AP: Howard Dean: Bush administration "more corrupt" than Nixon's

[PhilipShore]

AP
Howard Dean: Bush administration "more corrupt" than Nixon's
By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer
February 10, 2006

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/10/howard_dean_bush_administration_more_corrupt_than_nixons/

BOSTON --Howard Dean raised the specter of Richard Nixon Friday, calling the Bush White House "more corrupt" than Nixon's with even more dire consequences for the nation.

"When Richard Nixon mislead the nation and obstructed justice he was harming the system of justice and the respect for the presidency," the Democratic National Committee chairman said. "But this administration has done more than that. They have leaked military secrets in a time of war in order to fulfill their political agenda."

Dean said Bush was "not truthful" about the extent of his knowledge about the levee damage in New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He also said Bush had much closer ties with fallen lobbyist Jack Abramoff than he has acknowledged and ignored intelligence warnings in the months leading up to the 2003 invasion into Iraq.

"This is not about a third rate burglary of the Watergate. This is about undermining the security of America and it is about misleading the American people," Dean said in remarks to the New England Press Association.

[Greeby]

1. Give em hell, Howard

:applause:

[VegasWolf]

17. Now all we need is for our DLC "leaders" to boldly stand behind Howard! nt

[Toots]

48. our DLC "leaders" to boldly stand behind Howard!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BiggJawn]

49. Oh, the DLC stands behind Howard all right....

Wringing their hands and whining about how "divisive" he's being, whispering "Shut UP, Howard! You're scaring away the Swing Voters!" in his ear....

[AbbyR]

52. No one is standing behind him...

and it just infuriates me. If every congressional Democrat got some spine (yeah, right) and started echoing Dean, the media wouldn't be able to ignore it. I hope.

[cantstandbush]

35. Actually, more corrupt than Grant's or Wilson's n/t

[understandinglife]

2. "This is about undermining the security of America and it is about ...

... misleading the American people," Dean said in remarks to the New England Press Association.

Perfect.


Peace.

[Pirate Smile]

3. Fits well with the Move-on ad. Do I hear a theme developing?

[robbedvoter]

6. I hope you do - it's a good one! Cnehey wanted to rehabilitate Nixon

but I think that it's a tall order - media in his pocket notwithstanding.

[LSparkle]

15. Ole Dick has wanted to AVENGE Nixxxxxon

He's been pissed that Executive Branch power was curtailed after Tricky Dick's shenanigans, and OilCanDick has made it a crusade to reassert broad presidential power.

I think Dean and the Dems have chosen an especially effective message -- comparing * with Nixxon -- in light of the goals of the Federalist Cabal.

[robbedvoter]

50. I stand corrected! It's a great battleground! I hope they stick with it!

[louis-t]

4. Howard needs to keep the pressure up.

The * smear machine is in full force. Joe DiGenova on Leslie's show today hollering about "everything Scooter did was legal."

[Crazy Dave]

5. At least Nixon tried to hide it.

This bastard likes to shake it in everyone's face.

[robbedvoter]

9. Nixon had a Dem congress, W grabbed all areas of government.

No more checks and balances, not even a press so....

[Imalittleteapot]

7. Yes Sir!

I can always count on you Gov. Dean to speak the truth. Give 'em hell Howie.

[worldgonekrazy]

8. Dean tells it like it is

I bet those spineless DLC types are in a rage over this. How dare a democrat have the temerity to suggest that Bush is a criminal and a liar?

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

11. "Bush is a criminal and a liar" Hey, that's a great bumper sticker!

K and R

[WorseBeforeBetter]

24. LOL This one might result in less damage to your vehicle...

[Gronk Groks]

54. LOVE IT !!!! I am sooooo going to steal it....

...if you don't mind.

[enid602]

10. nixon v bush

If corruption is defined as trading political influence for money, then I don't think the Nixon administration was corrupt. I remember (as a child) grownups talking with distain about corruption in poorer countries. Another thing we can no longer do, thanks to Georgie.

I don't think the Republican Party was rotten to the core during the Nixon years, not like it is now. Nixon had a bad relationship with adversaries and press, and inherited a war he had no choice of winning. The result was that Nixon went mad. Georgie is not mad, but rather pathological. As are his henchmen, slags and underlings.

[11cents]

13. Exactly - almost.

The cancer in the Nixon administration was Nixon himself and the small group of enablers around him. It wasn't even a matter of Nixon's personal corruption: it was his cracked and toxic personality that was the problem. The Nixon administration as a whole wasn't systemically corrupt in the way it conceived and implemented policies, nor was it the case that it was staffed from top to bottom with incompetent cronies.

(I say "exactly - almost" because I don't think Nixon "went mad" as a result of the situation he found himself in when he became President.)

[jaysunb]

27. Good Post !

:toast:

[otohara]

12. Damn Straight

way to go Chairman Dean

[bleever]

14. Gov. Dean: Don't let up, don't back down.

They'll call you "angry". I'd answer: Not just angry. Determined: to return American government to the rule of law, and the power back to the people, its rightful owners.

[Kierkegaard]

18. I hope they try playing the 'angry' angle.

My response? YOU'RE GODDAM RIGHT I'M ANGRY! YOU FUCKERS HAVE SCREWED UP EVERYTHING YOU'VE TOUCHED! Now, GTF out of the way and let some real men lead this Country...

[bleever]

31. Fill 'em with Fear and Trembling.

:thumbsup:

[jamesinca]

28. I want my country back

I think Chairman Dean was serious when he said that.

[Kierkegaard]

16. The only thing missing from all the statements issued by Dems

of late that offer scathing criticism of our fearful leader: the word LIAR! C'mon guys, let's label the dirtbag for what he is. Give the American sheeple a word they can sink their teeth into. A word that is the most egregious and readily identifiable verb befitting him: LIAR!

[unblock]

20. oh, there are a few other words

such as betrayal....

[biscotti]

19. Go Howard Go

yippee

[JNelson6563]

21. Howard Dean speaks for me!

I'm so glad someone does! :toast:

[corporatemedia]

22. Remember what Barry Goldwater said about Nixon?

“Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.” - B. Goldwater

I wonder what he would say about President POS.


(Goldwater was quite often wrong, but always honest. He would not fit in the current GOP.)

[Ecumenist]

23. light years more corrupt..

At least Nixon was somewhat intelligent and marginally competent.

[blm]

25. This is just PERFECT. Well done, Mr. Chairman!!!!

.

[burythehatchet]

26. For the 1000th time

Howard speaks for me.

[Wordie]

29. Wolf Blitzer aired a part of the statement on CNN today!

I was really surprised.

Things are looking up. :)

[David Zephyr]

30. DLC Nellies: "I wish that Howard Dean would shut up"

I can just hear the cowards and corporate whores at the DLC lining up to attack Howard again.

GO HOWARD!

[mzmolly]

32. LOL. Too bad for them Dean's in charge!

:hi:

[David Zephyr]

33. Yeah. Sweet, isn't it?

:hi:

[mzmolly]

34. VERY.

Keeps me sane, though barely. ;)

I hope to celebrate a congressional/senate victory with you in 06 DZ. :party:

[MGKrebs]

36. If Howie keeps sayin' cool shit, I'm gonna go broke.

That's another $50 to the DNC because

HOWIE SPOKE THE TRUTH.

[Rose Siding]

37. LOL -Wish I could too

But this month, my Democracy Bond will have to do the talking.

[kurth]

38. The most destructive and dishonest administration in U.S. history

Bar none.

[leesa]

39. It's not corruption. It's crime. They are breaking federal and

international law.

[Auntie Bush]

40. He also wasn't truthful about his friendship with Kenny Boy Lay!

Everyone he's associated with is a crook! And he's a bloody liar!
Corrupter-in-Chief is what he is.

[deacon]

41. Every dem member of congress needs to drive home dean's words n/t

[ninkasi]

42. Howard Dean

speaks the truth. He speaks for me.

[mitchum]

43. And the Doctor is right

[lovuian]

44. I agree!!!

lov ya Dean!!!

[bklyncowgirl]

45. This seems to be thier default response. Democrats have no ideas

Republican National Committee spokesman Danny Diaz, said Dean's comments show the Democrats have run out of ideas.

"While this administration is focused on a positive agenda, Howard Dean's party lacks ideas and any direction," Diaz said.

...and of course their angry.

[kentuck]

46. What a terrible Chairman !

Not! :)

[ClayZ]

47. "This is about undermining the security of America"

:kick:

[TankLV]

51. I wonder how long before all the troll from the other threads will show up

here to scold us?

You know, the ones who joined up since January 2006 or later...

They have been quite upset with how our "bad manners" will upset their fellow repukes and all!

[sweetheart]

53. elephant has become pig

republican sloppily fat on our tax,
rolling in vats of fresh pressed olive oil,
feeding more pig slop to their corporate hacks,
trolling the bottom of filth slinging muck all the while.
Whatever the dems think about god or iraq
has little bearing on the pig feeding apparent
in every house of free spending corrupt pary snacks,
dining on our childrens' innocence inherent.

Sing slop king corrupt the pig!
Long may the corporate pig king dine on more blood liberty,
Sit on his CJD throne, gunning the "zone",
of fat spending, graft, backhanders, and theft theivery.
When some justice fatally comes unmute,
woe corrupt repuke in that grubby fat suit.

[PBass]

55. Howard Dean is a leader

Not someone hiding meekly under his desk, waiting for the opinion polls to come out, to tell him which way the wind is blowing.

LISTEN UP, CONGRESS.

[hyphenate]

56. No shit!

We've known that since the very beginning!

[madmark]

57. this admin is far worse