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Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
Thu May 30, 2013, 05:05 AM May 2013

List of corruption scandals in US politics...

As an outsider I find it difficult to sort out some of the scandals in US politics that I hear about so I was interested to stumble across this wiki list. I don't know how accurate or biased it is but I think it will be helpful in read up up on stories I don't know much about:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States

I wish I could find a similar list for other countries as I'm just as curious about corruption globally. Canada has it's fair share of dirty laundry right now for example.

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List of corruption scandals in US politics... (Original Post) Locut0s May 2013 OP
trouble with this list is all of President Obama's have been debunked, ergo, no scandals. graham4anything May 2013 #1
That list misses much...for instance: Arming Iraq Octafish May 2013 #2
 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
1. trouble with this list is all of President Obama's have been debunked, ergo, no scandals.
Thu May 30, 2013, 06:31 AM
May 2013

wiki of course can be edited by any and all as it is the free encyclopedia, but depending on the day of the week,
is not really accurate in its entirety.

and I note that they include

Tom DeLay, republican, Bush friend and Ron Paul's next door neighbor district wise (his was parallel in some areas to each other)
included in President Obama's side.
Now, that is a joke, as that should be in Bush's admin.

There is not one of those listed that should be in President Obama's list.

their wording "administration" is a specific word and well, there are no scandals.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
2. That list misses much...for instance: Arming Iraq
Thu May 30, 2013, 09:21 AM
May 2013

Poppy Bush, on behalf of Pruneface, carried the water for Saddam and War Inc.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arms-to-Iraq_Scandal

It's not forgotten history, it's censored.

Know your BFEE: Poppy Bush Armed Saddam

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