Ka-Chung!

Investors.com ^ | 10/24/2005 | Editorial

[Jim Robinson]

Howard Dean wants "to have ethics come back to Washington again" and return us to the thrilling days of yesteryear when the Lincoln bedroom was for rent and there was no controlling legal authority.

Claiming the Bush White House was the most corrupt administration since that of Warren G. Harding, DNC Chairman Howard Dean made those remarks at Saturday's annual fundraising dinner for the Maine Democratic Party at the Lewiston Armory, repeating what may be a campaign theme in 2006 and 2008.

But it may not be the wisest strategy seeing that the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination is one Hillary Rodham Clinton, the "two-for-one" spouse of one William Jefferson Clinton, one of the "co-presidents" for whom ethics and fundraising were words not often found in the same sentence.

Dean's latest hyperbole comes on the heels of former Clinton FBI Director Louis Freeh's recent book revealing the difficulties of fighting for truth, justice and the American way in the Clinton White House, where the meaning of the word "is" was hotly debated.

Among his many observations, Freeh blasts Clinton for his 177 last-minute pardons and commutations without consulting either the FBI or the Justice Department, contrary to established procedures. One of those was March Rich, who fled to Switzerland to avoid 50-plus indictments for fraud.

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In Hillary Clinton's case, it was worth $50,000 when Johnny Chung sought a photo-op with the Clintons for himself and a few close friends. Rebuffed by then-DNC Chairman Don Fowler, Chung showed up at the White House with a $50,000 check he handed to Maggie Williams, Hillary Clinton's chief of staff.

[TexasGreg]

Let us compare and contrast with the coming Hillary! administration.

Wash your mouth out with soap.
IF there is a Hillary Admin. to compare it with, it will be because of people like you, who will take your toys and go home when you don't get 100% of what you want overnight.

[Saundra Duffy]

Whatever happened to Connie Chung?

[Lazamataz]

IF there is a Hillary Admin. to compare it with, it will be because of people like you, who will take your toys and go home when you don't get 100% of what you want overnight.

And if we get nearly everything with a Republican that a Hillary administration would have given us, it will be because of people like you, who blindly follow a man rather than the principles of conservatism.

[Piquaboy]

We will have ethics back in Washington when he and all the rest of the Rats leave.

[Samwise]

projection

 

Psychology.

The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others: “Even trained anthropologists have been guilty of unconscious projection—of clothing the subjects of their research in theories brought with them into the field” (Alex Shoumatoff).

The attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or desires to someone or something as a naive or unconsciouspolitical and conscious defense against anxiety or guilt or Republicans.

 

 

[popdonnelly]

Howard Dean is a liar. The Democrats do their damnedest to create fake "scandals", then complain about the lack of ethics. They would be funny if they weren't so unscrupulous and dangerous.

[lepton]

Jane Sherburne had a meeting in December of 1994 in which the Clinton White House made up a list of all of the scandals IT thought it might be liable for, and assigned people to cover each one. This was among documents turned over to Congress in (early 1996, I think). Note that a fair number of the scandals were not known outside the White House at the time of the task list.

[prairiebreeze]

Would you have preferred President John Kerry, then?

We can disagree with some of the things that Bush has done/not done, but the alternative is unthinkable.

[Lazamataz]

Would you have preferred President John Kerry, then?

I'm not sure where you can derive that from what I said.

I'm about holding Bush's feet to the fire.

[jw777]

Howard Dean. Smoking the funny tomato plant again, while hiding his Gubernatorial files from the public.

[prairiebreeze]

And if we get nearly everything with a Republican that a Hillary administration would have given us, it will be because of people like you, who blindly follow a man rather than the principles of conservatism

From this statement. I'm all for holding feet to fire when warranted, as long as it doesn't burn up and derail the entire train. Leading to a John F. Kerry presidency, or something just as heinous.

[stockpirate]

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[TexasGreg]

And if we get nearly everything with a Republican that a Hillary administration would have given us, it will be because of people like you, who blindly follow a man rather than the principles of conservatism.

I hardly "blindly follow" the man. I sometimes get so angry with him that I can hardly see clearly. I'm going to be working hard for conservative candidates the next go-around and praying that we can get a better candidate in office in 2008. "Taking my toys and going home" (voting Libertarian, or some such other waste) contributes to the problem, it doesn't solve ANYTHING. I'm in this for the long haul; I don't believe that "punishing the GOP" will result in a positive change; it didn't work when we stayed out last time ... it only got us Clinton for 8 years (and, frankly, could be pointed to as the catalyst for giving us Hillary for 8 more). In other words ... a Conservative hissy fit over the lilly-livered RINOism of GHWB might well be directly responsible for 16 frickin years of Clintons! You think the USSC looks bad today, imagine what it will look like with 8 years of Hillary appointing replacements for Thomas and Scalia as well as Ginsberg, etc. Are you ready for Billy boy to go on the court?

[jw777]

you know, i've been comparing her to fire marshall bill for a couple years. finally, someone else agrees. i wish i knew how to post a side by side picture of them both!

[JustaCowgirl]

[JustaCowgirl]

[jw777]

perfect likeness!