Many Republican officeholders, even some reputed moderates like Senator Chuck Grassley, of Iowa, have obediently echoed the foul nonsense.

Several Republican officeholders, including United States Senator Connie Mack, have called for Dr. Bosch's release.

Mr. Quackenbush, one of only two Republican statewide officeholders, decided to quit after what politicians said were at least two days of negotiations with the Legislature aimed at limiting his potential civil and criminal liability.

Pat DeWine, a Republican county-level officeholder and former congressional candidate, is an associate with the firm.

Gambling was finally closed down permanently in 1967 by two Republican officeholders, Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and Circuit Judge Henry M. Britt.

Among violent acts attributed to the White League in 1874 was the Coushatta Massacre, where they killed six Republican officeholders, including four family members of the local state senator, and twenty freedmen as witnesses.

There are sections of the Justice Department that are supposed to be dedicated to enforcing the laws that protect the rights of all Americans, not just Republican officeholders and the people who give them money.

The $1,500-a-plate dinner attracted 4,150 Republican officeholders, donors and activists and was billed as the biggest Republican fund-raiser ever, bringing $7 million for House and Senate candidates.

Republican officeholders received hundreds of letters of support.

Paradoxically, many Republican officeholders will not attend the convention, trying instead to distance themselves by campaigning at home or enjoying vacation far away from Houston's heat.