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TPM´s Great List of Scandalized Administration Officials
Boy, was it time for an update.
Late last year we decided to take stock of all the Bush Administration officials who'd been accused of corruption and/or resigned in the face of scandal. Although we had fun doing it, we altruistically started the project in order to help our friends at Powerline, who professed an inability to think of any Bush officials beset by scandal.
This year´s result, which built on Justin Rood´s original gem, is, like our catalog of the administration´s efforts to disappear information, a staggering monument to the Bush Administration. And it wouldn't have been possible without TPM's research hounds, Adrianne Jeffries, Andrew Berger, and Peter Sheehy.
A quick note on methodology. Since a complete catalog of administration officials who've been accused of some form of corruption or abuse of power would be endless, we tried to maintain a high standard for inclusion. Most of those below were the subjects of criminal probes, but we also included officials who were credibly accused of acts that, if not criminal, were a corruption of office (like the U.S. attorney scandal). And even then, such officials were only included if their accusers had them dead to rights (which is why Karl Rove didn't make the cut). We also limited ourselves to officials who were either political appointees or whose actions were so political that they were effectively political appointees (like John Tanner).
Enjoy:
Indicted / Convicted/ Pled Guilty
* Eric G. Andell - deputy undersecretary in charge of newly created Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (previously senior adviser to Secretary of Education Rod Paige) - pleaded guilty to one count of conflict of interest for using government travel for personal causes and was sentenced to one year of probation, 100 hours of community service, and fined $5,000.
* Claude Allen - Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy- resigned, pled guilty to shoplifting from Target stores.
* Lester Crawford - Commissioner, FDA - resigned in late September 2005 after only two months on the job. On October 17th, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, making a false writing and conflict of interest. On February 27, 2007, Crawford was sentenced to to three years of probation and was fined $90,000.
* Brian Doyle - Deputy Press Secretary, Department of Homeland Security - Resigned in wake of child sex scandal. Doyle was arrested on April 4th, 2006 and pleaded no contest on September 19, 2006 to seven counts of use of a computer to seduce a child and sixteen counts of transmitting harmful material to a minor. On November 17th, 2006 Brian Doyle was sentenced to five years in state prison and ten years of probation. He will also need to register as a sex offender.
* Steven Griles - Deputy Secretary at the Interior Department - is the highest-ranked administration official yet convicted in the Jack Abramoff scandal. In March 2007, Griles pleaded guilty to lying about his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal. Sentenced to 10 months incarceration.
* John T. Korsmo – Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board from 2002 to 2004 – pleaded guilty in 2005 to lying to the Senate and an inspector general. He swore he had no idea how a list of presidents for FHFB-regulated banks were invited to a fundraiser for his friend's congressional campaign. On the invites, Korsmo was listed as the "Special Guest." Got 18 months of probation and a $5,000 fine.
* Scooter Libby - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff - resigned after being indicted for lying to a grand jury and investigators in connection with the investigation stemming from the leak of Valerie Wilson’s covert CIA operative's identity. Convicted on four of five counts, making him the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted of a felony since the Iran-contra scandal. Sentenced to thirty months imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. On July 2nd, after a judge decided that Libby would remain in prison during the appeals process, President Bush commuted Libby's sentence by removing the thirty months in prison.
* David Safavian - former head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget - convicted of lying to ethics officials and Senate investigators about his ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff. On October 27, 2006, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He is currently appealing the ruling.
* Robert Stein - former comptroller and funding officer for the now disbanded Coalition Provisional Authority, Southern Central Region in Al-Hillah, Iraq - pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, possession of a machine gun, and being a felon in possession of a fire arm. On January 30, 2007 Stein was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to forfeit $3.6 million.
* Roger Stillwell - desk officer, Interior Department - pleaded guilty to failing to report Redskins tickets and free dinners from Jack Abramoff.
Resigned Due to Investigation, Pending Investigation or Allegations of Impropriety
* Philip Cooney - chief of staff, White House Council on Environmental Quality - a former oil industry lawyer with no scientific expertise, Cooney resigned after it was revealed he had watered down reports on global warming.
* George Deutsch - press aide, NASA - resigned amid allegations he prevented the agency's top climate scientist from speaking publicly about global warming.
* Michael Elston - chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty - announced his resignation on June 15, 2007. Despite allegations that he’d threatened at least four of the eight fired US Attorneys, McNulty said Elston had served the Justice Department "with distinction for nearly eight years."
* Kyle Dustin “Dusty” Foggo - appointed executive director of the CIA, the agency’s third-highest post, in October 2004 - resigned and was ultimately indicted on bribery charges related to the Duke Cunningham scandal.
* Alberto Gonzales - former Attorney General - resigned without explanation amidst investigations of the firings of U.S. Attorneys, the politicization of the Justice Department, warrantless surveillance, and the torture and mistreatment of detainees.
* Monica Goodling - former Justice Department liaison to the White House and senior counsel to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - resigned on April 7, 2007 amidst the investigation of the firings of U.S. Attorneys.
* Michelle Larson Korsmo - deputy chief of staff, Department of Labor - Helped her husband (see John Korsmo, above) with his donor scam. Quietly left her Labor plum job in February 2004, about two weeks before news broke that she and her husband were the targets of a criminal probe.
* Howard "Cookie" Krongard - former State Department inspector general -- accused of not properly investigating State Department contractor fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan; of retaliating against whistleblowers in his own office; and of not telling the truth about his knowledge of his brother's ties with Blackwater, a State Department contractor. Faced with a possible perjury investigation, Howard Krongard resigned on December 7, 2007.
* Julie Macdonald - former deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks at the Interior Department - resigned in May 2007 after an "inspector general's report found she had improperly leaked information to private organizations, bullied staff scientists and broken federal rules." The Department of the Interior is investigating many of her decisions regarding endangered species; so far seven have been overturned.
* Paul McNulty - Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice – resigned, after questions about his involvement in the U.S. attorney firings and his testimony to Congress about the firings.
* Richard Perle - Chairman, Defense Policy Board - resigned from Pentagon advisory panel amid conflict-of-interest charges.
* Susan Ralston - assistant, White House - resigned amidst revelations that she had accepted thousands of dollars in gifts from Abramoff without compensating him, counter to White House ethics rules.
* Janet Rehnquist - inspector general, Department of Health and Human Services - resigned on June 1, 2003 in the face of an investigation into her alleged efforts to block a politically dangerous probe on behalf of the Bush family.
* James Roche - secretary, U.S. Air Force - resigned in the wake of the Boeing tanker lease scandal, after it was revealed he had rather crudely pushed for Boeing to win a $23 billion contract.
* Kyle Sampson -former chief of staff for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - resigned amidst the investigation of the firings of U.S. Attorneys.
* Bradley Schlozman - resigned from his third and final post with the Justice Department after accusations of actively politicizing the department. He's currently under investigation by the Department's inspector general.
* Thomas Scully - Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - shortly after Scully resigned in 2003, an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general found that Scully had pressured the agency's actuary to underestimate the full cost of the Medicare reform bill by approximately $100 billion until after Congress passed the bill into law. Scully was also hit with conflict of interest charges by the U.S. attorney's office for billing CMS for expenses incurred during a job search while he still headed the agency. He settled those charges by paying $9,782.
* David Smith - deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife, and parks, Interior Department - resigned on July 21, 2006 after shooting a buffalo and accepting its skeletal remains and meat as an illegal gratuity. He eventually paid over $3,000 for the dead buffalo, but only after the internal inquiry had commenced. The Department of Interior inspector general also noted in a May 16, 2006 report that Smith's involvement in the designation of Houston as a port of entry for imported wildlife in order to benefit a friend was inappropriate.
* John Tanner - Voting Rights Section Chief, Justice Department - resigned in December of 2007 and moved to the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices. Already under suspicion for aiding efforts to politicize the voting section, the bumbling proponent of voter identification laws angered lawmakers with his comments that such laws actually discriminate against white voters because "minorities die first". Even more impressive was his apology for the comment. The DoJ's Office of Professional Responsibility is currently investigating his travel habits and those of his deputy.
* Sara Taylor - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs at the White House, where she was Karl Rove´s top aide - resigned amidst the U.S. attorneys investigation and other probes of Rove´s alleged politicization of the government.
* Ken Tomlinson - Board Chairman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; member, Broadcasting Board of Governors - resigned at the release of an inspector general report concluding he had broken laws in spending CPB money to hire politically connected consultants to search for "bias" without consulting the board. At BBG, a separate investigation found he was running a "horse racing operation" out of his office, and continuing to hire politically-wired individuals to do "consulting" work for him. After being nominated and serving another term, he finally stepped down from that spot earlier this year.
* Carl Truscott - Director, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau - resigned. A report by the Justice Department's inspector general found that Truscott wasted tens of thousands of dollars on luxuries, wasted millions on whimsical management decisions and violated ethics rules by ordering employees to help his nephew with a high school video project.
* Paul Wolfowitz - World Bank President - resigned in May 2007 after a committee report found that he broke ethics rules by giving his girlfriend a substantial raise.
Nomination Failed Due to Scandal
* Linda Chavez - nominated, Secretary of Labor - withdrew her nomination in January 2001 amidst revelations that an illegal immigrant lived in her home and worked for her in the early 1990s. Chavez blamed what she said were the "search-and-destroy" politics of Washington.
* Timothy Flanigan - nominated, Deputy Attorney General (also Alberto Gonzales’ top deputy at the White House) - withdrew his nomination in October 2005 amidst revelations that he'd worked closely with lobbyist Jack Abramoff when he was General Counsel for Corporate and International Law at Tyco, which was a client of Abramoff's.
* Bernard Kerik - nominated, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security - withdrew his nomination amidst a host of corruption allegations. Eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor relating to improper gifts totaling tens of thousands of dollars while he was a New York City official in the late 1990's. Subsequently, on November 8, 2007, Kerik was indicted on sixteen counts for bribery, tax fraud, and false statements with a maximum sentence of 142 years and more than $5 million in fines. Kerik has pleaded not guilty. For a rundown of Kerik's myriad indiscretions, check out TPM's Ultimate Kerik Scandal List!.
* William Mercer - the former associate deputy attorney general and US Attorney for Montana - withdrew his nomination to be the permanent number three official at the Department of Justice on June 22, 2007 due to his role in the U.S. attorney firings.
* Hans von Spakovsky - Commissioner, FEC - nomination to another term after his recess appointment failed due to allegations that he'd worked at the Justice Department to suppress minority voter turnout.
Under Investigation But Still in Office
* Stuart Bowen - Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) - was once admired for his successes while investigating allegations of waste and fraud in Iraq, but now employee allegations have prompted four government investigations into the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR).
* Lurita Doan - Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration - still in office, despite investigations by both the Office of Special Counsel and the House oversight committee that found that Doan had "crossed the line" by suggesting that the GSA use its resources to help Republicans get elected.
* Alfonso Jackson - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - following reports that Jackson told a business group in April 2006 that he once canceled a contract after the contractor criticized President Bush, an investigation by the HUD inspector general found that while Jackson told his deputies to favor Bush supporters, there was "no direct proof that a contract was actually awarded or rescinded because of political affiliation." A second, criminal investigation was triggered in part by Jackson's claim before Congress in May 2007 that "I don't touch contracts." That probe, now before a federal grand jury, has turned up evidence that Jackson may indeed have touched contracts - and steered them towards friends.
Update/Correction: This list originally included Joseph Schmitz, the Pentagon's former inspector general in the "Resigned Due to Investigation, Pending Investigation, or Allegations of Impropriety" category. Although The Los Angeles Times reported in September of 2005 that Schmitz had resigned "amid accusations that he stonewalled inquiries into senior Bush administration officials suspected of wrongdoing," Schmitz has since told us that his resignation was unconnected to those accusations, and that he had notified Donald Rumsfeld of his intent to resign fully one year prior, more than six months before Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) launched a probe of whether Schmitz had blocked two criminal investigations in 2004. Schmitz left public office to become chief operating officer and general counsel of the Prince Group, the parent company of Blackwater.
Schmitz also has provided TPM with portions of his statement to the Integrity Committee (IC) of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency in August 2006, in response to the July 7, 2005, Letter from Senator Grassley raising "allegations that [Schmitz had] either quashed or redirected two ongoing criminal investigations" -- as well as communication by the IC Chairman that concluded, based on the Integrity Committee's review of the evidence, that "[w]e will now notify Mr. Schmitz that the IC has reviewed the matter and concluded that there was no wrongdoing."
Comments (72)
tweedles wrote on December 31, 2007 12:19 PM:The fact that Loretta Doan is still being paid by my "contribution" to the IRS is an indictment against the Republic.
TheraP wrote on December 31, 2007 12:19 PM:Along with TPM's list of bush bad guys, don't forget Hugh's list of bush scandals, now up to 293 entries.
To access that list, click my name.
mehitabel wrote on December 31, 2007 12:36 PM:I wasn't paying too much attention during the Clinton years (good times economically) but how does this and Hugh's list compare to one from the Clinton presidency? Is it as long? I imagine there were many more allegations/indictments than actual guilty verdicts/pleas and resignations?
JMOHR wrote on December 31, 2007 12:44 PM:Now we need a similar list for the Clinton Administration. This is not because I believe that Clinton's administration even comes close to being as corrupt as Bush. However, the constant Republican rejoinder is that Shrub's administration is better and not worse than Clinton's.
Jeff Adams wrote on December 31, 2007 12:49 PM:This is an impressive list of miscreants. But do we have any stats for similar transgressions and illegal activity during the last year of Bush One's tenure or the last year of Pres. Clinton's administration? It seems like the Starr inquisition, Travelgate, etc. produced relatively few wrongdoers. Please give us an update. Thank you.
moondancer wrote on December 31, 2007 12:58 PM:I agree with tweedles. Lorita Doan is the poster child of the GOP bandit. She is an unreconstructed hater. Using her position to advance gooper candidates while trying to destroy her department. As pointed out elsewhere at TPM, she is outraged that people have a problem with that.
Charlie wrote on December 31, 2007 1:01 PM:My impression was that the Clinton Administration actually was a pretty clean one. However, I wasn't watching all that closely at the time. I second JMOHR's suggestion.
Charlie
david silver wrote on December 31, 2007 1:09 PM:although they are not all from the bush administration, i've been trying my best to keep track of all the fallen politicians (and some religious leaders) through photographic means. i call it the gone gallery:
Anonymous wrote on December 31, 2007 1:14 PM:http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidsilver/sets/72157594402701613/
I don't remember there being any people in the Clinton administration with the freakish qualities that these Bush Bandits have.Doan,Schlozman,Cookie, Gonzo,Duke,that George Costanza lookalike dude.Their testimony was like listening to developementally challenged children speak.Actually worse. Children have an excuse, I'm not sure there is any excuse for Bush's freak show employees.
Anonymous wrote on December 31, 2007 1:25 PM:I don't know if Bowen should be on the list. He's being investigated by the people he's investigating... I am hesitant to believe these charges are not trumped up or at least an exaggeration being used as a distraction.
Matthew wrote on December 31, 2007 2:04 PM:To compare, does anyone know how many Clinton officials would fall under the same standards? It's always nice to say to my conservative friends, "you remember when you thought the Clinton administration was the worst ever because of (#) indictments? Well here is list of 41 of your guys." The fish doesn't even know it has the hook in it's mouth!
Nell wrote on December 31, 2007 2:07 PM:There's more
Sailmaker wrote on December 31, 2007 2:09 PM:http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/01/18/scandal/index.html
No Karl Rove?
"And even then, such officials were only included if their accusers had them dead to rights (which is why Karl Rove didn't make the cut)."
I'd say that having to amend his lies, um, testimony in the Plame qualifies him for the list.
When we figure out exact what Addington is doing, in the national records and fourth branch areas (never mind torture/rendition/habeas corpus and wire tapping) maybe the list next year will be even more satisfying.
Nell wrote on December 31, 2007 2:20 PM:Here is a list of scandals.
Most of them are bogus... and were spun up by Clinton haters. Search the page for the word indictment.
Whitewater
Cattlegate
Nannygate
Helicoptergate
Travelgate
Gennifer Flowersgate
Filegate
Vince Fostergate
I wonder where those Whitewater billing records came fromgate
Paula Jonesgate
Federal Building campaign phone callgate
Lincoln bedroomgate
White House coffeegate
Donations from convicted drug and weapons dealersgate
Buddhist Templegate
Web Hubbell hush moneygate
Lippogate
Chinese commiegate - Clinton was practically endorsed by red China Update!
Let's blame Kenneth Starrgate
Zippergate/interngate - the Lewinsky affair itself
Perjury and jobs for Lewinskygate - the aftermath
Willeygate
Web Hubbell prison phone callgate
Selling Military Technology to the Chinese Commiesgate
Coverup for our Russian Comrades as Wellgate
Wag-the-Dog-gate
Jaunita Broaddrick gate
PBS-gate
Email-gate
Vandalgate
Lootergate
Pardongate
http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/clinton-scandals.html
Dusty wrote on December 31, 2007 2:32 PM:Thank you so much to the staff of TPM for compiling this long-ass list of thieves and charlatans. Bless you all ;)
nellieh wrote on December 31, 2007 2:58 PM:James McDougal went to prison because of Whitewater financing but it had nothing to do with the Clintons. Susan McDougal went to prison because she wouldn't lie and say what Ken Starr the "Christian" wanted her to say. Henry Cisneros was indicted for lying to the FBI, a misdemeanor, and paid a $10,000.00 fine. This after 10 years and over $50,000,000.00. The only thing to come out of it was a titilating porno report from Starr. There was so much bogus bullshit connected to this phony Richard Mellon Scaife funded witch hunt it would fill up the Grand Canyon. Scaife is embroiled in a divorce that is considerably more tawdry than anything Clinton could conjure up. Clinton never had the cash to exploit anything that Scaife has. It is probably only money that keeps him out of the way of the law. A pure skank.
dave wrote on December 31, 2007 3:39 PM:I just can't believe TPM Muckraker hasn't spent more time pushing/investigating the Don Siegelman story in Alabama. I mean it looks like Karl Rove, the Dept of Justice, the US Attorneys office, the Judge, the Alabama Republican party, etc railroaded a Democratic governor into jail. This has Watergate written all over it. Comeon TPM, cover this story!
Steve5117 wrote on December 31, 2007 4:12 PM:dave wrote on December 31, 2007 3:39 PM
Click on my name and check out what has already been reported here.
mehitabel wrote on December 31, 2007 4:25 PM:Thank you Nell. That was my suspicion. Blaming Clinton for everything is yet another mindless occupation of the right. This could become important to consider if HC wins the nomination and if the repub candidates want to, as I read in TPM earlier, carry on in Bush's shoes.
Utopia wrote on December 31, 2007 4:29 PM:Does anyone have a source for the speech Bush made right after coming into office where he promised the most ethical administration ever? I'd sure like to get my hands on some video of that if it exits for a little video project. Anyone got a link?
U
djeri wrote on December 31, 2007 4:49 PM:What about the Reagan adminsitration as a point of comparison? I remember the Washington Post doing a page with pictures of those who'd been indicted. Of those only one,as I recall, was really badly done by. And, as I remember it, the Iran-Contra business died because of a most unusual judicial decision regarding not the jury but the effect of public testimony on witnessess and another decision by Richard Thornburg (?), Attorney General during Bush 1/Reagan 3. The day after Thornburg the whole Iran-Contra mess was just a special prosecutor on a political witch hunt.
Dr. Squid wrote on December 31, 2007 4:49 PM:James McDougal went to prison because of Whitewater financing but it had nothing to do with the Clintons.
Funny story about Madison Guaranty - there were only two people that profited over that failure, while the Clintons lost 50 G's. One of those was Bill Clinton's main Whitewater accuser Sheffield Nelson. The other was Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Matt wrote on December 31, 2007 6:28 PM:Looks like the Guantanamo detainees have a lower conviction rate than Bush appointees... Heckuva job, Dubya.
ilitigant wrote on December 31, 2007 6:45 PM:Man, are you guys gullible. After the new year turns, keep an eye out for egg on face syndrome.
gus smith wrote on December 31, 2007 7:34 PM:Please, ilitigant, tel us more? These teasers go right over my head.
Dr. Wu wrote on December 31, 2007 7:39 PM:I think Michael "Brownie" Brown is worthy of inclusion in the "Resigned Due to Investigation, Pending Investigation or Allegations of Impropriety" category. There was near universal agreement that he screwed the pooch after Katrina, and he falsified his credentials on the FEMA web site and his FindLaw biography, which amounts to lying about his resume.
You also missed Eric Keroack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs at HHS, who resigned after the Massachusetts State Medicaid Office launched an investigation into his private practice, presumably based on allegations of Medicaid fraud.
It's too bad Italia Federici doesn't qualify because she wasn't technically appointed to anything, being only an honorary "loyal Bushie" rather than an official one.
Finally, there's Dr. W. David "Wrong Hole" Hager, the fundamentalist whackjob who was appointed and then reappointed to the FDA's Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs. He declined to be reappointed in 2005, which may or may not have had anything to do with his wife alleging that he had repeatedly anally raped her in her sleep (his defense being that he'd hit the wrong hole by mistake), and paid her $2,000 a pop for oral sex by leaving a check on the dresser. He's not eligible for your list because it's not clear that these "family values" led to his resignation, but as a representative sample of the Loyal Bushies' moral fiber, he at least deserves an honorable mention.
Marty wrote on December 31, 2007 8:10 PM:Just for fun, has anyone ever compiled or seen such a list from other administrations? I've heard quite often in the past year or so that the Bush crowd is the worst the US has ever experienced. Is there any historical basis to that claim? My guess is that it is indeed the worst, but facts are better than emotion.
Sully18 wrote on December 31, 2007 8:50 PM:All I can say about the Bush gang it what my wife said to me after I told her I`d like to beat the shit out ofthe people who outed Valerie Plame.
TheraP wrote on December 31, 2007 9:14 PM:She said,"I`d be so proud of you."
Well,I`ve got to say "it,sarcastic and facetious as it may be:
Mr. Bush,even though you are a dry drunk and a scoundrel, I am soooooooo proud of you."
What a man!
Like Sully18, I'll offer something personal re the bush regime: My dad is 90, a life-long repub... and his view of bush is: "he should be hung by the testicles!"
Mind you, my dad is a very straight-laced guy whose normal language is very unlike the above quote. Even nixon did not get such a rise out of him. That's a pretty good historical comparison in my book.
It's true that "birds of a feather flock together"... bush collects vermin. He feeds them. They breed in his presence. Hypocrites, thieves, liars.... they've all thrived under bush and with bush and by bush.
The Oracle wrote on December 31, 2007 9:24 PM:Whew, what a rogue's gallery...a rogue's gallery of Rogue Republicans.
Power-hungry, constitution-shredding, law-breaking, anti-American, lying, cheating and stealing Rogue Republicans.
And, I'm certain, this only represents the tip of the iceberg.
Warren Terra wrote on January 1, 2008 1:57 AM:I suspect the list contains many omissions. I noticed another omission from among recent events: John Philbin resigned/had his appointment withdrawn after organizing the DHS's fake press conference during the California wildfires.
I hope that TPM has created a folder in which they can toss good candidates as they arise, because going back and listing them retrospectively is not going to be reliable.
cp wrote on January 1, 2008 1:58 AM:I agree with mehitabel. Whenever I argue with a Bush supporter, they say they can provide documentation of Clinton scandals (and deny that there are any Bush administration scandals). It would be nice to have something to compare and contrast....
Virginia Simson wrote on January 1, 2008 3:28 AM:I get SO tired of people all think that good ole Bill Clinton is saintlike in comparison to BuZh. Nothing can top ole BuZh for the sheer monstrosity of his corruption and sadism, but that said -- if you were a victim of Clinton's zeal for making enemies by undermining the Department of Justice, like myself, you would have less enthusiasm for the man.
The CATA institute put out some FINE material on how the Clintonista(s) (remember that includes the EXPERIENCED HiLIARY, folks) ate up the Bill of Rights. The kind of corruption included the use of the Mena AK airstrip for running drugs, the money going into building prisons to put people away (mostly minorities!) for drugs with mandatory sentencing, shooting people in Waco (mostly CHILDREN) and Ruby Ridge, and kicking out AMERICAN CITIZENS (including myself without any hearing at all) in the WAR ON DRUGS. How about extending NATO, and bombing Kosova??
The human devastation wrought by Clinton should never be underestimated. The link between the Clintons and the BuZh's ditto. Do this google "Bill Clinton Winthrop Rockefeller" and see what you get. YOU decide ..
BTW, if someone is STILL debating a BuZh supporter, both of you need your heads examined, imho.
I also think highly weird that the press doesn't point out the conflict of interest having Billie as first window washer. She is insanely corrupt herself. Look at the material on paulfpaul.com - the BIGGEST campaign heist in history, all conveniently covered up by the msm.
ANYONE, just about, inside the Beltway is pretty corrupt these days .. so it goes with EMPIRE/corporatocracy.
KucinichOnly wrote on January 1, 2008 5:45 AM:Kirk Proposal to Integrate U.S. National Missile Defense with Israel Carries Handily in House of Representatives
http://progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=80322
US to integrage its missile system with Israel ?! House vote- 394-30
Dec-31-07
WTF - Israel to integrage its missile system with America's?
Our missile defense system isn't even integrated with NATO and we're going to integrate it with Israel?
This is effing obscene. Why not just save ourselves a lot of trouble, hand them the launch keys and directly subordinate our military to Tel Aviv?
Bill includes U.S.-Israel missile coordination
Published: 12/14/2007
Congress is set to approve a plan to integrate the U.S. and Israeli missile defense systems.
The proposal, authored by U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), is part of the Defense Authorization Act passed late Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives and due to be considered by the Senate before Christmas break. Under the proposal, the secretary of defense must within six months present a plan to Congress a plan "to improve the coordination, interoperability, and integration of the U.S.
National Ballistic Missile Defense System with Israel’s missile defense architecture," a statement from Kirk's office said.
http://www.blackwebportal.com/nuforums/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=6&Topic=2941
Its bad enough that the Israelis spy on America and steal military secrets all the time. Now the U.S. is
just giving them the information. Dayum!
Tell it like it is!
TJ wrote on January 1, 2008 5:59 AM:Whatever happened to the "Mars thing"... did that GW project go covert & they are thinking of sending him?! Ok, I can wish. I'll never understand how that & so many countless others seemed to have no response from the media or public. Hope if there is a next time with a fascist like this in the WH that people wont be afraid to speak up & question and investigate the slimeball.
Anonymous wrote on January 1, 2008 8:57 AM:Where's Scott Bloch in the list?
Is he too much of an enigma to even consider?
pbg wrote on January 1, 2008 9:37 AM:Our missile defense system? You mean the one that doesn't work?
myiq2xu wrote on January 1, 2008 9:58 AM:Horrors! They might get privy to the secrets of the Dean Drive, too!
The worst part is that no one has really been pushing hard on any of the investigations of this administration.
Imagine if Congress and the media were pursuing the Bushies with even half the intensity with which they went after the Clintons.
flex wrote on January 1, 2008 11:11 AM:thanks TPM, this Bush administration is byfar the worst, simply rotten to the core!
nice frame job bringing up Clinton again. good way to distract the OVERWHELMING CORRUPTION of the Bushies!
here is a step by step 'anti frame job' solution. every time Clinton is mentioned,
1. good time to bring up again just how bad Bush is.
flex wrote on January 1, 2008 11:13 AM:2. ask why Clinton? , mention how good the Clinton era was, and a good time to mention how bad Bush 1, Reagan and Nixon were.
3. and don't forget to frame Bush as 'hates our troops', 'hates our freedom', 'fascist neo-con', etc. (be creative!)
Happy New Year TPM !
Ed Cogburn wrote on January 1, 2008 12:38 PM:Virginia Simson points out that Clinton could be painted with many of the same strokes used for Bush. Clinton avoided the more expensive kind of wars, however, and was obviously reluctant to engage in war. Yugoslavia was moved at the begging of the Europeans, who did not have our power to control ongoing and anticipated genocide.
Ruby Ridge is, of course, a bum rap for Clinton, since it occurred wholly in the first Bush administration. Waco did not involve shooting of children by Federal agents. It involved suicidal and murderous activity by an irrational cult leader. It could have probably been handled more skillfuly, but Clinton was confronted immediately with unpalatable choices thrust upon him by the previous regime. Almost any action taken would have brought about an ugly result.
ShorelineCT wrote on January 1, 2008 1:02 PM:ugly result.
I'd like to see a list of all the recess appointments that Bush has done over his two terms.
I'll contribute this gem.
Slamming Dorr
How a Bush appointee manipulated farm subsidies.
By William Saletan
Posted Friday, Aug. 30, 2002, at 4:46 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/?id=2070322
Responding to a series of corporate scandals last month, President Bush castigated businessmen who practice moral "relativism" and "cut ethical corners." "Our leaders of business must set high and clear expectations of conduct," he said. But this month, Bush appointed to a top post in his Agriculture Department a confessed corner-cutter: a businessman who has admitted to pushing the limits of the law to boost his farm subsidies. Bush used his power of recess appointment to make Tom Dorr undersecretary of agriculture for rural development on Aug. 6, while Congress was out of town. He made the appointment in this unorthodox way because the Senate Agriculture Committee, with nine of 10 Republicans choosing not to vote, had already declined to approve Dorr's nomination.....
ShorelineCT wrote on January 1, 2008 1:04 PM:Re:Utopia
Not sure if this speech is what you seek, but here are a few lines about 2/3 down the page
Governor George W. Bush - Acceptance Speech
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thursday, August 3, 2000
http://www.4president.org/speeches/bushcheney2000convention.htm
"....And to lead this nation to a responsibility era, a president himself must be responsible.
And so, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.
I believe the presidency -- the final point of decision in the American government -- was made for great purposes....."
footsore wrote on January 1, 2008 1:05 PM:Hey Virginia,
Bob Mason wrote on January 1, 2008 3:48 PM:I usually let the sort of diatribe you reeled off to slip on by. However, There are three things that I must reply to. First, The mandatory drug sentencing that seems to have effected you was passed by a rethuglican congress. You are right that it was aimed specifically at minorities and is the real reason that we now need so many prison beds.
Second, Waco. That conflagration was caused by the whacked out messianic leader David Korecsh(sp). I do want to point out that the agents, ATF & FBI, were recruited and trained under Reagan and BushI. But none of the children were shot/killed by those agents. And Ruby Ridge was another sad instance of a government agent/agency trying to show who was boss "By God, so you better obey the law or else"
footsore
Virginia Simson: I tried to connect to paulfpaul.com but apparently the site no longer exists. Is this the correct URL? I'd be interested in what the site says/said--I've long had suspicions about Bill and Hillary.
Rocky Harper wrote on January 1, 2008 7:58 PM:I thought Ted Stevens was under investigation and still in office?
Utopia wrote on January 1, 2008 10:27 PM:ShorelineCT, thanks. It's a start. Anyone know if there's video of that acceptance speech?
U
Utopia wrote on January 1, 2008 10:28 PM:Rocky, Sen. Stevens is not a member of the Bush administration.
U
Andrew wrote on January 1, 2008 11:21 PM:Been following this story for 18 months, but this is amazing. If accurate, you can add this one to the pile as well. To appreciate the story of the Ambassador and the stolen 27.5 trillion, just go to the following site. Come to think of it, I haven't heard a word about Paulson since he came back from his China Trip three weeks ago. Hmmmm
www.worldreports.org
HENRY PAULSON CRITICAL AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE CHEST
TOP AIDE TO VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY SHOT DEAD AT CLOSE RANGE
Wednesday 2 January 2008 02:18
127 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES BELIEVED TO BE ON THE HIT LIST
FINANCIAL BRINKMANSHIP LEADS TO THE PREDICTED BLOODBATH
CRISIS HAS ESCALATED WAY BEYOND THE WANTAGATE DIMENSION
cal1942 wrote on January 1, 2008 11:55 PM:tweedles wrote
"The fact that Loretta Doan is still being paid by my "contribution" to the IRS is an indictment against the Republic."
No tweedles, let's keep the Republic, if we can. Remember, that's what the battle is about.
Your beef is with the Republican Party a wholly owned subsidiary of the Conservative Movement that is trying to politicize the government of the republic in an attempt to turn it, the government, into a subsidiary of the Conservative Movement.
cal1942 wrote on January 2, 2008 1:12 AM:djeri wrote
"What about the Reagan adminsitration as a point of comparison?"
and
Matthew wrote
"To compare, does anyone know how many Clinton officials would fall under the same standards?"
As I reacll the Nixon administration had 22 members indicted. Can't recall the conviction rate but I believe it was very high.
The Reagan administration tallyed 32 indictments and a high conviction rate.
This is from memory but is probably quite close.
For detail on the Reagan crooks I suggest reading Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Coverup by Lawrence E. Walsh the independent counsel.
Some of Bush's appointees are veteran Reagan admin Iran-Contra crooks who were indicted, convicted and variously overturned on appeal or pardoned by Papa Bush.
As far as the Clinton Administration is concerned I don't recall anyone indicted because of activity related to their work in government. Webster Hubbell resigned from the Justice Dept and later was convicted of tax evasion (I believe). Henry Cisneros was indicted for lying to the FBI, obstruction of justice and related charges. He plead guilty on a misdemeanor as part of a plea bargain. The FBI lie that led to the other charges was about how much money he had given his mistress. And again Cisneros was not in trouble over any duties as HUD Secretary. That after what I recall as a 3 1/2 year independent counsel probe costing many millions.
The Nixon criminals violated law while serving in government some of which were directly related to their duties as government officials. Most of the Reagan crimes were directly related to duties as government officials.
What really counts here is that most of the Nixon, Reagan, Bush crooks were involved in malfeasance as a part of their duties as government officials.
The tiny number from the Clinton administration were NOT for activity related to their duties as government officials.
This is a very important distinction and one that makes Republican heads explode.
Among the many ironies of the Clinton administration, is that it was one of the cleanest in American history. Citing this little bit of info also causes Republican heads to explode.
In a way there were real scandals during the Clinton administration, they involved the nation's press and the Conservative establishment and exposed their deep corruption.
Dawn wrote on January 2, 2008 2:31 AM:I think Mike Brown--resigned, who lied on his resume about his experience with disaster relief and lacked the proper experience to be heading FEMA worst of all, during a time when the US experienced its worst disaster spreading across the southern states, should have been on this list.
Also, I know better than to spill the beans extensively on Karl Rove b/c I don't want to interfere with US DOJ's investigation of him, but that statement in itself tells he's to be indicted and likely will be on the list for 2008. In fact, his crimes are so huge that he'll have a section solely dedicated to him before the chronological list appears.
3 days before Rove's resignation was announced, it was missed by the press that the White House liaison to the US DHS, Eric Leckey resigned. He had been in the post since 2/03 when he wasn't even out of college one year, contrary to the updated press release appearing at the DHS website. In fact, he had been appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council as a recent college grad in 2002, not as a staffer as the updated DHS press release now states. Since when does a recent college grad have homeland defense experience? He clearly held his Liaison post to carryout Rove's special interest agenda most visible by Rove's violations of the Hatch Act. Leckey belongs someplace on this list and I suspect won't be missed in 2008.
Tom Ridge belongs on this list and will get his own special section likely when it is released again at the end of 2008. Asa Hutchinson, the former Border and Transportation Directorate head belongs on this list for much the same reasons as Ridge belongs.
Chertoff, for working for his former employer Latham & Watkins which launders money for the Russian mafia and carries out its agenda in the US, including agenda with the US DHS, too, will be added to the list in 2008 and really belongs on it now.
Kathleen Kraninger--Chertoff's director of screening technologies lied to the House Government Reform Committee this past October 18th and belongs on this list.
Phil Perry who again earlier in the year passed through the revolving door to Latham & Watkins earlier this year belongs on this list. He's Cheney's son-in-law and until earlier this year headed the US DHS Office of General Counsel.
The former head of HSARPA SBIR, Tim Sharp belongs on this list. The current head Ellisa Sobolewski, too, belongs on this list and by year-end in 2008 ought to be on it.
Jim Williams who had been with DHS heading US VISIT and then moved to GSA did crime in both posts and belongs on this list.
The list of Safavian's crimes is to grow this year and he'll be facing additional charges for his activities at GSA and while heading White House OMB federal procurement.
I am sure I missed a few...A lot of new names will emerge when Wilkes and Foggo finally are tried!
The Grand Panjandrum wrote on January 2, 2008 8:02 AM:I just can't believe TPM Muckraker hasn't spent more time pushing/investigating the Don Siegelman story in Alabama.
Check out Scott Horton's very fine blog No Comment for his investigation into this outrageous prosecution. Scott points out that the USA in Alabama is closely connected to Karl Rove.
http://www.harpers.org/subjects/DonSiegelman/SubjectOf/BlogEntry
danger wrote on January 2, 2008 9:40 AM:Dawn, that's a very impressive list. In regards to Rove, I'm wondering if impeachment has been 'off the table' in order to secure his indictment. Threaten to throw the book at him unless he starts talking about everyone in the admin.
Richard L. Adlof wrote on January 2, 2008 10:23 AM:Actually the White House to compare with is Ron-dog Reagans . . . Not even the 1890's can compare.
G. P. Laborde wrote on January 2, 2008 12:06 PM:This is falls under the, "I saw it on the internet.. IT MUST BE TRUE!!!"
Democans and Republicrates....
Both parties..
Crap.
REVOLUTION PLX!?
Herb wrote on January 2, 2008 2:59 PM:Look at all Clinton's pardons and that should give you a pretty good list of the guilty
gg wrote on January 2, 2008 3:03 PM:BILL CLINTON
(1) Used State Police for personal purposes.
(2) Directed State Police to fabricate incriminating evidence
against a political opponent: Terry Reed.
(3) Conspired with David Hale and Jim McDougal to defraud the
Small Business Administration.
(4) Was complicit in the shipment of drugs through Arkansas.
(5) Allowed laudering of drug money through ADFA.
(6) Appointed and protected Arkansas Medical Examiner Fahmy Malak
who repeatedly obstructed justice by declaring murders as
"suicides" or "accidents."
(7) Has never accounted for his actions during 40 days behind the
Iron Curtain during the Vietnam War.
(8) Tipped off Governor Tucker about upcoming criminal referral.
(9) Violated Arkansas campaign finance laws.
(10) Violated his oath ofoffice to uphold the Constitution by
signing into law an ex post facto law, a retroactive tax
increase.
(11) Fired RTC chiefAlbert Casey to allow his friend Roger
Altman to monitor and block Whitewater investigations.
(12) Fired FBI director William Sessions to prevent an
autonomous FBI from investigating the Foster suicide and from
resisting cooperation in the Filegate operation.
(13) Fired all U.S. Attorneys to appoint Paula Casey to prevent
Judge David Hale from testifying against Clinton.
(14) Offered State Troopers federal jobs in return for their
silence about Clinton's crimes.
(15) Blocked Justice Department indictments after Inspector
General Sherman Funk found "criminal violations of the Privacy
Act provable beyond reasonable doubt" when former Bush employee
files were searched and leaked to the press.
(16) Appointed friend and now-convicted felon Webster Hubbell to
number 3 position in Justice Department in order to be able to
block Whitewater criminal referrals.
(17) Blocked the criminal trial of Representative Ford, a
Tennessee Democrat.
(18) Appointed a campaign activist to head the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, without the mandated "advice and consent" of
the Senate, to derail a probe of his and Hillary's financial
dealings.
Bill Clinton is under investigation by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
HILLARY CLINTON
(1) Took a $100,000 bribe, camouflaged as futures trades,
from Tyson Foods Inc.
(2) Speculated in Health Care industry futures while overseeing
legislative reform of same.
(3) Failed to correct false testimony by co-defendant Ira
Magaziner in Health Care trial.
(4) Obstructed justice by ordering the shredding of Vince
Foster's documents in the Rose Law Firm.
(5) Ordered members of the Health Care Task Force to shred
documents that were the target of a court probe.
(6) Ordered the removal of documents from Vince Foster's office.
(7) Told aides to lie about their removal of documents from
Foster's office
(8) Obstructed justice by keeping her billing records, a document
sought under subpoena, in the White House residence.
(9) Lied to investigators about her knowledge about billing
records.
(10) Lied to investigators about her involvement in the Castle
Grande land flip con.
(11) Ordered the use of the FBI to discredit Travel Office
employees.
(12) Lied to investigators about her involvement in the firing of
Travel Office Employees.
IRA MAGAZINER, Hillary Clinton Senior Advisor
(1) Violated federal law when he held Health Care Task Force
Meetings in secret and refused to release documents
(2) Lied in court about the composition of the Health Care
Task Force.
U.S. Attorney Eric Holder found insufficient evidence for indictment of Ira Magaziner.
BERNARD NUSSBAUM, Former White House Counsel
(1) Obstructed justice in the Foster suicide investigation by
blocking access, removing documents, lying about his removal of
documents, and by retrieving Foster's pager from Park Police.
(2) Attempted to quash a Whitewater investigation at the RTC
through White House liaisons.
Nussbaum has resigned and is under investigation for lying to Congress.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, Senior Advisor
(1) Took a $600,000 loan below market interest and with
insufficient collateral from Nations Bank, a bank having business
before the Clinton Administration.
(2) Lied to Congress during Whitewater hearings.
(3) Attempted to have Whitewater investigator Jay Stephens at the
RTC fired.
MIKE ESPY, Former Agriculture Secretary
(1) Took bribes from Tyson Foods Inc., which was under regulatory
control of his Agriculture Department.
Espy has resigned and is under investigation by a Special Counsel
ROGER ALTMAN, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
(1) Lied to Congress during Whitewater hearings. (2) Lied to Congress about having lied to Congress. (3) Instructed Ellen Kulka and Jack Ryan at the RTC to block the Whitewater investigation by L. Jean Lewis. Roger Altman was forced to resign.
RON BROWN, Former Commerce Secretary
(1) Has taken bribes from almost everybody. Says it is part of
the way Washington works. The allegations are too numerous
and complicated to be detailed here.
Ron Brown was still under investigation by an Independent Counsel when he died in a plane crash in 1996. The investigation continues.
LES ASPIN, Former Secretary of Defense
(1) Through criminal negligence was responsible for the death
of Army Rangers in Somalia. Has never been held accountable
in public hearings.
Les Aspin has resigned and is deceased.
WILLIAM KENNEDY, DAVID WATKINS, PATSY THOMASSON:
(1) Fabricated charges against White House Travel Office
personnel to have the business taken over by Clinton friends.
(2) Coerced FBI and IRS agents into complicity with this
scheme.
Kennedy and Watkins have resigned.
CATHERINE CORNELIUS, Travel Office employee
(1) Removed documents from White House Travel Office.
Because those documents later became the subject ofa trial
against Office Director Billy Dale, that could amount to
obstruction ofjustice.
PATSY THOMASSON, Director of White House Administration
(1) Lied to Congress about the composition of the Health Care Task Force and the size of its budget. (2) Obstructed justice when she removed documents from the office of Vince Foster.
MARGARET WILLIAMS, Chief of Staff to the First Lady
(1) Obstructed justice when she removed documents from the office
of Vince Foster.
(2) Lied to Congress about removing those documents.
Maggy Williams is under investigation by Independent Counsel.
JOSHUA STEINER, Treasury Department Employee.
(1) Lied to Congress about conversations with White House
personnel about the RTC. (He also lied to his diary, but that is
not a crime.)
Joshua Steiner has resigned.
LLOYD CUTLER, Former White House Counsel
(1) Lied to Congress about the contents of redacted documents.
(2) Attempted to withhold vital information from Congress, a
felony.
(3) Obtained a confidential Treasury report and showed it to
witnesses before they testified before Congress in the Whitewater
in 1970. Has never been indicted for this crime which was similar to what the
Watergate Plumbers spent time in jail for.
BRUCE LINDSEY, Senior Advisor
(1) As treasurer for the Clinton gubernatorial campaign in
1990, he signed withdrawals from Peny County Bank, the president
of which has pled guilty to conspiring to conceal these
withdrawals from the IRS and FEC.
Bruce Lindsey is an unindicted co-conspirator in the trial of the owners of Perry County Bank.
MARIAN BENETT, USIA Inspector General
(1) Covered up credit-card fraud by USIA Inspector General staff.
FEDERICO PENA, Secretary of Transportation
(1) State and federal contracts were awarded to companies in
which he had a financial interest.
The Justice Department found insufficient evidence to appoint
a Special Counsel.
HENRY CISNEROS, Secretary of HUD
(1) Lied to the FBI about payments to former lover.
Under investigation by Special Counsel.
JANET RENO, Attorney General
(1) Fabricated charges of child molestation against the Branch
Davidians in Waco, Texas.
(2) Ordered the use of military equipment against citizens of
the United States
(3) Ordered the use of chemical agents against citizens of the
United States.
ROBERT REICH, Secretary of Labor
(1) Lied to Congress when he wrote that there were no memos
circulating in the Labor Department instructing staffto gather
political material against the Contract with America. Such memos
were later published. Under investigation by Congress.
DONNA SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services
(1) As Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison
instituted speech codes which were found to be unconstitutional
in federal court. Instituted thought police star chamber proceed
-ings to drive politically incorrect people off campus.
CAROL BROWNER, EPA Administrator
(1) Used the EPA to campaign against Republicans running on
the Contract with America, an illegal use of the executive
branch for political campaigning.
Carol Browner is under investigation by Congress.
ROBERTA ACHTENBERG, Former Assitant Secretary of HUD
(1) Violated the First Amendment when she ordered HUD
lawyers to silence citizens who spoke out against planned
housing projects.
(2) Exceeded her authority when she had HUD staff threaten
Allentown County to withdraw an "Use of English language
encouraged" ordinance.
Roberta Achtenberg resigned to run for Mayor of San Francisco, a
race which she lost.
DEVAL PATRICK, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
(1) Used extortion to force banks to give preferential
treatment to minorities.
Congress is investigating the possibility of impeachment based on
abuse of power.
BRUCE BABBIT, Secretary of the Interior
(1) Paid a penalty for violating campaign finance laws during his
1988 presidential campaign.
HAZEL O'LEARY, Energy Secretary
(1) Abused taxpayer money for extravagant travels around the
world.
Hazel O'Leary is under investigation by Congress.
WILLIAM PERRY, Secretary of Defense
(1) Intervened in a Chinese trade deal on behalf of a business
partner.
CRAIG LIVINGSTONE, Chief of White House Security
(1) Was seen carrying a box from Foster's office the morning
after Vince Foster died.
(2) Ordered confidential FBI background files on Hillary
Clinton's political enemies, a violation of the privacy act.
Craig Livingstone is currently on paid leave and has been unable to
pass FBI criminal background checks, and the White House has
admitted that 11 unnamed White House staffers have had recent
drug use. Unsubstantiated allegations of murder, treason,
and conspiracy have been omitted from the above list.
In light of this record, it is appropriate to mention those Clinton Cabinet Secretaries who are not under investigation and have never had criminal allegations raised against them:
RICHARD RILEY, Secretary of Education
WARREN CHRISTOPHER, Secretary of State
In this administration these secretaries must be considered beacons of morality.
Rick Streng wrote on January 2, 2008 4:53 PM:REAGAN SETS CRIMINAL RECORDS
HE HAD MORE MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES THAN TOTAL FROM 1980 TO 1981
Dat a bunch of money grubbers.
PRESIDENT REAGAN SCANDALS
INVESTIGATIONS OF IMPORTANT OFFICIALS
Attorney General—Cabinet--two OIC investigations-no charge
Asst. Attorney General—No Charge
Secretary of Defense—Cabinet—Pardoned
Asst. Sec. Of Defense—Guilty--to Prison
Secretary of Labor—Cabinet—Not Guilty
Secretary of Interior—Cabinet—Guilty—fined
National Security Agency--Director----Cabinet—Guilty
National Security Agency--Director----Cabinet—Guilty—Pardoned
National Security Agency—Director---Cabinet---Resigned
Asst. Secretary of Navy—--Guilty—Fined
Dep. Secretary of Air Force-Guilty—Fined
Director of CIA—Cabinet—Died during investigation
Asst. Director of CIA—Guilty—Fined
Director of HUD—Cabinet--Pled Fifth
Asst. Director of HUD—Guilty
Director of Superfund—Guilty—to Prison
Director of FAA—Guilty-Fined
Director of NASA-Guilty—Fined
Special Asst to President—Guilty
Communications Director for President—Guilty
EPA Administrator—Resigned
Asst. Secretary of State—Guilty
9 Cabinet Members—
REAGANGATES (32)
Illwind-gate (biggie)
Superfund-gate
Hud
Wed-Tech
Interior
Labor
Oval Office
Lt Colonel
Iran-Contra
Basement
Faa
Nasa
Pentagon
Korea
S & L (folks! I think we hit the jackpot—come and get it the vaults are unguarded)
Epa
Postal
Agriculture
Hhs
Home loan
Veterans
Fema
Legal Services
Civil Rights
Transportation
Product Safety
Economic Development
Synthetic Fuels
Social Security
Land Management
Osha
Cia
Sources—
Haynes Johnson book “Sleepwalking”
“When The Pentagon Was For Sale”—Andy Pasztor—(awesome list of criminals)
2 books titled “Scandals”
“The Clothes Lost The Emperor”-Paul Slansky (day by day chronology of 1980’s)
“Stealing From America”—
“Landslide”-Jane Mayer & Doyle McManus
Nathan Miller book states 233 were investigated
Haynes Johnson states 138 were --charged--indicted--found guilty -- investigated
p.s.—Newt and Gang spent $110,000,000-(GAO number) on Hearings and Investigations on Clinton
Rick Streng wrote on January 2, 2008 4:54 PM:and one—(yes 1) person working for President Clinton was Found Guilty of a Felony. Evil man took few trips to ball games , etc. No quid pro quo per OIC –Pals doing what they had done for years—take pal to events. Pled guilty for did not have finances to fight the government and Smaltzsmear. His boss fought 37 such charges and was found not guilty on each charge.
REAGAN SETS CRIMINAL RECORDS
HE HAD MORE MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES THAN TOTAL FROM 1980 TO 1981
Dat a bunch of money grubbers.
PRESIDENT REAGAN SCANDALS
INVESTIGATIONS OF IMPORTANT OFFICIALS
Attorney General—Cabinet--two OIC investigations-no charge
Asst. Attorney General—No Charge
Secretary of Defense—Cabinet—Pardoned
Asst. Sec. Of Defense—Guilty--to Prison
Secretary of Labor—Cabinet—Not Guilty
Secretary of Interior—Cabinet—Guilty—fined
National Security Agency--Director----Cabinet—Guilty
National Security Agency--Director----Cabinet—Guilty—Pardoned
National Security Agency—Director---Cabinet---Resigned
Asst. Secretary of Navy—--Guilty—Fined
Dep. Secretary of Air Force-Guilty—Fined
Director of CIA—Cabinet—Died during investigation
Asst. Director of CIA—Guilty—Fined
Director of HUD—Cabinet--Pled Fifth
Asst. Director of HUD—Guilty
Director of Superfund—Guilty—to Prison
Director of FAA—Guilty-Fined
Director of NASA-Guilty—Fined
Special Asst to President—Guilty
Communications Director for President—Guilty
EPA Administrator—Resigned
Asst. Secretary of State—Guilty
9 Cabinet Members—
REAGANGATES (32)
Illwind-gate (biggie)
Superfund-gate
Hud
Wed-Tech
Interior
Labor
Oval Office
Lt Colonel
Iran-Contra
Basement
Faa
Nasa
Pentagon
Korea
S & L (folks! I think we hit the jackpot—come and get it the vaults are unguarded)
Epa
Postal
Agriculture
Hhs
Home loan
Veterans
Fema
Legal Services
Civil Rights
Transportation
Product Safety
Economic Development
Synthetic Fuels
Social Security
Land Management
Osha
Cia
Sources—
Haynes Johnson book “Sleepwalking”
“When The Pentagon Was For Sale”—Andy Pasztor—(awesome list of criminals)
2 books titled “Scandals”
“The Clothes Lost The Emperor”-Paul Slansky (day by day chronology of 1980’s)
“Stealing From America”—
“Landslide”-Jane Mayer & Doyle McManus
Nathan Miller book states 233 were investigated
Haynes Johnson states 138 were --charged--indicted--found guilty -- investigated
p.s.—Newt and Gang spent $110,000,000-(GAO number) on Hearings and Investigations on Clinton
Rick Streng wrote on January 2, 2008 4:56 PM:and one—(yes 1) person working for President Clinton was Found Guilty of a Felony. Evil man took few trips to ball games , etc. No quid pro quo per OIC –Pals doing what they had done for years—take pal to events. Pled guilty for did not have finances to fight the government and Smaltzsmear. His boss fought 37 such charges and was found not guilty on each charge.
--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)
(Peggy Noonan pay attention)
1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eight years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.
62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.
69. First to have shacked up with love of his life while wife was in hospital giving birth to first child
------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
rickstreng wrote on January 2, 2008 4:56 PM:--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)
(Peggy Noonan pay attention)
1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eight years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.
62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.
69. First to have shacked up with love of his life while wife was in hospital giving birth to first child
------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
rickstreng wrote on January 2, 2008 4:59 PM:--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)
(Peggy Noonan pay attention)
1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eight years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.
62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.
69. First to have shacked up with love of his life while wife was in hospital giving birth to first child
------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
Ricardo wrote on January 2, 2008 6:25 PM:What I want to know is: When did the CIA become a partner of the Republican Party? Those bastards are looking out for one another quite a bit lately.
Jeast wrote on January 2, 2008 7:35 PM:READ....American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips, Black Water by Jeremy Scahill and then READ....The end of America: A letter to a young patriot by Naomi Wolf
political_crap wrote on January 3, 2008 11:25 AM:and The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
Then you shall see the progress of the House of Bush and House of Saud and their neo con friends and their plan for the United States and the rest of the world.....and Reagan was just an old man who had no clue what elder Bush was doing behind his back and Cheney was old man Bush's protege....why do you think he (old man Bush) picked Cheney as a running mate for little georgie. Jebby may show up as a vp for one of the wackos on the right! You saw it here first!!! We currently have 2 oilmen in the whitehouse co prez Cheney and Bush!
I have to say that all this basically shows our ENTIRE political system is a disaster and needs massive reformation. Of course this would all be moot if people realized that the solution is simple...no repeat office holders. With no one able to stay in a top government position, you would not have this pocket lining and power tripping going on. I suggest that there be an amendment stating that no elected official can serve more than one term in the government. THAT would stop all this crap but good. Of course, that is impossible, since 'career politicians' are way too entrenched to ever give up their cash cows and cushy positions.
Orlando Villa wrote on January 3, 2008 11:53 AM:Interesting list. I would have to disagree with some of the names, but thanks for putting this up anyways
blissfully uninformed wrote on January 3, 2008 11:17 PM:could it be that there's more transparency? I'm sure the public was kept in the dark about a lot more in our governments 200+ year past. Recently, there's been leaks: the phone-tapping, water-boarding, secret prisons, etc. I think we just seem to get more dirt on the people in Washington, DC, now. I doubt anyone is clean in that city, anyway. They just haven't been caught, yet. btw, for all of you before and after with your lists, huge paragraphs and repeat posts, remember, "brevity is the soul of wit."
Scared for our nation wrote on January 4, 2008 10:26 AM:I have never experienced the corruption the present Republican party is getting by with...a crook as president for two terms, blatant misuse of government structure for his and his cronies gain...the blatant attempt to create a theoracy in which the rest of us will experience a police state...in other words...Hitler revisited all over again...Republican is a dirty word.
jowlster wrote on January 5, 2008 2:39 PM:When I am feeling a little less used by these neo-cons(and the nazi propoganda machine)and their thieving corporate co-horts, I say they should all be investigated, impeached and or stand trial for this destruction of a great nation. But when I actually get to thinking clearly and deeply about the fact that much of their shenanigans represent very real TREASON, I would like to see them hang!!!!
Thomas wrote on January 7, 2008 10:05 PM:No, I'm not kidding. They, in fact are TRAITORS, pure and simple.
The worst thing is that most of the groundwork was laid before them and their mission is almost complete now.
Let's just wait and see what they have planned for us this year! But wait! They have begun with a tragedy in Pakistan already. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky if they let us have our "ELECTION" in November. Even though the results have almost certainly been decided by now.
These two entrenched parties must be driven from our capital or we are done. Well done!!!!!!!!!!
http://grassley.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=ab0c4ae3-042d-ab92-0f7f-d2fc05447312
See the full news release at the link above.
You missed another one: Walter J. Stachnik, former Inspector General of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, retired suddenly on August 3, 2008, as Senator Grassley notes:
"The previous Inspector General for the SEC [Stachnik] left his position last summer on the same day that Sen. Grassley and Sen. Arlen Specter released their report on the mishandling of an insider-trading probe involving Pequot Capital Management, Inc. The Grassley-Specter report detailed the Inspector General’s failure to investigate credible allegations by former SEC attorney Gary Aguirre that his supervisors pulled punches in the investigation because of one witness’ political clout."
JJH wrote on January 11, 2008 7:04 PM:This site should add the case of Eugene Hickok, former Deputy Secretary of the`US Department of Education who signed a civil settlement with the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and paid $50,000 in 2007 to resolve the ethics violations under investigation by the Office of Inspector General of the Education Department.