"[Oppostition to Bush] drove us into each other's arms," former Texas Gov. Ann Richards said. "We are so united that, before their wives got wind of it, Joe Lieberman and Al Sharpton were on their way to San Francisco to get a marriage license."Talk about tone deaf.
I'd like to know who pinned the funny label on dems, whomever has a wet moldy rag for a sense of humor.
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Not much in the news of late about the poor little oil for food program scandal so here is the latest.
As the United Nations struggles to defend itself against allegations of corruption in the multi-billion dollar oil-for-food programme for Iraq, UN officials have revealed internal documents showing they knew of the problem as early as 2000.
The documents refer to illegal commissions levied by the Iraqi government on oil-for-food supply contracts given to foreign companies.
The UN investigated, but was unable to find sufficient evidence at the time, and efforts to address the issue among Security Council governments simply fell off the agenda.
US conservatives have long alleged that the oil-for-food programme - started by the UN in 1996 to import humanitarian goods to Iraq - was abused by Saddam Hussein, and that a system of kickbacks and surcharges funded a vast illegal armaments programme.
Last week, the US General Accounting Office, a congressional investigatory body, estimated Mr Hussein acquired $10.1bn in illegal revenues. Of this, $5.7bn came from oil smuggled out of Iraq and $4.4bn in illicit surcharges on oil sales. More