Talk:American political scandals
{{WikiProject United States|class=Redirect|importance=NA|}
Untitled
[edit]When was the Louisana Purchase a political scandal? I know Jefferson technically went againist the Constitution by agreeing to pay France money without mandate from Congress, but a scandal?. Nothing on the current Louisiana Purchase page mentions a scandal. - Eean
I agree--I'm no historian, so maybe I just need to be educated more--how was the Louisiana Purchase a scandal? --LMS
- I too am puzzled. Unless there is explanation of why this should be concidered a scandal, I think the Louisiana Purchase should be removed from this list. Infrogmation 23:56 Nov 8, 2002 (UTC)
What we really need is a historian to write an article on the history of American political scandals. A list like this looks kinda amateurish, y'know. --LMS
- I'm not sure why it was considered a scandal either, and I would advocate removing it in lieu of some explanation. My guess (and this is only a guess) is that it was classified this way because it was a controversial action by a President who up to that point believed that the Federal government didn't have the power to do things like make such a purchase. But while that would have made for ideological conflict, I don't see how that would constitute a scandal. Otherwise, Nixon's use of wage and price controls would also be have to be considered a political scandal. :) [[User:soulpatch|soulpatch]
Start a discussion about improving the American political scandals page
Talk pages are where people discuss how to make content on Wikipedia the best that it can be. You can use this page to start a discussion with others about how to improve the "American political scandals" page.