Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Neil Bush is the fourth son of President George H. W. Bush, the brother of President George W. Bush, and the father of unsuccessful Congressional candidate Pierce Bush. He is one of the Savings & Loan grifters who was found to have made deals that involved many conflicts of interest that contributed to the failure…
John Peterson was a Republican politician in Pennsylvania serving eight years in local government before being elected to the state House in 1977, then to the state Senate in 1985, and then the US Congress in 1997 where he served until 2009. He was accused of sexual harassment by a page when he was in the state Senate. She filed a complaint alleging he grabbed her breast in the elevator. The Pennsylvania Senate’s investigator concluded that it probably happened, but was impossible to prove. In addition, three women said he tried to kiss them at work and three additional women asked for and got transfers because he made them uncomfortable at work. Those six cases were not investigated.
Dick Armey was a U.S. Representative from Texas for eighteen years and House Majority Leader for the last eight. He was Newt Gingrich’s right arm and enforcer. Before Congress, he was an economics professor where three women who were students allege inappropriate conduct. One was so disturbed she left school until another professor offered to supervisor her program and keep her from Armey.
Dan Burton began his career as a state senator in Indiana before being elected to Congress. He was known for philandering and sexual harassment. “None of the [female] staff wanted to be caught in a hall with him,” recalls retired Indiana legislator Hurley Goodall, a Democrat who served with Burton until 1983, when Burton left for Washington.
Burton claimed to be a family values Republican and was vocally prudish in condemnation of Clinton and Bob Packwood, saying “No one, regardless of what party they serve, no one, regardless of what branch of government they serve, should be allowed to get away with these alleged sexual improprieties”.
However, he was accused of sexually assaulting a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, putting his hands up her skirt. “I was there maybe thirty seconds and he had his hands up my skirt so fast I didn’t even know what was coming.” This came from The Flynt Report which had several other allegations as well, but the Flyn
In 1967, when Jancita Eagle Deer was fifteen she went to her high school counselor and told him that she had been raped by William Janklow, as he drove her home from babysitting . Allegedly, the Bureau of Indian Affairs sent the police investigation files to it Aberdeen office to keep the investigation away from Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court. In 1974, she petitioned the tribe to disbar Janklow from practicing law. The tribal court issued a misdemeanor arrest warrant for Janklow. but he did not live on the reservaton. No arrest was made. Janklow denied all allegations and no criminal charges were filed. He sued Newsweek and Peter Matthiessen who included the story in his book “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.” He lost both suits.
Rory Ogle was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2002 but resigned in 2005 after he was arrested for domestic violence and assault after an altercation with his wife. He was alleged to have thrown a headboard and a mop handle at his wife while drunk, injuring her. She called from a nearby grocery where she ran for safety. The headboard hit her hand and may have broken it. His wife said she was divorcing him. He did this in front of this three children, all less than ten years old.
Andrew Puzder was the CEO of CKE Foods, the company that owns Hardee’s and Carl Jr.’s. He was a big Trump supporter and donated several hundred thousand to Trump’s campaign. He was someone Trump wanted to make Secretary of Labor. His appointment required Senate confirmation and there was heavy opposition in the Senate. He withdrew his nomination. One of the many reasons his nomination was opposed was that his ex-wife accused him of domestic violence on the Oprah Winfrey show though she later recanted.
Bradley S. DeFlumeri was the vice-president of the University of Massachusetts Republican Club in 2009. A woman he had a relationship with sought protection from him. She was attending Mount Holyoke and pursued restraining orders against him. Mount Holyoke sought to ban him from their campus. Because she was a member of the Republican Club also, he was banned from their offices to comply with their restraining order. When served with the order, he immediately violated it by making several calls to the woman and was arrested.
He also has a violent personal past. He was arrested in 2010 for domestic violence, assaulting his ex-girlfriend while visiting his daughter at her home. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. The charges were dismissed in 2012 after he completed anger management counselling.
Brad Gerten was a Republican candidate for the Minnesota state House when he was arrested for trying to strangle his step-son. A fight over pizza! He was booked for domestic assault and strangulation.