25. Bush Covers Up for Slick Indiscretions.
They are supposed to be on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, aren't they? Clinton was an immoral, perverted, lawless skunk, was he not? Then why is the Bush administration covering up his heinous actions?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150896,00.html
Bush Administration Blacks Out Clinton Docs
Saturday, March 19, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration blacked out almost all the information in hundreds of documents before releasing them to a conservative organization looking into President Clinton's controversial pardons four years ago on his last day in office.
The only items not deleted from the material are the names of the person who wrote the document and the person it was sent to.
The government accountability group Judicial Watch said Friday that it received the Justice Department documents following a court battle that featured a Republican administration fighting to keep secret documents generated by its Democratic predecessor.
The Bush White House has argued that releasing pardon-related documents would have a chilling effect on internal discussions leading up to presidential action on such requests.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called it an instance of the Bush administration covering up a Clinton administration scandal. The group plans to return to court to challenge the deletions, which cover nearly everything that is written on a total of 915 pages.
A federal appeals court ruled a year ago in the case that the White House can't claim Justice Department records are covered by a special exemption from the law reserved for presidential communications.
Among the 140 people Clinton pardoned on Jan. 20, 2001 was fugitive financier Marc Rich. Rich's wife, a Democratic fund-raiser, contributed $450,000 to Clinton's presidential library foundation and more than $100,000 to Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign. Rich's name does not appear on any of the 915 pages.
The department invoked exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act that allow deletions for reasons such as documents being part of internal deliberations or containing personal information.
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25 B. Carter Not Brought to Pope's Funeral.
Why would Carter have wanted to go so badly in the first place? I thought he was a Baptist Sunday school teacher?
Maybe more importantly, why once again, is George Bush being so chummy with immoral liberal Slick Willy? See several items from Scorecard 1, #61, #41, #33, #4, and especially #55.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3jcp.htm
BUSH PASSED OVER CARTER IN POPE FUNERAL PICK
President Bush selected his father and Bill Clinton over Jimmy Carter for the official delegation attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the Carter Center claimed Late Tuesday.
"President Carter expressed to the White House a desire to attend the Pope's funeral," an official said.
Carter "was informed that the official delegation would be limited to just five people, and there were also others who were eager to attend."
"The Carters always relish the memories of Pope John Paul II being a delightful personal guest at the White House in 1979, on a pope's only visit to our nation's capital city. Subsequently, they visited with His Holiness in the Vatican."
One senior GOP official said that Carter wanted to take his wife Rosalynn along, but was informed that would be impossible.
It was unclear if Clinton asked to take along his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150896,00.html
Bush Administration Blacks Out Clinton Docs
Saturday, March 19, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration blacked out almost all the information in hundreds of documents before releasing them to a conservative organization looking into President Clinton's controversial pardons four years ago on his last day in office.
The only items not deleted from the material are the names of the person who wrote the document and the person it was sent to.
The government accountability group Judicial Watch said Friday that it received the Justice Department documents following a court battle that featured a Republican administration fighting to keep secret documents generated by its Democratic predecessor.
The Bush White House has argued that releasing pardon-related documents would have a chilling effect on internal discussions leading up to presidential action on such requests.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called it an instance of the Bush administration covering up a Clinton administration scandal. The group plans to return to court to challenge the deletions, which cover nearly everything that is written on a total of 915 pages.
A federal appeals court ruled a year ago in the case that the White House can't claim Justice Department records are covered by a special exemption from the law reserved for presidential communications.
Among the 140 people Clinton pardoned on Jan. 20, 2001 was fugitive financier Marc Rich. Rich's wife, a Democratic fund-raiser, contributed $450,000 to Clinton's presidential library foundation and more than $100,000 to Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign. Rich's name does not appear on any of the 915 pages.
The department invoked exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act that allow deletions for reasons such as documents being part of internal deliberations or containing personal information.
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25 B. Carter Not Brought to Pope's Funeral.
Why would Carter have wanted to go so badly in the first place? I thought he was a Baptist Sunday school teacher?
Maybe more importantly, why once again, is George Bush being so chummy with immoral liberal Slick Willy? See several items from Scorecard 1, #61, #41, #33, #4, and especially #55.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3jcp.htm
BUSH PASSED OVER CARTER IN POPE FUNERAL PICK
President Bush selected his father and Bill Clinton over Jimmy Carter for the official delegation attending the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the Carter Center claimed Late Tuesday.
"President Carter expressed to the White House a desire to attend the Pope's funeral," an official said.
Carter "was informed that the official delegation would be limited to just five people, and there were also others who were eager to attend."
"The Carters always relish the memories of Pope John Paul II being a delightful personal guest at the White House in 1979, on a pope's only visit to our nation's capital city. Subsequently, they visited with His Holiness in the Vatican."
One senior GOP official said that Carter wanted to take his wife Rosalynn along, but was informed that would be impossible.
It was unclear if Clinton asked to take along his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
posted by T.G. at 8:04 PM
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