so, REALLY, how many scandals HAS this administaration had by now?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Plame outing
gannon
Downing street minutes
niger/yellowcake speech
Haliburton no bid contracts
WMD lies
ignoring 9-11 warnings
abu gharaib/prison abuse
enron ties
flying bin laden's out of country
California energy crisis/cheney task force
2000 election theft

and more and more and more

at this point, how can anyone, even the biggest freeper, honestly believe that these guys have "restored honor and integrity to the white house" and that every one of these is either 1. a liberal media conspiracy to git the pres'dent! or 2. the work of a lone lowly white house staffer and no one else and not the result of any higher ups?

how much effort does it take to maintain this fantasy world? i know guys like rush and hannity know it's a sham and don't believe it, but are simply lying-but what about your average republican voter---

what the hell is wrong with them at this point?!?!?!

[Swede]

1. Aren't you glad the adults are in the WH?

They brought back dignity and - Oh fuck it I can't do it.

[Hissyspit]

5. Yes, "The adults are back in charge"

yeah, the immoral unethical authoritarian hypocritical self-serving uncaring racist homophobic adults are in charge...

[Hissyspit]

6. Here is another one: "Bush's 34 Scandals"

from January, but still appropos

FYI: Bush's 34 Scandals
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011905D.shtml

[Melodybe]

8. Don't forget not doing a damn thing about mad cow and

"fixing the intelligence" on global warming.

[napi21]

2. You forgot Halliburton overbilling in several instances.

I'm sure there are more that are not in your list! It's getting very hard to keep track!

I guess they;re all in denial.

[XemaSab]

3. try a google

no, not the search engine, the number of scandals....

[Hissyspit]

4. Here is an older article: "Scandals for Dummies"

http://www.crisispapers.org/essays/dummies-scandals.htm

Bush's 2004 Scandals for Dummies
By Bernard Weiner
The Crisis Papers

Tuesday 08 June 2004

There are so many Bush Administration scandals and so little time to figure them all out. So I checked in with the franchised book series that succinctly provides clear answers for confused dummies like me.

Q. Why are all these scandals seeming to come at the same time? Am I imagining this? Is it a liberal media conspiracy?

A. No, you're not imagining it. And there's no conspiracy involved. It's a phenomenon not at all surprising. Here's how it works:

Many of the Bush scandals aren't new at all; they've been brewing for a long time, with the White House trying to push them off until after Election Day. But scandals, like viruses, erupt on their own schedules.

EDITED BY ADMIN: COPYRIGHT

[Moderator]

16. Hissyspit

Per DU copyright rules
please post only four
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Thank you.


DU Moderator

[Hissyspit]

18. Sorry. I thought "The Crisis Papers" was DU's copyright!

meant to chop off more anyway but got distracted, my bad

[existentialist]

7. bush administration scandals

I think you forgot a few, but I understand that its difficult to bring them all to mind in an off hand note--as this is too.

A few you missed.

The utter disregard of the balance of the scientific community on:

(1) Global warming. ( and the related rejection of the Kyoto Treaty without even offering an alternative)
(2) The environmental and health effects of mercury pollution from coal and the inadequacies of the policies of his administration to address it.
(3) The environmental effects of his forestry programs.
(4) The effect of repetitive motions in causing certain work related disabilities.


The utter disregard of the opinions of the bulk of the diplomatic corps and the state department on matters of international policy.

The utter disregard of the opinions of most of the world with regard to matters of international policy.

The utter disregard of the bulk of the economic community with regard to the long term effects of his tax cuts.

The utter disregard of the American Bar Association opinions as tot he qualifications of candidates for judicial office (unless, of course they recommended that the particular candidate under discussion was qualified.

Lying with regard to the justifications of "No child left behind" and then his failure to support funding for it.

Innumerable campaign lies, and the failure to acknowledge when his supporters were caught in lies.

How can we forget "Mission Accomplished" and the lies as to how that banner came to be displayed and the supposed necessity to fly to the Carrier on an airplane?



Obviously I'm just getting started too.

[Hissyspit]

9. "The Scandal Sheet" from salon.com Jan. 2005. Lists 34 scandals...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/011905D.shtml

Plame is #32

[thereismore]

10. None nt

[Hissyspit]

11. hunh?

Am I missing the intended humor?

[thereismore]

14. Yes. nt

[Hissyspit]

19. You're funny. n/t

[Steve L]

12. Don't forget...

Syndicated columnists paid to support administration policies.

"Fake news" reports filmed and passed off as real news segments to help sway public opinion.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Don't forget Koch Energy

That happened in the first couple of months of Bush's Presidency but seems to have now been completely forgotten. Koch, the largest privately-owned energy company in the U.S. was being prosecuted by Clinton on 97 felony counts for releasing 91 metric tons of carcinogens into the environment in Texas. It would have meant a cumulative 100 years of prison time for its executives and fines totaling almost a half billion dollars. Worse than the actual pollution was the fact Koch actively tried to cover up their crimes. Then, Bush came into office, cut a deal for no jail time for Koch executives and dropped the fine to a paltry $20 million. Koch was a major campaign contributor to Bush and has supported him throughout his career. They've never given a dime to Democrats. Ari Fleischer engaged in significant song and dance activities when reporters asked him if Bush would return the campaign money, as it came from a felon. Fleischer explained that Koch, the company had been involved in the illegal activity, not the Koch family that contributed to Bush's campaign. The problem with this is that Koch Energy was a family-owned company by the Koch family; company, executives, and family were one and the same - alter egos of each other.

[helderheid]

15. 2004 election theft

[TruthIsAll]

17. Anthrax for Daschle and Leahy...free of charge

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Shut them up real quick.