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For over 40 years
the Capitol Steps have been
telling it like it is.
Here's a sampling of new and old
Lirty Dies.
Come back often for
these reminders of scandals
and scoundrels
past and present.
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Democratic Hopefuls of 2019
So many Democrats are after the top job that you can't fit 'em all on a debate stage or even two. Stormy times are ahead.
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Donald Trump
Long before Donald Trump became a politician, he was just a run-of-the-mill rich and famous celebrity. We made fun of him back in the 1990's too.
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New York Politics
What city could possibly compete with Washington when it comes to scandal?
New York gave it try when not one, but two of our favorite candidates tried to redeem themselves and return to public life: Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer.
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The Challengers of 2012
Every four years, the challenge of leading and inspiring the nation
tempts truly great American men and women to run for president. Then, they realize how crazy that would be,
and instead we get candidates like these.
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The Two-Party System
After three decades of mocking Democrats and Republicans,
what could be better for us than having the Tea Party shake up the
world of politics?
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2009 — Quite a Year
It was a year of scandals, from beginning to end —
in politics, in sports, in entertainment, and in politics.
(Did we mention politics?)
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The 2008 Election
The long, painful
road to the election of 2008
ran past grumpy Republicans and
disappointed front-runners as voters
finally went for the pick of the Democrats.
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The Sport of Baseball.
The steroid scandals get worse and worse
in the world of sports.
Where will it end?
Here's the real dope on what's going on
inside American baseball.
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Bush v. Gore.
In the election of 2000, one man
lost the popular vote yet won
in the Supreme Court. And the other
will be remembered as the guy who
came between Cheney and Quayle.
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Paris Hilton.
Paris is an heiress who got stopped by a cop
and wound up with her tail in jail...
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O.J. Simpson.
He killed two people --
or did he?
-- and the jury just let him off.
His unusual trial was also the subject of four songs on our album
A Whole Newt World.
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Clarence Thomas.
He had a tough confirmation hearing before
being appointed to the Supreme Court.
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Mark Foley.
The Florida Republican, defender of
morality and child welfare, got a little bit
too friendly with some Congressional pages.
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Paula Jones.
Having been denounced as "trailer-park trash" by
both James Carville and Ann Coulter, Paula doesn't have
many friends left.
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Rick Santorum.
The junior Senator from
Pennsylvania won't
rest until all America
is safe from
sin.
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Jesse Jackson.
The poetic preacher and moral example to America's youth.
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California.
The great state and the
inspiring role models
who live there.
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Secret Agents.
The CIA is changing chiefs
in the midst of controversy
over warrantless spying on
Americans in the U.S.
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The Kennedy Clan.
When young
Patrick
ran his car off the road,
he became just the latest Kennedy in trouble.
This old Lirty Die was found in
the archives, from several scandals and
tragedies ago.
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Enron.
Those smart guys at America's seventh
largest company. Ex-company.
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Joycelyn Elders.
As Surgeon General, she was outspoken
on legalizing drugs and on safe-sex alternatives
to condoms or abstinence.
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Saddam Hussein.
That madman from Iraq
who fooled the CIA, the NSA,
the President of the U.S. -- and
even himself.
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Osama Bin Laden.
America's most wanted criminal
of the new millennium.
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