The Funny Farm

- Republican't executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper was arrested for soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.

- Republican't chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.

- Republican't County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.

- Republican't judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

- Republican't Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.

- Republican't petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.

- Republican't County Chairman Armando Tebano was arrested for sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl.

- Republican't teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.

- Republican't campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.

- Republican't Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

- Republican't Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.

- Republican't Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.

- Republican't County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

- Republican't legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

- Republican't Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

- Republican't anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

- Republican't zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.

- Republican't anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

- Republican't campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

- Republican't racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

- Republican't pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

- Republican't legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

- Republican't advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared in an anti-Gore television commercial.

- Republican't activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

- Republican't lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

- Republican't Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

- Republican't fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

- Republican't activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

- Republican't campaign chairman Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child and was arrested again five years later on the same charge.

- Republican't Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

- Republican't activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

- Republican't Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.

- Republican't congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

- Republican't Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

- Republican't activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican't Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

- Republican't legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

- Republican't Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

- Republican't preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

- Republican't talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

- Republican't anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

- Republican't Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

- Republican't election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

- Republican't politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

- Republican't legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

- Republican't anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.

- Republican't County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

- Republican't activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

- Republican't candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

- Republican't Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

- Republican't County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

- Republican't City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

- Republican't activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

- Republican't parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

- Republican't strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

- Republican't city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

- Republican't businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

- Republican't campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.

- Republican't director of the "Young Republican't Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

- Republican't president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.

- Republican't benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

- Republican't Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency.