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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 7:43:59 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Dissection from prior post: >>>"Wilkes won tens of millions of dollars worth of defense contracts for his companies through the process of closed-door congressional earmarking of the federal budget." Indeed, "many of the contracts Wilkes secured" were for projects the Pentagon never even requested. Wilkes has thus far avoided any criminal charges, but federal officials are investigating instances of quid pro quo, since the "timing of Wilkes' many political donations closely parallels the approval of earmarks for Wilkes' companies."<<<

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 7:46:55 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

More dissection: >>>One of Wilkes' companies, Archer Logistics, won a contract to provide supplies to CIA agents in Afghanistan and Iraq despite having "no previous experience with such work, having been founded a few months before the contract was granted."<<<

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 7:48:40 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

As I said earlier. I will vote for the first person who credibly backs an anti-corruption bill. I figure things are much worse and not even all that under the table. Your article seems to be just more partisan finger pointing, which on its own, will never get legs. Although I am sure there is some merit in the content, I doubt the lascivious political culture is as one sided as you would have us believe. Any non-partisan reader would see it the same and it will have no effect on the partisan lock step.

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 7:52:36 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

Dissection (continued): >>>The company was sued in 2004 for failing to make payments on buses it had purchased, has received eviction notices from its offices, and even had its federal license revoked by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in both 2001 and 2004. Despite all of this, the Department of Homeland Security last fall awarded Shirlington a $21 million contract "to provide transportation, including limo service for senior officials." Shirlington also won contracts "with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (for $519,823) and...the Federal Highway Administration (for $142,000)." What role did Wilkes play in Shirlington receiving these federal contracts?<<<

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 7:55:09 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

Dissection (continued): >>> Indeed, many of the figures tied to the scandal have histories of involvement in reactionary conservative elements of U.S. foreign policy: Kyle Foggo worked extensively with the Nicaraguan contras, Mitchell Wade headed a White House-contracted group called the "Iranian Democratization Foundation", and Wilkes was reportedly set to receive a contract to "create and run a secret plane network" for the CIA before his links to Cunningham were made public. The roots of this scandal may be as much in profiteering as they are in "this club's conviction that the law is an impediment to the national security cause, that the way to run things is through these informal networks."<<<

To: PartyTime who wrote (64534)	5/4/2006 11:29:34 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Looks like Patrick Kennedy took too many Sominex. the US drug manufacturers produce a wide array of legal sleeping agents which do not mix with driving. But Kennedy needs to take it easy. I hope everyone realizes that when the rightwing murdered JFK and RFK they also badly damaged the kids, emotionally speaking. Patrick deserves a pass. I didn't see GW Bush's father or uncle murdered by liberals. I actually knew David Kennedy who OD'ed in the 90's. He was Bobby's son. He was traumatized for life after being left alone in a hotel room watching TV, witnessing his father's murder all alone. No wonder he took drugs.