O'Reilly: Bush Insider Claims Clinton Deal Torpedoed Pardongate

A Bush administration insider has privately leaked word that a deal was struck between Democratic congressional leaders and the Bush White House not to prosecute Bill and/or Hillary Clinton on an array of charges related to the Pardongate scandal, Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly claimed Friday on his nationally syndicated "Radio Factor" show.

"A very highly placed source - and I mean this guy knows what's going on in the Bush administration - told me about a month ago that when President Bush took office he had meetings with all of the Democratic leadership.... one on one meetings in the Oval Office," O'Reilly said.

"The Democratic leadership made it quite clear to Mr. Bush that he would not get any cooperation - zero - on the part of the Democrats in the Senate and in the House if he pursued any kind of a criminal investigation against Bill Clinton."

O'Reilly said that according to his source, "Basically they said look, if you embarrass us - by us we mean the Democratic Party - if you, Bush-Ashcroft, indict Clinton on bribery or go after Hillary or any of this - we're gonna shut you down. We're not gonna do anything. You're not going to get any (legislation) passed if four years."

The talk host's highly placed administration source said Democrat leaders then explained to Bush, "If you put this thing on the back track and just play the game the way we've always played it here in the Justice Department since Watergate, where the powerful protect each other - then we'll keep an open mind on your legislation."

O'Reilly never indicated who his source might be beyond describing him as "very highly placed."

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney for New York's Southern District James Comey, a Bush appointee, ended a key part of the probe into whether the Clintons traded pardons for political favors and campaign contributions.

I'm stupid, but can you explain just why Bush would lie for the Clintons'

You tell me, buster, because he did it! Luckily, my memory doesn't go onto auto pilot the minute President Bush lies for the Clintons, or tries to protect them. Right before he was to move into the White House Bush told reporters that there was no damage to the office buildings and that Air Force One had not been plundered by the Clintionoids. How in the world can you post on FR and not remember something like that. Amazing!

I suppose you also don't remember that the tax payers have been forced by the Bush administration to pay Hillary Clinton's lawyers when she was under investigation for pardoning terrorists, in order to get elected to the Senate.

Yeah, I guess you don't "remember" that one, either.

Whoa! Did someone ring your chimes? In the first place, "Buster", why in the crap would G. Bush want to protect the Clintons'? Contrary to what you may think of him, a lot of us apparently see anything sinister about G. Bush!

For one thing, if I remember right, a group of Democrats came to the White House; apparently demanding an apology from the Bush admin. for blaming them for trashing the house. Then Ari Fleisher whipped out a whole stack of papers and pictures taken of the damages done, and showed it to them.

They apparently hadn't 'let it go' like you seem to think! Contrary to what you might think, "Buster" isn't as stupid as you seem to think! No, I wasn't on "Free Republic" at the time; I was only lurking at that time. But I did read a lot of what was posted on here. I don't watch too much of the t. v. anymore. I like to come on here. So spare me the catty comments about my memory!

If I also remember right, recently they came out with a report by the GAO, finally, saying there was damage, a lot of it. Of ocurse the stupid liberals made out like it was a lot of nonsense. Could you please tell me why a reasonable person would subject themselves to the attacks by the liberals and the media, if he was so concerned about the Clintons? At every turn, these people are attacking him for something they themselves did, or allowed to happen!

Also, along about the time when the GAO office said they were going to investigate, along with their little friend, Congressman H. Waxman, about Bush's ties to Enron; the Bush admin. wanted the GAO to investigate the 'damages' to the WH and Airforce 1. You do remember that, don't you? Well I do. Anyway, the GAO didn't appear interested in doing that for them at that time, because it would interfere with their own investigation.

Whose side are you on anyway? And kindly remember, next time you get tempted to address me as "Buster", that I'm a woman. Doesn't it seem to be strange to call a woman "Buster"? (Good Grief!) Some of you Bush bashers seem to have a selective memory yourselves! You only seem to remember when it suits your bashing attacks!

Yay! Bravo! You did better than I, in all my ranting at these people! But you're too kind, I sometimes think these people are liberal plants, posing as 'pure, unspoiled, true conservatives'. Why? Because of some of the things they post. It's the same stuff, just like you said. I can't prove it; but some things they say raise red flags.

But it's true that someone needs to answer them, and put them in their places. Not all of them, but many I believe, are plants. But I sure admire how you put them in their place! They need a verbal "smack in the face", once in awhile. Particularly when they get insulting, and forget their manners!

I'm fed up with people who say Bush didn't say what he said. He said there had been no damage done to the White House office building, and that Air Force One had not been trashed by the Clintons. He said it and it was a lie.

I'm not a Bush basher. I voted for him because I am a conservative -- not a Republican. He has gone over to the liberals on soical policies, and promotes wide open borders. Most of the last two years he has spent kicking the conservatives in the teeth, tossing his beliefs out the window in order to get good press from the network news people. We voted for him not the people on welfare and not the illegals which he coddles. (And contrary to what he believes, they won't vote for him in 2004). He treats the conservatives like dirt, and I am not going to pretend he has not.

I back his war on terror. No Democrat is capable of defending the country or fighting a war to win. The Republicans are. His nominees for judges are good, and I am with him on that, and think John McCain should be sent back to where ever it was he slithered in from, as he has hindered every good thing Bush has tried to do.

And finally to answer your question, Bush protects the Clintons because he and his father believe no past President should get any bad publicity from the sitting President. Therefore, he will protect the Clintons until Hillary takes over his job.

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