Republican elected officials are behaving badly, to say the least. It seems that every time you open the paper, well maybe not open the paper…because newspapers are the only group having it tougher than Republican elected officials, or read the internet, another Republican has done something wrong. We took a few minutes to think back on just how many Republicans have made the news for doing bad things. Here’s just what we could remember:
Rep. Chris Corley – forced out of office for beating his wife
Rep. Jim Merrill – indicted for numerous ethics violations
Rep. Eddie Southard – out for harassment
Speaker Bobby Harrell- out for ethics violations
Rep. Thad Viers- put in jail
Rep. Nelson Hardwick – forced out
Lt. Gov Ken Ard – resigned for breach of ethics
State Treasurer Thomas Ravenel – out for cocaine
State Treasurer Curtis Loftis – fined for ethics violation
Governor Mark Sanford – fined for ethics violation, infidelity
Comptroller Richard Eckstrom – fined for ethics violation, infidelity
Commissioner of Agriculture Charlie Sharpe – put in jail
Unfortunately there’s most likely more to come.
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