# Who's the Most Corrupt Member of Congress? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 8, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058 "2009-10-08T15:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/41 "2009-10-09T12:25:26Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Fox News has placed a “D” beside corrupt Republican’s names too often to be coincidence [/ruining the joke] Oh. I guess that’s what I get for not watching Fox. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/42 "2009-10-11T01:46:20Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Oh. I guess that’s what I get for not watching Fox. It is not worth it. Don’t start now. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/43 "2009-10-11T18:20:03Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Fox News has placed a “D” beside corrupt Republican’s names too often to be coincidence [/ruining the joke] Although they did label Baucus and someone else as Republicans. Still, almost every time the chyron is ‘mistyped’, a Republican in disgrace (usually because of sexual misconduct) is called a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/44 "2009-10-11T23:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Scandals for Republicans are mostly about sex; for Democrats mostly about money.\* That’s at least partly a function of what each side sees as scandalous, though. When Clinton had an affair, for instance, many on the left shrugged their shoulders and said “So what? It doesn’t relate to the job he does as President.”. So the people who supported him, by and large, continued to support him. By contrast, when a Republican has an affair, there’s a greater tendency for his supporters to view it as a character flaw, and therefore something that is a disqualification from office, and so Republicans caught with their pants down largely resign or get voted out, and are hit harder by sex scandals. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_NFC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@Jake\_NFC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_NFC)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/45 "2009-10-11T23:53:23Z")
I remember speaker Pelosi saying this would be the most ethical congress yet! I have not seen much evidence of that! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058/46 "2009-10-12T00:25:31Z")
Compared to the last 8 years it looks like a chapel. The dems have not set up a pipeline to K Street. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-corrupt-member-of-congress/513058.md?page=2)