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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (3449)	1/26/2001 9:28:23 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

rofl this particular line caught my eye: He denied a report that "an official investigation" is under way, but that might be a matter of what the meaning of "investigation" is. heehee, The more things change the more they stay the same.

To: Lane3 who wrote (3449)	1/26/2001 9:49:07 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Here's the MSNBC take on the vandalism. Parting shots from Clinton staffers? Bush officials confirm, but downplay, White House vandalism Vandalism of White House offices reportedly ranged from prank answering machine messages to outright vandalism. NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell reports. By Andrea Mitchell NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — It was a moment in history that was heavy with constitutional significance — hardly a time for college pranks or outright vandalism. But that’s exactly what Bush White House officials say happened when the Clinton team left 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Jan. 20. “THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS that transitions can be times of difficulty and strong emotion,” Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said. “And he’s going to approach it in that vein.” Publicly, Bush officials are downplaying the damage at the Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, calling some of it “silly.” The actions in question include things like a message on an answering machine that says, “This is Al Gore’s office. Due to a constitutional crisis I’ll be out for the next four years.” But sources tell NBC News that some of it was serious — phone lines cut, drawers filled with glue, and door locks jimmied so that arriving Bush staff got locked inside their new offices. They also say obscene messages were left behind on copying machine paper. “I think that if there was anything bordering on vandalism here, we all ought to be very, very concerned and we should not tolerate it,” said Robert Reich, a former Clinton labor secretary. STILL BITTER? How could this happen? Some former Clinton officials explain it as the aftershock of the battle for Florida. Low-level staffers are still angry over the way the election was decided. “What’s unfortunate here is that someone’s idea of fun is obscuring what was a very good transition, a very cooperative transition,” said Joe Lockhart, a former Clinton press secretary. And, destroying government property is illegal. “If it does slow down the incoming administration from actually getting work done and being able to communicate, then it probably ought to be investigated,” said C. Boyden Gray, a former White House lawyer. One of the easier fixes comes from an Ohio office supply company that is donating 500 “Ws” to replace the “Ws” taken off White House keyboards by departing Clinton aides. And the Air Force will replace Air Force One glasses and four hand towels that were apparently pilfered by passengers traveling with the Clintons on their last plane ride home to New York, after the inaugural. Clinton officials recall that when they took over the White House, from George Bush’s father, computer hard drives were missing, but nothing on the scale of what Bush officials call an unfair parting shot by the Clinton team.