# another night Time Feud For Ya - The Political Scandal Feud by 42fish \[game over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246 "2008-08-25T21:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/1 "2008-08-25T21:29:12Z")
If any of you have ideas for Feuds -_and would like me to score them_- PM me and I’ll get you on The List. **DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS** Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points. _ **FORMATTING OF ANSWERS IS IMPORTANT!** _ **Write your answers like this** ; Do not repeat the questions, no periods at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. If you need to comment or clarify your answers, do it AFTER the list of answers. Thanks. JUST LIKE THIS: **1. answer 2. response 3. rejoinder** The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at 4:00 PM Central on Tuesday, 8/26/08 whichever comes first. Good luck! 1. Name a politician brought down by a sex scandal. 2. Other than Bill Clinton, name a politician who survived a sex scandal. 3. Name a politician brought down by a bribery/financial corruption scandal. 4. Name a politician brought down by a drug scandal… 5. Other than President Nixon, name a figure from Watergate. 6. Other than President Reagan, name a figure from Iran-Contra. 7. Other than the Lewinsky affair, name a scandal from the Clinton administration. 8. Name a scandal from the George W. Bush administration. 9. Provide a quote from a political scandal. 10. Name something a politician does to repair his image when a scandal breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/2 "2008-08-25T21:41:43Z")
1. Eliot Spitzer 2. Clarence Thomas 3. Otto Kern 4. Marion Barry 5. Mark Felt 6. George H. W. Bush 7. Whitewater 8. Bush reading “The Pet Goat” on 9/11 9. “I am not a crook” 10. Holds a press conference ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/3 "2008-08-25T21:46:26Z")
1. Gary Hart 2. JFK 3. Warren G. Harding 4. Marion Barry 5. John Ehrlichman 6. Ollie North 7. Whitewater 8. The Valerie Plame “name leak” scandal 9. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” 10. Holds a press conference to cry crocodile tears and “apologize” edited to fix agreement in #10 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/4 "2008-08-25T22:07:59Z")
1. Eliot Spitzer 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Tom DeLay 4. Marion Barry 5. John Erlichman 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Firing of US attorneys 9. I am not a crook 10.Hold a press conference ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/5 "2008-08-25T22:24:40Z")
1. Gary Hart 2. Clarence Thomas 3. Donald Riegle 4. Marion Barry 5. G. Gordon Liddy 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Valerie Plume breach of security 9. “I am not a crook.” 10. Press conference with his wife ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/6 "2008-08-25T22:29:33Z")
1. John Profumo 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Tom DeLay 4. Marion Barry 5. John Dean 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Plame affair 9. “I am not a crook!” 10. Makes a speech with his wife beside him. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/7 "2008-08-25T22:31:59Z")
1. Name a politician brought down by a sex scandal. 2. Other than Bill Clinton, name a politician who survived a sex scandal. 3. Name a politician brought down by a bribery/financial corruption scandal. 4. Name a politician brought down by a drug scandal… 5. Other than President Nixon, name a figure from Watergate. 6. Other than President Reagan, name a figure from Iran-Contra. 7. Other than the Lewinsky affair, name a scandal from the Clinton administration. 8. Name a scandal from the George W. Bush administration. 9. Provide a quote from a political scandal. 10. Name something a politician does to repair his image when a scandal breaks. 11. Gary Condit 12. Barney Frank 13. Tom DeLay 14. Wilbur Mills 15. John Dean 16. Oliver North 17. White water 18. Halliburton - military contractor in Iraq 19. “I did NOT have sex with that woman!” 20. makes appearances with family, especially wife and children D’oh! I didn’t really know who to put for a drug scandal, so picked Wilbur Mills - I think I recall him being involved with both alcohol and drugs. Condit’s relationship with Chandra Levy definitely helped defeat him in his next election. Barney Frank, I believe, has survived all the stuff they’ve tried to use to turn his electorate against him. LOL ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/8 "2008-08-25T22:43:07Z")
1. Eliot Spitzer 2. Clarence Thomas 3. Tom Delay 4. Marion Barry 5. John Ehrlichman 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. The Valerie Plame thing 9. “I am not a crook” 10. Holds a press conference ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/9 "2008-08-25T22:53:40Z")
1. Elliot Spitzer 2. Gary Hart 3. James J Walker 4. Marion Barry 5. John Mitchell 6. Alezander Haig 7. White Water 8. Katrina/FEMA 9. “I am not a crook!” 10. Has his press secretary hold a press conference ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/10 "2008-08-25T22:54:42Z")
by the way - James J Walker of Tammany Hall fame circa very early 20th century - brought down by Fiorello H LaGuardia ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/11 "2008-08-25T23:21:27Z")
1. Gary Hart 2. Nicolas Sarkozy 3. Bob Ney 4. Marion Barry 5. G. Gordon Liddy 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Valerie Plame “outing” 9. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” 10. Appears for a photo op with “forgiving” spouse 11. Of course, he has the advantage of being from France, which has a more _laissez-faire_ attitude about such matters than does the USA 12. I’m hoping the Jack Abramoff dealings are still fresh in other **Dopers’** minds 13. At least temporarily… 14. As a CIA agent 15. It got me no points in the “catchphrase Feud”, but I’m hoping it’ll gain some traction here ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/12 "2008-08-25T23:22:44Z")
1. Profumo 2. John Kennedy 3. Tom Delay 4. Marion Berry 5. John Dean 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. The Valerie Plame treason 9. “I am not a crook.” - Richard Nixon 10. Make a speech with his wife ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/13 "2008-08-25T23:23:04Z")
1. John Edwards 2. John McCain 3. Tom Delay 4. Marion Barry 5. G. Gordon Liddy 6. Lt. Col. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Phony claims of Iraqi WMDs 9. “I did not have sex with that woman” 10. Hold a press conference to apologize Notes: 1. More or less the most recent, but geez, there seem to have been a lot lately. 2. Not sure it was a scandal, per se but I’ll give 'er a whirl. 3. rather conch-ish, I think. 4. So many to choose from! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/14 "2008-08-25T23:45:23Z")
1. Gary Hart 2. Edward Kennedy 3. Tom DeLay 4. Marion Barry 5. Charles Colson 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Haliburton 9. I am not a crook 10. Apology speech, with wife at side ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/15 "2008-08-25T23:48:23Z")
1. Gary Hart 2. JFK 3. Albert Fall 4. Marion Barry 5. G Gordon Liddy 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Valerie Plame 9. I am not a crook 10. Holds press conference with wife/family ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/16 "2008-08-25T23:51:50Z")
1. Name a politician brought down by a sex scandal. Eliot Spitzer 2. Other than Bill Clinton, name a politician who survived a sex scandal. Ted Kennedy 3. Name a politician brought down by a bribery/financial corruption scandal. Tom DeLay 4. Name a politician brought down by a drug scandal. Man, I’m really drawing a blank here. 5. Other than President Nixon, name a figure from Watergate. Mark “Deep Throat” Felt 6. Other than President Reagan, name a figure from Iran-Contra. Oliver North 7. Other than the Lewinsky affair, name a scandal from the Clinton administration. Whitewater 8. Name a scandal from the George W. Bush administration. Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame 9. Provide a quote from a political scandal. “I am not a crook.” 10. Name something a politician does to repair his image when a scandal breaks. Speechify at a press conference. ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/17 "2008-08-25T23:54:19Z")
And I fucked up the formatting. I’m sorry Dolores, feel free to count me out, I don’t want to cause you extra work. Thanks for these. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/18 "2008-08-25T23:54:49Z")
1. John Edwards 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Ted Stevens\* 4. Marion Barry\* 5. G. Gordon Liddy 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Abu-Ghraib 9. “Bitch set me up!”\* 10. Retires to spend more time with family \*I _so_ wanted to say Traficant \*Who wasn’t actually brought down \*my favorite answer of this feud. Marion Barry at his prime. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/19 "2008-08-26T00:02:10Z")
1. Eliot Spitzer 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bud Dwyer 4. Marion Berry 5. G Gordon Liddy 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Valerie Plame outing 9. “I am not a crook” 10. Appear on camera with his family 4 - He did make a comeback, though ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246/20 "2008-08-26T00:04:43Z")
1. Bill Clinton 2. Larry Craig 3. William Jefferson 4. Marion Barry 5. Deep Throat 6. Oliver North 7. Whitewater 8. Leaking of Valerie Plame’s identity 9. I am not a crook 10. Appear beside his wife on national television [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-night-time-feud-for-ya-the-political-scandal-feud-by-42fish-game-over/461246.md?page=2)