McCain's Southern Colorado Campaign Manager Arrested For Child Molestation

[jpeyton]

The vetting process clearly failed in this case. A man who had previously faced allegations of sex crimes against children five times should have been a big red flag for the McCain campaign and Colorado Republican party. But I think the wrong thing to do here would be to draw some "guilty by association" conclusion about McCain, his campaign, or Republicans in general. Ignorance can be a defense, if properly used.

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Police arrested the former manager of Sen. John McCain?s Pueblo presidential campaign office Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old boy left in his care so the boy?s mother could attend a rally for McCain?s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, The Denver Post?s Howard Pankratz reported Thursday afternoon.

It?s the second arrest on charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in position of trust in a week for Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who has faced similar allegations at least five times since 1982 without being convicted of a crime, according to the Pueblo Chieftain?s Nick Bonham.

Two detectives have been assigned full-time to the investigation and are looking into allegations Bartleson lured victims through church groups, his work as a sponsor at a hospital drug rehab unit, and during involvement in political work.

Bartleson listed his occupation as ?political consultant? at the Pueblo County Jail, the Chieftain reported, but state Republican groups were quick to distance themselves from him. Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee?s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn?t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had ?no contact? with Bartleson.

In an arrest affidavit, one alleged victim said Bartleson was ?wearing clothes the same as John McCain,? the Chieftain reported.

After reading about Bartleson?s arrest last week, a McCain campaign worker from Pueblo contacted police and said she believed her son had been assaulted by Bartleson in October when the boy spent the night at Bartleson?s house.

Pankratz reports:

According to the woman, she and a co-worker were planning in October to attend a Sarah Palin rally in Colorado Springs but wanted to travel to the Springs the night before.

She told police that she mentioned the planned trip to Bartleson. He offered to keep her 5-year-old son overnight in Pueblo and then drive up to Colorado Springs the next day and meet them there.

She accepted Bartleson?s offer.

The woman said that her son told her that while at Bartleson?s home, Bartleson insisted on giving him a bath, during which he was sexually molested. Later, said the child, Bartleson forced him into Bartleson?s bed, where he once again was molested.

In interviews this week with investigators, the child said that when he tried to get away from Bartleson, he kept pulling him back into the bed. He was finally able to leave when Bartleson fell asleep.

The boy told police that ?Mr. Jeff? told him he had done the same things to five others, according to an arrest affidavit cited by Pankratz.

Court documents filed after his arrest last week describe interviews with witnesses and other possible victims, including boys Bartleson met when he worked with the chemical dependency unit at the Parkview Medical Center and as a youth counselor at King of Kings Lutheran Church. One alleged victim told police Bartleson said ?if he tells anyone about him touching him then he will murder him.?

Bartleson is being held in lieu of $300,000 bond in the Pueblo County Jail, officials said.

 

[BoomerD]

Gotta love those Republican Family Values!!

 

[retrospooty]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Gotta love those Republican Family Values!!

its not really a republican thing, more of a religious thing... But you have to admit, there is something wrong with repressive religions and lifestyles. It comes out in the ugliest of ways.

 

[Ozoned]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
But I think the wrong thing to do here would be to draw some "guilty by association" conclusion about McCain, his campaign, or Republicans in general.

[/quote]
Good thought, because there are similar events, even recent ones, from the other side of the aisle also.

I think molesters of children should be purged from society, not used as political pawns.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
The vetting process clearly failed in this case. A man who had previously been charged with sex crimes against children five times should have been a big red flag for the McCain campaign and Colorado Republican party. But I think the wrong thing to do here would be to draw some "guilty by association" conclusion about McCain, his campaign, or Republicans in general. Ignorance can be a defense, if properly used.

:laugh: You know that's what you want to happen, you even imply it in your topic summary. If you take away McCain's guilt by association, there's nothing to discuss in this thread.

 

[microbial]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jpeyton
The vetting process clearly failed in this case. A man who had previously been charged with sex crimes against children five times should have been a big red flag for the McCain campaign and Colorado Republican party. But I think the wrong thing to do here would be to draw some "guilty by association" conclusion about McCain, his campaign, or Republicans in general. Ignorance can be a defense, if properly used.

:laugh: You know that's what you want to happen, you even imply it in your topic summary. If you take away McCain's guilt by association, there's nothing to discuss in this thread.

McCain's best and most often used strategy this past presidential campaign was entirely based on guilt by association.

For those versed in religious teachings...that would be the Reap and Sow bit.

 

[fallout man]

Why are Sarah Palin and John McCain palling around with pedos? This is something that should be talked about.

 

[nageov3t]

the election's over. you won. who gives a crap about some guy in CO? he worked out of a campaign office in some backwoods colorado town that I've never even heard of and has probably had no contact with any GOP higher ups outside of his local area.

Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee?s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn?t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had ?no contact? with Bartleson.

 

[Lemon law]

Even as a partisan dem, I find it hard to assume McCain guilt by association.

McCain simply put his trust in someone who turned out to be a jerk. Something that happens with distressing regularity in both parties when the jerk finally gets caught by the short hairs.

Now that we are in a nanny gate climate over tax disputes, its a new litmus test, but pedo is never allowable in any form. And they get to become the dregs of any prison population.

 

[Craig234]

Originally posted by: Ozoned

Originally posted by: jpeyton
But I think the wrong thing to do here would be to draw some "guilty by association" conclusion about McCain, his campaign, or Republicans in general.

Good thought, because there are similar events, even recent ones, from the other side of the aisle also.

I think molesters of children should be purged from society, not used as political pawns.
[/quote]

I think they should get help from society, as little as that is, and preventative measures put in place, even if it costs money to provide options away from children.

 

[GenHoth]

ok, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say 'So what?'

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: GenHoth
ok, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say 'So what?'

My guess is with how many are crying over the people not paying taxes that Obama picked that this is the exact same thing but much worse.

 

[heyheybooboo]

The is definitely some bad mojo when a 52 yo is 'stimulated' by a 5 yo boy - some serious bad chemicals or misfiring brain synapses going on upstairs.

And just because Palin (and supportive scum) played the guilt by association card does not make it right to do the same to McCain in this case. Don't lower yourself to raslin' with de pigs in de mud - you only get dirty and the pigs enjoy it.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Even as a partisan dem, I find it hard to assume McCain guilt by association.

McCain simply put his trust in someone who turned out to be a jerk. Something that happens with distressing regularity in both parties when the jerk finally gets caught by the short hairs.

Now that we are in a nanny gate climate over tax disputes, its a new litmus test, but pedo is never allowable in any form. And they get to become the dregs of any prison population.

Unlikely that this guy will see prison time though.

 

[sandorski]

Narrow Stance?

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: loki8481
the election's over. you won. who gives a crap about some guy in CO? he worked out of a campaign office in some backwoods colorado town that I've never even heard of and has probably had no contact with any GOP higher ups outside of his local area.

Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee?s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn?t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had ?no contact? with Bartleson.

I think that the American people give a crap. I'm just sayin'--McCain and Palin should put this information out there because people deserve to know. What are they hiding about their associations with a domestic pedophile? Did this pedophile organize or attend any McCain/Palin fundraisers?

People deserve to know.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: loki8481
the election's over. you won. who gives a crap about some guy in CO? he worked out of a campaign office in some backwoods colorado town that I've never even heard of and has probably had no contact with any GOP higher ups outside of his local area.

Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee?s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn?t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had ?no contact? with Bartleson.

I think that the American people give a crap. I'm just sayin'--McCain and Palin should put this information out there because people deserve to know. What are they hiding about their associations with a domestic pedophile? Did this pedophile organize or attend any McCain/Palin fundraisers?

People deserve to know.

is there even any evidence that McCain or Palin met the guy or knew of his existence in any way?

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: fallout man

Originally posted by: loki8481
the election's over. you won. who gives a crap about some guy in CO? he worked out of a campaign office in some backwoods colorado town that I've never even heard of and has probably had no contact with any GOP higher ups outside of his local area.

Bartleson indeed ran the McCain office in Pueblo and directed the Republican nominee?s southern Colorado campaign, the chairman of the Pueblo County Republican Party told Pankratz, but doesn?t hold an official party position and had only attended a few GOP meetings. The state Republican Party told Pankratz they had had ?no contact? with Bartleson.

I think that the American people give a crap. I'm just sayin'--McCain and Palin should put this information out there because people deserve to know. What are they hiding about their associations with a domestic pedophile? Did this pedophile organize or attend any McCain/Palin fundraisers?

People deserve to know.

is there even any evidence that McCain or Palin met the guy or knew of his existence in any way?

That's a good question. I think that McCain/Palin should address it.

 

[DaveSimmons]

This was of course equally silly when McCain supporters attacked Obama for "failing to address" living in the same city as Ayers.

McCain's secret Panamanian birth certificate is a much more interesting line of enquiry.

 

[BoomerD]

Sounds like it's just one more that needs to be updated on this list:

http://www.armchairsubversive.org/

Republican activist and former chairman of the Christian County Republicans Royce Fessenden pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree statutory sodomy.
Republican parole board officer and former legislator George C. (Chris) Ortloff pleaded guilty to attempting to lure 11- and 12-year-old girls to have sex with him.
Republican legislative aide Robert R. Groezinger was arrested for possessing child pornography.
Republican legislator Robert A. McKee pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
Republican legislator Scott Muschany was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl.
Republican chief of staff Eric Feltner pleaded guilty to showing pornography to a 13-year old girl.
Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.
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.
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.
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.
Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls under the age of 16.
Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls.
Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.
Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.
Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.
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.
Republican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.
Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy.
Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.
Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.
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.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
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.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
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 legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
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.
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.
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.
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 female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
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.
Republican fundraiser 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 female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
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.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer.
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 an underage girl 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 sentenced prison after 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 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).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male 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 campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
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.

 

[nageov3t]

this thread is partying like it's 2008.

 

[gingermeggs]

Maybe its time McCain spent his twilight years cleaning is stainless steel M14

 

[gingermeggs]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Sounds like it's just one more that needs to be updated on this list:

http://www.armchairsubversive.org/

Republican activist and former chairman of the Christian County Republicans Royce Fessenden pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree statutory sodomy.
Republican parole board officer and former legislator George C. (Chris) Ortloff pleaded guilty to attempting to lure 11- and 12-year-old girls to have sex with him.
Republican legislative aide Robert R. Groezinger was arrested for possessing child pornography.
Republican legislator Robert A. McKee pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.
Republican legislator Scott Muschany was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl.
Republican chief of staff Eric Feltner pleaded guilty to showing pornography to a 13-year old girl.
Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.
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.
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.
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.
Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls under the age of 16.
Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls.
Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.
Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.
Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.
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.
Republican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.
Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after "sexually explicit" emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy.
Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.
Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.
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.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
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.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
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 legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
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.
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.
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.
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 female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
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.
Republican fundraiser 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 female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
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.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer.
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 an underage girl 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 sentenced prison after 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 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).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male 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 campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
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.

Maybe thats how the Bush admin got what they wanted done?

 

[ProfJohn]

You need to work on your reading comprehension.

The guy has had similar allegations 5 times in the past, but had NEVER been charged with a crime prior to this week.

Right from the link in the article:

Bartleson has been investigated at least five times for similar allegations since 1982, although never charged or convicted of a crime.

How would the campaign know of these allegations since they will most likely not come up in a background check.

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
This was of course equally silly when McCain supporters attacked Obama for "failing to address" living in the same city as Ayers.

McCain's secret Panamanian birth certificate is a much more interesting line of enquiry.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: