bu$h* political office overstepped limits, investigators say

[spanone]

wow! just to see the words bu$h* & investigators in one sentence is encouraging...


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Washington (CNN) -- The Bush administration used a White House political office as a "boiler room" to support Republican congressional candidates in violation of federal law, a report released Monday by an independent government watchdog agency concludes.

The findings of the report by the Office of Special Counsel echo those of a 2008 House Oversight Committee investigation, which concluded that the activities of the Office of Political Affairs during the administration of President

George W. Bush represented a "gross abuse of the public trust."

The Office of Special Counsel report addresses alleged violations of the Hatch Act, a 1939 law meant to prevent using federal employees and resources in political activities. It forbids most federal employees from engaging in political activity while on duty and forbids the use of federal funds altogether.

The White House political unit, or OPA, has typically been used in an advisory role to help keep the president, appointees and others briefed on political matters, according to the Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal agency responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/25/bush.political.office/index.html?hpt=T2

[jeffedgmon]

1. Really???

I don't believe for one second that Bush ever did anything illegal or immoral...LOL..

[jeffedgmon]

2. ref: Really

Sarcasim..

[L. Coyote]

3. Did they start reading DU yesterday?

:rofl: Who Knew? :rofl:

[Kurovski]

4. President Obama's orders: Look away!

ERP! He means, look ahead, not behind.

Their shitty, shitty behinds.

Their behinds that are STILL stinkin' up the joint.

Look away!

[EFerrari]

5. Ya think?

[Kurovski]

6. I wasn't sure.

Thank God we now know for sure!

That's just as good as prison time, I've heard.

[spanone]

7. cenk is reporting on this now....it's ILLEGAL and they did it repeatedly

[Rex]

8. So...back to business or what?

I bet business...no amount of political criminal activity by the GOP bothered enough Senators and SCOTUS suits to watch our economic collapse and put a stop to it. Guess it pays to be in politics and crime (GWB).

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