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To: i-node who wrote (138077)	7/12/2001 3:25:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584252

After being caught in this ethical and legal lapse, the Thief got another pass with Daddy's connections. I don't suppose you could cite a source for this, either. The sources for this lapse have been posted on this thread forever. Somehow the conservatives go blank when this issue is brought up. Face it. The worst you can come up with is a DWI years and years ago -- after the guy had admitted he had an alcohol problem (something you'd never have heard a Democrat do -- admit they have a failing). Yes, he's so honest he failed to tell his children about his drinking problems, and has passed that baton on to them. When do you think the twins will have another drinking episode? Bush is breath of fresh air. I'll await your supporting citations. Breath of fresh air? Think more like a fart.

To: i-node who wrote (138077)	7/14/2001 8:34:16 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1584252

"I don't suppose you could cite a source for this, either." Here's one from "US News and World Report" georgebush2000.com And one from the well-known leftist mouthpiece, "Free Republic.com". Original article from the Democrat sponsored "WorldNetDaily" freerepublic.com

To: i-node who wrote (138077)	7/14/2001 9:12:25 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584252

Bush's military record. From "The Boston Globe" boston.com Interesting that Smirk stopped taking physicals one month after they started routine drug checks. realchange.org This one has a lot of copies of Bush's military record. cis.net Here's one from "TomPaine.com". This guy claims to have gotten documentation. tompaine.com FuneralGate story. From "The Dallas Morning News". dallasnews.com George commits perjury. Or, at least, someone is lying. realchange.org realchange.org One big problem with his DUI is there is no way to check his Texas record. When he was elected governor, he had a new driver license issued and his old records were destroyed. Now this is something that is pretty unique, no other Texas governor ever had this done. It's almost like he had something to hide... I like this quote "For example, the University of Texas' Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) invests $1.7 billion of state money. Most of this comes from profits from oil discovered on Texas state land. Bush's cronies dominate this board, and in return investment funds controlled by these very cronies or their friends have received nearly a third -- $457 million -- of that massive investment pool. There may even be more, but this obscure group -- created under Bush -- cloaks its operations in a thick veil of secrecy. UTIMCO's chairman, Tom Hicks, now owns the Texas Rangers; his purchase of the team made Governor Bush a very rich man. Furthermore, Hicks and his brother gave $146,000 to the Bush campaign. In return, $252 million of the invested money went to funds run by Hicks' business associates or friends, according to the Houston Chronicle. Hicks even insisted that UTIMCO increase by $10 million an investment with a fund that he had an indirect financial interest in, but UTIMCO staff halted funding after they discovered the conflict. Then there's Sam and Charles Wyly, the billionaire brothers who secretly bought $2.5 million of "independent" TV ads slamming McCain just before the critical Super Tuesday primaries. (They have also given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Bush Jr.'s governor and presidential campaigns.) They control Maverick Capital, an investment fund that received $90 million of UTIMCO money. The brothers earn nearly $1 million in fees alone from that money, along with a share of any profits. Henry Kravis of Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts -- a longtime Bush contributor -- received a $50 million investment deal in 1996. And there are many more Bush supporters who have received millions from UTIMCO, including the Bass family and Adele Hall of the Hallmark Cards family. Another key player in the Bush world is Richard Rainwater, the billionaire Texas investor who made Bush Jr.'s original involvement in the Texas Rangers deal possible. That's the deal that made Jr. rich, of course. Bush had several other personal investments in Rainwater controlled companies. But Rainwater has received much from Bush and the state of Texas' treasury, too. UTIMCO invested at least $20 million in Rainwater companies. And UTIMCO is not the only Bush administration agency funneling money and favors to his supporters and cronies. The state teacher retirement fund sold three office buildings to Rainwater's real estate company at bargain prices, and without bids in 2 of the cases. The fund invested $90 million in the Frost Bank Plaza in Austin, and sold it to Rainwater's Crescent Real Estate for $35 million. Bush signed a law that will give his former baseball team co-owners -- including Rainwater -- a $10 million bonus payment when a new Dallas arena is built. Bush also proposed a cap on business real estate taxes that would have saved Rainwater millions on his various properties (but it lost in the legislature). In another example, Bush's state Housing department has been investigated for kickbacks, and Florita Bell Griffin, who Bush appointed to the state Housing Board, was just convicted of bribery, theft, money-laundering and mail fraud for trading her influence for cash. She faces 55 years in prison. And Larry Paul Manley, Bush's director of the Department of Housing until he resigned in January 1999, is under police investigation for steering federal tax credits to cronies. Texas' top auditor discovered in 1997 that 60% of department contracts went to Manley's former colleagues at local savings and loans, but refused to make the findings public until long after the criminal probes began. " Heck, just think of the favors that Dubya can accrue while President! Man, is he going to rake in it when he calls in those favors! And you complain about Bill "The Zipper" Clinton having campaign contributors sleep in the White House. You ain't seen nothing yet...