Hiya
Finally! 
This saddens me. Not that I was/am wrong and hate crow-pie, but that it truly shows how badly our government is managed and horribly crooked these tiny handfulls of lawyers really are. So:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
With an error margin of 2% The over all Scandal trophy goes to the DEMOCRATS. I know, it is a sad moment for Liberal hopes and a small victory for Conservative "I Knew it's." Now note::: Not all scandals were specifically to the party in power:::I say small because though dems have a grand total of 212 scandals and repubs 176 scandals that include all forms of scandal::: legal, sexual or ethical. That is until the end of this term. there are way too many for any party. I know I know. After many many hours of trying to discern the truth, I am tired of politics for one, but so saddened by the huge pile of scandal perpetrated by both parties.
I did go back to 1777 though. I had to include the left and right entities since each were the predecessors of the current system. Though it didn't matter much since almost all our scandals have been committed in the past 80 years. I went through 24 sources including::: hundreds of articles from the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, US News, AP news and books galore. Ethics In Washington, American Controversy, US D.O.J. Archives .com,
The Nation, Watergate Begins, Capitol Hill-Indecent Exposure, Georgia Encyclopedia, Around The Nation, Wolfgang Saxon, Biographical Directory-US Congress, Guide To Federal Records-National Archives, Truth Or Consequences 2000, and a few others not on my list just now. If it matters at all, and I doubt it will, the most crooked adminstartion was Ronald Reagan hands down, with 23 scandals and 138 indictments/resignations/deaths/convictions, all in lou of any pardons or commutations . the second was George W. Bush with 39 indictments, etc and 32 scandals. Bill Clinton had 18 scandals with 29 indictments etc. Nixon had 6 scandals with 91 indictments etc, Ford 7 and Johnson 10, Carter 6 w/31 indictments etc.. Truman 2 w/161 resignations. The rest back to the beginning are insignificant numbers and very tough to find with any regularity. The over all criminal elements went to Republican administrations at 97 and for Democrats:::45. Mostly due to the Reagan administration. Bill Clinton rules the roost with 396 pardons, Reagan with 393, George W Bush with 189 and 11 commutes. George H W Bush with 74. At least GW Bush let those convicted serve their sentences before a pardon. He was very careful how he handed them out. Justice in a way at least.
But as it shows, Dems. are king of the scum a-top Capitol Hill.
So much for that 3 to 1. Off to let my birdie-pie cool.
Lucy.
Did it twice somehow.
