It's pretty funny to those that realize that both Republicans and Democrats are pretty much the same thing. They just keep buying into all the political crap and not seeing things for what they really are.
I agree like I personally agree with how most people you see on social media do Biden isn't ideal but he is the better out of the two evils to choose from in the 2020 election and tbh I don't care about you gender, sexuality, religion, political stances etc. But if someone is LGBTQ phobic, Racist, or Trump supporting, depending on their stances I will either ignore them, trash them, or try to find a middle ground
You forgot to mention the utter Irony of the Iran Contra affair was that with Reagan's involvement in it, there was the fact that the guerrilla's were pushing drugs that would end up in America considering his "hard edge" treatment of drugs, his own administration was responsible for an inevitable increase in drugs into this country. Which meant more need for enforcement, which granted groups like the DEA more power.
Keatrithz In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had targeted political groups applying for tax-exempt status for closer scrutiny based on their names or political themes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating the IRS's actions as part of a criminal probe ordered by United States Attorney General Eric Holder. This led to both political and public condemnation of the agency and triggered further investigations. Initial reports had described the targeting as nearly exclusively on conservative groups with terms such as "Tea Party" in their names. Further investigation revealed that certain terms and themes in the applications of liberal-leaning groups and the Occupy movement had also triggered additional scrutiny, though possibly at a lower rate. The only known denial of tax-exempt status occurred to a progressive group. The use of target lists continued through May 2013.
@@TheBosnianAmerican Why did you have to bring politics into this chat and fyi I support most of the current democratic values but I would rather if you comment back don't start an argument
Can somebody tell me why Benghazi qualifies as a political scandal? Please don't get me wrong. It is a tragedy and I in no way want to minimize the lives lost at that day. But it isn't the only embassy bombing and it took place in a country that just came out of a civil war and has an ongoing problem with tribal violence. I mainly ask my question because I can't rule out that I am missing something.
The scandal is that we were initially lied to about the cause of the attack. They told us the attack was caused by protests due to a youtube video then a week later the same press secretary was saying that they never said that. Requests for additional security were denied and when a team could have been at that embassy in less than two hours when the distress call came in they were ordered to stand down and the officer in charge of the teem was relieved of command because he was going to send them in anyway
I have never heard of denied help after a distress call and just googled it to find no source that. The Five House comittee explicitly said that "No 'stand down' order was given by President Barack Obama or any other official anywhere in the government in terms of possible military efforts to combat the attackers, despite later reports. In my opinion the main content of this controversy is that the Obama administration delivered conflicting narratives on the event, mainly whether it was an act of terrorism or the result of demonstration due to the movie "The innocence of muslims". The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Five House commitee state that "No evidence was found of any effort to downplay the role of terrorists enacting a pre-planned strike in the Benghazi attacks." and that "The Benghazi attacks have been the subject of misinformed speculation and accusations long after the basic facts of the attacks have been determined, thereby distracting attention from more important concerns: the tragic deaths of four brave Americans, the hunt for their attackers, efforts by the U.S. Government to avoid future attacks, and the future of the U.S-Libya relationship." In my opinion it is classical gouvernment fuckup. I would attribute the event's to incompetence and the reaction to stupidity, not to malice. That is why on the list of large political scandals it shouldn't be mentioned next to Iran-Contra, Watergate or the Rod Blagojevich corruption charges.
It was a cover up due to Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice fabricated "Video campaign" by going onto several news shows and telling a story about how an anti islamic video drove protestors to attack our consulate to cover for Obama which was needed due to the timing of the attack which took place on sep. 11. Even to the point of telling the parents of one of the fallen SEAL in person that they would "Get the person who was responsible for the video." The truth behind it is that Obama and his administration(Hilary) were aware of the upcoming attack, ambassador stevens sent many complaints about his situation to the white house about the growing threat of radical islamist which were taking over Benghazi. Steven's reports made its way all the way to Hilary department and were completely disregarded. The CIA also had intel on the islamic terror plan which had already been initiated resulting in attacks on other U.N. consulates in the area, leaving us as the lone consulate left after every other county had left. Then the attack top CIA officials never once mentioned the so called video, but yet reported of a well orchestrated terrorist strike, which was an easy assessment to make considering that they were armed with assault style weapons, rpgs,14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and even had the military training to cary out a successful mortar strike on our CIA annex. Not to mention the terrorist organization personally stated their role in the attack directly after it was over. So right before elections all of this happens and if the actual information about obamas incompetence which includes his personally elected officials, would of gotten out it would of been devastating to his chances of being reelected for a second term. Thus creating the Benganzi scandal, but don't worry its still under investigation by U.S. Justice Department head, appointed by Obama, Eric Holder, who was under investigation himself for his role in the fast and furious scandal until Obama gave him executive amnesty, but i won't go on about that because i would be here forever talking about how Obamas presidency has been one of the most corrupt and least transparent to date in US's history, and I'm including Nixon.
Funny thing, the scandal wasn't so much his affair, as much as the fact that he lied about it. Or even if he was telling the truth, that means it was a Republican conspiracy, which makes it equally scandalous.
It's a good thing we don't live in a society that believes in "innocent until proven guilty" and this little pesky detail called "evidence". That would make it real hard to defame Obama.
***** Yeah, who exactly do you think told the IRS to do what they did? Do you think they just up and did it because they wanted to one day? No, that's not what happened. I and many other Democrats suspect that it was Obama that ordered the IRS to do exactly what they did. My party has gone down hill since the moronic kids brigade (anyone under 25) joined the party. All of those kids think that the country owes them something because that's what their parents and teachers told them should happen.
I agree with what you are saying but I find it hard to believe you are actually a deomocrat, no democrat would ever admit that. You know I would happily vote for a democrat president if it was someone like JFK, but usually the candidates suck. Since I live in California and my vote doesn't matter, I'll just vote Libertarian each year.
kyotosomo Hey, I'm a republican and I admit my party has gone to shit. Being member of a party doesn't necassarily mean you always agree with everything that is currently happening. It's reassuring to witness partisanship being outmatched by logic.
I think they blamed it on upscaling or some other lame excuse. I really don't understand all of these "big" CZcams channels that upload in even 720p with low bitrates. Even if you're filming in 720p or your source is 480p, CZcams yields much higher levels of quality at 1080p and beyond due to bitrate constraints on lower resolutions.
Can everyone please SHUT UP about 1080p, it is nearly impossible to make videos footage that is 480p crystal clear by today's standards! In fact, it is impossible!
Because the majority of the source footage they use for the clips isn't in 720p, meaning it's more time consuming to render and upload a video with very little 'real' 720p footage.
Cam Hyman That banner was placed there at the request of the carrier crew who had been deployed for over a year and were finally going to get sent home for a time.
+ManicallyMetal The Liwaniski Scandal started off as a love affair, but then it got turned into something it probably shouldn't have been. Yes, the president lied under oath about a sexual affair, but that in no way affected how he ran the country or was something that would adversly affect the U.S.' standing in the world order, or the economy. Now, lying under oath about a nation's nuclear capabilites to start a war, or lying about members of your administration selling arms to terrorists, *THOSE* are offenses that should've resulted in impeachment hearings.
+WatchMojo.com You stated in the video that the entire Lewinsky scandal might have been orchestrate by Republicans... There was semen on the dress, his semen. It doesn't just magically get on there by itself. Whether or not it was orchestrated by Republicans, Bill took the bait and lied that he did so. I don't know why this is still an issue as you insist it is.
+Andrew Bjork But having sex with an intern isn't an impeachable offense. I had to look up on Wikipedia how exactly he got impeached, and to me it does seem like a partisan hit job.
Now do a video not just about the US. I know they're based in Canada, but goddamn almost all of their videos are about the US. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TOO!!!!
US just happens to be super influential for better or for worst..Why randomly start with Top 10 Jamaican Political scandals..I'm sure there will be plenty of time for other countries...why so impatient?
POTUS gets a call in the middle of the night saying an embassy was probably about to get attacked and then instead of waking up he decides campaigning was more important, and if that wasn't bad enough they (Obama administration) tried to blame it on a youtube video, and then locked the guy up for that video for quite some time. Also Benghazi.
That isn't a scandal. Almost every program has issues when it is first rolled out. Republicans are just bitching because the insurance companies aren't making as much profit.
***** Obamacare is a cancer for our country. I'd say any bill that is directly responsible for millions of Americans losing their health care coverage is horrible.
***** Nixon lied about something petty. Obama lied about the most important thing to any human (their health incase you are confused). I am not a republican, or American for that matter but I do understand what will happen to US healthcare based on his lies from seeing what has happened to my countries healthcare.
No. Why would anyone say that? What will make healthcare unaffordable is Obamacare. When you mess with the price mechanism of anything it gets worse and less affordable. The USSR is a prime example of this. Show me one 'medicare/medicaid' hospital that competes with a hospital that is not, on price or quality and I will concede your point. Heck., I will give you a 50% advantage on price, hell make it 75%. FYI, Obamacare is about making insurers rich, not about healthcare.
I do not understand why the Lewinsky case is among the top 10, not to mention #2. I can see how it would be a big thing for Hillary but a big thing nationally... only in America. The #1 was expected. The US of A needs to get rid of the two party system and get real democracy and then maybe get some politicians who'll deal with the huge deficit spending and huge debt, both domestic and foreign.
Its because he either lied about it, or it was a massive conspiracy against him. Either way, it created horrific polarization between the parties, which has only gotten worse and worse and worse. Now, you are either 100% conservative or 100% liberal, in the eyes of either side.
Chris Blount I mentioned in another comment: The problem is we live in a country where things that feel good are evil, and hurting other people for profit is a good thing.
K1productions You're completely correct but I would also like to add it also because he lied and almost got impeached. We haven't had very many presents impeached lol. That's a big deal.
Holy crap the Lewinsky scandal was so blown out of proportion. What happens in the bedroom doesn't affect ones ability to do their job. How many time does someone have an affair and get fired from their job? Never.
It was not the act, it was the lie. Plus Clinton, who had great power, preyed on someone. He used his power to have sex with the girl. It is a predatory act but considering the alternative I can cut him some slack.
Jack Hall that a conservative, looked at other conservative groups, and denied tax exemption to a progressive organization... lets be clear that the republicans are saying its a democratic scandal against them... lets also be clear the only one who won't let it go is fox news who lie so fucking much you may as well change their definition of news to propaganda.
Then why was the gov't so secretive and flipping their stories from were innocent to maybe something went wrong. The scandal is that they kept it secret just long enough to ensure Obama's victory then talk about what went wrong.
Might as well add the Kenyan Birth Certificate to the list if that's the level of "scandal" they're going for... Meanwhile multiple innocent persons are killed with drone strikes, and the NSA spies on everyone (AKA: REAL SCANDALS).
G Anderson The birth certificate scandal is a joke, till they find any real hard evidence I remain skeptical. As for the others, the NSA scandal was listed and the drone strikes sadly are just seen as another casualty of the war on terror. However Benghazi is still a scandal.
Don't miss these other great videos, Top 10 Infamous Political Sex Scandals in the USA Top 10 Infamous Celebrity Sex Scandals The Watergate Scandal: Timeline and Background Top 10 Controversial Athletes
Apparently nobody at Mojo owns a history book. 9 of the 10 are from the TV era. Other than Tea Pot Dome, no scandal that ever happened in the first 200 years of the nation was bigger than, Ron What's his name.
A lot of people blame the politicians. But they don't just appear out of nowhere. They're raised in America, and elected by Americans. Maybe we should be blaming the voters?
The House votes for impeachment. If passed, it goes to the Senate for a trial and possible removal from office. The Senate voted not to remove Clinton from office.
apparently the NSA listened to some phone calls from the area i live in Yorkshire and they only lasted 5 minutes because they were disgusted by the way we talk to each other, and the fact that we treat it like its normal
so this was to ten u.s. political scandals. it was a good list. and good job on including the tea pot dome scandal. i would like to see an international list sometime.
Impeached means the president is brought before the court in order to determine wether or not they'll be removed from office, it does not mean they are straight-up removed.
Did you not listen? They said they would T R Y to keep them off the list because they already had one. They did not say there wouldn't be any at all, they said they would try to keep them off. Also, they picked the single biggest sex scandal as the single one they included.
There was a sex scandal embedded in it. But the big scandal was directly looking the people in the eye and provably lying to them and more importantly later lying under oath.
Sure there was sex involved with the Lewinsky scandal, but the bigger question that still remains is whether or not it was part of a Republican witch hunt determined to undermine Clinton at any cost. As Topher B says, Clinton didn't get into trouble for cheating on Hillary with Monica Lewinsky; he got into trouble because he lied under oath about it.
Granted there were a few issues on both sides, but the news agencies went in after it was all over and counted the votes. Bush won the election, and the counting conducted by those news agencies agreed. Why do you think it was dropped after that? Not because they wanted to, but because they counted and confirmed that Bush won. Trust me, I would have rather had Gore than Bush, but Bush did win.
***** Its his brother, not his cousin and there is no proof that it was rigged. Like I said, the major networks went in after the election was over and counted the votes where they found that Bush actually did win. That's why it was dropped and never heard about again. Because there wasn't a scandal waiting to be uncovered, there was no continuing story, so there was no point in talking about it anymore.
Korn - Politics: "Everyone's corrupt You should just shut up Lay down, back off The demon you disrupted Don't want to talk about politics Don't preach or talk about politics Don't make me talk about politics Don't give a shit about politics!"
Honorable mentions are things that didn't make the list but I still pretty good substitutes. They are like number 11 number 12 number 13 etc. they are things that almost make the list, but got cut.
Just an observation in the comment section, with most watch mojo lists we see people critize them for focusing mainly on the U.S while being a Canadian company, but you never see those comments when it is a negative list like this one.
How is an embassy attacked in Benghazi a scandal? Why not just mention the damn bridge while your at it! No sex scandals, but N° 2 is Lewinsky. ABSCAM should be in top 5. Sad to see such sub par standards.... Sometimes I think watchmojo does this on purpose just to get the comment section flaring.
Republicans vs Democrats in the comments section is starting to become almost as common as atheists vs christians
It's pretty funny to those that realize that both Republicans and Democrats are pretty much the same thing. They just keep buying into all the political crap and not seeing things for what they really are.
This is enough to cause one to lose faith in humanity😠
nothing new in my opinion on any front political or religious
I’m Christian and Republican but I go for biden lol
I agree like I personally agree with how most people you see on social media do Biden isn't ideal but he is the better out of the two evils to choose from in the 2020 election and tbh I don't care about you gender, sexuality, religion, political stances etc. But if someone is LGBTQ phobic, Racist, or Trump supporting, depending on their stances I will either ignore them, trash them, or try to find a middle ground
Chills ran down my spine when Nixon was talking about using a nuclear bomb...my God.
Top 10 ?? You could do a Top 100 !!!
Top 100??? You could do a top 1000!!!
SWBF2PS2 top 100??? you could do top 10000!!!
***** Top infinity??? you could do a top infinity +1!!! I win, this means so much to me!!!
Joel Thiam Top infinity^infinity, I win
lol
This list needs to be updated lol
Yes
i loved political scandals before 2000. it was cold and harsh without any sugar coating to keep uncle sams shoes clean
What about George Bush/Dick Cheney with the Iraq WMD's scandal, or how about the poor actions of Hurricane Katrina?
You forgot to mention the utter Irony of the Iran Contra affair was that with Reagan's involvement in it, there was the fact that the guerrilla's were pushing drugs that would end up in America considering his "hard edge" treatment of drugs, his own administration was responsible for an inevitable increase in drugs into this country. Which meant more need for enforcement, which granted groups like the DEA more power.
The IRS scandal should also be on this list
Keatrithz In 2013, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealed that it had targeted political groups applying for tax-exempt status for closer scrutiny based on their names or political themes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating the IRS's actions as part of a criminal probe ordered by United States Attorney General Eric Holder. This led to both political and public condemnation of the agency and triggered further investigations. Initial reports had described the targeting as nearly exclusively on conservative groups with terms such as "Tea Party" in their names. Further investigation revealed that certain terms and themes in the applications of liberal-leaning groups and the Occupy movement had also triggered additional scrutiny, though possibly at a lower rate. The only known denial of tax-exempt status occurred to a progressive group. The use of target lists continued through May 2013.
TheDarkAngel969 Well you see it's ok to target them because they are conservative. Sincerely, liberals #sarcasm
@@TheBosnianAmerican Why did you have to bring politics into this chat and fyi I support most of the current democratic values but I would rather if you comment back don't start an argument
That’s not a real scandal
What happened during the IRS scandal?
do the top 10 foreign political scandals
I despise politicians
2020; hold my dead grandma's ballot
XD
Can somebody tell me why Benghazi qualifies as a political scandal? Please don't get me wrong. It is a tragedy and I in no way want to minimize the lives lost at that day. But it isn't the only embassy bombing and it took place in a country that just came out of a civil war and has an ongoing problem with tribal violence. I mainly ask my question because I can't rule out that I am missing something.
It's a scandal because those in the embassy asked for help, they could've been helped, but they weren't, and then those in charge lied about it
The scandal is that we were initially lied to about the cause of the attack. They told us the attack was caused by protests due to a youtube video then a week later the same press secretary was saying that they never said that.
Requests for additional security were denied and when a team could have been at that embassy in less than two hours when the distress call came in they were ordered to stand down and the officer in charge of the teem was relieved of command because he was going to send them in anyway
I have never heard of denied help after a distress call and just googled it to find no source that. The Five House comittee explicitly said that "No 'stand down' order was given by President Barack Obama or any other official anywhere in the government in terms of possible military efforts to combat the attackers, despite later reports.
In my opinion the main content of this controversy is that the Obama administration delivered conflicting narratives on the event, mainly whether it was an act of terrorism or the result of demonstration due to the movie "The innocence of muslims".
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Five House commitee state that "No evidence was found of any effort to downplay the role of terrorists enacting a pre-planned strike in the Benghazi attacks." and that "The Benghazi attacks have been the subject of misinformed speculation and accusations long after the basic facts of the attacks have been determined, thereby distracting attention from more important concerns: the tragic deaths of four brave Americans, the hunt for their attackers, efforts by the U.S. Government to avoid future attacks, and the future of the U.S-Libya relationship."
In my opinion it is classical gouvernment fuckup. I would attribute the event's to incompetence and the reaction to stupidity, not to malice. That is why on the list of large political scandals it shouldn't be mentioned next to Iran-Contra, Watergate or the Rod Blagojevich corruption charges.
Rubashow funny how no one talks about the 334 million the house cut from their budgets for things like security. Smh
It was a cover up due to Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice fabricated "Video campaign" by going onto several news shows and telling a story about how an anti islamic video drove protestors to attack our consulate to cover for Obama which was needed due to the timing of the attack which took place on sep. 11. Even to the point of telling the parents of one of the fallen SEAL in person that they would "Get the person who was responsible for the video." The truth behind it is that Obama and his administration(Hilary) were aware of the upcoming attack, ambassador stevens sent many complaints about his situation to the white house about the growing threat of radical islamist which were taking over Benghazi. Steven's reports made its way all the way to Hilary department and were completely disregarded. The CIA also had intel on the islamic terror plan which had already been initiated resulting in attacks on other U.N. consulates in the area, leaving us as the lone consulate left after every other county had left. Then the attack top CIA officials never once mentioned the so called video, but yet reported of a well orchestrated terrorist strike, which was an easy assessment to make considering that they were armed with assault style weapons, rpgs,14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and even had the military training to cary out a successful mortar strike on our CIA annex. Not to mention the terrorist organization personally stated their role in the attack directly after it was over. So right before elections all of this happens and if the actual information about obamas incompetence which includes his personally elected officials, would of gotten out it would of been devastating to his chances of being reelected for a second term. Thus creating the Benganzi scandal, but don't worry its still under investigation by U.S. Justice Department head, appointed by Obama, Eric Holder, who was under investigation himself for his role in the fast and furious scandal until Obama gave him executive amnesty, but i won't go on about that because i would be here forever talking about how Obamas presidency has been one of the most corrupt and least transparent to date in US's history, and I'm including Nixon.
Oh boy, a video about politics! Quick comment section! Brace for impact!!!
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"I'm not a crook" - Richard Nixon 😂😂
Fun Fact: #7 was the basis for the American Hustle movie.
you should make a list of international political scandals
McCain hasn't aged since 89 damn good for him
hes dead now
I really wish people would leave Richard Nixon alone. If you had a choice between resigning as President or going to prison what would YOU choose?
I don't think he would have gone to prison
Monica Lewinsky was hot, I don't even blame Clinton
Funny thing, the scandal wasn't so much his affair, as much as the fact that he lied about it. Or even if he was telling the truth, that means it was a Republican conspiracy, which makes it equally scandalous.
Where the HELL are all of the 19th century scandals? Aaron Burr duel of 1804? Peggy Eaton affair of 1829-1831? The whiskey ring 1870s? Anyone?!!
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson. He only avoided being kicked out by a single vote
I feel like there have been far more scandals in US politics, but I always hear about the basic ones (IranContra, Watergate, Pentagon papers)
Still love your Channel.......... peace
The IRS should be on here, because we know that Obama had a role in that. But of course he's too smart to leaving a smoking trail.
It's a good thing we don't live in a society that believes in "innocent until proven guilty" and this little pesky detail called "evidence".
That would make it real hard to defame Obama.
***** tick tock, tick tock... only a matter of time before Lerner cracks.
***** Yeah, who exactly do you think told the IRS to do what they did? Do you think they just up and did it because they wanted to one day? No, that's not what happened. I and many other Democrats suspect that it was Obama that ordered the IRS to do exactly what they did. My party has gone down hill since the moronic kids brigade (anyone under 25) joined the party. All of those kids think that the country owes them something because that's what their parents and teachers told them should happen.
I agree with what you are saying but I find it hard to believe you are actually a deomocrat, no democrat would ever admit that. You know I would happily vote for a democrat president if it was someone like JFK, but usually the candidates suck. Since I live in California and my vote doesn't matter, I'll just vote Libertarian each year.
kyotosomo
Hey, I'm a republican and I admit my party has gone to shit. Being member of a party doesn't necassarily mean you always agree with everything that is currently happening. It's reassuring to witness partisanship being outmatched by logic.
NSA Surveillance should be number 1
I agree!!!!!!
Put your videos in 1080p already for fucks sake!
Quit bitching for fucks sake
If the clips are from the past, that's just not doable.
I think they blamed it on upscaling or some other lame excuse.
I really don't understand all of these "big" CZcams channels that upload in even 720p with low bitrates. Even if you're filming in 720p or your source is 480p, CZcams yields much higher levels of quality at 1080p and beyond due to bitrate constraints on lower resolutions.
Can everyone please SHUT UP about 1080p, it is nearly impossible to make videos footage that is 480p crystal clear by today's standards! In fact, it is impossible!
One comment, and the nerds riot!
i am getting sick of 480p. Why cant they just go to 720p?
Because the majority of the source footage they use for the clips isn't in 720p, meaning it's more time consuming to render and upload a video with very little 'real' 720p footage.
but things like top 10 movies of 2013 (or something similar) should at least have 720p. As well as top 10 most anticipated movies of 2014
It’s time to crown a new #1
Atleast nixon stepped down un like bill clinton
Amen immortalbeast84...
immortalbeast84 Nixon was still worse
Clinton had sex with a women that wasn't his wife that's not that bad
Then there's trump who got caught on tape and never stepped down. Sad
@@blakemacdonald8724 so did Kennedy lol and I love Kennedy. Still bad thing to do tho
They must have picked this top 10 pre 2008.
Benghazi was 2012, Rob Blagojevich 2009, WikiLeaks and NSA 2010-2013. So no not all of them were pre 2008 sir.
It’s unfortunate that this was published less than 10 years ago and there would probably be about 5 new ones if it was redone today.
i like the ending with Bill Clinton saying "thank you for watching and goodnight." that man is just so sly its almost inspirational.
#1: May 1st, 2003; "Mission Accomplished"
Without question...
lol
whered you get that one, MSDNC?
Bush never said that in that speech, and you're a damn fool if you think he did.
John Masterson
he had a big ass "mission accomplished" banner behind him on the carrier
Look man, that's not a scandal.I didn't agree with the war nor did I like Bush that much as president, but that is not a scandal.
but you cant deny that he had the "mission accomplished" banner
Cam Hyman
That banner was placed there at the request of the carrier crew who had been deployed for over a year and were finally going to get sent home for a time.
You said you wouldn't put political love affairs on the list…
Gotta love watchmojo going against their word.
To be fair, it started off as an affair, but if you lived through it, you would recall it was a highly partisan... affair.
+ManicallyMetal The Liwaniski Scandal started off as a love affair, but then it got turned into something it probably shouldn't have been. Yes, the president lied under oath about a sexual affair, but that in no way affected how he ran the country or was something that would adversly affect the U.S.' standing in the world order, or the economy. Now, lying under oath about a nation's nuclear capabilites to start a war, or lying about members of your administration selling arms to terrorists, *THOSE* are offenses that should've resulted in impeachment hearings.
+WatchMojo.com You stated in the video that the entire Lewinsky scandal might have been orchestrate by Republicans...
There was semen on the dress, his semen. It doesn't just magically get on there by itself. Whether or not it was orchestrated by Republicans, Bill took the bait and lied that he did so. I don't know why this is still an issue as you insist it is.
yep
+Andrew Bjork But having sex with an intern isn't an impeachable offense. I had to look up on Wikipedia how exactly he got impeached, and to me it does seem like a partisan hit job.
I demand a Top 10 WatchMojo Narrator Bloopers!
I would love to see an update video on this matter
Now do a video not just about the US. I know they're based in Canada, but goddamn almost all of their videos are about the US. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES TOO!!!!
I am american and i would like that!
Stevy Ouellette Which country in America?
US just happens to be super influential for better or for worst..Why randomly start with Top 10 Jamaican Political scandals..I'm sure there will be plenty of time for other countries...why so impatient?
Bengazi wasn't even a scandal.
POTUS gets a call in the middle of the night saying an embassy was probably about to get attacked and then instead of waking up he decides campaigning was more important, and if that wasn't bad enough they (Obama administration) tried to blame it on a youtube video, and then locked the guy up for that video for quite some time.
Also Benghazi.
Well it did kinda happened because a youtube video. Muslims get offended over anything.
I didnt say it was over a youtube video I said the adminstration did
I love the intro
OBAMACARE? How is that not on the list?
That isn't a scandal. Almost every program has issues when it is first rolled out. Republicans are just bitching because the insurance companies aren't making as much profit.
***** Obamacare is a cancer for our country. I'd say any bill that is directly responsible for millions of Americans losing their health care coverage is horrible.
***** Nixon lied about something petty. Obama lied about the most important thing to any human (their health incase you are confused). I am not a republican, or American for that matter but I do understand what will happen to US healthcare based on his lies from seeing what has happened to my countries healthcare.
Paetaor So you are saying that only people who can afford it, should have healthcare?
No. Why would anyone say that? What will make healthcare unaffordable is Obamacare. When you mess with the price mechanism of anything it gets worse and less affordable.
The USSR is a prime example of this.
Show me one 'medicare/medicaid' hospital that competes with a hospital that is not, on price or quality and I will concede your point. Heck., I will give you a 50% advantage on price, hell make it 75%.
FYI, Obamacare is about making insurers rich, not about healthcare.
Well u can add Hilary Clinton emails on here
I do not understand why the Lewinsky case is among the top 10, not to mention #2. I can see how it would be a big thing for Hillary but a big thing nationally... only in America. The #1 was expected.
The US of A needs to get rid of the two party system and get real democracy and then maybe get some politicians who'll deal with the huge deficit spending and huge debt, both domestic and foreign.
Its because he either lied about it, or it was a massive conspiracy against him. Either way, it created horrific polarization between the parties, which has only gotten worse and worse and worse. Now, you are either 100% conservative or 100% liberal, in the eyes of either side.
I agree only thing Clinton did wrong was leave a stain on oval office rug.
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I mentioned in another comment:
The problem is we live in a country where things that feel good are evil, and hurting other people for profit is a good thing.
K1productions You're completely correct but I would also like to add it also because he lied and almost got impeached. We haven't had very many presents impeached lol. That's a big deal.
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I was actually going to include that, but the only other President to get impeached is not on this list either, so I left that one alone.
that opening clip "Well if the president does it, it's not illegal"
Holy crap the Lewinsky scandal was so blown out of proportion. What happens in the bedroom doesn't affect ones ability to do their job. How many time does someone have an affair and get fired from their job? Never.
It was not the act, it was the lie.
Plus Clinton, who had great power, preyed on someone. He used his power to have sex with the girl. It is a predatory act but considering the alternative I can cut him some slack.
If you're going to include something as stupid as Benghazi you may as well include the IRS "scandal" and some nonsense about Kenya.
the IRS scandal was completely unethical...you cannot say that it was nonsense
Jack Hall that a conservative, looked at other conservative groups, and denied tax exemption to a progressive organization...
lets be clear that the republicans are saying its a democratic scandal against them...
lets also be clear the only one who won't let it go is fox news who lie so fucking much you may as well change their definition of news to propaganda.
What kind of stupidity does it take to involve Benghazi as a "scandal"?
Then why was the gov't so secretive and flipping their stories from were innocent to maybe something went wrong. The scandal is that they kept it secret just long enough to ensure Obama's victory then talk about what went wrong.
Might as well add the Kenyan Birth Certificate to the list if that's the level of "scandal" they're going for... Meanwhile multiple innocent persons are killed with drone strikes, and the NSA spies on everyone (AKA: REAL SCANDALS).
G Anderson The birth certificate scandal is a joke, till they find any real hard evidence I remain skeptical. As for the others, the NSA scandal was listed and the drone strikes sadly are just seen as another casualty of the war on terror. However Benghazi is still a scandal.
This is low-key scary. The fact that nobody really knows what goes on up there.
this is gonna need a whole series to its self just to scratch the surface
whe are not gonna do the lewinsky affair...oh wait we are!
I think 95% of the people who watched this video glossed over the first couple minutes
Now you can add the DNC leaks and Hillary Clinton's email scandal to the list
Right after the Trump-Russian collusion scandal
Can't make 1080p when using 1970s videos, right?
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Abscam was used in the movie American Hustle
Benghazi should be way higher on the list than 9
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I guess this is just the first out of a 20 part series.
Apparently nobody at Mojo owns a history book. 9 of the 10 are from the TV era. Other than Tea Pot Dome, no scandal that ever happened in the first 200 years of the nation was bigger than, Ron What's his name.
Someone,says I'm not a crook: Literally everybody who studied watergate: The lies continue
NSA should've been number one. That one affects the most people.
“I don’t think it was wrong. I think it was a neat idea” Who the hell gives Opportunity to the opposition.
A lot of people blame the politicians. But they don't just appear out of nowhere. They're raised in America, and elected by Americans. Maybe we should be blaming the voters?
"political scandal was front and evident" *displays picture of reagan* lol
The teapot scandal is very interesting because President Harding had no involvement but his cabinet members were.
I'm so happy Louis CK made an appearance.
I didn't understand the Clinton thing. He was impeached but not removed from office. Doesn't being impeached mean to be removed from office?
Only the house voted for impeachment. You need both the house and the senate.
The House votes for impeachment. If passed, it goes to the Senate for a trial and possible removal from office. The Senate voted not to remove Clinton from office.
Don't scroll down, don't scroll down, don't scroll down, *scroll down*
DANG IT!
Top 10 foodscandals
apparently the NSA listened to some phone calls from the area i live in Yorkshire and they only lasted 5 minutes because they were disgusted by the way we talk to each other, and the fact that we treat it like its normal
The Enron scandal should have been a honorable mention.
Where's The Walker/Underwood scandal?
so this was to ten u.s. political scandals. it was a good list. and good job on including the tea pot dome scandal. i would like to see an international list sometime.
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Definitely need a remake
You forgot the ATF gun walking scandal. This one actually resulted in several hundred deaths.
Impeached means the president is brought before the court in order to determine wether or not they'll be removed from office, it does not mean they are straight-up removed.
You only needed 9 more seconds.
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Why is number 2 in that spot when you specifically said in the beginning that you had a separate list for sex scandals? contradiction much?
Did you not listen? They said they would T R Y to keep them off the list because they already had one. They did not say there wouldn't be any at all, they said they would try to keep them off. Also, they picked the single biggest sex scandal as the single one they included.
There was a sex scandal embedded in it. But the big scandal was directly looking the people in the eye and provably lying to them and more importantly later lying under oath.
Sure there was sex involved with the Lewinsky scandal, but the bigger question that still remains is whether or not it was part of a Republican witch hunt determined to undermine Clinton at any cost. As Topher B says, Clinton didn't get into trouble for cheating on Hillary with Monica Lewinsky; he got into trouble because he lied under oath about it.
Great for getting the teapot Dome scandal in there, but I think the credit mobile scandal as number two.
It was kinda obvious that the Water Gate Scandal was gonna be number one
The Florida 2000 federal election controversy. i.e. many registered voters having their names removed from the electoral role for no reason.
Granted there were a few issues on both sides, but the news agencies went in after it was all over and counted the votes. Bush won the election, and the counting conducted by those news agencies agreed. Why do you think it was dropped after that? Not because they wanted to, but because they counted and confirmed that Bush won. Trust me, I would have rather had Gore than Bush, but Bush did win.
***** Its his brother, not his cousin and there is no proof that it was rigged. Like I said, the major networks went in after the election was over and counted the votes where they found that Bush actually did win. That's why it was dropped and never heard about again. Because there wasn't a scandal waiting to be uncovered, there was no continuing story, so there was no point in talking about it anymore.
no irs scandal?
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Nice ending
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Where's Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and IRS????!!!!
nice touch with the louis ck segment
Hi can someone answer this for me. It's probably a stupid question but is honourable mentions better than the top 9 or worse than the top 9.
Honorable mentions are things that didn't make the list but I still pretty good substitutes. They are like number 11 number 12 number 13 etc. they are things that almost make the list, but got cut.
Just an observation in the comment section, with most watch mojo lists we see people critize them for focusing mainly on the U.S while being a Canadian company, but you never see those comments when it is a negative list like this one.
No mention of MKUltra, or Project Paperclip?
No IRS fast and furious ap wiretap civilian drone strike
How is an embassy attacked in Benghazi a scandal? Why not just mention the damn bridge while your at it! No sex scandals, but N° 2 is Lewinsky. ABSCAM should be in top 5. Sad to see such sub par standards.... Sometimes I think watchmojo does this on purpose just to get the comment section flaring.
What is a political scandal?any clarification?
Shouldn't Andrew Johnson's impeachment have put him at #2 on this list?
Fast and Furious
"Teapot Dome Scandels" HEY I LEARNED THAT IN APUSH
Is watchMojo gonna make Top 10 Trump scandal soon.