Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Strom Thurmond was a U.S. senator representing South Carolina. He was an opponent of civil rights and gave the longest filibuster in US history in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. After he died, his daughter came forward. She was biracial, the daughter of a fifteen-year-old Black girl who worked for his family.…
Tom Shortridge was a Republican campaign consultant who, to put it bluntly, was not a nice person. For example, in 1998 he supported a primary candidate running against a woman who had been shot and said “Since when does being a victim qualify you for the legislature.” LA Times: Man Denies Guilt in Pornography Case
Philip Giordano was the Mayor of Waterbury, CT and a one-time Republican Senate nominee and has since been convicted of raping children and sentenced to 37 years in prison. Just the headlines on the long series of stories about him at the New York Times will turn your stomach. The FBI was investigating Giordano for…
Edison Misla Aldarondo was the Republican Speaker of the House in Puerto Rico. He had been indicted for extortion and money laundering and was out on bail when he was accused of drugging his step-daughter and her friend who was staying over and then raping the friend. He was also accused of raping his stepdaughter…
Nicholas Morency is an anti-abortion extremist who offered $1.5 million reward to murder abortion providers. He specifically targeted a Kansas physician by initials and mentioned groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood. He posted notices on abortion bulletin boards directing people to his site. He pled guilty to intimidating people who provided reproductive health services. It…
Mark Pazuhanich of Pennsylvania was a District Attorney who had just been elected judge when he was charged with fondling a 10-year-old girl (his daughter) in the crowd of a concert. A woman witnessed it and told security, who detained Pazuhanich. He was charged with public drunkenness but later charged with indecent assault. His daughter…