What are the weirdest political scandals to have happened

what makes a scamdal weird?
we had that time some sd politicians threatened an iranian immigrant comedian with iron pipes
And that time when the minister of housing was at a dinner where the chairman of the swedish part of the turkish nationalist organisation grey wolves was.

>>74741665
Don't forget about that time we fired the chief of the FBI because he knew too much

>>74741665
Those aren't really weird. Weird is like scandals involving the king.

>>74741183
Not the weirdest, but the most recent one about Penelope Fillon had a massive impact.

Why would he openly tweet this,
Is he retarded?

>>74741889
There was that time Karl XII forced his pet bear to drink so much booze that it fell out the window and died

>>74741745
Yes, drumpf is a russian agent. He will be exposed and impeached any day now

http://www.baka.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/federal-election-2016-bill-shorten-confounds-by-eating-sausage-sizzle-from-side-20160702-gpwwpi.html

>>74742001
Peter I had a pet bear that carried vodka in a bowl and mauled people that refused to drink if Tolstoy is to be believed.
Cold region people are weird.

>>74742049
>http://www.baka.com.au
should be s m h

>>74741183
Probably the time Trump fired the FBI director during an active investigation of his campaign for collusion with a hostile foreign power, and then made a bunch of dumb tweets about it.

>>74742139
Oh please, in south america they have leaders who do shit like kidnap children from citizens to raise as their own personal guard. Like 40 years ago.

>>74741183
All our political scandals are weird

>>74742049
>http://www.baka.com.au

>>74742208
Well yeah, but they didnt pick them by size to create an army of giants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Giants

>>74741183
Mike Huckabee's autistic son murdered a stray dog by hanging it from a tree at scout camp, and then he tried to cover it up. Mike Huckabee is the former Governor of Arkansas btw:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzy-shuster/huckabees-son-and-his-his_b_77359.html

>>74742385
What are the chances that kid ends up being a senator if not the future president of the USA?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-04-29/emotional-buswell-admits-to-chair-sniffing-incident/2419558

typical alt-right measure. they dismiss everything that could possibly trouble them to cop out even though its their friend.

>>74742385
>huffington post
Also when I tried looking this up the news site that came up was Jezebel

Why would the head of the FBI be recording his meetings with important political figures? Where would he even find that sort of equipment?

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Poopald Splumpf is FINISHED

IT'S OVER

>>74742509
http://www.snopes.com/politics/politicians/huckabeedog.asp

>>74742509
Fine, here's a snopes article reviewing all the claims and publications surrounding the incident, faggot:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/politicians/huckabeedog.asp

personal favourite
>The Australian yesterday reported allegations from an eye-witness at the budget night party that Mr Brown had become drunk, danced in his underpants to loud music and performed a simulated sex act on Wollongong MP Noreen Hay, while calling outto her adult daughter: "Lookat this, I'm titty-f..king your mother!"

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>>74742613
>>74742637
>Snopes

>>74742431
Real answer: Huckabee is a fringe figure with hardly any influence or power

Joke answer: Huckabee's son will be appointed as the new surgeon general in Trump's second term

>>74742699
http://www.newsweek.com/sons-past-could-come-back-bite-huckabee-94351

>>74742613
>>74742637
Even here they say it's all speculative, seems like something the far left media of jezebel and huffington post spun out of control because of "muh evil conservatives"

Dude, you better take a chair...

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>>74742711
>fringe figure
>former governor
>three time Presidential candidate
>literally has a TV show on cable
return when you are eighteen

>>74742799
>implying conservatives aren't evil
>implying Americans in general aren't evil

>>74742799
>As to why the dog was killed, different people have offered different reasons. Governor Huckabee said in 2007 interview conducted by Larry King that “It was mangy. It looked like it was going to attack.” The father of the other young man fired over the dog’s slaying said in a 1998 news article his son had come upon one or more Scouts who had the dog “hung over a limb and choking,” so his son helped “put it out of its misery.” Scout executive Young said in another 1998 news article the two young men had told him the dog appeared to be ill.

You didn't even read it did you?

>>74742799
>Even here they say it's all speculative, seems like something the far left media of jezebel and huffington post spun out of control because of "muh evil conservatives"

No they don't; they just admit that there's some ambiguity and room for interpretation because not all the facts are known, probably because there was never an investigation. However, they also cite FBI and Arkansas State Police sources who testified to Newsweek of a coverup:

>John Bailey, then director of Arkansas’s state police, told Newsweek that personnel in Governor Huckabee’s employ (his chief of staff and personal lawyer) leaned on him to write a letter officially denying the local prosecutor’s request for an investigation: “Bailey, a career officer who had been appointed chief by Huckabee’s Democratic predecessor, said he viewed the lawyer’s intervention as improper and terminated the conversation.” Bailey was fired by Huckabee seven months later, with (according to Bailey) one of the reasons given by Huckabee being that “I couldn’t get you to help me with my son when I had that problem.” Newsweek quoted I.C. Smith, the former FBI chief in Little Rock, as saying “Without question, [Huckabee] was making a conscious attempt to keep the state police from investigating his son.”

>>74742855
He hasn't held office since his governorship which ended a decade ago. He's about as powerful or influential as Newt Gingrich: he's a D lister and a has-been.

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>>74742385
>>74742431
Current white house deputy press secretary is Mike Huckabee's daughter.

>>74743090
Yup. Wonder how many lost pets she's killed 2bh

>>74741183
The 2004-2009 era was the golden era of scandals for Greece.

There was this one New Democracy politician who was caught having sex with his secretary and committed suicide shortly afterwards

There were these priests from some monasteries who evaded taxes forever, and just recently got away with it.

And who could forget that one time a golden dawn MP slapped a communist MP right across the face

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>>74743176
Haven't seen any recent pictures of Barron Trump

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The Duckhouse

>>74742880
>>74742940
Innocent until proven guilty...unless of course the person is an evil rethuglican. This post>>74743176
basically personifies your hysteria. You're no better than the writers at Jezebel if you perpetuate this.

>>74743266
genuine autism

>>74741183
That's not really the worst. Here's a list but I don't agree with the order.

http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/Now-Or-Later/Top-Ten-US-Political-Scandals/

>>74743266
>if a person was never convicted of a particular wrongdoing we shouldn't take their likely crimes into our moral consideration of them

Hm yes, I suppose this is why everyone had such a high opinion of OJ after his acquittal, and Clinton after it was determined she would not be indicted. Truly an airtight defense of this violent freak's character.

>>74742049
>http://www.baka.com.au

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>>74743226
There was an article recently that he was spotted playing soccer at the Whitehouse in an Arsenal shirt, including pictures.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2017/04/18/barron-trump-likes-soccer-and-arsenal-and-d-c-united/

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>>74741183
Our PM have secreat love with on of his secreatry. She falsificated orders so the secreat service start spying on our PM wife

Our old premier was full of them

>got drunk and threw change at a bum telling them to get a job
>telling a farmer he should have shot his cow and shut up instead of reporting BSE
>drinking with Hells Angels

Lots more funny stories but nothing scandalous

>>74743785
>>telling a farmer he should have shot his cow and shut up instead of reporting BSE

lmao what the fuck. Does he understand how serious of a public health issue BSE and variant CJD are?

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>>74743785
>I've got more than enough to eat at home

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>>74742049
what is this poor people food?

>>74743916
It also destroyed the cattle industry for a decade. Ralph klein didn't give a fuck and Albertans adored him. My personal favourite.

>During a charity roast on November 9, 2006 Klein made a lewd joke at the expense of former Conservative Member of Parliament Belinda Stronach: "Belinda roasted me as a Conservative, but of course now she's a Liberal.. and I wasn't surprised that she crossed over; I don't think she ever did have a Conservative bone in her body.. well, except for one." (Referring to Peter MacKay, her former boyfriend, who is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.) Klein refused to apologize for the remark stating that "a roast is a roast is a roast is a roast", while his spokesman pointed out that "Ms. Stronach roasted the premier two years ago and made remarks about his weight, his clothing and even his flatulence".

>>74741974
this

>>74741974
I don't even believe it's the actual guy behind the account.

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People got outraged because a politician refused to answer an English question at a press conference, arguing that we speak German in Germany and not English.

Not gonna lie, former Trump voter here. It's fucking hilarious watching Trump crash and burn like this. But in all seriousness, we can't let this guy near the nuclear codes

A Syrian "toysmuggler" joined in our democratic party and was almost instantly found out to have connection to the ISIS and also probably having been smuggling something quite also a lot more illegal stuff than toys.

>>74744684
How can you be a "former" trump voter? There's hasn't been a vote since

>>74745124
smelly dumb newfag scum

Well there was this time where a politician tried to kill another "fellow politician" in the congress with a gun

he somehow managed miss his target and kill another politician

he was arrested and after a while released

the real kicker? his son would become president of Brazil

>>74745460
One of our congressman nearly beat a senator to death in congress once:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner

>Sumner was knocked down and trapped under the heavy desk, which was bolted to the floor. His chair, which was pulled up to his desk, moved back and forth on a track; Sumner either could not or did not think to slide his chair back to escape, so it pinned him under his desk. Brooks continued to strike Sumner until Sumner rose to his feet and ripped the desk from the floor in an effort to get away from Brooks.[10] By this time, Sumner was blinded by his own blood. He staggered up the aisle and, arms outstretched, vainly attempted to defend himself. But then he was an even larger and easier target for Brooks, who continued to beat him across the head, face, and shoulders "to the full extent of [my] power." Brooks didn't stop when his cane snapped; he continued thrashing Sumner with the piece which held the gold head. Sumner stumbled and reeled convulsively, "Oh Lord," he gasped "Oh! Oh!" Near the end of the attack, Sumner collapsed unconscious, although shortly before he succumbed he "bellowed like a calf" according to Brooks.

>>74745567
>>74745460
Our current prime minister very nearly killed a woman in parliament:

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/trudeau-conservative-whip-1.3588407

>>74741974
obviously

>>74745654
pretty alpha desu

>>74745654
Why did he manhandle her? I thought Trudeau was supposed to be nice feminist ;_;

There was a national scandal when the chief government whip called a police officer a pleb for not letting him through a security gate

The media called it plebgate or gategate

>>74745744
>gategate
kek

>>74745744
I remember that. It seemed like a weird scandal.

>>74745744
>gategate

you guys are always so funny

>>74744134
that was an advertisement for stuffed crust pizza, I love it when I was a kid

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>>74745744

Not really a scandal but one of our presidents died while sexing his mistress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Faure#Death

>>74747218
A true patriot.

>>74747218
it's not a scandal but it's France, though

imagine if this happened in the USA

>>74742001
DRUNK TO CERTAIN DEATH AND PAIN
SWEDISH BEARS HAVE MET THEIR BANE
SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN VAIN
STOCKHOLM

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>>74742799
I did 2 seconds of googling and the fat fucker literally admitted to it.

They are an inbred ugly family anyways I'm not surprised.

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>>74743988
Lmfao a few of my friends have pictures of finding and meeting rob ford when he woke up drunk in a park on a sunday.

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>>74750725

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Berlusconi is a goldmine of such things
pic related is one of the most recent ones
I think Trump has a real chance to surpass Berlusconi himself at his own game (try to say the most inane shit and laugh it off)

>>74745744
British politics are a blessing upon this earth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdStone

Literally indistinguishable from the Thick of It, desu

>>74742208
Turks use to do that with balkans way back in the day.
Clever.

>>74750725

This fat fucks other accomplishments include getting four cops killed in my state.

>>74751629
Berlusconi was Trump before Trump

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>>74752159

>>74747218
Almost all 3rd Republic president were clowns. People were used to stuff like that.