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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:22 PM
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Lets create a list of GOP scandals during the Bush admin
I'll start off with Enron
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:23 PM
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1. Dude. I have to go to bed in 6 hours - no can do.
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:23 PM
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2. Are we allowed to attack Republicans here? n/t
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:24 PM
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3. Are we limited to scandals? Do failures count as well?
Scandal: Supreme Court hands him the election.

Failures: Everything he did after that.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:24 PM
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4. Gas/fuel prices................
I think we're going to need a bigger thread!
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 08:20 PM
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15. Yeah, more like a hawser
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:24 PM
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It's been done. About 731,000 times. Google is your friend.
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 10:22 PM
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17. Mugsy has a list on the DU research forum
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:24 PM
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5. We dont have the necessary bandwidth....
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:26 PM
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6. DOJ firings...for political reasons...
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:26 PM
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7. Halliburton, Blackwater, Larry Craig cruisin' in the men's room.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:29 PM
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8. Ooh, I have some on file for you...
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:39 PM
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12. Thanks
bookmarked both sites
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:29 PM
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9. Wouldn't that shut the site down?
:sarcasm:
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:31 PM
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10. Let's see:
Political scandals:
Gonzalez' firing of US attorneys
Warrantless wiretapping
The outing of Valerie Plame
GOP Congressman Duke Cunningham and his millions in bribes fro defence contractors
Tom DeLay indicted for money-laundering
Extraordinary rendition (CIA torture flights); Abu Ghraib prison, etc
The gross failure of federal emergency management services in response to hurricanes Rita and Katrina

Sex scandals:
Rep. Mark Foley and his penchant for teenage boys
Sen. Larry Craig soliciting oral sex in men's rooms
Rent-boy turned 'reporter' Jeff Gannon

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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:32 PM
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11. ha, you just wrote many that I was going to post.
I almost can't believe that the last eight years HAPPENED.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 07:56 PM
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13. There is not enough time, and my fingers would be stubbs...
:D
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 08:14 PM
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14. The BIGGEST SCANDAL
George W. Bush - installed 43rd President of the United States by a coup d'etat, December 12, 2000.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-17-08 08:33 PM
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16. Lord, I don't think we have enough time in one sitting to go thru all of that.
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