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Man...looking back on the many Bush scandals, it’s weird how many I’ve forgotten about...?
Take this little one, for example. Completely lost amidst the many other scandals (there were over 30 scandals in his first term).
Intel Inside … The White House
The scandal: In early 2001, chief White House political strategist Karl Rove held meetings with numerous companies while maintaining six-figure holdings of their stock — including Intel, whose executives were seeking government approval of a merger. “Washington hadn’t seen a clearer example of a conflict of interest in years,” wrote Paul Glastris in the Washington Monthly.
The problem: The Code of Federal Regulations says government employees should not participate in matters in which they have a personal financial interest.
The outcome: Then White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, spurning precedent, did not refer the case to the Justice Department.
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Kinda feels like Cheney having big oil write his environmental policy for him.
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- tonalc2Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes. The memory fades. But lest we forget a few others;
Halliburton
Abu Ghraib
CIA 9/11 intelligence failures
Outing of Valerie Plame
Criminal prosecution of Tom Delay and John Ashcroft
HHS Scully scandal
And one that disappeared far too quickly, the misinformation spread as part of the abstinence-only campaign teaching materials. A Congressional investigation showed that teens were being taught that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and that touching a person's genitals "can result in pregnancy,"
- Anonymous8 years ago
Bush has been gone 5 years. Time to move on
- Anonymous8 years ago
So Bush's administration doing bad is an excuse for Obama's administration to do bad?
Shouldn't we all strive for better?
- Anonymous8 years ago
Wow one "scandal" add up Clintons and Obama's and you would have a book the size of War and Peace
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- ?Lv 68 years ago
if the code says, "they should not", then it's not a rule but an advisement. try again.
