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The Scandalous Fall of the Modern Conservative Movement



HIKING THE APPALACHIAN ARGENTINE TRAIL
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June 2009: Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who called on Clinton to resign and has spoken about the "sanctity of marriage,"
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May 2008: Family values champ Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY

has had both an affair and a child with another woman
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Florida State Rep. Bob Allen

arrested for offering an undercover cop $20 for the privilege of performing oral sex on him
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Sen. Larry "Wide Stance" Craig (R-ID) pleads guilty

for soliciting sex
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Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), an abstinence-only sex ed advocate
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Randall Tobias, Bush's Global AIDS Coordinator who spoke out against prostitution (and condom use
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Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor who condemned homosexuality
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Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is accused of assaulting a woman

and threatening to rape her
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Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), a fierce opponent of child pornography

sent illicit emails to teenage pages.
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Bill Bennett

acknowledges a gambling problem in which he lost millions in Vegas