John Roberts, former Attorney, retired (1977-2014)
Updated Saturday, April 7, 2018
“When comparing criminal indictments of those serving in the executive branch of presidential administrations it's so lopsided as to be ridiculous. Yet all I ever hear is how corrupt the Democrats are. So why don't we break it down by president and the numbers.
Obama (D) - 8yrs in office. zero criminal indictments, zero convictions and zero prison sentences. so the next time somebody describes the Obama administration as "scandal free" they aren't speaking wishfully, they're simply telling the truth.
Bush, George W. (R) - 8yrs in office. 16 criminal indictments. 16 convictions. 9 prison sentences.
Clinton (D) - 8yrs in office. 2 criminal indictments. one conviction. one prison sentence. that's right nearly 8yrs of investigations. tens of millions spent and 30yrs of claiming them the most corrupt ever and there was exactly one person convicted of a crime.
Bush, George H. W. (R) - 4yrs in office. one indictment. one conviction. one prison sentence. Pardoned 6 members of Regan administration convicted in Iran-Contra.
Johnson (D) - 5yrs in office. zero indictments. zero convictions. zero prison sentences.
So, let’s see where that leaves us. in the last 53 years Democrats have been in office for 25 of those years while Republicans held it for 28.
in their 25yrs in office Democrats had a total of three executive branch officials indicted with one conviction and one prison sentence. that's one whole executive branch official convicted of a crime in two and a half decades of Democrat leadership.
In the 28yrs that Republicans have held office over the last 53yrs they have had a total of(a drum roll would be more than appropriate), 120 criminal indictments of executive branch officials. 89 criminal convictions and 34 prison sentences handed down. That's more prison sentences than years in office since 1968 for Republicans.
If you want to count articles of impeachment as indictments (they aren't really but we can count them as an action), both sides get one more. However, Clinton wasn't found guilty while Nixon resigned and was pardoned by Ford. so those only serve to make Republicans look even worse.
With everything going on with Trump and his people right now, it's a safe bet Republicans are gonna be padding their numbers a bit real soon. So let's just go over the numbers one more time shall we. 120 indictments for Republicans. 89 convictions and 34 prison sentences. Those aren't "feelings" or "alternate facts" those are simply the stats by the numbers. Republicans are, and have been for my entire lifetime, the most criminally corrupt party to hold the office of the presidency.”
There’s lots of ways to measure corruption.
John Roberts writes an excellent response measuring corruption in terms of convictions while in office.
We could also measure it in terms of convictions PRIOR to taking office. That is, how many convicted criminals are elected by either party.
Or we could measure it by how they execute the will of the people. How much of their agenda actually helps the people they’re sent to represent.
But a fun one would be prurient sexual scandal.
I’m too lazy to research this completely, but it would be nice if readers add their own to this list and I’ll build it over time.
Limiting myself to Congress per the question.
Democrat:
Good ‘ol Anthony Wiener: Nuff said…
Republican:
Dennis Hastert being convicted of molesting boys:
Judge sentences 'serial child molester' Hastert to 15 months
There’s Mark Foley texting young boys
The page who exposed Congressman Mark Foley for sexual harassment has come forward, so let's unearth the greatest artifact of that scandal.
There’s Larry Craig who was arrested for propositioning an undercover officer in an airport bathroom.
Larry Craig's "Wide Stance" Arrest Turns 10
There’s David Vitter
Why did David Vitter’s prostitute problem kill him in 2015 and not in 2010?
There’s the pro-life congressman who was caught trying to pressure his mistress into having an abortion (my personal favorite)
Shame on you for blackhawks having to do it for you. You just used another ploy commonly used here by conservative interlopers. Always making puerile requests instead of doing some research yourself.
I knew the fucking answer, and i knew it was readily available to you so why should anyone have to give it to you. It's on the net, and has been on the board at other times for years.
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