Bush administration has governed worse than Watergate...

[bridgit]

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'Bush administration has governed worse than Watergate - says Richard Nixon's former counsel, John Dean

The use of 9/11 as a punctuation point, as a defining moment for this presidency is true and untrue. What they've done is they have taken a very tragic event and used it for their maximum political advantage. What they've done with 9/11 is they've taken it and used it and done everything in their power to keep the "terror" in terrorism.

Cheney opened the door for some real Washington pros who call themselves neoconservatives, and they have an agenda that they've had in the works long before George Bush arrived. They just, as they wrote in their reports, needed a "trigger event" like Pearl Harbor. They got it with 9/11, and they have imposed their policies as a result -- and not for the better of the nation, or the world.

Why the public doesn't react? It beats me. I guess the best example of how secrecy can affect them and they don't even realize it is just a very simple example. It's one of the first acts that Bush does when he becomes president. At Cheney's request, obviously, he makes Cheney the chairman of an energy task force, that will decide the nation's energy policy. This is an industry that has given about $100 million in contributions. It is as close to legalized bribery as you can ever get.

How does it affect you? Well, Tony Blair's science adviser, in looking at the overwhelming evidence, has said, openly, that George Bush, and his policies, and what he's doing to the globe and the earth, in global warming, will cause far more damage to the species than all the terrorists in the world can ever cause us.

I barely recognize the Republican Party today. In the Republican Party that I was active in, it was really a party of moderation. What I think the party is dominated by now is a radical philosophy.

This is a good government issue, not a right-left, Republican versus Democrat . Therefore in the book, I cite one Republican after the other who are complaining about Bush's secrecy. Now these people don't think this is good Republican politics, they don't think it's good conservative politics; they think it's bad government.

If Bush and Cheney are reelected, what I think they'll do is not dissimilar from what they did in their first term, where their goal was to get reelected. It would be to indeed infuse the government with their radical-type thinking. They're not about to send the neoconservatives home. They're not about to change their radical environmental policies. And it'll really be a difficult time for the country. Damage could be done that we'll never unwind.

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http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/10/10_205.html

Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_bir

[MissMillie]

1. I read the book

Dean makes some very strong arguments.

[enid602]

2. Nixon

And yet, Nixon's secret heavy bombardment of Laos (against Congress' specific instructions) was indeed a special touch. But don't fret, I'm sure Bush will come up with a topper, given time.

[yellerpup]

3. High crimes and misdemeanors

Yeah, John Dean knows those definitions. As the man says, worse than Watergate.

[bridgit]

10. Dean has been there from the inside out...

;)

[brentspeak]

4. On domestic issues, Nixon was the last truly liberal President we've had

Just as Watergate began making news, Nixon was trying to garner support for a national health care program. The Republicans and Big Business were actually ecstatic that Watergate showed up to sink Nixon's programs. Watergate was a national tragedy for the American people.

[RedEarth]

5. Thanks for posting....my son bought me Dean's book for Xmas two years ago...

...very good book...Worse than Watergate

[bridgit]

9. that's cool...

:hi:

[izzie]

6. Well what do you know half came from that group in the WH

You could say they learned a lot and added a few new ones to help them out. We have a re-used Watergate group. Course Bush has hide all his father's papers so who would know.

[lumpy]

7. Don't forget Cheney, Rumsfeld, Abrams, Perle &

Armitage from Ronald Reagan's administration have been 'reusd' as part of Bush's administration.

[izzie]

8. I could not believe Dowd and Krugman this morn.

They said just what I have been thinking. I just knew this was going on when I read about a year ago that Baker had an office in the old building behind the WH. Where most of the offices for the WH are. Pops had sent in the team to get son out of trouble. And it would be that 'old gang of mine' that his father sent in. One has to re-call his father has been working in that party and the govt. for 40 years and has been into every thing. He has a feel for all of this and he once said his family would out do the Kennedy's so he has to clean it up for Jeb, also. I do not think the other two sons are interested or cut out for the govt. thing.