2014 Was a Delectably Good Year for Sleaze

Sex, Lies, Videotape

Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer? The cocaine congressman? OK, how about Bob McDonnell? Sleaze-a-palooza.

Published Dec. 30 2014 5:45AM EST

articles/2014/12/30/2014-was-a-delectably-good-year-for-sleaze/141229-murphy-scandal-tease_yyyvo0 — Mark Blinch/Reuters

Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014. From the illegal to the merely offensive, from the tragic to the sublimely ridiculous, let’s take a look back at the bad behavior of 2014:

The trials of Bob McDonnell.

Patricia Murphy

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2014 Was a Delectably Good Year for Sleaze

Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer? The cocaine congressman? OK, how about Bob McDonnell? Sleaze-a-palooza.

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Patricia Murphy