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[shockingelk]

- Plame case going nowhere
- Navy investigation into (read, confirmation of) Kerry's medals going nowhere
- Bush's own investigation into why we didn't find WMD in Iraq going nowhere
- GOP bribe of Nick Smith going nowhere

How can it be reported that Colin Powell said, "This is bullshit" when being prepped for UN blather, and now Powell is allowed to feign shock that some of the info may not have been properly sourced?

Why is Jr allowed to claim the recession started on Clinton's watch without pulling out a quote or two from his "strong economy" argument for tax cuts?

Why has the media seemed not to have noticed that in 2002 - after the 9/11 attacks and after the stock market plunge - the White House was predicting a booming economy and $61 billion budget surplus in 2005 - and now let the administration blame the slow recovery on economic events in 2001?

[lancdem]

1. I don't think Plame is going nowhere

I'm pretty confident there will be indictments but it won't be for a number of months. The Plame case is now linked to the Pentagon espionage case, so it's expanding. I have complete confidence in Fitzgerald.

[eaprez]

2. and they won't go anywhere......

....as long as they retain power.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. A few Bush scandals:

* 2000 election vote count.
* 2001-08-06 Presidential Daily Briefing ignored.
* Ashcroft de-emphasizing counter-terrorism before 9/11.
* Blank seven minutes on 9/11.
* Patriot Act. Patriot Act 2.
* Bush to Clarke on 9/11: "Get Iraq".
* Faith based community grants.
* Faith based e-voting, voter intimidation, voter discrimination.
* Faith based rejection of Science: Global Warming, stem cells.
* Faith based missile defence.
* Faith based intelligence (manipulation of intelligence).
* Faith based peace (no planning for winning the peace in Iraq).
* Faith based contracts: Halliburton no-bids and overcharges in Iraq.
* Feith based invasions (Israeli spy: Pentagon: Douglas Feith, Chalabi).
* Destroying Valerie Plame's work and career.
* Abandoning Afghanistan to clobber Iraq on Bush's election timetable.
* Illegally moving $700 million out of Afghanistan Fund to seed Iraq War.
* Sending troops to Iraq without body armor.
* Planning to have Iraq pay for the post-war.
* Bush avoiding soldier funerals.
* Forbidding publishing returning coffins photos.
* Jettisoning long time allies.
* Abandonment of Palestinians to Sharon's mercies or lack thereof.
* Rumsfailed incompetence and the backdoor draft.
* Abu Ghraib and Whitehouse torture memos and policies.
* Secret detentions.
* Failing to secure humankind's heritage in Bhagdad museum.
* Blowing cover of MNN Khan double agent in Aug. 2004
* Politicizing terror alerts.
* Cutting and hindering port and container security.
* Mandating schools give student names, addresses to military recruiters.
* Removing asset forfeiture law pamphlets from libraries.
* Proclaiming "No child left behind" and cutting funding.
* Cutting vet benefits and vet hospitals.
* Tax cuts for the rich.
* Passing spending cuts down, squeezing states and local government.
* Reversing huge surplus to huge deficit burdening our children.
* Stuffing Strategic Petroleum Reserve at highest prices.
* Enron. Kenneth Lay who?
* Massive accounting irregularities under Bremer ($8.8 billion).
* 9/11 commission: avoidance, obstruction, conclusions.
* Lowered Environmental Standards: arsenic, mercury
* Closed door energy policy writing exclusively with energy companies.
* Supported military coup in Venezuela against elected Chavez.
* Lying about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.
* Plans to test all Americans for mental health.
* Stealing memos from Democratic Congresspeople 2002. (verification?)
* Riggs Bank (verification).
* Not so Swift Boat Vets. Smear McClain, Clelland, Jamie Gorelick, Kerry.
* Exploiting NY firefighters and Iraqi soccer team in political ads.
* Considering cancelling the 2004 election.
* Illegal use of Homeland Security to get Texas Democrats for redistricting.
* Recess appointments of ultra-right Judges Pryor and Pickering.
* Locking up Reagan and GHWB presidential papers.
* Bush has divided America after promising to unite it.

Did I mention Halliburton?

See also:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2207558#2207600

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2219763

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=686857#687137

[shockingelk]

4. Nice list

It appears to be nowhere other than DU ... can I life from it for a blog post? If so, if you could tell me how you'd like to be credited. Thanks.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Thanks. I don't need credit. Bush needs to take responsibility. . . nt