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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Latest Politician In Sex Scandal

Cheating Politicians: 1. BILL CLINTON 1983-1992: In the 1992 presidential race, former television reporter Gennifer Flowers claimed they had a 12-year affair. Clinton initially denied the allegation, but later acknowledged a single sexual encounter with Flowers. Clinton also was accused of sexually harassing state worker Paula Jones. It was that investigation that ultimately revealed Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2. GARY HART 1987: Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado withdrew from the presidential race after this picture surfaces showing him with model Donna Rice. Hart had earlier dared the media to "follow me around" if they thought he was cheating on his wife.
3. BOB LIVINGSTON 1998: After pushing for President Clinton's impeachment, the speaker-elect acknowledged an extra-marital affair exposed by Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. The Republican resigned in 1999.
4. NEWT GINGRICH 1998: Another Republican who led the charge to impeach Bill Clinton, Gingrich admitted in 2007 that he had cheated on both his first and second wives. The second affair happened in the midst of the Lewinsky scandal and trial.
5. BILL CLINTON 1998: The President gave evasive and misleading testimony under oath and publicly denied having sexual relations with former intern Monica Lewinsky, only to be forced into a humiliating reversal. He was impeached by the House and then acquitted in a 1999 Senate trial.
6. RUDY GIULIANI 1999: The New York city mayor came under fire for the security detail costs of his trips to see Judith Nathan. In 2000, Giuliani announced a separation from his wife, Donna Hanover, without telling her in advance and moved out of Gracie Mansion to live with two gay friends. Giuliani got a divorce in 2002 and married Nathan in 2003.
7. GARY CONDIT 2001: After the disappearance of Chandra Levy, the Democratic congressman from California admitted having an affair with the government intern. Condit lost his re-election bid in 2002. Ingmar Guandique was indicted for Levy's murder in 2009.
8. PAUL PATTON 2002: A Democratic governor from Kentucky, Patton was seven years into an administration that focused on education and the economy when news broke of a sexual relationship with a western Kentucky woman who owned a nursing home. Patton, who made a tearful admission on national television, finished his term but has not sought another elected office.
9. BOB WISE 2003: The West Virginia governor, Democrat, acknowledged in 2003 that he "was not faithful" to his family and asked for forgiveness after a man accused the governor of having an affair with his estranged wife, a state employee. Wise, with a wife and two children, declined to run for a second term in 2004.
10. JAMES MCGREEVEY 2004: The Democtratic governor from New Jersey resigned after proclaiming himself "a gay American" and saying he'd had an extramarital affair with a man. In 2008, a former aide to McGreevey claimed he had a three-way affair with the governor and his wife, Dina Matos.
11. DAVID VITTER 2007: The Senator's phone number appeared in the call record of the so-called "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jeane Palfrey. A Senate ethics panel dismissed a complaint on the matter in May 2008, and Vitter remains a member of the U.S. Senate but faces a possible challenge in Louisiana from porn star Stormy Daniels in 2010.
12. LARRY CRAIG 2007: The Republican Senator from Idaho was arrested in an airport bathroom sex sting. He quietly pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and paid a fine. When the arrest became public, Craig insisted that he wasn't gay and that the officer had misconstrued his foot-tapping.
13. DAVID PATERSON 2008: One day after Paterson's inauguration as the Governor of New York, both he and his wife acknowledged having had extramarital affairs, one with a state employee.
14. ELIOT SPITZER 2008: Elected on an anti-corruption platform, Spitzer resigned after becoming embroiled in an investigation into a high-end prostitution ring. Referred to in court papers as "Client-9," Spitzer spent tens of thousands of dollars to arrange visits with prostitutes, law enforcement officials said. Prosecutors ultimately declined to file criminal charges.
15. KWAME KILPATRICK 2008: The Detroit mayor was sent to jail for perjury and obstruction of justice charges after text messages reveales an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, right.
16. JOHN EDWARDS 2008: Sen. John Edwards acknowledged publicly he'd had an affair and a child with Rielle Hunter, a rookie filmaker hired by his political action committee during the 2008 presidential campaign. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, is terminally ill with cancer.
17 JOHN ENSIGN 2009: The Republican senator from Nevada had an affair with the wife of one of his top aides, to whom his parents paid $96,000 after departing his staff.
18. MARK SOUDER 2010: Souder, 58, an eight-term congressman and evangelical Christian resigned over an extramarital affair with a staffer with whom he made a video touting the benefits of abstinence education.

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