Are the Republicans more corrupt that the Democrats?

Question

Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:[51]

Adam Kidan (former Abramoff business partner), was sentenced in Florida in March 2006 to nearly six years in prison for conspiracy and fraud in the 2000 purchase of the Fort Lauderdale-based SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.

Bob Ney, (former Rep.) R-Ohio, sentenced in January to 2 1/2 years in prison, acknowledged taking bribes from Abramoff. Ney was in the traveling party on an Abramoff-sponsored golfing trip to Scotland at the heart of the case against Safavian.

David Safavian, (former White House official), the Bush administration's former top procurement official, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October 2006 after he was found guilty of covering up his dealings with Abramoff. Safavian is appealing his conviction.

Italia Federici, co-founder of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, pled guilty to tax evasion and obstruction of a Senate investigation into Abramoff's relationship with officials at the Department of Interior.

Mark Zachares, former aide to Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, pled guilty to conspiracy. He acknowledged accepting tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and a golf trip to Scotland from Abramoff's team in exchange for official acts on the lobbyist's behalf.

Michael Scanlon, a former Abramoff business partner and DeLay aide, pled guilty in November 2005 to conspiring to bribe public officials in connection with his lobbying work on behalf of Indian tribes and casino issues. He is cooperating with investigators.

Neil Volz, a former chief of staff to Ney who left government to work for Abramoff, pled guilty in May 2006 to conspiring to corrupt Ney and others with trips and other aid.

Roger Stillwell, a former Interior Department official, was sentenced to two years on probation in January after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge for not reporting hundreds of dollars worth of sports and concert tickets he received from Abramoff.

Steven Griles, (former Deputy Interior Secretary) the highest-ranking Bush administration official convicted in the scandal, pled guilty to obstruction of justice. He admitted lying to a Senate committee about his relationship with Abramoff, who repeatedly sought Griles' intervention at Interior on behalf of Indian tribal clients.

Tony Rudy, lobbyist and one-time aide to DeLay, pled guilty in March 2006 to conspiring with Abramoff. He is cooperating with investigators.

William Heaton, former chief of staff for Ney, pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge involving a golf trip to Scotland, expensive meals, and tickets to sporting events between 2002 and 2004 as payoffs for helping Abramoff's clients.

Answer 1

yep. along with many years of indirectly funding extreme right wing dictatorships in south america as well as teaching them counter insurrgency techniques...once a friend of saddam, they decided to make him an enemy.

Answer 2

Wrong way.

Answer 3

yes and they dont take baths either

Answer 4

Statistics record them as being about 3 times more corrupt.

That might be a factor of them having been in power for so much of the time instead of a measure of integrity.

Power corrupts and the more power and the more time that it has to work means more corruption.

Answer 5

YES!!! Republicans are more corrupt!

Answer 6

Both parties are currupt politicians but at least media and Dem's don't allow republicans to continue but it is ignored when democrats do illegal things!

Answer 7

No, they are not!  The democrats win that title, hands down!

Answer 8

I just read the Headline, but the answer is a resounding YES.

Answer 9

yes.... next question.... republican already know this

Answer 10

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely."  I believe it's because they got the people to go along with ANYTHING they did. Rip you off - Yayyy!   Give themselves illegal tax breaks?  YAYYY!  Steal from the churches?  Yayyyy!  Pay off politicians?  YAYYYY!  

If you want to be a better "patriot" don't accept every politicians Republican or Democrat, tell you.  Learn to check things out.  Ask real questions and demand real answers.  Make them pay attention to you - after all you ARE paying their salaries, health care, gas money, vacations - you're paying for everything.  And that's a fact Jack.

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

Answer 11

No wonder you like big government, you like to keep c**p going on, and on, and on, and on, and on....

Ever thought about being succinct?

And Dems are so corrupt in Missouri, people are too afraid to vote for them.  Remember the election that made national news several years ago when the DEAD GUY was on the ballot?  Our former governor, Mel Carnahan, was killed in a plane crash while he was running for senate.  His name was kept ON the ballot and people voted him in out of sympathy for his family.  

His nick while in office was "tax man Carnahan" and during the great floods of 93 here in the midwest, he was on holiday in Italy, and didn't bother coming back to assess the damage.  When he posthumously won the senate seat, his wife Jean took it.  Guess who dead tax man was running against?  Mr. Patriot Act John Ashcroft.  Had John Ashcroft won the senate seat, we may never have seen The Patriot Act written or ratified in this country--since that was his baby.

;)

Oh, and don't get me started (again) on former Governor Bob Holden (another dem).  He was so bad that OTHER democrats rallied to shove his *** out of office.  He raised our taxes through the roof so he could give himself and his staff huge raises and buy everyone a luxury vehicle.  Claire McCaskill managed to get him barred from running for re-election...and she (Claire) lost to our current governor, Republican pretty boy, Matt Blunt.

Answer 12

You bet your bottom dollar they are.

Answer 13

They are uglier also.

Answer 14

Uhh no. I live in California, and DEMOCRATS in this state are VERY corrupt. Don Perata, Karen Bass, Mayor Villaraigosa, etc. ...btw did you know a GOOD friend of Obama (and campaign contributor) was also indicted for fraud? The truth is, both Democrats and Republicans have some corruption. It's something that neither party can control, because people will always break laws and ethics.  

Answer 15

yes they are.

they are also more likely to be closet-homosexuals while at the same time g*y-bashers, they cheat on their wives, they molest boys, hate foreigners, hate civil rights, hate women, love money.

Answer 16

Nice list; now do one for the Dems before going to bed, okay? lol

Answer 17

An excellent question with an outstanding number of examples.  

The answer is YES.  

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