A Look at Politicians' Sex Scandals

Amid the sex scandal threatening the political career of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a look at some other politicians involved in similar scandals:

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Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon tackles the tough questions, such as, why aren't feminists mad at a prominent lib? Cave man righties like me think it is the same sort of double standard that gave Bill Clinton a pass - it's consenting adults in an office romance when it involves lefti …

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My advice to "Family Values" Republicans: Embrace Open Marriage

Look, maybe I'm saying this with tongue in cheek, or being facetious, or even intentionally ironic, but lately it seems like a lot of Republican politicians (particularly of the religious morality vein) are falling victim to "sins of the flesh," and it just seems kind of pathetic …

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The author shows how the Republicans have hoisted themselves on their own petards. They have been so hypocritical that their righteous indignations, accusations, and Bible-thumping have become hollow and even funny. They have become their own buffoons.

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Political sex scandals can bring down careers and ruin reputations — but there's always someone who wins in the end. In many cases, former staffers, ex-lovers and turncoat friends have not only come away from a scandal with higher profiles and fatter wallets.

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From Larry Craig to Mark Sanford, nothing quite rivets the attention of the media and the public like a public official getting caught with his pants down.

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But it's Republicans who are prone to preaching about other people's intimate lives

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Week two in the saga of "The Thornbirds of Argentina" is upon us, and the shambling, lovesick, undoubtedly soon-to-be-former governor of South Carolina has all the pundits shaking their heads.

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Some Republicans complain of a double standard. Nonsense. They're the ones that opened Pandora's box.

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From Clarence Thomas to Mark Sanford, the definitive guide to randy Republicans Give this to Republicans: They know how to conduct sex scandals in style.

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From Clarence Thomas to Mark Sanford, the definitive guide to randy Republicans Give this to Republicans: They know how to conduct sex scandals in style.

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In two segments over the course of four hours on June 25, Fox News' James Rosen highlighted only scandals involving Democrats during reports that purported to examine earlier political sex scandals in an effort to assess South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's situation.

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Not sure which sex scandal goes with which Republican? With so many to choose from, sometimes it's hard to be sure. Use this handy interactive guide to separate the Vitters from the Ensigns and Foleys, and you'll never be confused again.*

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The New York Times reports on Eliot Spitzer's dalliance with prostitutes, forcing him to resign, and then is awarded a Pulitzer for their efforts.

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We'd like to propose a toast. Here's to the Republican Party for a year no one will soon forget. When 2008 began, you were still hopeful.

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There's a new sex scandal unfolding in the world of evangelicals, a small story that points toward an important and very complex larger story.

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While inquiring minds want to know if the husband and wife remain together, Rep. Stabenow is not answering questions about this "family matter."

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Taxpayers may find some solace in one aspect of the sex scandals enveloping the two governors that New York has had in the past week.

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It used to be that scandals involving the Labor Party mainly concerned financial irregularities and those involving the Conservative Party were predominantly sexual. Labor politicians, being socialists who detested the rich, were avid for money, however ill-gotten.

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Jesters Exposed

Update: As of today, February 18, 2008, the tax returns of approximately 200 clubs can be found by searching for "Royal Order of Jesters" here. Additionally, a list of Jesters contacts is available at the end of this article.

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Waiting for the next Pub sex-scandal shoe to drop....

Larry Flynt is still on the case, using some of his vast resources to mine the slime in the Republican Party. But perhaps more dangerously for the Pubs, the guy who helped out Larry Craig has been assembling files on some of the boys from the "family values" party.

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Conservative Denial Lives OnIt's been a hell of a summer for social conservatives. Their religious and political leadership has been caught with its pants down -- literally or figuratively -- at the rate of about one per week for the past couple months now. David Vitter.

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STOP REPUBLICAN PEDOPHILIA

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Scott Reed, a Republican strategist, was at a dinner in Philadelphia on Monday night when his cellphone and Internet pager began beeping like crazy. Only later did he learn why.

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Ted Haggard – preached against the evils of homosexuality; had sex with a male prostitute. Mark Foley – campaigned against Internet predators endangering minors; sent sexual and seductive emails and instant messages to teenagers.

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Larry Flynt, the porn-industry magnate who first linked Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) to the escort service of the "D.C. Madam," said Wednesday that his investigators are tracking more than 20 leads on alleged congressional sex scandals.

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