Bush donors got positions

[orangeotter]

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Some of Bush Fund-Raisers Got Appointments

23 minutes ago White House - AP


By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - One-third of President Bush (news - web sites)'s top 2000 fund-raisers or their spouses were appointed to positions in his first administration, from ambassadorships in Europe to seats on policy-setting boards, an Associated Press review found.


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The perks for 246 "pioneers" who raised at least $100,000 also included overnight stays at the White House and Camp David, parties at the White House and Bush's Texas ranch, state dinners with world leaders and overseas travel with U.S. delegations to the Olympics and other events, the review found.


Top fund-raisers say the real charm of the rewards was getting the chance to rub elbows with the president.


"All of us in politics, we've done so many parties and receptions it's old hat to us," said David Miner, a North Carolina textile executive and state lawmaker who helped raise more than $100,000 for Bush in 2000. He was rewarded with invitations to the White House, the vice presidential mansion and Bush's ranch.

[imenja]

1. And they complained about the Lincoln bedroom

[orangeotter]

14. this included sleepovers and more

i doubt they will say a single thing, even the dem, congressional leaders

[Lerkfish]

2. wasn't this sort of thing frowned on when Gore did it?

or am I misremembering?

[Fla Dem]

11. I think it was Clinton who took the heat for Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers.

[MaryH]

3. It's a wonderful thing

I wouldn't want to go to one of their ole dumb parties, anyway. Think how boring it must be. And Bush makes me nervous. It's that awful tick he has - and the way he blinks his eyes so fast when he's trying not to get mad.

[callous taoboy]

6. He reminds me of

a brutal, sadistic coach I had for P.E. in middle school. We hated him. He hated us. He would watch us shower.

[MuseRider]

7. LOL n/t

[robbedvoter]

4. This is actually appoved news: you want power - pay up

Considering the media is increasingly scared to print anything BFEE dislikes, uou have to read this as a FOR SALE sign.

[callous taoboy]

5. I hear that at these parties

they like to light each others' farts.

[Zorra]

8. We have returned to the Middle Ages. n/t

[izzie]

9. Well yar

And some will get another ride on a sub as second prize. Whats the good of being President if you can not play with your own country.

[Robert Oak]

10. what's the diff between this and a bribe? n/t

[orangeotter]

16. a bribe is when a democrat does it

[Squatch]

12. Same thing is said in the current Reader's Digest...

read it last night.

[0007]

13. Amazing! I didn't think the Reader's Digest was still around.

[Squatch]

15. It is, although it makes for some painful reading...

appeals to that "middle America" crowd who are approaching or past retirement.

Some of the stuff they say blows my mind.

For example, in the most current issue, they laud the return of the station wagon. They say that certain factors are driving this return to that vehicle, among them the rising concern for fuel economy.

They then go on to talk about the Dodge Magnum as being the go-to car...(with it's 17 mpg fuel economy)

I read the magazine because my 28 year-old wife likes it for some God-knows-why reason.

[colonel odis]

17. the "humor in uniform" column or "building a better vocabulary," i'm sure.

i mean, who wouldn't love those thigh slapping old army gags.

(subscriber to the español version myself)

[AlCzervik]

18. My neighbor just bought one

with the giant engine. It has got to be the ugliest car i've seen in a long time.

[Shallah Kali]

19. OpenSecrets has lots more dirt on the donors and their ties to *

Embassy Row
http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/ambassadors/index.asp

Just click on the donor's name to get the facts.

Lots more info here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/