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Republican Presidential Candidates Trip Over Themselves to Support Bush

Posted by Kombiz Lavasany on July 3, 2007 at 03:18 PM

A poll from Survey USA found that more than 60% of Americans disagreed with Bush's decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby. Meanwhile the Republican presidential candidates tripped over themselves to stand with Bush and against justice.

Fred Thompson, who helped raise over 5 million dollars for the Scooter Libby Defense Fund, praised Bush saying, "while for a long time I have urged a pardon for Scooter, I respect the President's decision."

Anthony Circosta, an Iraq war veteran, asked then-Governor Mitt Romney for a pardon, twice. When Circosta was 13 years old he'd shot a BB gun at the arm of a friend and had been convicted of a felony, even though his friend was completely unharmed. Circosta needed a pardon in order to become a police officer in Massachusetts, but was denied twice by Romney. Today Mitt Romney praised Bush's decision to commute Libby's sentence.

Rudolph Giuliani, who fancies himself a "tough on crime" candidate, instantly caved when he heard about Bush's decision. Like Patrick Fitzgerald, Giuliani was a federal prosecutor at one time, though he may have changed his position on obstruction of justice.

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what did we expect. those front running folks have to show a united front ... even though they're probably sick to their stomaches, ready to ring necks, and over their heads trying to raise needed cash. perhaps, they'll be required to wear "libby is really a good guy" pin with an american flag in the background courtesy of cheney? maybe next will be an official "save libby's finances" website?

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america1st on July 4, 2007 at 01:35 AM

That's good because they will all have to live with this in 2008.

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rjsnj on July 4, 2007 at 09:07 AM

In other words, these guys are just as sold out, brain dead, and corrupt as Dubya.
What a bunch of losers!

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Butte on July 4, 2007 at 09:54 AM


Bill & Hillary:
Worse than you thought & worth remembering, and this came from a Democrat

Dear ( Ex) President Clinton:

I recently saw a bumper sticker that said, "Thank me, I voted for Clinton-Gore." So, I sat down and reflected on that, and I am sending my "Thank you" for what you have done, specifically:

1. Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Dolly Kyle Browning, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broderick. Did I leave anyone out?

2. Thank you for teaching my 8 year old about oral sex. I had really planned to wait until he was a little older to discuss it with him, but now he knows more about it than I did as a senior in college.

3. Thank you for showing us that sexual harassment in the work place (especially the White House) and on the job is OK, and all you have to know is what the meaning of "it" is. It really is great to know that certain sexual acts are not sex, and one person may have sex while the other one does NOT have sex.

4. Thank you for reintroducing the concept of impeachment to a new generation and demonstrating that the ridiculous plot of the movie "Wag the Dog" could be plausible after all.

5. Thanks for making Jimmy Carter look competent, Gerald Ford look graceful, Richard Nixon look honest, Lyndon Johnson look truthful, and John Kennedy look moral.

6. Thank you for the 73 House and Senate witnesses who have pled the 5th Amendment and 17 witnesses who have fled the country to avoid testifying about Democratic campaign fund raising.

7. Thank you, for the 19 charges, 8 convictions, and 4 imprisonment's from the Whitewater "mess" and the 55 criminal charges and 32 criminal convictions (so far) in the other " Clinton " scandals.

8. Thanks also for reducing our military by half, "gutting" much of our foreign policy, and flying all over the world on "vacations" carefully disguised as necessary trips.

9 Thank you, also, for "finding" millions of dollars (I really didn't need it in the first place, and I can't think of a more deserving group of recipients for my hard-earned tax dollars)
for all of your globe-trotting. I understand you, the family and your cronies have logged in more time aboard Air Force One than any other administration.

10. Now that you've left the White House, thanks for the 140 pardons of convicted felons and indicted felons-in-exile. We will love to have them rejoin society. (Not to mention the scores you pardoned while Governor of Arkansas)

11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I'm sure that Laura Bush didn't like the pattern anyway. Also, enjoy the housewarming gifts you've received from your "friends."

12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also appreciate removing all of that excess weight ( China , silverware, linen, towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.) out of Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!

13. And finally, please ensure that Hillary enjoys the $8 million dollar advance for her "tell-all" book and you, Bill, the $10 million advance for your memoirs. Who says crime doesn't pay!

14. The last and most important point - thank you for forcing Israel to let Mohammed Atta go free. Terrorist pilot Mohammed Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called "political prisoners". However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands. The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, "insisted" that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammed Atta was freed and eventually thanked the US by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center . This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. Why shouldn't Americans know the real truth?

What a guy!!

If you agree that the American public must be made aware of these facts, pass this on. God bless America and THANK YOU (once again) for spending my taxes so wisely and frugally.

SINCERELY,
A US Citizen
PS.
Please pass along a special thank you to Al Gore for "inventing" the Internet, without which I would not be able to send this wonderful, factual e-mail.

AND THE REST OF THE STORY Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a New York State Senator, now comes under the "Congressional Retirement and Staffing Plan," which means that even if she never gets reelected, she STILL receives her Congressional salary until she dies. (Would it not be nice if all Americans were pension eligible after only 4 years?)

If Bill outlives her, he then inherits HER salary until HE dies. He is already getting his Presidential salary until he dies. If Hillary outlives Bill, she also gets HIS salary until she dies. Guess who pays for that?

WE DO!

It's common knowledge that in order for her to establish NY residency, they purchased a million dollar-plus house in upscale Chappaqua , New York . Makes sense. They are entitled to Secret Service protection for life. Still makes sense.

Here is where it becomes interesting. Their mortgage payments hover at around $10,000 per month. BUT, an extra residence HAD to be built within the acreage to house the Secret Service agents.

The Clintons charge the Federal government $10,000 monthly rent for the use of that extra residence, which is just about equal to their mortgage payment. This means that we, the taxpayers, are paying the Clinton 's salary, mortgage, transportation, safety and security, as well as the salaries for their 12 man staff -- and, this is all perfectly legal!

When she runs for President, will you vote for her?

How many people can YOU send this to?

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watchdog on July 4, 2007 at 12:12 PM

Tony Snow and the White House claim President Clinton is shameless in calling the Presidential Commutation of Libby wrong.

If that is correct then is the White House acknowledging the following:
- It was wrong for the Republican Party to waste Tax Payer money on impeachment of President Clinton on pretty much the same offense.
- There was nothing wrong in President Clinton's pardons.
- The radical right, its propagandists in the media and almost all candidates for President in the Republican Party are part of a gigantic case of Chutzpah when they fail to criticize the impeachment of President Clinton while shamelessly praising President Bush on his commutation

Further there is a huge difference between what President Clinton did and what President Bush has done. In none of President Clinton's pardons and any of his lying, there was any national security implication; there was no life lost. And further the Libby Commutation is a blatant case of a cover-up to protect possible treasonable acts by this administration. In conclusion, let us not forget the Rich pardon, the biggest case the Radical Right and its progandists in the media seem to be using as a justification of the Libby commutation, was represented by the very same Libby.

Hillary Clinton should take the offensive on this and not be back down by the decibel level of Radical Right, its propagandists in the media, and its mouth pieces in the Republican presidential primaries.

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SamSarma on July 5, 2007 at 02:15 PM


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