Here it is the scoundrel search:
sorry that the email i received with the information did not convert well to the jpp format
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[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 9
[/TD]
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[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 2
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 26
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 2.4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 5.6
[/TD]
[TD] 76
[/TD]
[TD] 55
[/TD]
[TD] 15
[/TD]
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The George H. W. Bush Administration only had a single criminal indictment, but it’s notable for two reasons. It was the only time that a U.S. Treasurer has ever gone to prison. But Catalina Vasquez Villalpando’s conviction and sentence is probably less notable than who didn’t go to jail: President Bush 41 himself escaped potentially ruinous scandal by granting clemency to six people indicted in the Reagan Administration’s Iran-Contra scandal, thereby avoiding trials that could have exposed Bush 41’s involvement.
Executive Branch criminal actions from Richard Nixon through Barack Obama.
Comparing Scandals by Party
Just glancing at the chart above, it’s pretty clear which administrations are the most criminal, but let’s roll up the data anyway.
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[TD] 20
[/TD]
[TD] 3
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 28
[/TD]
[TD] 120
[/TD]
[TD] 89
[/TD]
[TD] 34
[/TD]
[/TR]
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Some might try to argue that this unfairly penalizes Republican Administrations because GOP Administrations held office for eight more years than Democratic Administrations during this time period. The huge gap between the numbers shows how ridiculous that is, but even so, let’s get the averages per year of combined administrations:
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[TD] 0.15
[/TD]
[TD] 0.05
[/TD]
[TD] 0.05
[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD] 4.29
[/TD]
[TD] 3.18
[/TD]
[TD] 1.21
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Even when we standardize it by getting annual averages, GOP administrations still have 29 times more indictments, 64 times more convictions, and 24 times more prison sentences.
Average annual Executive Branch criminal actions by party dating back to 1969.
For those who say going back to Nixon’s Administration in order to include Watergate was an arbitrary cut-off, I’d argue that excluding Watergate would have been a more extraordinary and arbitrary decision. It was the biggest political scandal of modern times and the only one to lead to the resignation of a sitting President. It marked a huge turning point in the American public’s distrust and skepticism of our governmental institutions. And while I could have included the Johnson Administration in order to make it the last 50+ years rather than 48, that would just serve to make the Republican metrics look even worse. It would have added 5 years to the Democrats’ denominator without adding any more executive branch criminal actions to their numerator, which have just served to lower the Democratic annual percentages even further. And while Watergate and other criminal actions in the Nixon Administration certainly added a huge chunk to Republican totals, the Reagan and Bush 43 Administrations certainly did their part to keep those numbers up.
Disagree rather than denigrate
sorry that the email i received with the information did not convert well to the jpp format
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Executive Branch Criminal Activities by Presidential Administration
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[TD]
Administration
[TD]
Party
[TD]
Years in
Office
[TD]
Criminal
Indictments
[TD]
Criminal
Convictions
[TD]
Prison
Sentences
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Barack Obama
[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
George W. Bush
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Bill Clinton
[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 2
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
George H. W. Bush
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Ronald Reagan
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[TD] 26
[/TD]
[TD] 16
[/TD]
[TD] 8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Jimmy Carter
[TD] Democratic
[/TD]
[TD] 4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[TD] 0
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Gerald Ford
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 2.4
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Richard Nixon
[TD] Republican
[/TD]
[TD] 5.6
[/TD]
[TD] 76
[/TD]
[TD] 55
[/TD]
[TD] 15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
The George H. W. Bush Administration only had a single criminal indictment, but it’s notable for two reasons. It was the only time that a U.S. Treasurer has ever gone to prison. But Catalina Vasquez Villalpando’s conviction and sentence is probably less notable than who didn’t go to jail: President Bush 41 himself escaped potentially ruinous scandal by granting clemency to six people indicted in the Reagan Administration’s Iran-Contra scandal, thereby avoiding trials that could have exposed Bush 41’s involvement.
Executive Branch criminal actions from Richard Nixon through Barack Obama.
Comparing Scandals by Party
Just glancing at the chart above, it’s pretty clear which administrations are the most criminal, but let’s roll up the data anyway.
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[TR]
[TD="colspan: 5"]
Executive Branch Criminal Activities by Party Since 1968
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Administration
[TD]
Total Years
in Office
[TD]
Criminal
Indictments
[TD]
Criminal
Convictions
[TD]
Prison
Sentences
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Democratic
[TD] 20
[/TD]
[TD] 3
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[TD] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Republican
[TD] 28
[/TD]
[TD] 120
[/TD]
[TD] 89
[/TD]
[TD] 34
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Some might try to argue that this unfairly penalizes Republican Administrations because GOP Administrations held office for eight more years than Democratic Administrations during this time period. The huge gap between the numbers shows how ridiculous that is, but even so, let’s get the averages per year of combined administrations:
[TABLE="class: yiv1141058889yahoo-compose-table-card"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"]
Average Executive Branch Criminal Actions by Year Since 1968
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Administration
[TD]
Average #
Indictments
Per Year
[TD]
Average #
Convictions
Per Year
[TD]
Average #
Imprisonments
Per Year
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Democratic
[TD] 0.15
[/TD]
[TD] 0.05
[/TD]
[TD] 0.05
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Republican
[TD] 4.29
[/TD]
[TD] 3.18
[/TD]
[TD] 1.21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Even when we standardize it by getting annual averages, GOP administrations still have 29 times more indictments, 64 times more convictions, and 24 times more prison sentences.
Average annual Executive Branch criminal actions by party dating back to 1969.
For those who say going back to Nixon’s Administration in order to include Watergate was an arbitrary cut-off, I’d argue that excluding Watergate would have been a more extraordinary and arbitrary decision. It was the biggest political scandal of modern times and the only one to lead to the resignation of a sitting President. It marked a huge turning point in the American public’s distrust and skepticism of our governmental institutions. And while I could have included the Johnson Administration in order to make it the last 50+ years rather than 48, that would just serve to make the Republican metrics look even worse. It would have added 5 years to the Democrats’ denominator without adding any more executive branch criminal actions to their numerator, which have just served to lower the Democratic annual percentages even further. And while Watergate and other criminal actions in the Nixon Administration certainly added a huge chunk to Republican totals, the Reagan and Bush 43 Administrations certainly did their part to keep those numbers up.
Disagree rather than denigrate
