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Bush's Record of Shame
George W. Bush's past is, to say the very least, shady. He stands as
the only American president with a criminal record. As the new hero of
the party that, prior to his election, touted "character" as the
ultimate defining characteristic of any American president, this
Republican icon's past demonstrates a man who is chronically definitively bereft of character, to say the least.
This record chornicles Bush's less-than-reputable past up to the year
2001, including comments and family arrests that reflect on Bush's
own record, actions and character. This record is not complete, and
only includes facts (were it to include rumors, it would be several
times longer) which can be confirmed in public records.
: Bush, after
having "a few beers," stole a Christmas wreath from a hotel in New
Haven
Connecticut. Arrested for disorderly conduct.
: Bush is arrested for
disorderly conduct when he storms onto the Princeton University
football
field, climbs onto the field goal crossbar, and tries to break off a
piece as a souvenir.
: Bush defends the use of a red-hot coat hanger to brand pledges in The New York Times,
claiming it is defensible because the resulting wound is equivalent to
"only a cigarette burn." Before branding pledges, Bush would show them
a full-sized branding iron to frighten them. His fraternity is fined
$1000.
: After gaining
entrance as a "legacy student," Bush maintains a low C average at Yale,
the bare minimum to graduate. In his freshman year, he was in the 21st
percentile of his class. While at Yale, says he cannot wait to leave
the
school, and hates its "intellectual snobbery."
: Bush admonishes
a Yale schoolmate for admitting plan to avoid serving in Vietnam; calls
him "irresponsible."
: 12 days before
his student deferment expires, George W. Bush applies to join the Texas
National Guard. Despite a waiting list of 18 months, Bush is signed in
the same day. Bush is assigned to a celebrity sons unit, with sons of
two other senators (Bentsen and Towers), sons of oil magnates, and 7
sons of Dallas Cowboys players. He was assigned to pilot duty despite a
25% score (lowest possible for duty), and was commissioned to 2nd Lt.
despite lack of qualifications or passage through Officer Candidate
School. Is trained to fly an F-102, which is being phased out,
guaranteed to never be called into duty in Vietnam.
: Military institutes
drug tests in routine exams, including urinalysis, questions about
drugs
and "a close examination of the nasal cavities" (for cocaine). Bush is
due for this exam by August 1972.
: Bush
leaves NG for Alabama without transfer orders; later requests transfer,
which is granted then cancelled; he then applies for transfer to
Alabama
187th Tactical Recon group, and is approved--but never shows up.
: Bush returns to
Houston for duty. But in May 1973, Bush's supervising pilots wrote in
his annual efficiency report: "Lt. Bush has not been observed at this
unit during the period of the report" (i.e. through April 30,
1972). Later that month, two special orders commanded Bush to
appear for active duty. He served 36 days of active duty during May,
June and July before leaving the Guard early. Bush's official discharge
date was October 1, 1973, but his last day in uniform was July 31, 10
months earlier.
: Did
community service for Project P.U.L.L., an inner city Houston program
for troubled youths; this is completely out of character for Bush at
the
time. Reports suggest that he was arrested for drunk driving or cocaine
use in Houston, and the community service was quietly arranged.
: Bush applies for entrance
into University of Texas law school, and is rejected. Harvard Business
School apparently had lower standards than UT, as it accepted Bush.
Bush
graduates from Harvard with an MBA in 1975.
, a state
trooper saw Bush's car swerve onto the shoulder, then back onto the
road. Bush failed a road sobriety test and blew a .10 blood alcohol,
plead guilty, and was fined and had his driver's license suspended.
Bush
had drunk "several beers" at a local bar before the arrest. His
underage
sister was in the car when he was driving drunk.
Bush got a court hearing to get his driving suspension lifted early,
even though he had not completed a required driver rehabilitation
course. He told the hearings officer that he drank only once a month,
and just had "an occasional beer." The officer granted his
request. But Bush continued drinking for 8 years after that date and
has
said publicly that he drank too much and had a drinking problem during
that time. Dick Cheney, incidentally, has been arrested twice for drunk
driving, in 1962 and 1963.
:
: On 'Meet
The Press', Tim Russert asks Bush about information about his past
coming out; Bush replies, "If someone was willing to go public with
information that was damaging, you'd have heard about it by now. You've
had heard about it now." This was a direct lie, as his DUI arrest had
not been reported publicly.
: "Just after
the governor's reelection in 1998, [Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne]
Slater pressed Bush about whether he had ever been arrested. 'He said,
'After 1968? No.'" This was a direct lie, as he was arrested for drunk
driving in 1976.
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:
Founded Arbusto Oil Company with $20,000 of his own money and $4.7
million from 50 or so investors, mainly family friends. Arbusto fails
and is bought by Spectrum 7, owned by Reagan/Bush supporters, in Sept.
1984, which appoints Bush as president. Later, Spectrum 7 also fails,
and is bought by Harken, which assigns Bush to board of directors.
After
Bush joins Harken, it receives $25 million stock offering from bank
with
CIA ties and which was a top Bush Sr. contributor, a lucrative
exclusive contract with Bahrain, and a board member is invited to White
House policy meetings with George Bush, Sr.
: Bush
confronts Wall
Street Journal editor Al Hunt in a Mexican diner in Dallas, in front of
Hunt's wife and his four-year-old son, saying, "You fucking son of a
bitch. I saw
what you wrote. We're not going to forget this." Bush was apparently
both drunk and upset that Hunt had predicted that Jack Kemp would be
the Republican Party nominee instead of his father.
: Bush borrows
$180,375 from Harken, which later forgave $341,000 in loans to
"unnamed"
executives; in other words, the executives were allowed to walk off
with
said money.
: Bush Sr. has access
to State Department memo warning of possible oil price drops due to
Iraq's possible actions. Harken's internal financial advisers at Smith
Barney issue a report warning that the company is in financial trouble.
Bush Jr. has potential access to the first bit of information, and
absolute access to the second.
: One month
after having access to insider information signalling a drop in the
firm's stock value, Bush sold 60% of his stock in Harken Oil for
$848,560. 3 months later, Iraq invades Kuwait, sending Harken stock
prices down 25%, dropping even more a few months later. SEC, run by his
father, fails to investigate.
: Bush fails to
register his sale as an insider trade by deadline; does so in March
1991, far too late. He is not punished.
: Elected governor
of Texas.
: George
and Laura Bush are given new driver's license numbers; Bush's is
#000000005. Bush was born on July 6, 1946, and his license was not near
expiration. The reason given for the change was "security," but there
is
no precedent for Texas governors doing this. The change destroyed the
records of his previous license, which would have detailed any arrests.
: Bush called to
jury duty, and accepts, saying it is a "feeble excuse" to say he's too
busy or important. But he is then assigned to a DUI case, and might be
asked under oath if he had ever been arrested for drunk driving. Bush
asks to be dismissed from jury the night before the trial, and is
helped
by Alberto R. Gonzales, Bush's legal counsel. Bush later appoints
Gonzales to the Texas Supreme Court, and later still to White House
counsel. Gonzales is a candidate for a Supreme Court seat if a vacancy
arises.
: Bush signs law
toughening penalties for underage drinkers.
: Jenna Bush
arrested on alcohol charge in Texas. Record is kept confidential as
Jenna is 16 at the time, but her name appears in a Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission database.
: Bush named as
defendant in case against funeral home operator SCI. After failing to
appear for a deposition on July 1, Bush signs affidavit swearing he had
no knowledge of a case involving SCI, which donated $45,000 to Bush, in
order to avoid involvement in the case. He swore that he had had no
conversations with its officials, but later (Aug. 99) admitted to a
conversation with an SCI official, claiming that nothing substantive
was
discussed--a non-issue, as he did not swear to not having "substantive"
conversations, but ANY conversations at all. Texas Funeral Service
Commission chief testifies that he spoke with Bush on the matter, which
Bush also swore in the affidavit that he did not do. Bush's chief of
staff also testified that he spoke with Bush on the matter. Bush is
shown to have lied under oath, a transgression that Republicans felt
was
worthy of impeachment.
: Bush
says, "As I understand it, the current FBI form asks the question, 'Did
somebody use drugs within the last 7 years?' and I will be glad to
answer that question, and the answer is no." This clears Bush up intil
1992.
: Bush
says, "Yesterday, I was asked what I thought was a relevant comment
about whether or not I would, should I become the president, have
background checks for people who work for me and in the White House,
and, if I did, could I pass the standards of the background check. The
answer is absolutely. Not only could I pass the background check of the
standards applied in today's White House, I could have passed the
background check on the standards applied on the most stringent
conditions when my dad was president of the United States, a 15-year
period." This clears Bush up until 1974, as his father began his
presidency in 1989. See Bush's record with community service and with
the Texas National Guard just before 1974.
: Jenna
Bush arrested for possession of alcohol as a minor.
: Jenna and
Barbara Bush arrested trying to purchase alcohol as minors. This is
Jenna's 3rd arrest, but she avoids the three-strikes law her father
signed 4 years earlier.
And that's just before he became president. Since becoming president, Bush...
Has threatened long-cherished US freedoms, liberties and civil rights
Has consistently used fear and fake security "alerts" to bolster his popularity and sabotage political opponents
Pretended not to have links to corrupt figures like Ken Lay and Jack Abramoff, not to mention being in the pocket of the Saudis
Has overseen rampant cronyism, mismanagement in many government agencies like FEMA
Stayed on vacation and let New Orleans drown for several days while he did nothing
Raced back from vacation to sign Terri Schiavo legislation that was later proven wrongful
Staged fake relief operations in Louisiana as photo ops for himself while halting actual rescue operations during his visits
Took more time off on vacation than any president in history, about 20% of total time in office
Allowed energy industry to write US energy policy
Signed legislation designed to benefit pharmaceutical industry against interest of the American people
Signed legislation designed to benefit banking & credit industry against interest of the American people
Abrogated multiple international treaties the U.S. had signed and long honored
Turned international trust, respect and sympathy for the U.S. into contempt, anger, and suspicion
Allowed the 9/11 attacks on his watch though his administration had multiple warnings and more than enough evidence to stop them
Fought attempts to investigate 9/11 mismanagement at every turn
Despite massive spending on "security," has underfunded domestic security
Has left US ports unprotected and mostly unchecked, gave control of some to country where 9/11 hijackers came from
Failed to follow up on policies urged by 9/11 commission
Failed to capture Osama bin Laden
Has enabled al Qaeda to make massive recruitments
Lied about Iraq having "massive stockpiles" of WMD
Lied about Iraq being close to completing a nuclear weapon
Lied about Iraq trying to buy uranium
Lied about Iraq's ties with al Qaeda
Lied about Saddam Hussein's involvement in 9/11
Lied about his early intent to invade Iraq
Established dangerous and unethical policy of pre-emptive warfare
Mismanaged the War in Iraq from the start
Initially tried to avoid Congressional or U.N. approval for Iraq War before flip-flopping
Failed to build a coalition that could succeed in winning a long-term war in Iraq
Failed to prepare an exit strategy from Iraq
Failed to send enough troops as per the advice of the generals
Failed to supply troops with necessary gear, especially armor
Allowed massive looting of everything except oil fields
Lied about the cost of the war
Tried to hide flag-draped coffins, does not take time to even sign letters to families
Has allowed massive corruption and mismanagement causing billions of US tax dollars to be stolen
Stacked Iraqi press office with GOP operatives during election to fabricate "good" news
Administration blew cover of CIA operative in retribution for operative's husband exposing Bush lie about Iraq
Turned a historic budget surplus into a string of record deficits
Has overseen weakest overall job growth in nearly a century
Has never used a veto while Republicans in Congress go on biggest pork-barrel spending spree in history
Has stacked the Supreme Court with ultraconservatives who will destroy Roe v. Wade and dismantle civil rights
Has
consistently short-changed troops, taken away benefits, treated them
like crap while constantly using them as window dressing for his photo
ops and speeches
Anemic "recovery" from recession is the weakest and latest-coming in more than half a century
Has overseen a surge of McJobs: low-paying and benefit-free employment exploding
Ignored Middle East until situation festered, oversaw terrorist group Hamas gaining power in Palestine
Ignored North Korea and allowed its nuclear program to go unchecked
Ignored Iran and allowed its nuclear program to go unchecked
Did not object in the slightest when "ally" Pakistan gave nuclear secrets to Iran and others then pardoned leaker
Instigated culture of torture, created secret prisons for that purpose, defended use of torture
Oversaw sending of "suspects" to be tortured in third-party countries
Has
given multiple massive tax cuts and payoffs to wealthy individuals and
to industries while short-changing lower- and middle-class Americans
Paid journalists to say good things about him and his programs without disclosing payments
Paid Iraqi journalists to report slanted news
Lied about whether he'd apply an abortion litmus test to Supreme Court nominees
Used taxpayer dollars to pay for ads for his campaign, disguised ads as fake "news reports"
Mismanaged US military until stretched so thin it is unable to do anything more
Mismanaged US military until recruitment crisis has developed
Deliberately withheld true cost of Medicare bill from Congress, threatened job of actuary who wanted to reveal truth
Sent thousands of US soldiers to die, tens of thousands to be maimed, then joked about not finding WMD
Has sabotaged clean air and water regulations in favor of industry and to the detriment of the environment
Underfunded education programs and pushed failed testing policies
Slashed funding for welfare, education and housing while allowing record spending on weapons systems, wars, and wealthy people
Has consistently suppressed scientific evidence that disagrees with his policies
Supported "intelligent design" and pushed for it to be taught equal to evolution in public schools
Smeared
long list of former administration officials and agents who spoke out
against him, including Paul O'Neill, Joseph Smith, Lawrence Lindsay,
Anthony Zinni, Eric Shinseki, Richard Foster, John DiIulio, Scott
Ritter, Joseph Wilson, and Richard Clarke
Has been uniformly hostile to homosexuals and their rights
Has consistently attacked the separation of church and state
Authorized illegal wiretapping on American citizens
Lied about obtaining court warrants for wiretaps before the program was made public
Lied excessively about his reasons for authorizing illegal wiretaps
Pretended
to speak to the American public but closed events and only allowed in
supporters even when taxpayer dollars funded events
Removed protesters to "free speech zones" far from appearance areas or even travel routes
Had protesters arrested on bogus charges even when they just wore T-shirts critical of him
Has acted in an unprecedentedly partisan manner in political affairs
Under Bush, oil prices have skyrocketed
Got
more of his judicial nominees approved than almost any modern
president, then whined and attacked Democrats for being obstructionist,
then re-nominated the ones he couldn't get passed previously
Tried to kill off social security
Encouraged businesses to move jobs overseas, supporting tax breaks to do so
Prohibited Medicare from negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical companies
Has failed to raise the minimum wage, allowing it to fall to absolutely unlivable levels
And let's not forget this golden oldie:
Consistently unwilling to admit to having made any mistakes at all
