federation”.  Molested his 6-year old daughter.  CONVICTED and sentenced to six years in prison.

18.   Florey, Michael (R) Fmr head of the MI Federation of Young Republicans. PLEADED GUILTY and CONVICTED for sexual battery on a 22 yr old drunk female colleague.  He “violently forced several sex acts upon her”, then he & friends from MiFYR ran a smear campaign against her in retaliation for her speaking up. Gets 5 years in prison and must pay her medical expenses.

19.   Gardner, Jack W. (R) Lancaster County, PA Councilman and former US Marine.  CONVICTED of molesting a 13-year old girl.

20.   Gardner, Richard (R) NV Assembly candidate PLEADED GUILTY to sexually molesting his two daughters.  He didn’t think this should disqualify him from running for office on the GOP ticket.

21.   Harris, Mark (R), West Bend, WI Alderman.  Described as a “good military man” and “church goer”.  CONVICTED for repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

22.   Harding, Russell (R), President of NYC Housing Development Corp and ex-Giuliani official. PLEADED GUILTY to possessing child pornography on his computer.

23.   Klaudt, Ted (R-Walker), Fmr SD state rep.  CONVICTED for raping his two foster daughters.  Rapes happened while he was state rep.  Told the girls he was determining whether they were healthy enough to sell their eggs to infertile couples.  Used coercion to touch their breasts and put his fingers and a vibrator into their vaginas.  He faces additional charges of rape, other sex offenses, witness tampering and stalking in Corson County, where he lives. Faces 100 yr sentence.

24.   Privette, Coy (R), NC Cabarras County Commissioner & retired Baptist minister.  PLEADED GUILTY to six misdemeanor counts of aiding and abetting prostitution.

25.   Smeltzer, Fred, Jr. (R-Wrightsville), Fmr  Wrightsville councilman pleadd no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl.  CONVICTED.  Served 6-months in prison.

26.   Sweeney, John (R-NY), Fmr Congressman. PLEADED GUILTY to aggravated DWI. After side-swiping a police car, police pulled him over and were surprised to find a 24-year old woman sitting on his lap in the driver’s seat.  His Blood alcohol level was 0.18 (legal limit 0.08).  He is fmr STOP-DWI coordinator for Rensselaer Co., and lost his seat Nov., 2006 to a Dem. amid allegations of spousal abuse. Took trip to Marianas with Jack Abramoff and forgot to report it, which is a House ethics violation.

27.   Vanderwall, Robin (R) Republican strategist, Citadel Military College graduate and Regent University law student.  CONVICTED on 5 counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.  (And from Crooks and Liars below):

28.   Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.

29.   Republican Party Chairman Donald Fleischman was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.

30.   Republican prosecutor John David Roy Atchison was arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an “assistant U.S. attorney” appointed by President Bush’s attorney general.

31.   Republican city councilman John Bryan killed himself after police began investigating allegations that he had molested three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15.

32.   Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls under the age of 16.

33.   Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls.

34.   Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.

35.   Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.

36.   Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.

37.   Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced to 275 days in jail for molesting two boys — ages ten and 12 — during a six-year period.

38.   Republican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.

39.   Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after “sexually explicit” emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy.

40.   Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.

41.   Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.

42.   Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

43.   Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

44.   Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.

45.   Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.

46.   Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.

47.   Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.

48.   Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.

49.   Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

50.   Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.

51.   Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.

52.   Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

53.   Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

54.   Republican Committeeman John R. Curtin was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison.Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

55.   Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

56.   Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

57.   Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

58.   Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

59.   Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

60.   Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

61.   Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared in an anti-Gore television commercial.

62.   Republican fundraiser Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

63.   Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

64.   Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

65.   Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

66.   Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

67.   Republican campaign chairman Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child and was arrested again five years later on the same charge.

68.   Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

69.   Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

70.   Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer.

71.   Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

72.   Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

73.   Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

74.   Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

75.   Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media

76.   Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced prison after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him

77.   Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl

78.   Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

79.   Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

80.   Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

81.   Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy

82.   Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children)

83.   Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.

84.   Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

85.   Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

86.   Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

87.   Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

88.   Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

89.   Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

90.   Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

91.   Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

92.   Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

93.   Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is 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.

94.   Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

95.   Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.

96.   Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

97.   Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.

98.   Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

99.   Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency.

Other Republicans having sexual affairs include: Bob Livingston (R) former Speaker of the House, former US Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), Sue Myrick (R-SC), Helen Chenoweth (R-ID), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Bob Barr (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Strom Thurmond (R-SC), Mary Fallin (R-OK), Gary Bauer (R-Family Research Council), Mark Foley (R-FL), Troy King (R-Atty. Gen AL), Neil Horsley (R-Religious Right), Jack Ryan (R-Illinois Senate Candidate), Jim Gibbons, Vito Fossella, Bob Packwood and Beverly Russell and there are still others.

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