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SC gov goes on walkabout
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26/06/2009 10:42:05
 
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>>>>>>>C'mon, don't ignore the (a-hem) upside for Republicans -- at least this time it involved heterosexuals. ;-)
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>>>>-snip-
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>>>>>Not an issue for me either. Was it for him ya think? haha I enjoyed The Handmaid' Tale. You know of it?
>>>>>Still, poor dude.
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>>>>I have no mercy on the Governor. He should resign immediately.
>>>>
>>>>Same goes for Liberals.... but wait... those in office don't resign! They fight to the bitter end.... well, except for Edwards, but that Time bomb was ticking for him sooner or later.....
>>>
>>>FWIW, in recent history, most Democrats in sex scandals resigned, while most Republicans didn't. Here's the list:
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>>>Clinton (D) -- kept his job, but got impeached
>>>McGreevey (D-NJ)--resigned
>>>Spitzer (D-NY)--resigned
>>>Craig (R-ID)--kept his job until the end of his term
>>>Vitter (R-LA)--kept his job
>>>Ensign (R-NV)--kept his job, so far
>>>Edwards (D-NC)--wasn't in office, and doesn't seem likely to be again
>>>Sanford (R-SC)--kept his job, so far
>>>
>>Your list uses 'sex scandal' in very loose way. Most dems from the list got in more serious problems than just sex.
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>They did? I guess Clinton committed perjury, but only in response to questions about an extramarital affair that never should have been investigated in the first place. It was a politically motivated witch hunt.
>
>Can you be more specific?

You're kidding right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones

A snippet on the conclusion:

Before the case reached trial, Judge Susan Webber Wright granted President Clinton's motion for summary judgment, ruling that Jones could not show that she had suffered any damages—according to Arkansas state law standards of outrage and intentional infliction of emotional distress—even if her claim of sexual harassment were otherwise proven. Jones appealed the dismissal to a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, where, at oral argument, two of the three judges on the panel appeared sympathetic to her arguments.[10] On November 13, 1998, Clinton settled with Jones for $850,000, the entire amount of her claim, but without an apology, in exchange for her agreement to drop the appeal. All but $151,000 went to pay what were by then her considerable legal expenses. Before the end of the entire litigation, her marriage broke apart and she appeared in the news media to show the results of a nose job paid for by a donor.[11]

In April 1999, Judge Wright found President Clinton in civil contempt of court for misleading testimony in the Jones case. She ordered Clinton to pay Jones $91,000 for expenses incurred as the result of Clinton's dishonest and misleading answers.[12]

Wright then referred Clinton's conduct to the Arkansas Bar for disciplinary action, and on January 19, 2001, the day before President Clinton left the White House, Clinton entered into an agreement with the Arkansas Bar and Independent Counsel Robert Ray under which Clinton was stripped of his license to practice law for a period of five years.[13]His fine was paid from a fund raised for his legal expenses
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