Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:

• Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
  
• Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
  
• Lack of accountability

picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

Yes, that's correct. The White House, which was ordered to save emails subsequently deleted them, didn't back them up as ordered and now alleges that the computers were destroyed (thus, forestalling any hope of finding them forensically on the hard drives). Updated to this and this and this. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A White House manual(pdf) that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush's public appearances around the country. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Cafferty: White House Illegally Deleted Over TEN MILLION e-mails
Posted: 05 Dec 2007 08:10 PM CST

What was a serious problem for the White House has now doubled, and Jack Cafferty is all over it: picked by molnatisi 8 months ago

Facciola gave the White House five business days to report whether computer backup tapes contain e-mails written between 2003 and 2005. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don't know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It's a mystery," said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Voting 20-14 along party lines, the House Judiciary Committee voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress. Update to this. picked by bernardblack 3 weeks ago

White House says carpooling won't reduce traffic congestion. Their answer: build more roads and make people pay to use them... and then make them pay even more during rush hour. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive records about the visits "without redactions or claims of exemption," according to a court order. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

"Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people." Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. "And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved." picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

House Democrats are planning another veto showdown with President Bush on the Iraq war. And this time, they say they won't back down.

*I'm not holding my breath. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President d**k Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.

*me awaits the inevitable argument from the RED side. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

See the images and other stuff that doesn't make it into the magazine picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

John Kerry fires back like a politician, avoiding reference to the original accusation picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

A bit of an old news report; but I hadn't read it until today. picked by dOntEAtpOOp 5 months ago

Former press secretary alleges Bush used propaganda to mislead Americans. White house counters he is "Disgruntled former employee".

**Everyone seems to have missed this or is avoiding it... I think we are all very tired of the he-said/she-said, but its importaint, so here we go...** picked by shep182 3 months ago

The House voted Thursday to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House lawyer Harriet Miers in contempt in its probe of the 2006 firings of U.S. attorneys. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago