The GOP Has Always Been the Party of Perverts
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Refresh Your Memory: The GOP Has Always Been the Party
of Perverts
I’m sure an enterprising winger blogger could come up
with a similar list of “naughty” Democrats, but I’ve
found a nice list that bolsters the assertions I made
previously about perversion being endemic in the
Republican party. Barney Frank can hardly be weighted
against this list in any meaningful way:
* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott
Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz
pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of
11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no
contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was
sentenced to 10 years probation.
* 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. we’re just getting
started, kids.
* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was
sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted rape of
a juvenile.
* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a
37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually
abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge
was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude
photographs of a 15-year old girl.
* Republican racist pedophile and United States
Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old
black girl which produced a child.
* 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 juvenile.
* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no
contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a
13-year-old girl.
* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr.
organized child sex parties at the White House during
the 1980s.
* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized
child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
* Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was
found guilty of having sex with a minor and sentenced
to one month in jail.
* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was
found guilty of child porn charges.
* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on
six counts of sex crimes involving children.
* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded
guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a
minor working as a congressional page.
* Republican activist and Christian Coalition
leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous
relationship with his step daughter.
* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had
sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.
* 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.
* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was
arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old
girl being raped.
* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a.
“Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida
police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with
a juvenile and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was
charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and
possession of child pornography.
* 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.
* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded
a return to traditional values, was arrested after
allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for
permission to perform oral sex on him.
* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded
guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old
girl.
* 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.
* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded
guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and
served 14 years in federal prison.
* Republican election board official Kevin Coan
was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting
sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged
with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year
old boy.
* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was
arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious
exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself
to children).
* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen
Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a
15-year old girl.
* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs
pleaded guilty to molesting a child.
* Republican activist John Butler was charged with
criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to
molesting his two daughters.
* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W.
Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert
Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and
assault on a teenage boy.
* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr.
pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and
served 6-months in prison.
* 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.
* Republican parole board officer and former
Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was
fired after child pornography was found in his
possession.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Republican director of the “Young Republican
Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old
daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian
groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape
for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex.
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.
UPDATE: oooh, here’s an even better list (links at
original post)
Edison Misla Aldarondo, Republican legislator, was
sentenced to 13 years in prison for molestation of his
daughter and her friend for eight-year period starting
when they were 9. [1]
Randal David Ankeney, Republican activist,
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. [2] Also accused of sexually assaulting
another girl. [3]
Jim Bakker, televangelist with Pat Robertson at
Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting network. Committed
adultery with Jessica Hahn [4] and then used
charitable donations to pay her hush money[5]. Fellow
televangelists say he’s gay. [6][7] Indicted on 23
federal charges of fraud, tax evasion, and
racketeering [8].
Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County
Commissioner, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual
contact and assault on a teenage boy. [9]
Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay
activist, was charged with having sex with a
16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. [10]
Parker J. Bena, Republican activist and Bush
Elector, pleaded guilty to possession of child
pornography (including children as young as 3 years
old) on his home computer and was sentenced to 30
months in federal prison and fined $18,000. [11]
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition
of Oregon. 3 of his family members accuse him of
molesting them when they were pre-teens. [12]
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and
advisor to a California assemblyman, was charged with
molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child
pornography. [13]
John Bolton Bush’s appointee ambassador to United
Nations, corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton’s
first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in
group sex have not been refuted by the State
Department. [14]
Mike Bowers Former State Attorney General,
prosecuted the famous Bowers vs. Hardwick case, based
on Georgia anti-sodomy laws. Admitted to a 10-year
adulterous affair. [15]
Andrew Buhr, Republican politician, former
committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged
with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year
old boy. [16]
Ted Bundy campaigned for the Republican Party.
Infamous serial rapist who murdered 16 women. [17]
Jim Bunn Congressman of Oregon: With his success
due in great part to support from the Christian
Coalition, Bunn won his congressional seat, then left
his wife (and mother of his five children), married a
staffer, and put his new wife on the state payroll
with a salary of $97,500. [18]
John Allen Burt, Republican anti-abortion
activist, convicted of sexually molesting a 15 year
old girl at the home for troubled girls that he
ran.[19]
Dan Burton, Republican Congressman who, while
married, fathered a child by another woman. [20]
George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a
criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie
Schoedinger, who later committed suicide. Accused by
Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the
National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair
with Bush that had ended in 1999.[21][22]
John Butler, Republican activist, was charged with
criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.[23]
Ken Calvert, Congressman (R-Ca), champion of the
Christian Coalition and its “family values.” Sued as
an alimony deadbeat by his ex-wife. Said “We can’t
forgive what occurred between the President and
Lewinsky.” In 1993 he was caught by police receiving
oral sex from a prostitute and attempted to flee the
scene.[24]
Helen Chenoweth, Congresswoman (R-Id.). Admitted
to a six-year adulterous affair with a married
associate. In 1995, Chenoweth had denied the affair
when asked about it by The Spokane Spokesman-Review,
but now she claims a pardon from a higher authority:
“I’ve asked for God’s forgiveness, and I’ve received
it,” she revealed. [25]
Keola Childs, Republican County Councilman,
pleaded guilty to sexual assault in the first degree
for molesting a male child.[26]
Kevin Coan, Republican St. Louis Election Board
official, arrested and charged with trying to buy sex
from a 14-year-old girl whom he met on the
Internet.[27]
Dan Crane, Republican Congressman, married, father
of six. Received a 100% “Morality Rating” from
Christian Voice. Had sex with a minor working as a
congressional page. [28]
On July 20, the House voted for censure Crane, the
first time that censure had been imposed for sexual
misconduct.[29]
Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in
hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.[30]
Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of
conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual
abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and
several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a
sentence of 126 years in prison. [31][32][33]
Richard A. Delgaudio, Republican fundraiser and
Bush pioneer, was found guilty of child porn charges.
[34]
Peter Dibble, Republican legislator pleaded no
contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a
13-year-old girl. [35]
Nicholas Elizondo, Director of the Young
Republican Federation molested his 6-year old daughter
and was sentenced to six years in prison. [36]
Larry Dale Floyd, Republican Constable in Denton
County, Texas Precinct Two. Arrested for allegedly
crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old
child and was charged with 7 related offenses. Age 62
at time of arrest. [37][38]
John Fund, of the Wall Street Journal, a prominent
anti-abortion columnist and GOP fund raiser. He lost
his position after it was revealed that he impregnated
the daughter of an old girlfriend and then encouraged
her to abort his child. [39]
Jeff Gannon Partisan blogger with no journalism
credentials and a fake name who got invited to Bush’s
Press conferences. Is also a pimp and a gay
prostitute.[40]
Jack W. Gardner, Republican Councilman, had been
convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl. when the
Republican Party, knowing of these crimes, put him on
the ballot.[41]
Richard Gardner, a Nevada State Representative
(R), admitted to molesting his two daughters. [42]
Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich
campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave
Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first
wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce
while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer
treatments.[43]
Philip Giordano, Republican mayor sentenced to 37
years for forcing two 8 and 10 year old girls to
perform oral sex on him in his City Hall office.
[44][45]
Rudy Giuliani, had an adulterous affair.[46][47]
Matthew Glavin, president and CEO of the
Southeastern Legal Foundation, big player in the
Clinton Impeachment, and many anti-gay jihads, has
been arrested multiple times for public indeceny, one
time fondling the crotch of the officer who was
arresting him. [48]
Mark A. Grethen, Republican activist, convicted on
six counts of sex crimes involving children.[49]
Jon Grunseth, Republican businessman and candidate
for Minnesota governor, withdrew his candidacy after
allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude
with four underage girls, including his daughter, and
tried to grope one. [50]
Dr. W. David Hager Bush appointee, member of Focus
on the Family’s Physician Resource Council, player in
movement to ban the morning-after-pill. Had an
adulterous affair, before divorcing his wife he
sexually abused her, including sodomizing her in her
sleep.[51]
Mark Harris, Republican city councilman who is
described as a “church goer,” was convicted of
repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and
sentenced to 12 years in prison.[52]
John Hathaway, Republican Senate candidate, was
accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter
and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were
reported in the media. [53]
Howard Scott Heldreth, anti-abortion activist who
gained fame during the Shiavo media-circus, was
convicted of two charges of raping a child in 2002.
[54]
Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor,
introduced by Bush on the campaign trail, and promoted
his policies.[55] Says he supports Bush’s values. Two
months later, this married father of four turned
himself into police, charged with the sexual
exploitation of a child. [56][57]
Neal Horsley has called for the arrest of all
homosexuals. Admitted on the Fox News Radio’s The Alan
Colmes Show, that he’s had sex with mules.[58][59]
Tim Hutchinson, divorced his wife of 29 years to
marry a congressional aide he was having an affair
with.[60]
Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton’s
impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of
reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair
with a woman who was married and had three children,
during the course of which she and her husband were
divorced. [61]
Don Haidl, Assistant Sheriff of Orange Country, in
violation of California’s rape shield law, led a smear
campaign against the child his son poisoned and then
violently gang-raped on videotape, adding up to 24
felony counts. He said that his son “acted
accordingly” because the child was a “slut”. [62]
Paul Ingram, Republican Party leader of Thurston
County, Washington, pleaded guilty to six counts of
raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal
prison.[63]
Earl Kimmerling, sentenced to 40 years in prison
after he confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl
after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting
her.[64]
Lewis Libby, former Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. In 1996
published a novel containing bizaree sexual content,
including beastiality and pedophillia. [65]
Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee[66], 30-pill a day
drug addict. [67]
Bob Livingston, former Congressman (R-La.)
resigned from the House in the wake of revelations
about his past adultery.
Donald Lukens, Republican Congressman, was found
guilty of having sex with a minor - a girl he was
accused of sleeping with since she was 13. [68]
Pat McPherson, Douglas County Election
Commissioner. Arrested for fondling a 17-year-old
girl. [69]
Jon Matthews, Republican talk show host in
Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child,
including exposing his genitals to a girl under the
age of 17. [70]
Jeff Miller, (R-Cleveland), Senate Republican
Caucus Chairman in Tennessee and the sponsor of
Tennessee’s Marriage Protection act, getting
divorced (as of April 2005) because of an affair he
was having with an office aid. Miller described the
Tennessee Marriage Protection Act as a means of
preserving the sanctity of marriage. He opposed an
amendment, however, which stated that “Adultery is
deemed to be a threat to the institution of marriage
and contrary to public policy in Tennessee.â€
[71][72]
Nicholas Morency, Republican anti-abortion
activist, pleaded guilty to possessing child
pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to
anybody who murders an abortion doctor [73].
Sue Myrick, Congresswoman (R-NC), describes
herself as a “devout Christian.” Committed adultery
with a married man.
Bill O’Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show
host on Fox News, sued for sexual harrassment by his
producer.
Bob Packwood, Senator (R-Ore.), resigned in 1995
under a threat of public senate hearings related to 10
female ex-staffers accusing him of sexual harassment.
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman, was
arrested for distributing what experts call “some of
the most offensive material in the child pornography
world” - a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being
raped. [74]
John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while
running a fundamentalist group to cure gays.
Brent Parker Utah State Representetive. Arrested
for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing
as a male prostitute. [75][76]
John E. Peterson, Congressman (R-Pa), accused of
sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work
environment by six women. Peterson has refused to
admit a crime, saying only “I may have been an
excessive hugger.”
Harvey Pitt, SEC Chief under George W. Bush until
he was forced to resign in 2002. Worked for New
Frontier Media, a firm which distributed teen sex
videos.
Mark Pazuhanich, Republican judge, pleaded no
contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was
sentenced to 10 years probation. [77]
George Roche III, carried on a 19 year affair with
his son’s wife, while serving as president of , which
“emphasizes the importance of the common moral truths
that bind all Americans, while recognizing the
importance of religion for the maintenance of a free
society.”
Beverly Russell, County Chairman of the Christian
Coalition, sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan
Smith, who later drowned her two children. [78][79]
Jack Ryan, 2004 Republican nominee for US Senate
from Illinois, pressured his wive, actress Jeri Ryan,
to have sex with other men. Tricked her into visiting
sex clubs, where he asked her to have sex with him
while others watched.[80]
Joe Scarborough, former Republican Congressman,
currently a conservative talk show host. Resigned his
congressional seat abruptly to spend more time with
his family, amidst allegations of an affair. His
intern, Lori Klausutis, was soon after found dead in
his office. The medical examiner, who had his license
revoked in for falsifying information in an autopsy
report, and suspended in for six years, ruled the case
an accident, after giving conflicting information
about her injuries. He said he lied about them because
“The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a
head injury.”
Ed Schrock, two-term republican congressman, with
a 92% approval rating from the Christian Coalition.
Cosponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment,
consistently opposed gay rights. Married, with wife
and kids. Withdrew his candidacy for a third term
after tapes of him soliciting for gay sex were
circulated.
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, right wing conservative
radio host. Promotes family values, estranged from her
mother, opposes birth control, has had her tubes tied,
espouses saving oneself for marriage, admits to having
had sex before she was married, opposes adultery, has
committed adultery while she was married, and has
slept with a married man, opposes divorce, is divorced
and remarried, has posed for nude photos which are
available online.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had
sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.
John Scmitz, right-wing republican congressman,
who had had his committee chairship taken away from
him in the California State Senate after issuing a
press release attacking Jews, feminists and gays.
Forced out of office in 1982 for having an adulterous
affair and fathering two children out of wedlock with
one of his students. He was caught because his baby
was admitted to hospital for having hair tied so
tightly around his penis that it was almost severed.
His daughter, Mary Kay LeTourneau, was convicted of
having an adulterous affair with one of her students,
and giving birth to two of his children. [81]
Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board
officer and former Colorado state representative,
fired after child pornography was found in his
possession. [82] With his political career over, he
went to work in the hard-core pornography industry for
Platinum X Pictures, owned by his daughter, porn
starlet Jewel De’Nyle (Stephany Schwarz).[83]
Jim Stelling, Seminole County Republican Party
chairman who believes in “family values”, as he told a
judge. Filed a defamation lawsuit againt Nancy
Goettman, a former county GOP executive committee
member, for falsely claiming he had been married six
times. Stelling has been married 5 times. [84]
Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House
of Representatives. Eventually admitted to an affar
with a woman 30 years younger than him, after she
accused him of physical abuse and attempting to choke
her. [85]
Tom Shortridge. Republican campaign consultant,
was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude
photographs of a 15-year old girl. [86]
Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman,
pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and
served 6-months in prison. [87][88]
Craig J. Spence, Republican lobbyist, organized
orgies with child prostitutes in the White House
during the 1980s. [89][90]
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, said during a
sermon “I’m trying to find the correct name for it …
this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men
marrying men. … I’ve never seen a man in my life I
wanted to marry. And I’m gonna be blunt and plain; if
one ever looks at me like that, I’m gonna kill him and
tell God he died.” Had an affair with a prostitute.
David Swartz, Republican County Commissioner,
pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of
11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. [91]
Randall Terry, Right to Life activist, founder of
Operation Rescue, involved in the Terri Schiavo
protests. Once imprisoned for sending former President
Bill Clinton an aborted fetus. His son Jamiel is gay;
his daughter Tila had sex outside of marriage, became
pregnant, had a miscarriage - she is no longer welcome
in his home; his daughter Ebony had 2 children outside
of wedlock and became Muslim. He has campaigned
against infidelity and birth control, gays and unwed
mothers. Terry himself was censured by his church
after committing adultery.
Bill Thomas Republican congressman, had an affair
with Deborah Steelman, a health care lobbyist who
steered huge campaign gifts to Thomas’ war chest.
Strom Thurmond, republican senator and racist,
raped and impregnanted a 15-year old African American
maid. [92]
Robin Vanderwall, Republican strategist and
Citadel Military College graduate, director of Faith &
Family Alliance, (a Christian Coalition spin off),
former student of Pat Robertson’s Regent Universtity,
member of Ralph Reed’s inner circle who funneled money
to from lobbiest Jack Abromoff to Reed [93], convicted
in Virginia for soliticing sex from a
13-year-old-boy[94] and on four other counts of
soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
[95]
Jim Wesr, Spokane Mayor. Had a sexual affair with
an 18 year old. Supported a bill, which failed, would
have barred gays and lesbians from working in schools,
day-care centers and some state agencies. Voted to bar
the state from distributing pamphlets telling people
how to protect themselves from AIDS. Proposed that
“any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts
of a person†among teens be criminalized. boy.[96]
Keith Westmoreland, a state representative (R),
was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and
lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e.
exposing himself to children). [97]
Stephen White, Republican preacher. Was arrested
after allegedly offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for
permission to perform oral sex on him. [98] [99]
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