Looking for a comparison.

[dennilfloss]

... that would show/list how many upper-echelon members of an administration were convicted of a crime while the White House was in Democratic vs Republican hands since, say, the sixties. I mean during the adminstration, not after the rival party has taken over. Just to see if there is a discrepancy or if they have been equally crooked in recent times.

 

[dennilfloss]

It was pointed to me at Ars Technica that someone else is looking for such a list or chart.

http://timpanogos.wordpress.co...esidential-corruption/

This explores current scandals on both sides of the political equation.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/grandolddocket.php

 

[Craig234]

News reports say that Libby is the first indictment of a senior White House official in 130 years.

 

[blackangst1]

Just got this off Google, but this isnt the first administration with a black mark for law breaking. I admit upfront it is anti-Clinton, but that doesnt invalidate the facts. Im sure there are similar sites listing past presidential law scandels:

40 government officials were indicted or convicted in the wake of Watergate. A reader computes that there was a total of 31 Reagan era convictions, including 14 because of Iran-Contra and 16 in the Department of Housing & Urban Development scandal. 47 individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine were convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes with 33 of these occurring during the Clinton administration itself. There were in addition 61 indictments or misdemeanor charges. 14 persons were imprisoned. A key difference between the Clinton story and earlier ones was the number of criminals with whom he was associated before entering the White House.

Using a far looser standard that included resignations, David R. Simon and D. Stanley Eitzen in Elite Deviance, say that 138 appointees of the Reagan administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were criminally indicted. Curiously Haynes Johnson uses the same figure but with a different standard in "Sleep-Walking Through History: America in the Reagan Years: "By the end of his term, 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations. In terms of number of officials involved, the record of his administration was the worst ever."

http://prorev.com/legacy.htm

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: Craig234
News reports say that Libby is the first indictment of a senior White House official in 130 years.

News don't remember Spiro Agnew?😕

 

[Craig234]

I think they're referring to appointed officials, not the elected president and vp.

Here is a sample news story, from CNN, which I agree could be clearer about that.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Craig234
I think they're referring to appointed officials, not the elected president and vp.

Here is a sample news story, from CNN, which I agree could be clearer about that.

Did they focus down with a laser to come up with this stat? I think they are just mistaken. Dennil is right, Spiro wasn't considred a white house official? Ollie North? Wasn't he on staff? What exactly do they consider a "white house official?" I'm sure there have been pleanty of them over the last 130 years.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Craig234
I think they're referring to appointed officials, not the elected president and vp.

Here is a sample news story, from CNN, which I agree could be clearer about that.</end quote></div>

Did they focus down with a laser to come up with this stat? I think they are just mistaken. Dennil is right, Spiro wasn't considred a white house official? Ollie North? Wasn't he on staff? What exactly do they consider a "white house official?" I'm sure there have been pleanty of them over the last 130 years.

Bud McFarlen, Admiral Poindexter and a whole slew of sleazy bastards in the Reagan Administration who were busted for the Iran Contra Scandal

 

[Conservationist]

Originally posted by: Craig234
News reports say that Libby is the first indictment of a senior White House official in 130 years.

Scooter Libby is also a deranged individual.

http://www.newyorker.com/archi.../051107ta_talk_collins