OK, I started a list of politicians that have been involved in sex scandals in response to any Democrat scandal is from the Republican smear machine. You know, never does it come out that it is their own indiscretions that bring them down, it’s always someone else’s fault. What has happened to personal responsibility? Is it always a smear machine that does this? Doubtful, I’m not saying never but the point is, it is their ethical standards that come into question here.

Eliot Spitzer (Democrat)
Kwame Kilpatrick (Democrat)
James McGreevey (Democrat)
Antonio Villaraigosa (Democrat)
Gavin Newsom (Democrat)
Gary Condit (Democrat)
Bill Clinton (Democrat)
Gary Hart (Democrat)
Wayne Hays (Democrat)
Wilbur Mills (Democrat)
Gary Studds (Democrat)
Barney Frank (Democrat)
Brock Adams, (Democrat)
Fred Richmond, (Democrat)
John Young, (Democrat)
Mel Reynolds, (Democrat)

Larry Craig (Republican)
David Vitter (Republican)
Mark Foley (Republican)
Bob Allen (Republican)
Henry Hyde (Republican)
Bob Livingston (Republican)

Sex scandals since the 1970s involving U.S. politicians:

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (Democrat): He announced his resignation Wednesday after allegations of frequenting a call-girl service.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Democrat): Text messages indicate he had an extramarital affair with his chief of staff. He could be forced to resign.

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (Republican): He was arrested in June for lewd conduct in a men’s restroom at a Minneapolis airport. He has refused to resign.

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter (Republican): He was identified in July as a client of so-called D.C. Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey. He remains in office.

Florida Rep. Mark Foley (Republican): A crusader against child abuse, Foley was accused of sending sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages in 2006 to teenage congressional pages. He resigned within a month.

New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey (Democrat): McGreevey resigned three months after admitting in 2004 that he had had an extramarital affair with a male employee.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (Democrat): Announced he had a 2007 extramarital affair with a television reporter covering City Hall. He has since filed for divorce from his wife, and remains in office.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (Democrat): The mayor admitted an extramarital affair in 2007 with the wife of his former deputy chief of staff.

Florida Rep. Bob Allen (Republican): Arrested in 2007 for solicitation of prostitution of an African American police officer in a public men’s room. He said he did it out of a racist panic and resigned after being sentenced to six months probation by a Florida court.

Modesto Rep. Gary Condit (Democrat): Authorities revealed Condit had an extramarital affair in 2001 with intern Chandra Levy, who had disappeared. In 2002, he lost a primary election, and Levy’s remains were found in a Washington park. The case is still unsolved.

President Bill Clinton (Democrat): He was impeached in 1998 by the House for perjury and obstruction of justice regarding a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and lying under oath in a civil lawsuit. He was acquitted by the Senate.

Illinois Rep. Henry Hyde (Republican): The Internet magazine Salon.com revealed that Hyde had had an extramarital affair with a married woman during the 1960s. The disclosure came as he was leading impeachment hearings of President Clinton.

Louisiana Rep. Bob Livingston (Republican): He resigned as speaker-elect of the House in 1999 after Hustler magazine Publisher Larry Flynt said he had evidence that Livingston had indulged in extramarital affairs. Livingston was succeeded by David Vitter.

Colorado Sen. Gary Hart (Democrat): He was considered the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until the press uncovered his extramarital affair with 29-year-old model Donna Rice. He dropped out of the race a week later.

Ohio Rep. Wayne Hays (Democrat): He resigned from Congress in 1976 after his mistress, Elizabeth Ray, said he hired her as part of his staff.

Arkansas Rep. Wilbur Mills (Democrat): In 1974, he was intoxicated and had facial cuts from a scuffle with Argentine stripper Fanne Foxe when Washington police stopped their car. She tried to escape by jumping into the nearby Tidal Basin. Mills was re-elected.

Compiled by Chronicle staff writer Jack Epstein from Chronicle news services

Then I found this post here as a response to the above article….

In the San Francisco Chronicle’s expose of sex scandals since the 1970s involving U.S. politicians, (Sex Scandal Lineup, March 13, 2008) you included Florida Rep. Mark Foley (Republican), but erroneously wrote that he was “accused of sending sexually explicit e-mails and instant messages in 2006 to teenage congressional pages.” He actually sent the communications to ex-congressional pages, no longer government employees, all 19 or older.

Not surprisingly the Chronicle omitted Massachusetts Rep. Gary Studds (Democrat), who in 1973 plied a 17-year old congressional page with alcohol, had sex with him including penetration, and took him on an official trip to Europe. Studds was reelected many times, even though the violations concerning giving alcohol to a minor, transportation over state and national borders for sex, and abusing a superior/subordinate worker relationship seem much more serious than Foley “e-mailing while gay.”

Also not surprising, the Chronicle omitted Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank (Democrat), although a male prostitute he hired ran an escort service from his apartment in 1990.
President Clinton made the list, of course, but I was surprised the Chronicle omitted that as a result of his perjury concerning relations with Monica, he was disbarred from his Arkansas law license for five years, ordered to pay $25,000 in fines, and was forced to resign or face disbarment from the Supreme Court bar.

Sen. Brock Adams, Washington-Democrat. (1988), numerous accusations of drugging, assault and rape; Rep. Fred Richmond, New York-Democrat (1978), soliciting sex from a 16-year-old; Rep. John Young, Texas-Democrat (1975), increased the salary of a staffer after she gave in to his sexual advances; and Rep. Mel Reynolds, Illinois-Democrat, convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault with a 16-year-old. President Bill Clinton pardoned him before leaving office.

Mr. Editor, you could have done your entire article with Democrats alone. I suppose you needed a couple of Republicans for “balance.”