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libtodeath

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17. Bush Family Evil Empire.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 08:23 PM
Mar 2016

One of Democratic Undergrounds most respected and intelligent members named Octafish has spent years tying all the threads of that evil family cabals deeds together.

It is a club, and you sure as hell are not part of it. But if you wanna feel really left Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Nah I will vote for Hillary gabeana Mar 2016 #3
Impeached and jailed. But he wasnt because of that club you talk about, funny Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #8
Thats not me gabeana Mar 2016 #13
Because All Faith In Our System Would've Vanished billhicks76 Mar 2016 #75
It is a club and RW Dems like Lee Hamilton are just as much a part as Reagan. Perhaps more. leveymg Mar 2016 #65
Hamilton let Reagan off the hook then Dubya & Dick Cheney MinM Mar 2016 #73
Exactly. That's why he's the go-to guy for bipartisan whitewash. leveymg Mar 2016 #76
George H. Walker Bush and the 1980 “October Surprise” Mystery MinM Apr 2016 #93
Because Reagan went on television and confessed to trading arms for hostages Tony_FLADEM Mar 2016 #2
That's it gabeana Mar 2016 #5
That's how I preceive it. Tony_FLADEM Mar 2016 #12
My recollection is that he said he couldn't remember. jhart3333 Mar 2016 #70
Actually that was part of it Dan Mar 2016 #77
There was discussion even while he was in office kskiska Apr 2016 #94
So if I rob a bank and then admit it, can I get off too? Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #9
I didn't say I agreed with Reagan not being impeached for Iran Contra Tony_FLADEM Mar 2016 #14
"My heart and my best intentions still tell me that is true. But the facts and the evidence StevieM Mar 2016 #28
And Ollie North agreed to be the fall guy. uppityperson Mar 2016 #31
Oliver North sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #57
Except he didn't admit to any wrongdoing. Not really. yellowcanine Apr 2016 #102
No he didn't, he just said, "Good Gosh, I've just been informed ...." L. Coyote Mar 2016 #63
disarming to anyone who was a fucking gullipble idiot Skittles Mar 2016 #81
The Democrats were afraid to go after Saint Ronnie. At times Democrats can be craven. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #4
They knew what his mental capacity was and also knew and feared the BFEE behind the scenes. libtodeath Mar 2016 #6
Sorry don't know what BFEE means gabeana Mar 2016 #11
Bush Family Evil Empire grasswire Mar 2016 #16
Bush Family Evil Empire. libtodeath Mar 2016 #17
Cool I like it gabeana Mar 2016 #18
People nowadays only view Poppy Bush as the better Bush - he was pure evil and blm Mar 2016 #46
It's a family tradition dating back generations dflprincess Mar 2016 #72
Poppy was good at hiding his evil ways. PeoViejo Apr 2016 #101
The media was uncomfortable with it - they knew then he was showing signs of serious blm Mar 2016 #7
Precisely DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #32
Pretty sure the governor was told to look the other way - blm Mar 2016 #43
Where did he get that nickname Poppy? DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #51
Nope - opium drug trade. blm Mar 2016 #53
Care to explain? DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #55
heheh...Poppy was CIA since the 60s. blm Mar 2016 #56
Oh I see. DemocracyDirect Mar 2016 #59
No, it was for turning America into a plutocracy. Rex Mar 2016 #79
Took this nation off its path of citizen democracy and put it on the road towards full-on fascism. blm Mar 2016 #92
I"ve often wondered why Mena is the one part of Clinton's past that the most rabid Repubs wouldn't Boomerproud Mar 2016 #47
**This** 4nic8em Mar 2016 #35
and I think IranContra is one of the reasons she hated GHWBush so much. blm Mar 2016 #44
His illness started way before that mdbl Mar 2016 #58
Because the investigations finished in 1987, and jeff47 Mar 2016 #10
At the time, one news correspondent opined that the U. S. populace "gave him a pass." John1956PA Mar 2016 #15
Mena Arkansas? Politicalboi Mar 2016 #19
Haven't you heard Chris Matthews talk about the good old days? dogman Mar 2016 #20
Reagan got more from a Democratic congress 1939 Mar 2016 #27
Got more? UtahJosh Mar 2016 #87
Two major income tax cuts specifically 1939 Mar 2016 #88
Ford's pardon of Nixon for Watergate set the precedent. muntrv Mar 2016 #21
No 24/7 media coverage or social media back then. grossproffit Mar 2016 #22
What I understand is they questioned him about it and he didn't know anything..this was shraby Mar 2016 #23
Plausible deniability oberliner Mar 2016 #24
Iran-Contra Hearings 1939 Mar 2016 #25
Did you miss the perjury? Kingofalldems Mar 2016 #30
Did they indict Poindexter for perjury? NT 1939 Mar 2016 #36
I thought one of the charges against North was perjury. Kingofalldems Mar 2016 #71
Years later George W. Bush gave Poindexter a job in the War on Terror after 9/11 StevieM Mar 2016 #34
Right. Poindexter made sure the trail (apparently) ended with him, unlike the Watergate hearings, Mc Mike Mar 2016 #37
Poindexter fell on his sword for Reagan 1939 Mar 2016 #38
Their entire party is a bunch of slimy, sneaky felons, apparently. Mc Mike Mar 2016 #45
By that time the old man was already failing and it was jwirr Mar 2016 #26
Years ago I heard a NPR interview with Lawrence Walsh, the Independent Counsel csziggy Mar 2016 #42
Short answer: Democrats too chickenshit. villager Mar 2016 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #33
It may have been considered an unwinnable fight struggle4progress Mar 2016 #39
Because imbeciles believed his grandpa act that he "didn't know anything about it" tabasco Mar 2016 #40
Actually, He didn't matter much in the equation. PeoViejo Apr 2016 #106
His grandpa act put a friendly face on the mafia that was running the country. tabasco Apr 2016 #109
Remembering Lines PeoViejo Apr 2016 #110
Impeachment is something only Republicans focus on. liberal N proud Mar 2016 #41
Some links to read Solly Mack Mar 2016 #48
Because William Casey, the person that authorized the weapons for hostages... Lochloosa Mar 2016 #49
People that knew too much PeoViejo Apr 2016 #103
spell rtracey Mar 2016 #50
He was given a pass for being senile ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #52
Reagan was suffering from dementia. Bush Sr. was in all likelihood the real President. jalan48 Mar 2016 #54
Abetting after the fact. In a Just world many people of both parties JEB Mar 2016 #60
He and a lot of his cabinet used the now famous "I can't recall" defense under questioning.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #61
Because they knew in advance to make sure he couldn't be. No one implicated him. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #62
When prosecutor Walsh (a Republican) realized how advanced Reagan's alzheimer's was he decided ... raindaddy Mar 2016 #64
Because then, as now, the dc dems are gutless appeasers. Every republican president since Nixon Doctor_J Mar 2016 #66
Adm. Poindexter and Plausible Deniability. WheelWalker Mar 2016 #67
Because the Democrtatic establishment did not want to. JHB Mar 2016 #68
Very disturbing gabeana Mar 2016 #80
IOKIYAR. pansypoo53219 Mar 2016 #69
In the nineties Dems did Thespian2 Mar 2016 #74
Can I mention a Joe Biden-chaired hearing in the 90s? Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2016 #83
Thanks Thespian2 Mar 2016 #86
He should have been HassleCat Mar 2016 #78
The Democratic Congress didn't exactly have much animosity towards Reagan. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #82
Reagan DENIED KNOWING that the operation was going on, John Poet Mar 2016 #84
Open and shut case for high treason (which, not sorry Repubs, Iran-Contra very much was). HughBeaumont Mar 2016 #85
because the most powerful people in our government are NOT elected librechik Mar 2016 #89
they couldnt, everyone would have seen how far his dementia had progressed. Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #90
Reagan in PRISON or even just convicted and pardoned wasn't Hortensis Mar 2016 #91
Democrats didn't want to put the country thru it. hollowdweller Apr 2016 #95
Duane “Dewey” Clarridge, convicted of lying to Congress about Iran Contra MinM Apr 2016 #96
Maybe they didn't feel they had the evidence treestar Apr 2016 #97
Democrats always seem to fold like cheap tents. Vinca Apr 2016 #98
If Reagan had been a Democrat you better believe that the avebury Apr 2016 #99
Some Democrats love Dutch just as much as Republicans do Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #100
One big reason was Oliver North deutsey Apr 2016 #104
...& his lawyer, Brendan Sullivan Octafish Apr 2016 #107
George Herbert Walker Bush. Octafish Apr 2016 #105
because they were no b******* involved. nt msanthrope Apr 2016 #108
There's no industry profit in blowjobs LadyHawkAZ Apr 2016 #111
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