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Art: Mark Dancey

Art: Mark Dancey 1. Gary Hart (D-CO) While seeking the nomination for president, Senator Hart answered allegations of extramarital affairs by challenging the press to put a tail on him. He was then photographed with model Donna Rice on a trip to the Bahamas and dropped out of the race. 2. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Representative Calvert was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in 1993. A champion of the Christian Coalition, Calvert later said, “We can’t forgive what occurred between the President and Lewinsky.” (See No. 5) 3. Mel Reynolds (D-IL) Representative Reynolds’s relationship with a sixteen-year-old campaign volunteer led to his 1995 conviction on charges of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography. 4. Robert Packwood (R-OR) Senator Packwood resigned in 1995 after twenty-nine women accused him of sexual harassment, abuse, and assaults. His denials were contradicted by his own diaries, which boasted of his sexual conquests. 5. President Bill Clinton (D) In 1998, after it was revealed that intern Monica Lewinsky had oral sex with the President in the Oval Office, he went on TV to declare, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Baffler MIT Press

Art: Mark Dancey

Dancey, Mark
The Baffler – Mar 1, 2013
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© 2012 Mark Dancey
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1. Gary Hart (D-CO) While seeking the nomination for president, Senator Hart answered allegations of extramarital affairs by challenging the press to put a tail on him. He was then photographed with model Donna Rice on a trip to the Bahamas and dropped out of the race. 2. Ken Calvert (R-CA) Representative Calvert was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in 1993. A champion of the Christian Coalition, Calvert later said, “We can’t forgive what occurred between the President and Lewinsky.” (See No. 5) 3. Mel Reynolds (D-IL) Representative Reynolds’s relationship with a sixteen-year-old campaign volunteer led to his 1995 conviction on charges of sexual assault, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of child pornography. 4. Robert Packwood (R-OR) Senator Packwood resigned in 1995 after twenty-nine women accused him of sexual harassment, abuse, and assaults. His denials were contradicted by his own diaries, which boasted of his sexual conquests. 5. President Bill Clinton (D) In 1998, after it was revealed that intern Monica Lewinsky had oral sex with the President in the Oval Office, he went on TV to declare, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for

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Published: Mar 1, 2013

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