| US Political Scandal Du Jour Bush Lies, Claiming the 5th & Abramoff; President Bush himself met Abramoff on at least six occasions, the report said, citing White House documents; the White House ... |
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President Bush himself met Abramoff on at least six occasions, the report said, citing White House documents; the White House had previously acknowledged only two.
And White House officials appeared as comfortable going to Abramoff and his lobbyists seeking tickets to sporting and entertainment events, as they did seeking input on personnel picks for plum jobs, the report found.
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The committee's draft report is based on documents it obtained from the White House and Abramoff's old lobby firm as well as with interviews with former White House officials. At least three former officials declined to answer some or all of the investigators' questions, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the draft report said.
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**WARNING** As you read this article, you may hear a voice saying " I am not a crook" ABC News: President Met Disgraced Lobbyist At Least Six Times
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I missed where Bush "claimed the 5th" that would make whom telling lies?   | |
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Who stole a cookie from the cookie jar? 
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Originally Posted by American | What does that have to do with this story? Does it not bother you that your President's pants are on fire?
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That group is just a pack of hungry wolves...predators of Americans
Have you heard about Dick and Boehner talking about the drilling that China is doing 50-60 miles off of the coast of Florida?
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Here's the true story.......more lies from the administration. Quote:
Why, ask some Republicans, should the United States be thwarted from drilling in its own territory when just 50 miles off the Florida coastline the Chinese government is drilling for oil under Cuban leases?
Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech Wednesday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, picked up the refrain. Cheney quoted a column by George Will, who wrote last week that "drilling is under way 60 miles off Florida. The drilling is being done by China, in cooperation with Cuba, which is drilling closer to South Florida than U.S. companies are."
"China is not drilling in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico waters, period," said Jorge Pinon, an energy fellow with the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami and an expert in oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Martinez cited Pinon's research when he took to the Senate floor Wednesday to set the record straight.
| McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/12/2008 | GOP claim about Chinese oil drilling off Cuba is untrue
They just keep making **** up because it's worked so well for them in the past........bastards. | |
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Originally Posted by Middleground What does that have to do with this story? Does it not bother you that your President's pants are on fire? | Standard tactic.... don't like what's being posted, try to switch target against the opposition. Other tactic is ignore it totally.
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