Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Democrats really do love Republicans — when they’re dead

You can’t pick up a newspaper or go near a television without hearing leftists gush with praise for the late President George H.W. Bush. Who knew they felt this way?

www.nypost.com


The Ignored Legacy Of George H.W. Bush War Crimes, Racism, & Obstruction Of Justice When a political leader dies, it is irresponsible in the extreme to demand that only praise be permitted but not criticisms.

theintercept.com



 Behind Every Rock, a Bush
Russ Baker is an award-winning investigative reporter who has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the Nation, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Baker received a 2005 Deadline Club award for his exclusive reporting on George W. Bush’s military record. He is the founder of WhoWhatWhy/the Real News Project, a nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organization. His 2009 book, "Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America" describes alleged connections between the Bush family with the Central Intelligence Agency.

www.whowhatwhy.org

4 comments :

  1. chuck gregory12/5/18, 8:21 AM

    He pardoned the Iran-Contra figures BEFORE they went to trial so that they couldn't call him, a sitting President, as a witness. Agent Orange has lawyers who know this....

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    1. The only thing that prevented the impeachment of H.W. Bush was that he lost to Clinton. Congress had him (and Reagan) dead to rights on Iran-Contra by the summer of '92. Ah, the good old days, when Congress did its job.......

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    2. Nonsense. Caspar Weinberger was the ONLY figure who had not gone on trial yet.
      Elliott Abrams and Alan Fiers had both pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information in return for immunity from further prosecution. Clair George had been found guilty on two counts of false statements to congressional committees, and Duane Clarridge's trial was in progress.
      If you're going to discuss history, it would be wise to get your facts straight.

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    3. H.W. Bush's diaries provided the "smoking gun" of his and Reagan's intimate knowlege of, and complicity in, Iran-Contra. Although Bush did not release the diaries to the Indpendent Council until Dec. '92, the contents had leaked out over the summer. It was decided that since there was "little likelihood of getting a criminal conviction," and the election was going badly for Bush, articles of impeachment would not be drawn up, unless he won re-election. He didn't, and since he had pardoned everyone, the Clinton administration chose not to pursue the issue. On a personal note, I had an attorney at the time, who was heavily involved in the GOP, and who knew both Reagan and Bush. He breathed a sigh of relief when Bush lost to Clinton, saying "He needed to go, for the good of the party." THAT, I will never forget!

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