Republican Corruption Response

[Linkster]

Recently in a thread here someone posted a list of the 5 or 10 scandals/corruption that democrats have had over the last 10 years or so - in keeping with being "fair and balanced" I figured this list of the 43 top scandals and corruption on the Republican side - THIS YEAR - that we know about so far

http://senate2008guru.blogspot.com/2007/08/republican-culture-of-corruption-2007.html

[Jennifer]

How many of the scandals are not really scandals? If a republican bumps into a democrat in the house they call it a scandal. If a democrat sells missile guidance technology to the Chinese, they attack the special prosecutor and chant "It's just about sex" everytime you try and corner them on it.

[disrupter]

How about when Republicans are too busy war profiteering in Iraq to care that they are creating a globe of anti-american terrorism rather than eliminating it?

How's that for the real scandal?

[Linkster]

Jennifer - did you even read the list?

[Jennifer]

Don't have to read the list. The scandals republicans are caught in that are true enough to be on the news for more then 5 minutes are always about sex.

The democrats, on the other hand, have sold the communist chinese missile guidance technology to get them into the white house, they have pulled FBI files on private citizens to force them to stop opposing them, they've obstructed investigators, they've been caught in racketeering and electioneering and they've admitted on national television to perjury.

[disrupter]

listen to her twist the truth.

NeoCons have stolen 2 presidential elections.
Corrupted the Justice department to cover up illegal racist vote caging.

they have funneled tens of billions of dollars to Halliburton & Bechtel, not for goods or services, but just calamity price gouging.

The only reason more of them haven't been charged with their crimes of corruption is because Gonzales & all the religious shills at the DOJ think this corruption is God's corruption & are hiding it away & not prosecuting it.
That is not to say many haven't been charged because they were so arrogantly banal about their corruption,
Ney, Cunningham, DeLay along with the sex crimes of Foley, Craig & Diaper fetish Vitter.

Republicans, the party of criminals & perverts.

Are you a criminal, a pervert or both?

[Linkster]

Lets see - just a few of the smaller ones:
Rumsfeld supplied Saddam with 60 cropspraying helicopters and chemicals to spray the Kurds during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1970s
GE and Westinghouse currently at the request of the white house are supplying nuclear technology and hardware to Iran
The white house gave the N Koreans the hardware and technology for their nuclear program and billions of dollars for research
thats just a start - if you really want to know more about the real scandals - let me know and Ill send over some good references - because the real scandals are happening right now and havent been exposed because they dont have very much sex in them

[Jennifer]

Back then Saddam was the friendly, Iran was the enemy. Put your "scandals" in light of history.

Not saying spraying anyone with poison is acceptable behavior. But let's also remember what was happening at the times.

In the 1970s Carter was President and ordered the delivery of those munitions to help Saddam maintain control of his nation against an aggressive population of Iranians and local Kurds.

If you want to slam someone for a military/CIA operation, I'd recommend looking to the Chief Executive first, then the lower chiefs. It's more appropriate that way.

After all, I don't blame the admiral who fired the missiles into the Iraqi hospital, I blame the President (Clinton) who ordered it to be done.

[Linkster]

I misspoke - that was in 1983 and it was Reagan that ordered Rumsfeld there - to supply Saddam - it was the 1970s when Pres Ford supported the military takeover of the Democratic party of Iraq and installed Saddam as the leader - and got rid of the democracy they had there.

As far as Clinton I think you are mixing up two different things - he did fire some missles but that was in a different country and he was attempting to take out what later became Al Quaeda

[Jennifer]

Then point the finger at Reagen, not Rumsfeld. If Rumsfeld ordered it without approval, then it was still Reagan's job to investigate if he did the right thing.

[Linkster]

Im not pointing any fingers - just laying out the truth - I certainly didnt "blame" anything on anyone - I dont play those games - I just search for the real truth when presented with facts and fiction

[Jennifer]

Love the whole "stole two presidential elections."

How? By winning legally? Gee, then FDR stole 3 elections, Clinton stole 2 elections, we could do this all day!

[mwillman]

No, Bush was the first person in american history to be put into office by a majority of 5.

[Linkster]

Since it was asked for - heres a recent list of just a few recent republican fundraisers that have had a little run-in with the law :from
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/

Also - since this was from a few days ago it doesnt count the one today that was Romneys Financier - Lichfield was named in a federal lawsuit today

Jack Abarmoff - Abramoff, a Bush Pioneer and Republican lobbyist, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud in connection with Suncruz casino boats in January 2006. He also pleaded guilty to two additional fraud counts and tax evasion in connection with lobbying for Native American tribes in 2006.

Alan Fabian - Fabian was the co-chair of Mitt Romney’s national finance committee and a prominent Republican donor who gave 100,000+ to the RNC and the Bush inauguration. In August 2007 he was indicted for allegedly making $32 million in false purchases of computer equipment to pay for his lavish spending habits.

Kyle “Dusty” Foggo - Foggo, the former #3 official at the CIA, was indicted by a Grand Jury on corruption charges in connection with his campaign contributions to Republican members of Congress and resulting federal contracts.

Robert Kjellander - Kjellander, a Bush Pioneer and RNC treasurer, was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in August 2005 as part of a probe investigating corruption at the Illinois Teacher’s Retirement Systems, a state run teacher’s pension fund. The subpoena specifically sought records relating to Kjellander’s receipt of $4.5 million in fees from the Carlyle group, for helping to land the business with the pension fund.

Bernie Kerik - “Federal prosecutors in New York have informed Kerik that he is a ‘target’ of a criminal investigation into possible tax problems, illegal wiretapping and making false statements in an FBI questionnaire connected to Kerik's nomination.” In addition, a Daily News “investigation revealed that Kerik accepted cash and gifts from Interstate Industrial, an allegedly mobbed-up construction company.”

Michael Mixon - Mixon, a major NRCC donor, was indicted on charges of fraud and funding terrorism.

Thomas Noe - Noe, a Bush Pioneer, pleaded guilty in May 2006 on charges of money laundering in connection to his political fundraising. He was also the key figure in the Ohio “Coingate” scandal.

Ralph Reed - Reed, a Bush Pioneer (2000), Ranger (2004) and prominent Republican lobbyist, is being investigated because of a $4 million payment that Abramoff made to Reed.

James Tobin - Former NRCC, RNC and Bush-Cheney ’04 staffer was convicted in December 2005 for his role in a plot to stop people from voting in New Hampshire in 2002.

Brent Wilkes - Wilkes, George W. Bush's finance co-chairman in California, was indicted in February 2007 by a Grand Jury on corruption charges in connection with his campaign contributions to Republican members of Congress and resulting federal contracts.

Sam Wyly, Charles Wyly - The Wylys, top Bush fundraisers from Texas, are under investigation for tax evasion by federal and state agencies. The Billionaire Bush patrons are accused of setting up offshore trusts on the Island of Man, a noted tax shelter in the Irish Sea, in an attempt to evade paying taxes on stock options."

[Jennifer]

No, Bush was the first person in american history to be put into office by a majority of 5.


Bush, like every other President in American History, was elected by the majority of the Electoral College.

You should feel privileged you get to vote for president. You know you did not get that in the Original Constitution of the United States of America. Actually, you had no sufferage under the original Constitution, you had to get permission from your state to vote.

[Linkster]

i guess its a good thing that men finally allowed women to vote too