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Book SynopsisPolitical Scandals: The Consequences of Temporary Gratification questions whether the consequences associated with non-sex-based scandals carry greater penalties than sex-based political scandals in the twenty-first century. Featuring a detailed analysis of over 50 political scandals, this book examines the impact those events have on the lives of political officials, their families, and public trust. Political Scandals diminishes the typical sensationalism associated with scandal coverage and dissects what happens when human beings yield to greed, power, sex, lust, and theft in their personal and professional lives.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – Sex Based Political Scandals of the 21st Century David Wu Anthony Weiner Chris Lee Mark Souder Eric Massa Tom Ganley Samuel B. Kent John Ensign John Edwards Vito Fossella Tim Mahoney Randall L. Tobias & “D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey David Vitter Larry Craig Mark Foley Brian J. Doyle Jack Ryan Don Sherwood David Dreier Ed Schrock Gary Condit General David Petraeus Chapter 3 – Non-Sex Based Political Scandals of the 21st Century Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) Joe Wilson (R-SC) G. Thomas Porteous Kwame Kilpatrick Lewis Libby: Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Alphonso Jackson (R) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and “Lawyergate” Bush White House E-mail Controversy Lurita Alexis Doan (R) Jack Abramoff Kyle Dusty Foggo Julie MacDonald (R) Claude Alexander Allen, II (R) Lester Crawford (R) Yellowcake Scandal Coalition Provisional Authority Cash Payment Scandal Bush Administration’s Payment of Columnists Samuel “Sandy” Berger (D) Bernard Kerik (R) Waterboarding Torture Scandal NSA Warrantless Surveillance Scandal Kenneth Lay (R) and the Enron Scandal Janet Rehnquist (R) John Yoo (R) Rick Renzi (R) John Doolittle (R-CA) Randy Cunningham (R-CA) Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) William J. Jefferson (D-LA) Bill Janklow (R-SD) Robert Torricelli, Senator (D-NJ) Jim Traficant (D-OH) Chapter 4 – Conclusion Bibliography
