BUSH'S CULTURE OF CORRUPTION ------->

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February 1, 2006

Empty Rhetoric from a Vacuous Presidency
by Anthony Wade

This State of the Union contained more of the same from Bush that we have heard over the past years. Unfortunately, most of his rhetoric does not match his record. You must understand as citizens that it is time to hold this president to his record, not his word.

CORRUPTION – The president tonight spoke tough on corruption. Nice sound bites to placate a public he thinks will continue to buy the snake oil he sells. The facts are that his administration has repeatedly stalled investigations into the Katrina aftermath, has not cooperated with the Plamegate CIA leak scandal, and not been forthcoming about his own involvement with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. There is a culture of corruption in the Republican Party and Bush is the leader of that culture. His regime has seen cronyism at nauseating levels, which directly resulted in the Katrina aftermath and the loss of life that ensued. Again, it is about saying the right things for the camera, and then having Scott McClellan say “no comment” the next day. America is weary of this nonsense.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_anthony__060201_empty_rhetoric_from_.htm

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1. Excellent article, thanks! I stole the pic, LOL n/t

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2. here's another ...

Jack Abramoff

Disgraced Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has pled guilty in connection to federal bribery probes, and has helped fund the campaigns of dozens of Republicans across the country. He gave exclusively to Republicans -- here's the full list:

http://www.dccc.org/houseofscandal/scandal-abramoff.html

http://www.dccc.org/houseofscandal/main.html

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4. Of course I'm stealing that pic too. Thanks for the links also. n/t

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6. So long as you don't steal any elections

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