NC GOP official fired after comments made about Voter ID on The Daily Show last night

[Atomic Playboy]

You guys keep thinking you are raising the stakes with these tiny insignifigant local politicians. Here is my final raise. It's not JUST Robert Byrd, and yes, you should get mad when you hear his name, it's all the Democratic Senators that kept electing him Senate Majority Leader and President pro tempore up untill 3 years ago. Senate Democrats that are voting in a Klansman as their leader. Not decades ago, 3 years ago. And seeing as how you think it's a game of keeping score, I will also throw in the pot the 112 Democratic US Senators and US Represenatives that voted against the civil rights act vs the 41 Republicans that voted against it.

If you can swallow that and think your party is clean and can take the high road, knock yourselves out.

"It's not just Robert Byrd..." followed by a paragraph that is about nothing except Robert Byrd and racial politics of the 1960s (while conveniently ignoring that it was the Civil Rights Act passage which flipped the South from being predominantly Democrat to predominantly Republican). Quit while you're behind.

 

[ivwshane]

I don't know you could be a reformed racist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnO6ai0Ktro Opps, look like his reform didn't take.

Is he dead? Is he currently making any racist policies? Does he currently have any influences in implementing said policies?

If no, then I don't care.

But if I show you a video where the answers would be yes, would you care?

Careful, you don't want your hypocrisy to show!

 

[Matt1970]

Is he dead? Is he currently making any racist policies? Does he currently have any influences in implementing said policies?

If no, then I don't care.

But if I show you a video where the answers would be yes, would you care?

Careful, you don't want your hypocrisy to show!

No but a lot of the Senators that elected his racist ass their leader still are.

I get it now, your party is clean. You win. You have successfully picked up a turd by the clean end claimed you don't need to wash your hands.

 

[ivwshane]

No but a lot of the Senators that elected his racist ass their leader still are.

I get it now, your party is clean. You win. You have successfully picked up a turd by the clean end claimed you don't need to wash your hands.

And are those senators that elected him doing any of the things I mentioned?

I'd rather pick up a turd than be one


Btw: most people when presented with a turd want to get rid of it as quick as possible, you apparently would rather point out other turds exist rather than get rid of it.

If the democrat party ever became turd infested like the republicans have I'd be callin for change or I'd abandon them as a viable option for a competent government.
But I'm crazy like that.

 

[Matt1970]

And are those senators that elected him doing any of the things I mentioned?

I'd rather pick up a turd than be one


Btw: most people when presented with a turd want to get rid of it as quick as possible, you apparently would rather point out other turds exist rather than get rid of it.

If the democrat party ever became turd infested like the republicans have I'd be callin for change or I'd abandon them as a viable option for a competent government.
But I'm crazy like that.

Exactly. The Democrats kept their turd around for a long time. They polished it, put it up on a pedestal and made it their leader for decades.

You can look back through all the posts of mine you can find trying to see a post of me defending the racists in my party. I will save you the trouble, there are none. I just point out the hypocrisy of those trying to say one party’s shit stinks a lot worse than the other when history proves otherwise.

 

[Tom]

Robert Byrd is one if this countries' legendary Senators. Only through willful ignorance or being a fool could a person not know that.

He happened to live during a period of great social change. He was on the wrong side of that in important ways, and in other ways on the right side.

I'm not excusing his errors, but you're words are a false portrayal of how Senator Byrd is regarded by any thinking person.

 

[Phokus]

Exactly. The Democrats kept their turd around for a long time. They polished it, put it up on a pedestal and made it their leader for decades.

You can look back through all the posts of mine you can find trying to see a post of me defending the racists in my party. I will save you the trouble, there are none. I just point out the hypocrisy of those trying to say one party’s shit stinks a lot worse than the other when history proves otherwise.

There is no 'hypocrisy' you idiot bitch, i know you conservatives don't like knowledge, but there's a thing called an 'outlier'. Racism, and general bigotry is not the exception for the GOP though. THAT is the difference. You trying to equivocate both parties on this issue is hilarious.

 

[Screech]

relevant linky:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112365/

er....might have been posted earlier in this thread.....

quick summary: GOP is now the party of Calhoun, not Lincoln. Democrats have had their issues as well but aren't nearly as far in that direction as the republicans so the false equivalencies are just that.

 

[ivwshane]

Exactly. The Democrats kept their turd around for a long time. They polished it, put it up on a pedestal and made it their leader for decades.

You can look back through all the posts of mine you can find trying to see a post of me defending the racists in my party. I will save you the trouble, there are none. I just point out the hypocrisy of those trying to say one party’s shit stinks a lot worse than the other when history proves otherwise.

More false equivalence and turd pointing by you. Sad really.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

This guy just won't shut up.

“When a n—– can use the word n—– and it not be considered racist, that’s the utmost racism in the world, and it’s hypocrisy,” he told me, a reporter calling to see if he’d been unfairly branded a racist.

Yelton said Republicans had lost an opportunity to use his statements as proof that they are open to all views.

“They can turn it into a positive if they want to,” said Yelton, 66. “The party does not try to control the speech of individuals. That’s the point they could have made. You have to let people have an opinion.”

http://www.thewrap.com/republican-dropped-daily-show-comments-says-hes-scapegoated-uses-n-word/

 

[trenchfoot]

This guy just won't shut up.


http://www.thewrap.com/republican-dropped-daily-show-comments-says-hes-scapegoated-uses-n-word/

Inviting any and all into the Repub Party's closet of skeletons for show and tell is a rare treat, especially when the host is more honest and forthright than any of his fellow party members would ever want him to be.

What's even more entertaining is the special kind of obviously fallacious damage control that got put into play over this incident.....you know, the kind where a person's panties are down around their ankles and it's full of holes with skid marks on the OUTSIDE and in the front and the person is like "What panties? What holes? Skid marks? I don't do skid marks."

 

[dbk]

What a sad ignorant man.

 

[boomerang]

Inviting any and all into the Repub Party's closet of skeletons for show and tell is a rare treat, especially when the host is more honest and forthright than any of his fellow party members would ever want him to be.

What's even more entertaining is the special kind of obviously fallacious damage control that got put into play over this incident.....you know, the kind where a person's panties are down around their ankles and it's full of holes with skid marks on the OUTSIDE and in the front and the person is like "What panties? What holes? Skid marks? I don't do skid marks."

Well, it's commensurate with Democrats molesting little children. They all do it, they all deny it, but we all know it's done. Racism, child molestation - just vices.

If it's OK to paint every Republican with the racist brush, I see no reason every Democrat can't be painted with the pedophile brush. It's just politics.

 

[K1052]

Voter ID laws are a solution in search of a problem considering that statistically voter fraud is so infinitesimally small.

To contend that the intention isn't to suppress turnout in favor of one party is either willful ignorance or partisanship. It will eventually be seen as the last clawing attempts of a fading party to cling to some kind of power as their agenda increasingly falls behind the interests of the electorate.

 

[WHAMPOM]

As a NC'er, I was facepalming my way through this interview last night about NC's new voting bill. It appears that some GOP'er felt the same way because he is now out of a job.

WRAL story (video in the link):


http://www.wral.com/gop-official-fired-after-daily-show-flap-/13034190/

For those that don't want to watch the whole video:



Email from the NCGOP:

Free and open elections, what were the founding fathers smoking? Must have been a pack of air bath radicals protesting the rightful commands given them by their God appointed rulers.

 

[Rakehellion]

The best part though is when Assif said "Of course the law isn't racist, and you're not racist"

And he had to pause and think about it for a second.

That was gold. It's sad people like this still exist.

 

[kage69]

Are there any cartoons that address the other parts of that mess? I feel it's incredibly dishonest of people to focus on the ID part like that is the only grievance here.

I think the GOP would be a lot more believable if they hadn't also been trying to limit voting areas in largely Dem communities, or when they couldn't they'd try to limit the hours and people working. Bolstering the hours, manpower, and locations in republican majority areas just makes it smell even worse.

Kinda like the asshole in the story. Hardly the first republican to admit that their focus on this has little to do with actual fraud, but I'm not surprised posters are skipping over that entire notion in order to repeat the usual ID talking points, despite the reasons why being spelled out for them repeatedly since 2010.

Whatever. Nice to see that salty old racist fossil was shown the door, NC (republicans especially) are better off without his kind.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I challenge anyone who thinks this is appropriate behavior say the same thing at work (I'm not talking about one on one with your best friend). Say it at a meeting or the the HR department and see what happens.

 

[Jhhnn]

Well, it's commensurate with Democrats molesting little children. They all do it, they all deny it, but we all know it's done. Racism, child molestation - just vices.

If it's OK to paint every Republican with the racist brush, I see no reason every Democrat can't be painted with the pedophile brush. It's just politics.

When you lie down with the dogs, you'll get some fleas.

When you train the dogs to be vicious, you can't blame the dogs, either.

Both of those propositions describe the modern Repub party all too well.

 

[khon]

Telling the truth is the one thing you're not allowed to do in US politics.

Voter ID laws have nothing to do with voter fraud, all they are designed to do is help Republicans win elections.

 

[kage69]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...ey-flees-the-gop-these-are-not-my-values.html

Just another Dem plant I guess.

Seems it supports the notion of an underlying racist element in the GOTP (let's forget for a moment all the dozens of other examples we've been given over the years).

Do we have any examples of a Dem jumping ship due to not sharing the pedophile/pederast values boomerang is fine painting that party with?




Here's the list of Democrats busted for sex based offenses (one Repub in there though, they were busted in tandem?)

REP. JOHN YOUNG (D-Tex.):
On June 11, 1976, Colleen Gardner, a former staff secretary to Young, told the New York Times that Young increased her salary after she gave in to his sexual advances. In November, Young, who had run unopposed in the safe Democratic district five consecutive times, was reelected with just 61 percent of the vote. The scandal wouldn't go away, and in 1978 Young was defeated in a Democratic primary runoff.

REP. ALLAN HOWE (D-Utah):
On June 13, 1976, Howe was arrested in Salt Lake City on charges of soliciting two policewomen posing as prostitutes. Howe insisted he was set up and refused to resign. But the Democratic Party distanced itself from his candidacy and he was trounced by his Republican opponent in the November election.

REP. FRED RICHMOND (D-N.Y.):
In April 1978, Richmond was arrested in Washington for soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy. Richmond apologized for his actions, conceding he "made bad judgments involving my private life." In spite of a Democratic primary opponent's attempts to cash in on the headlines, Richmond easily won renomination and reelection. But his career came to an end four years later when, after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana and tax evasion - and amid allegations that he had his staff procure cocaine for him -- he resigned his seat.

REP. JOHN HINSON (D-Miss.):
On Aug. 8, 1980, during his first reelection bid, Hinson stunned everyone by announcing that in 1976 he had been accused of committing an obscene act at a gay haunt in Virginia. Hinson, married and a strong conservative, added that in 1977 he had survived a fire in a gay D.C. movie theater. He was making the disclosure, he said, because he needed to clear his conscience. But he denied he was a homosexual and refused GOP demands that he resign. Hinson won reelection in a three-way race, with 39 percent of the vote. But three months later, he was arrested on charges of attempted oral sodomy in the restroom of a House office building. He resigned his seat on April 13, 1981.

REP. DAN CRANE (R-Ill.) and REP. GERRY STUDDS (D-Mass.):
The House ethics committee on July 14, 1983, announced that Crane and Studds had sexual relationships with teenage congressional pages -- Crane with a 17-year-old female in 1980, Studds with a 17-year-old male in 1973. Both admitted the charges that same day, and Studds acknowledged he was gay. The committee voted to reprimand the two, but a back-bench Georgia Republican named Newt Gingrich argued that they should be expelled. The full House voted on July 20 instead to censure the two, the first time that ever happened for sexual misconduct. Crane, married and the father of six, was tearful in his apology to the House, while Studds refused to apologize. Crane's conservative district voted him out in 1984, while the voters in Studds's more liberal district were more forgiving. Studds won reelection in 1984 with 56 percent of the vote, and continued to win until he retired in 1996

REP. ERNIE KONNYU (D-Calif.):
In August 1987, two former Konnyu aides complained to the San Jose Mercury News that the freshman Republican had sexually harassed them. GOP leaders were unhappy with Konnyu's temperament to begin with, so it took little effort to find candidates who would take him on in the primary. Stanford professor Tom Campbell ousted Konnyu the following June.

SEN. BROCK ADAMS (D-Wash.):
On Sept. 27, 1988, Seattle newspapers reported that Kari Tupper, the daughter of Adams's longtime friends, filed a complaint against the Washington Democrat in July of 1987, charging sexual assault. She claimed she went to Adams's house in March 1987 to get him to end a pattern of harassment, but that he drugged her and assaulted her. Adams denied any sexual assault, saying they only talked about her employment opportunities. Adams continued raising campaign funds and declared for a second term in February of 1992. But two weeks later the Seattle Times reported that eight other women were accusing Adams of sexual molestation over the past 20 years, describing a history of drugging and subsequent rape. Later that day, while still proclaiming his innocence, Adams ended his campaign.

REP. JIM BATES (D-Calif.):
Roll Call quoted former Bates aides in October 1988 saying that the San Diego Democrat made sexual advances toward female staffers. Bates called it a GOP-inspired smear campaign, but also apologized for anything he did that might have seemed inappropriate. The story came too close to Election Day to damage Bates, who won easily. However, the following October the ethics committee sent Bates a "letter of reproval" directing him to make a formal apology to the women who filed the complaint. Although the district was not thought to be hospitable to the GOP, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former Navy pilot who was once shot down over North Vietnam, ousted Bates in 1990 by fewer than 2,000 votes.

REP. GUS SAVAGE (D-Ill.):
The Washington Post reported on July 19, 1989, that Savage had fondled a Peace Corps volunteer while on an official visit to Zaire. Savage called the story a lie and blamed it on his political enemies and a racist media. (Savage is black.) In January 1990, the House ethics committee decided that the events did occur, but decided against any disciplinary action because Savage wrote a letter to the woman saying he "never intended to offend" her. Savage was reelected in 1990, but finally ousted in the 1992 primary by Mel Reynolds.

REP. BARNEY FRANK (D-Mass.):
In response to a story in the Aug. 25, 1989, Washington Times, Frank confirmed that he hired Steve Gobie, a male prostitute, in 1985 to live with and work for him in his D.C. apartment. But Frank, who is gay, said he fired Gobie in 1987 when he learned he was using the apartment to run a prostitution service. The Boston Globe, among others, called on Frank to resign, but he refused. On July 19, 1990, the ethics committee recommended Frank be reprimanded because he "reflected discredit upon the House" by using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets. Attempts to expel or censure Frank failed; instead the House voted 408-18 to reprimand him. The fury in Washington was not shared in Frank's district, where he won reelection in 1990 with 66 percent of the vote, and has won by larger margins ever since.

SEN. DANIEL INOUYE (D-Hawaii):
In October 1992, Republican Senate nominee Rick Reed began running a campaign commercial that included a surreptitiously taped interview with Lenore Kwock, Inouye's hairdresser. Kwock said Inouye had sexually forced himself on her in 1975 and continued a pattern of sexual harassment, even as Kwock continued to cut his hair over the years. Inouye, seeking a sixth term, denied the charges. And Kwock said that by running the commercial, Reed had caused her more pain than Inouye had. Reed was forced to pull the ad, and while many voters took out their anger on the Republican, Inouye was held to 57 percent of the vote - the lowest total of his career. A week later, a female Democratic state legislator announced that she had heard from nine other women who claimed Inouye had sexually harassed them over the past decade. But the women didn't go public with their claims, the local press didn't pursue the story, and the Senate Ethics Committee decided to drop the investigation because the accusers wouldn't participate in an inquiry.

REP MEL REYNOLDS (D-Ill.):
Freshman Reynolds was indicted on Aug. 19, 1994, on charges of having sex with a 16-year-old campaign worker and then pressuring her to lie about it. Reynolds, who is black, denied the charges and said the investigation was racially motivated. The GOP belatedly put up a write-in candidate for November, but Reynolds dispatched him in the overwhelmingly Democratic district with little effort.


There could be more, add to the list if you know of any left out.

Same for the list we'll compare it to.


Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

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

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

Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

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

Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.

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

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

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.

Republican activist Matthew Glavin, who preached family values, was caught masturbating in public and fondling an undercover park ranger.

Republican preacher Jimmy Swaggart preached fidelity, but cheated on his wife with a prostitute.

Republican Congressman Bob Livingston was about to vote for impeaching President Clinton for sexual improprieties until it was disclosed he was an adulterer.

Republican Congressman Henry Hyde denounced President Clinton's extramarital affair, but was later found to be an adulterer himself.

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

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 activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

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

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

Republican politician 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 charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

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 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 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 activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. 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 Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a minor working as a congressional page.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling confessed to molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

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

Republican politician Andrew Buhr, former committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15 year old girl.

Republican legislator, Richard Gardner, a Nevada state representative, admitted to molesting his two daughters.

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 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 County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Rocky Mountain News Article

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his 9 yr old daughter.

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

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

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him. | Daily Yale News Article

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

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 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.

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

Republican anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley admitted to having sex with a mule. *wow*

A judge on Wednesday, 4-05-06, allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Jessica Cutler, the former Senate aide who posted details of her sex life on the Internet. The case brought by Republican Sen. Mike DeWine's former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Robert Steinbuch, alleges that Cutler engaged in an invasion of his privacy in 2004 by publishing sexually explicit facts about a relationship with Steinbuch.

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

(June 28, 2006)--A South Texas jury has found a 44-year-old Republican political consultant Cary Lee Cramer guilty of four counts involving the sexual molestation of children. The 44-year-old was convicted of one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two of indecency with a child by contact and one of indecency with a child by exposure. Cramer faces a maximum of 149 years in prison for the four felony charges.

Republican Lou Beres denied sexual-molestation allegations when the Oregonian newspaper first reported them in October. Beres acknowledged sexually touching a 16- or 17-year-old friend of his daughter in 1976 or 1977. But a local Police Department report released as part of a lawsuit said Beres "readily admitted sexually touching" one girl when she was 13 or 14 years old. The longtime leader of the Oregon Christian Coalition and staunch opponent of gay rights admits in a newly released police report that he sexually touched three underage girls.

August 30, 2006 A Texas pastor accused of raping a church member after telling her she was possessed by a lesbian demon at his house last year has been indicted. Leonard Ray Owens, 63, a Republican who is free on $25,000 bail, is now awaiting trial on a charge of sexual assault, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. He was arrested in November, 2005.

Christian bookstore owner, cop admit sex with boy. Pittsburgh, PA, August 30, 2006
A former college administrator, a former Christian bookstore owner and a former policeman admitted to sexual misconduct with a teenage boy.They were among five men arrested in March as part of an ongoing investigation of men who meet boys through Internet chat rooms, authorities said.William Gillin, 53, republican and Paul Skiles, 63, republican, both of Johnstown, pleaded guilty yesterday to corruption of minors, indecent assault and unlawful communications with minors. Mr. Gillin is the former alumni relations director at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Mr. Skiles owned the now-closed B&K Christian Bookstore in Richland Township.Some of the incidents occurred when the boy was 16, prosecutors said. He is now 17.

Pat McPherson, Douglas County Election Commissioner. Arrested for fondling a 17-year-old girl.

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."

Jim Wesr, Spokane Mayor. 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. Had a sexual affair with an 18 year old boy.Source: Spokesman review

Keith Westmoreland, a Tennessee state representative (R), was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to minors under 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children). Tennessean Article

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 harassment 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. Daily Record News Article

John Paulk, lied about prowling for gay sex while running a fundamentalist group to cure gays.

Brent Parker Utah (R) State Representative. Arrested for soliciting sex from an undercover officer posing as a male prostitute. KSL News Article |Deseret News Article

John 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. Pocono Record article

George Roche III, carried on a 19 year affair with his son's wife, while serving as president of Hillsdale College, 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, Republican activist and County Chairman of the Christian Coalition, sexually molested his step-daughter, Susan Smith, who later drowned her two children. Herald-Journal Article |Commentary on Newsweek Article

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.

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 Missouri for falsifying information in an autopsy report, and suspended in Florida 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.

Jean Schmidt, OH-2, though not herself implicated, employed a campaign manager (Joe Braun) in her 2005 election who once wrote an article condemning gay men for running sex ad profiles, and who was then accused of running his own sex profile on Collarme, an S&M sex site. The profile called for "submissives" to wear only a collar and handcuffs and to have hot wax dripped on them. DKOS Diary

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. Wikipedia article

Larry Jack Schwarz, Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, fired after child pornography was found in his possession. Rocky Mountain News article 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). Wikipedia article

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.

Don Sherwood, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Eventually admitted to an affair with a woman 30 years younger than him, after she accused him of physical abuse and attempting to choke her. Post-Gazette article

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

Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr., Republican City Councilman, pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison. Sex Offender Registry page | Article

Craig J. Spence, Republican lobbyist, organized orgies with child prostitutes in the White House during the 1980s. Full page including Washington Times article Discovery Channel documentary

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.

J.C. Watts, Representative (R-Oklahoma), loud champion of "moral values." Has out-of-wedlock children.



Neither of those are a 100% up to date, but the trend is pretty clear. Might want to try another color boomerang, or at least fill it into the correct shapes you have in front of you.

 

[shadow9d9]

Private institutions can do whatever they want. Constitutional rights are not the same or comparable. Only someone with zero political understanding would be swayed by that cartoon. It preys on ignorance.

 

[shadow9d9]

Well, it's commensurate with Democrats molesting little children. They all do it, they all deny it, but we all know it's done. Racism, child molestation - just vices.

If it's OK to paint every Republican with the racist brush, I see no reason every Democrat can't be painted with the pedophile brush. It's just politics.

Even if it were even remotely true what you are saying about democrats(it isn't), the democrats don't create legislation based on such. Republicans do, regularly.

 

[chowderhead]

Funny how you conveniently left off the part in your quote.

Both candidates for Texas Governor, Wendy Davis (D) and Greg Abbott (R) will need to file affidavits in order to vote in Texas because their voter registration cards and valid IDs are different. If not for Wendy Davis' amendment allowing similar names to vote by affidavit, Mr. Abbott may have been prevented from voting.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2013/10/greg-abbott-will-need-affidavit-to-vote/

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Both candidates for Texas Governor, Wendy Davis (D) and Greg Abbott (R) will need to file affidavits in order to vote in Texas because their voter registration cards and valid IDs are different. If not for Wendy Davis' amendment allowing similar names to vote by affidavit, Mr. Abbott may have been prevented from voting.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2013/10/greg-abbott-will-need-affidavit-to-vote/

Guess neither took the time to look at their voter card that's sent out every December for the next calendar year (1/1 - 12/31). There's no charge for getting the voter card changed, just go to their registrars office.