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When it boils down to historical contributions to the United States, both parties should be examined critically through a lens and while both parties have made mistakes, history records that Republicans have contributed far less than Democrats. Witness recorded history and how it views these accomplishments and failures. I'm sure that there will be disagreement over this list but history rarely lies.
Republican Wrongdoing in History
Grover Cleveland and the Ordeal of 1893-95
Republican Felonius Behavior
Republican Wrongdoing in History
- Civil War profiteering http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/the-unions-shoddy-aristocracy/
(1861-65; Lincoln)
- The Crédit Mobilier scandal Crédit Mobilier - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
(1864; Lincoln)
- Black Friday
(September 24, 1869; Grant) The “Black Friday” Gold Scandal, 145 Years Ago - History in the Headlines
- Sanborn contract scandal
(1874; Grant) On This Day: May 23, 1874
- The Whiskey Ring scandal
(1875; Grant) On This Day: March 18, 1876
- Bribery
(1876; Grant) Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration scandals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Star Route fraud
(1876-82; Garfield) On This Day: March 25, 1882
- The Teapot Dome scandal
(1921-22; Harding) Graft and Oil: How Teapot Dome Became the Greatest Political Scandal of Its Time | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Joe McCarthy and HUAC
(1953-57; Eisenhower) HUAC - Cold War - HISTORY.com
- Vietnam
(1957-74; Eisenhower) The Causes of the Vietnam War
- John Connally milk money scandal
(1971; Nixon) The Truth about John Connally - Texas Monthly
- Spiro Agnew
(1973; Nixon) Spiro T. Agnew, Point Man for Nixon Who Resigned Vice Presidency, Dies at 77
- Nixon jewelry scandal (1974) Watergate scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Watergate
(1972-74; Nixon) Watergate scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- "Debategate" and October surprise
(1980; Reagan) Debategate | The New Republic
- Illegal mining of Nicaraguan harbors
(1983-84; Reagan) Setback for Contras : CIA Mining of Harbors 'a Fiasco'
- William Casey convicted of insider trading
(1983; Reagan) The Case for a Conspiracy
- Iran-contra
(1986-87; Reagan) http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1889.html
- John Tower
(1987; Reagan) John Tower's Rocky Road
- Savings & loan scandal and Keating Five
(1980-88; Reagan) Keating Five News - The New York Times
- Mario Biaggi and Wedtech
(1988; Reagan) The Looting of Wedtech
- Jim Wright ethics violations
(1989; Bush/41) Jim Wright, House speaker who resigned amid an ethics investigation, dies at 92
- Harken Energy scandal
(1990; Bush/41; protagonist is Bush/43) Bush and Harken Energy
- Tailhook scandal
(1991; Bush/41) What Really Happened at Tailhook Convention : Scandal: The Pentagon report graphically describes how fraternity-style hi-jinks turned into hall of horrors.
- BCCI scandal
(1991; Bush/41) "Follow the Money" by David Sirota and Jonathan Baskin
- Iraq, fraudulent initiation of war with (2000-present; Bush/43) U.S. troops have stolen tens of millions in Iraq and Afghanistan: Center for Public Integrity investigates military personnel who bribed and rigged contracts for personal profit.
- Traficant scandal; Torricelli bribery
(2002; Bush/43) CHARGES RULED OUT AS U.S. CONCLUDES TORRICELLI INQUIRY
- Downing Street memo
(2002; Bush/43) The Downing Street Memo :: What is it?
- Forgery of yellowcake "evidence"
(2002; Bush/43) Niger uranium forgeries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Abu Ghraib
(2003-05; Bush/43) Torture at Abu Ghraib
- Bombing Fallujah with white phosphorus
(2003?; Bush/43) Pentagon Reverses Position and Admits U.S. Troops Used White Phosphorus Against Iraqis in Fallujah | Democracy Now!
- Tom Delay first reprimanded for numerous ethics violations, finally indicted
(2003-05; Bush/43) DeLay Indicted in Texas Finance Probe
- Bush administration payment of conservative columnists to write favorably about Bush policies
(2005; Bush/43) Administration Paid Commentator (washingtonpost.com)
- Jack Abramoff and Ralph Reed, wire fraud and Indian gambling fraud
(2005; Bush/43) Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Republican Congressman Randy Duke Cunningham admitted to receiving approximately $2.4 million in bribes and resigned. (Holy smokes! A Republican criminal who resigned his office! That hasn't happened since Nixon! Do you suppose we can get Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Frist, DeLay, and all the many other criminals to resign too?) Duke Cunningham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(2005; Bush/43)
- Civil War profiteering http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/the-unions-shoddy-aristocracy/
- Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
(1860-; Lincoln) Panic of 1873 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Newport sex scandal
(1919; Wilson) https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/loughery-silence.html
- Department of Justice tax scandal
(1951-52; Truman) The Tax Thieves of 1951
- Adam Clayton Powell expelled from Congress and reelected anyway
(1967; Johnson/36) Powell v. McCormack | The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Richard Daley: dead people voting Richard Daley - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
- Richard Daley: 1968 Democratic Convention riots "Shoot to Kill. . . Shoot to Maim"
- Vietnam: napalm Napalm in Vietnam War - The Vietnam War
- Tongsun Park scandal
(1977-80; Carter) 'Koreagate' Figure Tied To Oil-for-Food Scandal (washingtonpost.com)
- Abscam (1980; Carter) Jersey Hustle: The real-life story of Abscam
- Post-Civil War Panic
(1865-69) Panic of 1873 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Crisis of the Gilded Age
(1873; Grant) The Gilded Age [ushistory.org]
- Grant's Last Panic
(1884; Arthur) http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h213.html
- Northern Pacific Comer
(1901; McKinley) A Popular History of Minnesota
- The Knickerbocker Trust Panic
(1907; Teddy Roosevelt) Panic of 1907 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Great Wall Street Crash & ensuing Great Depression
(1929; Hoover) Stock Market Crash of 1929 - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com
- Reaganomics
(1981-92) Reaganomics [ushistory.org]
- George W. Bush
(2000-08) The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush
Grover Cleveland and the Ordeal of 1893-95
Republican Felonius Behavior
- Draft Riots
(1863; Lincoln)The New York draft riots of 1863 - The Salary Grab Act
(1873; Grant) Salary Grab Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Sherman's genocide
(1869-; Grant) Consortiumnews.com
- Reconstruction
(1866-77) SparkNotes: Reconstruction (1865–1877): Grant’s Presidency: 1869–1876
- Gilded Age (1878-89), also known as the era of the robber barons The Gilded Age: Scandal and Corruption (1870 - 1896) - AP Wiki
- Wounded Knee
(1890; Benjamin Harrison) Massacre At Wounded Knee, 1890
- Prohibition (1919; Wilson) Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Harold Carswell withdrew his Supreme Court nomination saying "I yield to no man . . . in the firm, vigorous belief in the principles of white supremacy."
(1970; Nixon) G. Harrold Carswell; Rejected for U.S. High Court
- Swine Flu
(1976; Ford) 1976 swine flu outbreak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Enron
(2001-02; Bush/43) Behind the Enron Scandal - TIME
- Grover Cleveland's love child (1884, 1888, and 1892)Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Spanish Flu
(1918; Wilson) The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 was caused by vaccinations---E. McBean (Swine Flu Expose)
- Internment of Japanese Americans
(1940s; Roosevelt/32) Japanese-American Internment [ushistory.org]
- Jim Crow laws Jim Crow Museum: Origins of Jim Crow
- The Bay of Pigs
(1961; Kennedy) Bay of Pigs Invasion - Cold War - HISTORY.com
- Republican persecution and impeachment of Bill Clinton for receiving blow jobs (1997-98) The Impeachment Trial of President William Jefferson Clinton
- Emanicipation
(186?; Lincoln) - Brown v. Board of Education
(1954; Eisenhower) - Title IX, other Nixon achievements
- National Park System
(Roosevelt/26)
- Feminist movement of 1880s & '90s
(Cleveland) - Gibson Girls
(1890s; Cleveland) - Feminist movement of 1910s (Wilson), culminating in women's emancipation
- League of Nations
- Social Security
- New Deal
- G.I. Bill
- United Nations
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Civil Rights movement
- Feminist movement of 1960s (Kennedy, Johnson)
- Youth movement of 1960s
(Kennedy, Johnson) - Great Society
(1960s; Johnson) - Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Environmental Protection Agency
- The sexual revolution
(1960s; Johnson) - Balanced budget
(1998; Clinton)
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