Is it Fair to say that REPUBS HAVE CORRUPTED FAMILY VALUES?

Question

Why is it that republican and religious and secular conservatives continue make family values an election issue. The issue of family values and morality was ONE of the hallmark reasons for the Republican take-over of congress and it was also used as a theme during Bush’s first run for office.

Read the list of “hypocrites” below and respond whether or not you think that family values was/is a “SMOKE SCREEN” to win favor and votes


POPULAR SCANDALS


1.Senator Larry Craig, recently pleaded guilty to lued homosexual acts in an Airport. He still defiantly claims that he is not gay.

2.Mark Foley, had phone sex and indecent conversations with male pages.

3.George W. Bush, Republican president, accused in a criminal complaint and lawsuit of raping Margie Schoedinger, who later committed suicide. Accused by Tammy Phillips, a former stripper quoted in the National Enquirer in 2000 saying she had an affair with Bush that had ended in 1999

4.Senator David Vitter (R-La) who ran a hard-core platform on traditional family values, name was found on a Madams list. He told his constituents that it was a “private issue” and to leave him alone.

5.Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican governor, had sex with a 16 year old when he was 28.

6.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."

7.John E. 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."

8.Henry Hyde, Judge who oversaw Clinton's impeachment proceedings, prominent opponent of reproductive rights, who had an extramarital affair with a woman who was married and had three children, during the course of which she and her husband were divorced.

9.Newt Gingrich, married three times. Gingrich campaign worker Anne Manning admitted that she gave Newt oral sex while he was still married to his first wife. Informed one wife he was filing for divorce while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer treatments

10.Richard A. Dasen Sr., Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, convicted of sexual abuse of children, promotion of prostitution and several counts of solicitation, enough to add up to a sentence of 126 years in prison


Conservative Personalities and Figure Scandals

1.Paul Crouch Televangelist, Former President of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Paid $425,000 in hush money in an attempt to cover up a gay affair.
2.Ted Haggard, popular conservative pastor who advised Bush on Family Values issues was outed by a male prostitute who also alleged that he gave Haggard drugs.
3.Rush Limbaugh, triple-divorcee
4.Bill O'Reilly Right-wing conservative talk show host on Fox News, sued for sexual harassment by his producer.
5.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.


There are many, many, many more. I know that I am going to be accused of being repub-coserv-basher. I am not, I know the democrats have just as many scandals if not more. However, I think that the whole PLATFORM OF CONSERVATIVE FAMILY VALUES IS A DISINGENIOUS strategy to rally votes and to swing elections. THIS LIST DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT NO ONE PRACTICES WHAT THEY PREACH!!!
I also believe that we are all human and everyone makes mistakes, but it is VERY HYPOCRITICAL to impose ideas that these “cultural-icons” don’t keep!
(((What are your thoughts???)))))))

Answer 1

Now whats funny on a lot of these is that most of these so called things get brought out at weird times... for instance... Arnold Schwarzenegger... Isn't it amazing that something that happened back in the 80's and while he was a movie star never got brought up until he ran for office? Now I ask on something like this.... if it had been "rape" as the papers put when it first came out, why all of the sudden when he runs for office. IF it did happen, why not go after him during the days of him filming movies??? Why, because its makes him look bad. A lot of what goes on, and BTW, its not just republicans either.... is what we call mud slinging.

Answer 2

I am of the mind set that people are people. The type of people that run for public office generally are egomaniacs that are prone to this type of promiscuous behavior. I lived in DC for a number of years and worked extensively with political figures...most, not all, are hell bent on self indulgence. I think that the family values of Americans has declined because of a lack of family involvement. Families in my eyes just don't stick together anymore. I have friends from Africa, Guatemala, and other countries where the family ties run so deep that they are too busy to think about outside ventures. There is nothing to tie us together the way there used to be. It runs deeper than just the political figures, they are just public figures as we see them. Look at movie stars, same thing.

Answer 3

Democrats have corrupted Family Values, too... Clinton, Kennedy...are the first 2 that come to mind =(... I know there are others...but, in general, many politicians as well as famous people and/or religious leaders have corrupted family values... Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (saying family is important to them yet they divorce with kids)... we can't just blame the repubs...it's the dems, hollywood, society, etc...too! The country, states, cities and courts should have stricter laws about family, marraige, and divorce.

Answer 4

I think the media holds Republicans to higher moral standards than they do Democrats simply because the Republican party boasts about its family values. It seems as though ALL politicians are corrupt and have few morals, but I don't think the media puts as much emphasis on the blunders of democrats.

Answer 5

What are you trying to say?? That Democrats are the only ones who have good family values? That Democrats never cheat on thier spouses? Geez ! There are no gay democrats either?? My goodness, if we go by what you've stated, we should all be democrats and no one would have any moral issues! What a wonderful world that would be then, huh?

Answer 6

no, repubs haven't corrupted family values. i'm a democrat, but the actions of the repubs are similar to those of democrats, it's just more ridiculous because they are on such a soapbox about righteousness and honesty. but, really, you've seen jerry springer, oprah, and maury povich. none of those people are repub candidates and their family values are jacked up. repubs are only doing the same stupid things a lot of other americans are doing. it's just that when they do it, it is so hypocritical that it's hard to take any of them seriously.

Answer 7

The louder a person yells
The more a person fights
The more they condemn others for not seeing things the way they see them
The more closed minded a person is to different ideas and beliefs

The more likely the person is hiding the thing they are fighting against.

Answer 8

My thoughts are the same as they have been since I started voting at age 18 in 1971. Americans are lemmings and too lazy to actually think for themselves. The people listed above get away with what they want to because its easier to listen to lip service than it is to actually face reality. If you really want to hear alot of baloney, listen to a Christian radio channel for a couple of days. Scary.

Answer 9

Give it up. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are all the same. They have figured out a way to divide and conquer us. As long as you keep up this way of thinking, you are letting them win.

Answer 10

It's fair to say that actions speak louder than words, and there are a lot of hypocrites with no integrity whatsoever, and politics has more than its fair share of them.