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Originally Posted by Boon Mee  Quote:
Originally Posted by Hootad Binky ^ Guilt by association, then? Care to apply that criterea to Republicans? | Sure.
Give us an example or two that compare equally?  |
Let's start with Nixon
Let's see: wiretapping, lying to Congress, lying to the public, associating with criminals, aiding and abetting acts of breaking and entering, etc. Was impeached, resigned in disgrace: good riddance.
Thanks,
Dick!
Next, Ronald Reagan:
Illegally funded Contras (who later shipped cocaine to US) with funds from
illegally selling weapons to Iran
(Iran!). Meanwhile friends with and weapon supplier to that great humanitarian Saddam:
And around the same time, let's not forget the S&L debacle, which included
John McCain and
Neil Bush. Quote:
The ultimate cost of the crisis is estimated to have totaled around USD $160.1 billion, about $124.6 billion of which was directly paid for by the U.S. government -- that is, the U.S. taxpayer, either directly or through charges on their savings and loan accounts-- [2], which contributed to the large budget deficits of the early 1990s.
Lincoln Savings and Loan
The Lincoln Savings led to the Keating Five political scandal, in which five U.S. senators were implicated in an influence-peddling scheme. It was named for Charles Keating, who headed Lincoln saving and made $300,000 as political contributions to them in the 1980s. Three of those senators - Alan Cranston, Don Riegle, and Dennis DeConcini - found their political careers cut short as a result. Two others - John Glenn and John McCain - were rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for exercising "poor judgment" for intervening with the federal regulators on behalf of Keating. John McCain is a Republican candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Silverado Savings and Loan
Silverado Savings and Loan collapsed in 1988, costing taxpayers $1.6 billion. Neil Bush, son of then Vice President of the United States George H. W. Bush, was Director of Silverado at the time. Neil was accused of giving himself a loan from Silverado, but he denied all wrongdoing.
The US Office of Thrift Supervision investigated Silverado's failure and determined that Bush had engaged in numerous "breaches of his fiduciary duties involving multiple conflicts of interest." Although Bush was not indicted on criminal charges, a civil action was brought against him and the other Silverado directors by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; it was eventually settled out of court, with Bush paying $50,000 as part of the settlement, as reported in the Washington Post.
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That must be nice; giving yourself huge, non-secured loans backed by the American taxpayer, in return for a small fine
I call that fraud and theft.
Next up,
old Bush family friend Kenneth L. Lay, CEO and Chairman of Enron! This guy brought bilking the innocent to a whole new level when he fraudulently squandered billion$$ in pension funds and life saving of his thousands of employees.
Most definitely a criminal...
In happier days with his close pals:
Crimes of Passion
Mark Foley: unfortunate sexual obsession with very underage Congressional pageboys (not legal!)
Larry, it's
illegal to solicit sex in reststop toilets (ask George Michael!)
Mugshot of Bob Allen: State representative and McCain staffer also caught illegally
soliciting for sex in public toilets, his excuse was the Blackness of the undercover police officer frightened him into offering him $20 to perform oral sex on him. "I didn't want to become a statistic" he said
And here's a Republican Congressman who's been indicted for:
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January 16, 2008
Islamic Charity Charged with Terrorist Financing; Former U.S. Congressman Indicted for Money Laundering
Here's a pdf of the indictment itself, and here's the DOJ press release on the Siljander indictmentKANSAS CITY -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Missouri has returned a superseding indictment that charges the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and several of its former officers with eight new counts of engaging in prohibited financial transactions for the benefit of U.S.-designated terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The indictment also charges former U.S. Congressman Mark Deli Siljander with money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the case.
Jihad Watch: Islamic Charity Charged with Terrorist Financing; Former U.S. Congressman Indicted for Money Laundering
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Don't get me wrong! I have a lot of respect for Republicans. If they could just curb:
- lying and association with and instigation of criminal activities
- fleecing the taxpayer
- associating and cooperating with radical Islamist states
- aiding dictators
- robbing banks
- soliciting underage boys for sex
- soliciting for sex in public toilets!
Then maybe, just maybe, we could take them seriously, on their own terms whatever they are...)
Oh! And let's not forget: Quote:
Evangelical Leader Admits to Buying Meth, Receiving Massage From Gay Escort
Friday, November 03, 2006
Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association
of Evangelicals, in Sept. 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Embattled national evangelical leader the Rev. Ted Haggard admitted Friday that he bought methamphetamines and received a massage from a gay prostitute, but denies he ever used the drug or had sex with the man.
"I bought it for myself but never used it," Haggard told reporters gathered outside his home. "I was tempted but I never used it."
Haggard, 50, a married father of five, who resigned his post as head of the thirty million member National Association of Evangelicals, said he never had sex with Mike Jones, a 49-year-old gay escort who claims to have had a drug-laced three year tryst with Haggard. |
I think we should all thank the good Republican Evangelical Pastor for reminding us of the importance of a good massage and a snort of meth!