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interview with Fox News on Sunday, George HW Bush congratulated his son on running a "clean operation." Everyone remembers weapons of mass destruction, the US attorney firings. But historians will note that those are only the beginning of the Bush administration scandals... The Bush administration will leave the annals of presidential disrepute several times thicker than it found them. There's Iraq, the hospital visit to John Ashcroft, the US attorney firings. But historians will note that those are only the beginning of the Bush administration scandals. What about the anti-prostitution AIDS tsar who purchased the services of--wait for it--the DC Madam? The Daily Beast has put together 20 of Bush's greatest forgotten scandals. Interior Department officials "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives."
departmental investigation last year found that officials had "frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and gas company representatives."
unable to account for as much as $12 billion--about half of his budget--as the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority between May 2003 and June 2004. Henry Waxman, contractors brought bags to meetings in order to collect shrink-wrapped bundles of money.
detained at an airport in New York and spirited away to Syria, where he was tortured and held for 10 months by his captors before being returned home. Canadian officials investigated Arar's case, declared he was innocent, and paid him $9 million in compensation. American officials refused to admit the mistake and instead kept Arar on a terrorist watch list.
hooded, shackled, and detained in solitary confinement for 76 days on charges of espionage. Within a year the case against Yee had collapsed and the Army tried to save face by charging him with hoarding pornography.
but as far as I'm concerned it is "Mission Accomplished" as we now have a Democrat and a smart one at that for our next President. Flag It 11:44 am, Jan 5, 2009 FredafromScotland Do any of you remember a senior FBI agent called John P O'Neill who tried very hard to forewarn President Bush and his other FBI colleagues that Osama bin Laden would attempt to strike the Twin Towers again. Mr O'Neill was also aware that certain individuals were being taught how to fly commercial aeroplanes. If this man had been taken seriously then perhaps we would not have lost the 3,000 lives on the 11th September 2001. It is up to you Americans to find out why he would not listen. Flag It 9:20 am, Jan 6, 2009 monkeyman What's most disturbing about this article is the number of scandalous endeavors by this fascist regime that aren't even mentioned. Flag It 9:36 am, Jan 6, 2009 Konchster Some of those are just Bush's stupid people doing stupid things . Some of them are indictable offenses and should be followed up on. I am fairly certain that the Obama administration will not pursue these sorts of things looking forward and all that, but I am not to sure that it sends the right message. I think every politician found to violate the law should be taken down. It is time that we cast the fear of the law into the hearts of our public servants Flag It 9:52 am, Jan 6, 2009 jaguarxjs It is simply amazing the breadth and the scope of malfeasance within this administration. Flag It 10:06 am, Jan 6, 2009 MajorDude I can't believe what we are doing to ourselves as a country. These types of antics filter down - from the White House to the outhouse - to Wall Street, "Main Street" and personal encounters on side streets. Barack Obama may be different but you have to ask: "Are the people he's circling himself with any different?" Let's hope his influence reaches beyond what has become standard operating procedure. Flag It 10:10 am, Jan 6, 2009 pwb1230 Thanks for mentioning the $12 billion cash that Bremer "misplaced." I've never forgotten that, and in fact it's near the top of my litany. That's almost 2% of the $700 billion bailout, and it seems largely forgotten. Flag It 11:03 am, Jan 6, 2009 Rdschenkel You think this is bad, remember William Jefferson Clinton. I only wish Bush could have been impeached just as his predecessor was. Flag It 11:47 am, Jan 6, 2009 JohnHedtke I do remember William Jefferson Clinton. And I'm remembering a lot of other things, such as how I still had a 401 when he left office instead of the 101 I've got now, or how we actually had an economy, or how there was a balanced budget, or how we weren't bogged down in a pointless war in the Middle East, or how we didn't have Christian fanatics running government policy, or how the US had respect, or we had more hope of an environmental policy, or.... No, no, when I think that the Bush years were bad, I think of the Clinton years, and then I think of how bad the Bush years really were. I really don't care if the current administration gets to experience the enhanced interrogation techniques they say are so harmless just to get them to talk about what they've really been doing. It took Stephen Hatfill years, a great deal of money and a fighting spirit to clear himself. Bruce is not here to defend himself, having been drained of money and hounded into giving up on life. The FBI had a lot of pressure to solve this before the end of the Bush administration. I imagine high fives went around FBI headquarters when Bruce committed suicide. Flag It 12:17 pm, Jan 6, 2009 bigwurzz I think that here is where Bush is a genious. Clinton had one scandal and people still can't get over it 10 years later. At this point we have just become numb to scandals and corruption and Bush is going to escape any punishment. Also, I think Bush counted on the fact that the Democrats wouldn't have the spine to impeach two presidents in a row. Flag It 12:33 pm, Jan 6, 2009 mikefromArlington Regarding the Canadian citizen being whisked away to Syria... In the film, a US citizen was mistaken to have done transactions with a terrorist and was taken away to Egypt and tortured. Eventually, he was let go by an American observing the interrogations. Flag It 1:09 pm, Jan 6, 2009 CAPT09 So often, when it comes to politics, the American public is accused of having amnesia but after the last eight years I'm not certain if these things are truly forgotten or if they represent a soft focused nightmare that most people would like to pretend never happened. We've just lived through a period that casts a pall on the very definition of public service. Let's try to get beyond the shield of cynicism and have some hope for a brighter future. Flag It 2:19 pm, Jan 6, 2009 Stromko Bigwurzz: I suspect that's exactly the strategy of this administration. Either that, or the slightly more "innocent" story that they've simply lost touch with what is ethical and what isn't ethical. It's strange how those who claim to be saved, can still act as though they have no moral compass at all. But this isn't an indictment of religion, so much as it's an indictment of those with power, and what happens when those with power aren't held accountable. Flag It 3:09 pm, Jan 6, 2009 Steve241 The latest, Bush senior wants the other bush Jeb, to run for President before he "moves on". Flag It 3:54 pm, Jan 6, 2009 BarneyPilot This administration - all of them - should be publically marched out of the White House in handcuffs. Flag It 5:29 pm, Jan 6, 2009 atsegga The Borgen Project has informative statistics on addressing global poverty. Please support organizations such as The Borgen Project so that we may rid the world of poverty. Flag It 6:08 pm, Jan 6, 2009 Airborne855 @FredafromScotland Yes, I do recall. I also recall that not only did Condoleeza Rice have a report in her hand warning of possible hijacked planes to be used as weapons, but that the military had actually conducted a drill based on that very scenario. In any event, how was it possible that all the billions of dollars spent on defense such as the NORAD system utterly failed. Does anyone remember the rash of hijackings in the 1960's? Well, absolutely nothing useful was done f...
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