1,052 Subpoenas For Clinton, 3 for bush

[cali]

(with thanks to Justice is Comin, who pointed this out on another thread.)

It boggles the mind that the repuke hypocrites have the unmitigated gall to screech in outrage about the authorization of subpoenas when they issued them like kleenex in cold season. Dems should be broadcasting this from the rooftops over and over again.

(Justice is Comin said he found this fact on Senator Leahy's website).

[annabanana]

1. It really does stagger the imagination.

It's a pity that so many Americans seem to have the attention span of gerbils.

[Lasher]

2. Republican Witch Hunts Against Clinton Cost $91.3 Million Over 12 Years

Something I threw together last year

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2223218

Clinton's HUD director pled guilty to misdemeanor lying about payments he had made to a mistress. This was the only conviction for anything that was done by any Clinton administration official while in office.

[Toots]

16. What about Webb Hubble?

:shrug: I just want us to be accurate. The truth does matter.

[Lasher]

21. Webster Hubble embezzled funds before he was appointed Assitant Attorney General

He was convicted of embezzling funds from Rose Law Firm before his federal appointment; that is, stealing from his law partners, including Hillary Rodham Clinton.

HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for misstating to the F.B.I.
the amount of money he gave his girlfriend;

Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, a political rival of Bill Clinton’s, convicted on charges involving local television licensing, and nothing at all to do with Clinton;

Jim and Susan McDougal, who did not serve as members of the Clinton administration, were convicted of crimes in Whitewater matter. In summation to the court, Independent Counsel declares that President Clinton is innocent of wrongdoing.

Thanks for keeping me honest. Come back if you think of anything else.

http://www.bartcop.com/convictions.htm

[BlueManDude]

34. Hubble overbilled clients at the Rose Law Firm long before anyone had ever heard of the guy.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. It also boggles the mind to realize that Whitewater investigations

continued long after Clinton left office and didn't completely end until March, 2006.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- The seven-year, $70 million Whitewater investigation that toppled an Arkansas governor and dogged Bill Clinton for most of his presidency officially drew to a close Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the last remaining appeal.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/20/scotus.whitewater.tucker.ap/index.html

[radfringe]

4. I think there will be more coming

the loyal bushies are trying to frame this as a fishing expedition where you willy-nilly throw out a line and hope something gets hooked...

If you have read CorpGopActivist postings/journal you will notice that at many pieces of the puzzles have been investigated over the past few years (http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CorpGovActivist)

this is not something the Dems have just decided to investigate - it's been going on long before assuming Congressional control.

I know we have been frustrated by waht seems to be foot-dragging by the Dems, but they have only had the power to conduct hearings, issue subpoenas for around 3 months, and the loyal bushies have had 6 years to bury things.

The Dems know exactly where the "fish" are, and who they are. The "fish finder" has been calibrated and in 100% working order.

The scandals were are seeing in the MSM are not a cut and dry - like so-in-so found in bed with a hooker laying on $30-million dollars in small bills. These scandals are very involved, they are tangled, and yes they are a bit complicated to follow.

The information is coming out in a slow steady stream as opposed to a flash-flood. This gives time for the general public to digest it, not feel overwhelmed or to throw up their hands and say "they are all crooked".

Waxman, Leahy, Conyers and others are on the hunt - and these dogs can hunt

[cali]

6. Great post.

I think you're right on the money. They may not have had much power over the past few years, but they have been assiduously digging.

[maddezmom]

5. recommended and

:kick:

[mmonk]

7. Probably the point of all points.

[Rockholm]

8. UFB

Un-f*$king Believable. I hope that this little number gets tossed every time the cabal starts whining.

[Vinca]

9. And to think some of the Clinton subpoenas were over Christmas cards . . . nt

[cali]

11. You mean the ones the cat sent out? n/t

[Olney Blue]

10. Shout it from the rooftops!

[BlueManDude]

12. The Democrats need to watch out because they might "overplay their hand"

and have too many investigations into the WH. So says people like Norah O'Donnell and many in the DC punditry racket.

[Cosmocat]

24. If I hear that ONE MORE FRIGGEN TIME ...

I might put drill a weeble through my TV ...

Why is that over the course of the last year and a half or so, we have heard "dems risk overplaying their hand" 1000 ti9mes, and NEVER ONCE have we heard this about Rs ??? I mean, I KNOW the answer, just saying ... Next to Wolf Blitzer saying "good conservative" this talking point is the one that gets me to red hot the quickest ...

[BREMPRO]

30. The Democrats need to watch out because they might "UNDERPLAY their hand "

They hold a royal flush and if they fold again, like they have done with ALL the clear and flagrant law breaking and corruption of this and the previous Bush regime, they will lose the faith of the people who voted them in power to hold these lying sacks of shit responsible for fukin up America the point that it is unrecognizable.

My sense from listening to Leahy is this time they will not back down.. and I hope they make us proud and hold these criminals feet to the fire for REAL LEGAL and ETHICAL lapses rather than all the blatantly partisan politically motivated made-up scandals that battered Clinton for 8 years.

No more mr. nice guy! I hope the legacy of this congress will be courageous truth to power and the resurrection of the rule of law.

[BlueManDude]

33. Rule of thumb - do the oppsosite of what the DC pundit class suggests

seems to work.

[Skittles]

32. Norah the Whorah

:puke:

[Old and In the Way]

13. Republicans don't care about the American system of government.

They used their power to destroy the Democratic Party and turn this into a 1 Party state. I suspect that things would have been different if we had had the internet blogs back then to check this power abuse.

They've proven themselves to be untrustworthy and incapable of doing the business for America. They only thing they do well is take care of themselves and the interests of the 10% or so that matter to them.

I've long been outraged with that abuse of power..that's why I put it in my footer.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Do we have a breakdown by people?

[cali]

17. I don't, but it would be interesting to see, for sure.

Maybe I'll try and google it.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Best I could find was Burton issued over 1000 to 141 Clintonites

[NewJeffCT]

15. Don't forget - they investigaged Bill Clinton's cat Socks!!

For crying out loud.

[Initech]

25. Wha????

Those corrupt sons of bitches are crazy if they're investigating Clinton's CAT.

[NewJeffCT]

27. yes, believe it or not

They questioned whether or not the Socks Fan Club was taxpayer-funded. For the record, the congressional investigation found that it was not taxpayer funded. (from the Top 10 Conservative Idiots)

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/12/26/gop-investigated-pres-clintons-cat-but-only-plan-oversight-on-pres-bushs-admitted-illegal-spying/


Meanwhile, Congressional Republicans were blocking passage of trivial things like anti-terror legislation.

[Ganja Ninja]

18. Remember all the flap over the firings in the White House ...

travel office? I think it would be helpful to compare some of what went on then and what's being said now.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/17/9425/12453

[AzDar]

20. Kick...n/t

:kick:

[jaksavage]

22. Those bastards

I am so tired of being down
Having my leaders harrassed and killed
Seeing ideas that would make society stronger
crushed under the treads of capitolism/greed
watching as our children suffer our folly
witnessing the devastation of the natural world
seeing the masses manipulated by pyshco/social researchers

the sheeple graze

Beam my up

[Quixote1818]

23. Kick

[Rex]

26. Holy

I had no idea they subpoenaed the Clinton Admin that many times! Hey lurkers, STFU about partisan politics! Unless you want to explain how 3 is a bigger number than 1052!

I'm waiting!

Edit - let us see if the 'usual suspects' conveniently skip this thread. :eyes:

[proud patriot]

28. The pukes are a bunch of whiners

[Pryderi]

29. K&R! Source?

[Justice Is Comin]

31. It gets worse cali.

Two of the subpoenas went to the Energy Department probing nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain.

The other one went to the Defense Department over Katrina documents.

Those were the big 3 subpoenas issued against bush, by the oversight dedicated Bushbots.