Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Wes Goodman was an Ohio state representative. Fittingly, considering his resignation, he once worked for Rep. Jim Jordan who infamously looked the other way while his students were being molested by a colleague. Goodman is not listed for his hypocrisy in engaging in many consensual affairs with men, but for the non-consensual fondling of a teenager at a GOP event.
Randy Baumgardner was a Colorado state senator so infamous for sexual harassment that his nickname was “the boob grabber.” Several people came forward with allegations of intimidation and harassment on the job. Two separate independent investigations found allegations against him credible or more likely than not to have occurred.
Jeff Kruse was an Oregon state senator. He was accused by several women of unwanted touching. When they complained, he only became more flagrant. An independent investigator not only confirmed the allegations, he found even more victims of his behavior. After resigning, he posted on Facebook that he was the real victim. The Oregonian: Report…
Ed Murray was the Wyoming Secretary of State and a likely contender for the next governor when two women accused him of sexual misconduct. One accused him of sexual assault while they were both working at a law firm. Another, the daughter of a former governor, accused him of forcibly kissing her when she was…
Roger Ailes took away one lesson from Watergate and it wasn’t to avoid corruption. His insight was that Nixon could have gotten away with it if only the media was not out there telling the truth. Rupert Murdoch founded FOX News and made Ailes the CEO who set about creating the alternate reality that is…
Allen D. Kauffman was a Republican mayor of Collins, Missouri, and the pastor of Temple Lot Church when he was arrested for soliciting a thirteen-year-old girl who happened to be a police officer in an internet sting. Later he was charged with another crime, sexual misconduct with a child under fourteen. The Joplin Globe: Ex-mayor…
Galen Fox was a GOP state house Representative in Hawaii. He was also the House Minority Leader. While on a flight he sexually assaulted the woman sitting next to him. She fell asleep and he reached under her blanket and groped her. She called for help and he was met by police when the plane…
George Roche III was president of Hillsdale College, one of the conservative colleges that pledges to return conservative values. He was a friend with the leading lights of conservative thought, including William F. Buckley and Steve Forbes. He was at the apex of his career when his daughter-in-law killed herself, Her death brought out his…
Jim Knoblach was the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee and running for certain re-election when his daughter came forward alleging he had touched her inappropriately throughout most of her life from age 9 to 21. She confided in friends, family, and mandatory reporters at her school and church over the course of…
Stephen David Rambler was the pastor of Wrightsville’s Church on the Rock, a successful growing ministry until he got into legal trouble on two fronts. The feds were investigating him for extortion, using the US mail no less. He placed ads in adult magazines soliciting photos that he then used to extort the person who…