You know what they say: the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

This also applies to men in power though as some of the most scandalous moments in political history involve influential men and their need to create a big (often embarrassing) splash.

These are the top 10 political scandals of our time.

1. Anthony Weiner: Given his last name, the up and coming congressman should have been on high alert, but by sending pictures of his nether regions to not 1 but 6 women over the course of 3 years, he ruined not only his career but also his marriage.

2. Arnold Schwarzenegger: We'll save the "Conan the Barbarian" jokes for another day but the Governator's womanizing ways struck close to home when it was reported that he had an affair with his former housekeeper and even had a son with her.

3. John Edwards: Using gifts to keep his affair with an employee of his could only work for so long. The aforementioned gifts played very well into his indictment for felony charges.

4. Herman Cain: The political newcomer certainly hasn't been spared from affair allegations-several women who used to be in his employ have also accused Cain of sexual harassment. Accusations to which Cain feigns forgetfulness.

5. Silvio Berlusconi: Forced to step down Nov. of this year, the Italian Prime Minister has long been accused of sex scandals as well as mishandling (even exacerbating Italy's) debt.

6. Kwame Kilpatrick: The youngest mayor in the history of Detroit was sentenced to 99 days in jail not for corruption but admitting that he had an affair with his chief of staff who was also a high school classmate of his.

7. Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Poised to be the successor to Nicolas Sarkozy, the former head of the International Monetary Fund was arrested for charges of attempted rape and sexual assault against a hotel chambermaid.

8. David Wu: In an excellent case of "what was he thinking?" Wu emailed several of his staff a picture of himself in a tiger suit. A gateway into negative allegation after negative allegation against him.

9. John Ensign: Cheating on your wife with your best friend's wife? That is low. Blackmail and an exorbitant pay out? Say goodbye to your chances for presidency in 2012.

10. Chris Lee: This one's political career ended as fast as it began by taking a page out of Weiner's book-sending the classic flexing-in-the-bathroom shot to various women on the internet.

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