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The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception

Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
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Carlyle-gate. he Al Jazeera network reveals (and The New York Times confirms) that shortly before the recent election, the board of the Carlyle Group — the gargantuan global investment firm that counts the elder George Bush and former Secretary of State James Baker as advisers — voted George W. Bush a seat on its board.

The Oil-for-Guns Scandal. In an operation run out of the Defense Department’s recreational-supplies division, U.S. officials — overseen by a member of a book group regularly attended by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz — siphon oil from Iraqi supplies, sell it on the black market to North Korean representatives, and use the proceeds to buy weapons for a band of Iranian fundamentalist Christians plotting to overthrow the government of Tehran.

Americagate. In response to an "informal" suggestion from Dick Cheney to PBS — conveyed while Congress was considering the network’s budget — PBS launches a new show on United States history called Up With America.

The Uygur Affair. As part of a plea-bargain arrangement, former Enron chief Ken Lay discloses a scheme that he says he developed with the White House to divert money in the Social Security trust fund to a private hedge fund based on Turkestan natural-gas futures.

The BushBucks Scandal. Under a confidential program called "Government for You," the Republican Party and the White House offer campaign contributors who raise a million dollars several special services.

The Neil Bush Sex Scandal. After being placed on the board of a semiconductor firm managed by the son of a former Chinese president, Neil Bush — brother of the U.S. president, former S&L scammer, and a fellow who knows nothing about the semiconductor businesses — receives sex from beautiful Asian women who show up unannounced at his door when he is staying in hotels in Thailand and Hong Kong .

6 Bush Scandals To Come By David Corn
Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 12:00 am
http://www.laweekly.com/general/lists/6-bush-scandals-to-come/8805/