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* Penngate: Also known as the "Jerry Sandusky Affair" and the "Second Scandal to Rock College Sports, After SMUgate", this ongoing scandal centers on Jerry Sandusky being charged with sexual abuse, as well as a possible cover-up by the university itself.
* Crategate: In 1983 Mitt Romney put his dog on a crate strapped to the roof of his car for a twelve hour car ride.
* Robogate: This one's a Canadian scandal, and was called this by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511021347/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/gerald-caplan/exactly-how-dangerous-is-stephen-harper/article2357089/singlepage/#articlecontent Globe and Mail] to refer to automated messages, or "robocalls" sent out directing voters to incorrect voting areas during the Canadian 2011 Federal election in May. More information on [[The Other Wiki]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocall_scandal here.]
* Bullygate: The MPAA certified an anti-bullying documentary film with an R-rating which was upheld; although more than half the appeals board did think an R-rating was too much for a film with a very important message that should be heard by children, they weren't enough to overturn the rating. That's when the Weinstein brothers, already known as the most vocal opponents of the MPAA, decided the MPAA had finally crossed the line. Eventually, a compromise was reached, and the film is now rated PG-13 with half the F words cut (the other half, all in the key and infamous "bus" scene that contributed to the original R rating, completely intact).
* Panthergate: The New Black Panther Party did acts of Voter Intimidation in Pennsylvania, with the voters they intimidated seen were caucasians. When confronted on the issue, Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the Department of Justice, refused to prosecute because he didn't want to prosecute "my people" (his words, in reference to the Black Panthers).
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