Got selective memory? Bush was the one that bailed out the banks. Republicans are the ones that want to make tax cuts for the wealthy/corporations permanent and some idiot (Bachmann) want to reduce them to "0".
Aw pleeeeeez! Like Republicans don't do similar?
Bush Gives Swift-Boat Donor Fox Recess Ambassador Appointment
By James Rowley - April 4, 2007 18:27 EDT
April 4 (Bloomberg) -- A Missouri businessman who donated to a group that questioned the combat heroism of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election was appointed ambassador to Belgium.
Sam Fox, who contributed $50,000 to Swift Boat Veterans For Truth in 2004, was questioned by Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, during a confirmation hearing about his donation to the group that attacked Kerry's Vietnam War record.
Bush Gives Swift-Boat Donor Fox Recess Ambassador Appointment - Bloomberg
Embassy Row
President Bush continues the tradition of awarding ambassadorships as political favors
By Center for Responsive Politics
August 15, 2005 | U.S. presidents have long rewarded big campaign donors, fundraisers and other loyalists with ambassadorships to desirable countries around the world, and President Bush is no exception.
At least 40 well-connected individuals who have contributed or raised generous amounts of money to help elect Republican candidates since Bush's first campaign for president are currently serving or have been nominated by him to serve as ambassadors.
http://www.opensecrets.org/capital_eye/inside.php?ID=180
Aw geez, now that you mention bestest buddies, don't forget that the Bin Laden family and the Bushes were bed buddies.
As for Immelt, you should check his background, he was a big Republican donor - he donates to whoever can benefit him, used to be in the Republican's pockets, so why is he even a factor when it is the Democrats that are wanting him out?
Liberals want Immelt out of Obama's Administration
Immelt, a Republican, donated to both Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain during the last presidential cycle, but not President Obama, according to Bloomberg.
NationalJournal.com - GE's Immelt to Head Obama's New 'Jobs and Competitiveness' Board - Friday, January 21, 2011
But yes, of course, Jeff Immelt is a businessman through and through. He is a trustee of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation board, while GE is a big sponsor of the Reagan Centennial Celebration. (Recall that the Gipper worked for GE as a spokesman and television host from 1954 through 1962.) He’s also a registered Republican who contributed to both Hillary Clinton and John McCain during the 2008 campaign. And last year, he harshly criticized Obama at a dinner in Italy, where he basically said: Obama doesn’t like business, and business doesn’t like Obama.
GE's Immelt on the Hot Seat
People who support double standards must be seriously thick or deliberately deaf and blind.
Bush Donors Reap Big Dividends from Taxpayers