Clintons top list of 2002's 'most corrupt'

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | December 25 2002

[livesbygrace]

Clintons top list of 2002's 'most corrupt' December 25 2002

Former US first lady Hillary Clinton, now a Democratic senator from New York, is Judicial Watch's sleaze queen for 2002, topping the legal watchdog's "Dirty Dozen" list published today. Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, is the runner-up.

The conservative group which targets government corruption calls Hillary "a modern-day Gollum" who "in her quest for brass rings frequently descends into evil," a reference to the greed-possessed Lord of the Rings lake-dwelling gnome.

It alludes to Bill Clinton's "eight tawdry years" in the White House, replete with sex, lies and complicity.

It notes Hillary's involvement in "evil, from Whitewater to FBI Filegate to Travelgate to taking over two million dollars in illegal contributions to her Senate campaign".

Republicans and business leaders fared little better in the group's listing.

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, who resigned amid scandal in 2001, is described simply as "the most corrupt and inept FBI director in the history of the agency".

Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Charles Rossotti says Judicial Watch used the IRS as "a political weapon that would have made even Richard Nixon proud".

Senator Trent Lott, who resigned under fire on the eve of his accession to majority leader, rates eighth place as a "supreme embarrassment to the nation" for, among other things, indirectly espousing racial segregation in paeans at Senator Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday.

And former Enron chief executive Kenneth Lay is listed as the man who "used investors' money ... like his own personal cookie jar, playing the fiddle while this Houston-based company burned."

AFP

[livesbygrace]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[daler]

I see Judicial Watch is back to being reported as a "conservative organization."

They were a "watchdog group" when they were investigating Cheney.

[One More Time]

bump

[paul51]

I typically discount anything I read in the foreign press about US topics, especially the euros, however this article is not too far off base.

[Ombudsman]

In Germany the national press jumped on VP Cheney when Judicial Watch filed a case against him. It was in all the major media outlets and every radio station was running the story. It was a national story mentioning Judicial Watch.

I wonder if the press is going to run this story nationally, now that Judicial Watch is considered a reputable source?

[friendly]

Judicial Watch is evil. How dare they disparage our lords and masters the sacred and most high Clintons. We must worship at the feet of our beloved plantation massas, Hillary and Bill, and the rest of their magnificent retinue at the Democratic National Committee.

President Hillary Clinton must extract a terrible retribution on Larry Klayman and his staff, once she regains control of the IRS and the Departmant of Justice.

[ALS]

The Usual Cast of Characters

Coming to a Fox News Channel near you!

[Howie]

there=their, sorry

[boris]

"Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Charles Rossotti says Judicial Watch used the IRS as "a political weapon that would have made even Richard Nixon proud"."

I think some punctuation is missing:

Former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Charles Rossotti, says Judicial Watch, used the IRS as "a political weapon that would have made even Richard Nixon proud".

[Bobibutu]

Nice catch Boris, it does modify the meaning to someone who reads and thinks at the same time.. :-)