Are the ones most likely to be involved in some sort of scandal, involving prostitutes, congressional pages, men in bathrooms, corruption, etc?

Catalina Vasquez Villalpando, (R) Treasurer of the United States. Pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Only US Treasurer ever sent to prison (1992)

Wes Cooley (R-OR), Cooley was convicted of having lied on the 1994 voter information pamphlet about his service in the Army. He was fined and sentenced to two years probation (1997)

Newt Gingrich (R-GA), the Speaker of the House, was accused of financial improprieties leading to House reprimand and 0,000 in sanctions leading to his resignation (1997)

Jay Kim (R-CA) accepted 0,000 in illegal 1992 campaign contributions and was sentenced to two months house arrest (1992)

Alphonso Jackson (R) Secretary of HUD resigned while under investigation by the FBI for revoking the contract of a vendor who told him he didn’t like President Bush (2008)

* "Lawyergate" the Bush administration firing without explanation of a number of Republican federal prosecutors which he himself had appointed. It is alleged they were fired for prosecuting Republicans and not prosecuting Democrats. As congressional hearings were called, a number of senior officials cited executive privilege and resigned rather than testify under oath, including:

1. Monica Goodling (R) White House Liaison
2. Michael A. Battle (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys
3. Bradley Scholzman (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys who replaced Battle
4. Michael Elston (R) Chief of Staff to Paul McNulty
5. Paul McNulty (R) Deputy Attorney General
6. Kyle Sampson (R) Chief of Staff to Alberto Gonzales
7. Alberto Gonzales (R) Attorney General
8. Joshua Bolten Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, found in Contempt of Congress
9. Sarah Taylor (R) Assistant to Karl Rove
10. Karl Rove (R) Assistant to the President
11. Harriet Miers (R) Legal Counsel to the President, found in Contempt of Congress

Lurita Alexis Doan (R) resigned as head of the General Services Administration. She was under scrutiny for conflict of interest and violations of the Hatch Act (2008)

* Jack Abramoff scandal in which Abramoff bribed administration officials and legislators as part of his lobbying efforts. See Legislative scandals.

1. David Safavian (R) Administrator of Procurement Policy for the OMB, found guilty of four counts of lying and sentenced to 18 months
2. Roger Stillwell (R) Staff in the Department of the Interior under George W. Bush. Pleaded guilty and received two years suspended sentence
3. Susan Ralston (R) Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to Carl Rove, resigned October 6, 2006 after it became known that she accepted gifts and passed information to her former boss Jack Abramoff
4. Steven Griles (R) (former Deputy Secretary of the Interior) pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 10 months
5. Italia Federici (R) staff to Secretary of Interior, obstruction of justice, four years probation
6. Mark Zachares (R) staff in Labor Depart, bribed by Abramoff, guilty of conspiracy to defraud

# Julie MacDonald,(R) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, resigned May 1, 2007 after giving government documents to developers (2007)
# Lester Crawford (R) Commissioner of the FDA, resigned after 2 months. Pled guilty to conflict of interest (2006)
# Brian J. Doyle (R) Deputy Press Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. Charged with 7 counts of using a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmitting harmful materials to a minor (2006)
Bush administration payment of columnists to say nice things. Illegal payments were made to Armstrong Williams (R), Maggie Gallagher (R) and Michael McManus (R) (2004-2005)

Bernard Kerik (R) nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security derailed by past employment of illegal alien as nanny, and amid allegations of various other ethical improprieties (2004)

* Plame affair (2004), in which CIA agent Valerie Plame's name was leaked to the press in retaliation for her husband's criticism of the Bush administration

1. Kyle Foggo (R) (Dusty) Executive Director of CIA, guilty of bribery February 17, 2007
2. Lewis Libby (R) (Scooter) Chief of Staff to Dick Cheney, convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice March 6, 2007. Sentenced to 30 months and fined 0,000. Commuted by Bush July 1, 2007 CIA leak scandal (2003) and Plamegate.)

And thats just in the Legislative Branch.

So, Please tell me, which party is the "Moral" Party?
Oops, sorry, thats the Executive Branch. If you want, i could write the Legislative Branch's crimes here.
Tar – Because listing democrats would be useless to the question, since they dont advocate moral conservatism.

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