What about all the characters in the Bush administration that were convicted of crimes and pardoned by pappa Bush?
I agree with ralphm.....i nominate the shrub and his entire weed patch.
Maybe I'm not a DOVE after all...heh! heh!
mary
pray for peace.
You want to talk about pardons? Don't forget who Clinton paroned in his final days in office. Of course all Presidents, or at least most, do this...but Clinton crossed the line...by a MILE!
Anyway, this list does contain names of individuals from 2002 who are IN power...and many are indeed Republicans.
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I may not agree with all of these and you may not either, but here's an interesting list from newsmax.com:
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002
Most Corrupt Leaders of the Year
Everyone else is making year-end lists, so here's Judicial Watch's roster of the most corrupt politicians, government officials, lobbyists and business leaders of 2002.
Judicial Watch, you'll recall, is the anti-corruption law firm the mainstream media smeared or ignored during the Clinton years but suddenly embraced when it criticized the Bush administration.
# No. 1: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. "Like a modern-day Gollum, Mrs. Clinton's quest for political brass rings frequently descends into evil, from Whitewater to FBI Filegate to Travelgate to taking over 2 million dollars in illegal contributions for her Senate campaign from Judicial Watch client Peter Paul." Judicial Watch hopes to throw her ring into the judicial "Cracks of Doom."
# No. 2: Bill Clinton. The "King of Corruption" for eight tawdry years. Judicial Watch looks forward to taking his testimony under oath in the Dolly Kyle Browning vs. Clinton case and many others.
# No. 3: Former FBI Director Louis Freeh, a Republican. "The most corrupt and inept FBI Director in the history of the agency, Freeh recently suffered a blow from the Supreme Court," which refused to acknowledge his claim of immunity in a lawsuit filed by JW on behalf of Notra Trulock, the Energy Department's former director of intelligence.
# No. 4: Jesse Jackson, Democrat. "Judicial Watch sued the so-called 'Reverend' Jesse Jackson, his son Jonathan and others for alleged civil rights violations and assault and battery on behalf of conservative black activist Rev. Jesse Lee Petersen."
# No. 5: Rep. willy Gephardt, D-Mo. Judicial Watch sued Gephardt and his campaign staff for alleged assault, civil rights violations and abuse of process and other wrongdoings on behalf of Bill Federer, who ran for, and nearly won, Gephardt's House seat in 2000.
# No. 6: Democrat national chairman Terry McAuliffe. He parlayed $100,000 into 18 million dollars in the bankrupt company Global Crossing. JW is suing McAuliffe over his ties with the corporation.
# No. 7: Former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti, a Republican. "Used the Internal Revenue Service as a political weapon that would have made even Richard Nixon proud."
# No. 8: Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. "A supreme embarrassment to the nation even before his recent foot-in-mouth statement at Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday, Lott was instrumental in making the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton a total joke."
# No. 9: Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J. Like the fictional (?) Sen. Geary in "The Godfather," the "'Torch' couldn't find an offer or a big-screen TV that he couldn't refuse. His corrupt career on Capitol Hill sleeps with fishes."
# No. 10: Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D. Judicial Watch has filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act to expose the former Senate plurality leader and his wife, powerful lobbyist Linda Daschle, in the selection of faulty bomb-detecting equipment for the airline industry. The law firm says its book "Fatal Neglect" shows how the couple reduced airplane safety inspections and compromised national security, in exchange for campaign donations.
# No. 11: Former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, friend of Presidents Bush and Clinton. The disgraced "Kenny-Boy" used investors' money "like his own personal cookie jar, playing the fiddle while this Houston-based company burned."
# No. 12: Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. "For his tireless efforts to obstruct justice whenever Democrat wrongdoing is involved."
# Honorable mention: Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas. "'The Hammer' smashed his thumb when he tried to sell White House access to contributors a la Lincoln bedroom-style."
Not a bad list, but how oh how could they too overlook the Taliban's woman of the year, Sen. Patty "Osama Mama" Murray?
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