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What is a famous scandal that would be great for a project topic?

Asked by kayyyyleigh (404points) December 9th, 2009 from iPhone

a part of my final project for my American literature class is a scandal project. easy you pick a person who has been in a public scandal, pick a letter to describe them, and create a project from that.
at first I was thinking of doing Michael Jackson.
I was also thinking something along the lines of John and Kate from John and Kate plus Eight.
but then I was thinking maybe I should do a scandal that’s not so popular, so that it’s something new and creative.

what would you pick?
(oh and Tiger Woods, Britney Spears, JFK, and a lot of other “popular” scandals have already been picked)

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holden's avatar

Larry Craig. For teh lulz.

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jenandcolin's avatar

Teapot dome, Wilbur Mills, the Keating Five, Watergate

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anon's avatar

Here‘s 100 to choose from.

How about Woody Allen Marries His Step-Daughter?

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noelasun's avatar

David Letterman?

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ambos's avatar

I think @anon has the best scandal, but…

The Duke University Scandal
The Detroit Mayoral Scandal (Kwame Kilpatrick) – really, it’s fascinating. The Detroit Free Press has written tons of stories on it.
any of college team that has accepted money/gifts from boosters

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gailcalled's avatar

Bernie Madoff’s pyramid scheme.

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filmfann's avatar

Aimee Semple McPherson, 1920s–40s
Main article: Aimee Semple McPherson
One of the most famous evangelist scandals involved Canadian-born Aimee Semple McPherson in the 1920s, who allegedly had an extramarital relationship and faked her own death as a cover. She later claimed that she had been kidnapped, but a grand jury could neither prove that a kidnapping occurred, nor that she had faked it. Roberta Semple Salter, her daughter from her first marriage, became estranged from Semple McPherson and successfully sued her mother’s attorney for slander during the 1930s. As a result of this she was cut out of her mother’s will. Aimee Semple McPherson died in 1944 from an accidental overdose of barbiturates.

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Fred931's avatar

Have we been forgetting something? Didn’t a certain tiger just drive into a tree and mess up his face like this?

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Fred931's avatar

Umm, i just now read the details. Sorry! But hey, not a bad picture.

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aprilsimnel's avatar

How about ABSCAM? The funniest thing about it was learning that the people who legislate in this country were so dumb they couldn’t tell a bona fide Arab from a sub-Hollywood FBI fake.

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UScitizen's avatar

The most fun would be Bill Clinton and the head intern.

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whiteroseman's avatar

Profumo – it had it all; politicians, the Cold War, spies, models, lying to Parliament. A quality British scandal.

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