Roll call of some of the GOP "Patriotic Americans"

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Rush Limbaugh's Mug Shot


Tom DeLay's actual mug shot

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Pleaded guilty to wire fraud in lying to lenders helping him buy a riverboat casino. Cooperating with federal investigation into the bribery of four Republican members of Congress, including Tom DeLay and Ohio Representative Bob Ney.<!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Sentenced to 6 years in prison

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]David Safavian <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Former head, White House Office of Federal Procurement Policy <!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Convicted of four counts of lying to federal investigators about accepting a vacation to Scotland (along with Bob Ney and various Republican activists) as a bribe for helping Jack Abramoff buy 40 acres of federally-owned land.<!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Sentenced to 18 mo

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Randy Cunningham <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] US Representative (R-CA), Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and Intelligence Committee
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Pleaded guilty to accepting nearly $2.5 million in bribes to steer federal contracts toward certain defense industry firms. One such firm, military and national security intelligence specialist MZM, was paid $145,000 to buy furniture for the White House. As the investigation into Cunningham's activities got underway, Tom DeLay praised him as a "hero" and "an honorable man of high integrity."<!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Sentenced to 8 years in prison.

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Claude Allen <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Former Domestic Policy Advisor to the President <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Arrested for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of items from chain retail stores. <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Pleaded guilty to one count of theft. Ordered to pay $500 fine, plus pay back Target for the $850 he stole from them.[/FONT]
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]James Tobin <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Former Field Director, Northeast Region, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Convicted on two counts of conspiring to make harrassing phone calls in connection with a scheme to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democratic activists who were trying to pull-off a get-out-the-vote drive for the 2002 US Senatorial election. Known to have made dozens of phone calls to the White House's political affairs office -- headed at the time by Ken Mehlman, now the chairman of the Republican National Committee -- in the days leading up to and following the election.<!--"''"--> [/FONT]
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Ken Lay <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Former CEO, Enron Corporation

Top "Pioneer" fund-raiser, Bush-Cheney 2000 Campaign <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Convicted of 10 counts of fraud in connection with various schemes to hide the truth about the company's operations from investors. Under deep suspicion of ripping-off the state of California for billions of dollars in energy overcharges.<!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Republican Lobbyist, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Tom DeLay <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Pleaded guilty to bribing a Republican US congressman -- widely believed to be Bob Ney -- and to accepting bribes from Jack Abramoff to pursuade Tom DeLay to take actions favorable to some of Abramoff's clients.<!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Awaiting sentencing.[/FONT]
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Lewis Libby <!--"''"-->
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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Former Vice Presidential Chief of Staff, Special Assistant to the President for National Security <!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Known to have discussed the classified identity of a CIA officer with at least one member of the media. Indicted on 5 counts of lying to obstruct a federal investigation into said discussion(s). <!--"''"-->

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</td> <td tlxalign="LM" align="left" background="/imagelib/sitebuilder/layout/spacer.gif" valign="middle"> [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif] Resigned all White House jobs following indictments

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