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<p>Please explain how action was called for in the case of Iraq.</p>
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<p>"So, Rudy the Righteous, used public funds to ferry his mistress about with guards with the knowledge of other public officials who were supposed to watch how tax dollars are spent, and for which he received services that he did not account for on his sworn federal, state, and local taxes.</p>
<h2>Have I got that right? Seems like 1. breaking of a promise to his then wife. 2. Use of public funds. 3. Not paying taxes. 4. Defrauding the people. 5. Not correcting the mistakes. 6. Now minimizing the crimes."</h2>
<p>Guess who helped him in #s 1 through 5? </p>
<p>BERNIE KERIK - I just realized in today’s Stefanopolous show that when Rudy was indulgingin #1 through 5, Bernie Kerik was head of Security! </p>
<p>So, not only did Rudy select Bernie (who had ties with the mob) to run his Security but he also had Bernie cover up the fact that he was using tax payers’ money to fund his randezvous with his mistress in the expensive Hamptons(!!) while his wife was caring at home for his school children!</p>
<p>He makes Mike Huckabee look good despite the fact that he raised taxes and is anti-women’s right to choose.</p>
<p>"well let us see. The Iraq invasion cost British and Australian PM their jobs. "</p>
<p>Simba, do you ever bother to read a newspaper or listen to the news? If you did, you would realize that both Howard and Blair won re-election AFTER the Iraq war started.</p>
<p>“So, not only did Rudy select Bernie (who had ties with the mob) to run his Security but he also had Bernie cover up the fact that he was using tax payers’ money to fund his randezvous with his mistress in the expensive Hamptons(!!) while his wife was caring at home for his school children!”</p>
<p>It is actually worse than that. Randy Rudy only began the visits to the Hamptons after he was kicked out of the Mayor’s Mansion where he had carried on the affair for eight months with Juicy Judy at taxpayer expense while his wife and daughter were still living there, and was now shacked up with two gay men.</p>
<p>fundingfather,</p>
<p>In the short run, both did well, but I think it’s safe to say that they probably did well despite the wars.</p>
<p>[The</a> Associated Press: Secrecy Issues Dog Giuliani, Clinton](<a href=“http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFjbNeJgkIa3QEub2-6z-Rn-UB4wD8T9SAPO0]The”>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFjbNeJgkIa3QEub2-6z-Rn-UB4wD8T9SAPO0)</p>
<p>“Neither Clinton nor Giuliani was seen as particularly honest or ethical. Just 38 percent viewed Clinton as honest, while just 40 percent called her ethical. Forty-two percent called Giuliani honest, 40 percent ethical.”</p>
<p>sokkermom, did you read the news about the reporting of the phone calls to THE POLICE…seems they reported all calls to the POLICE but NOT to the Public…when they said “did not report” it was to the tv public…to protect the hostages…seemed CNN did what the authoratizes wanted, instead of getting more coverage for themselves…imagine that</p>
<p>just thought I would let you know in case you missed it</p>
<p>and tommybill, you are not the first nor that last to well, say what you are saying</p>
<p>Thanks Citygirlsmom.</p>
<p>“By the way, I am an Independent voter.”</p>
<p>WOW that was a NEWS to me.</p>
<p>^ Yup. Probably voted for more dems over the years too. ;)</p>
<p>“The Prez has zero input on banning abortions”</p>
<p>Um, there is the thing about appointing Supreme Court justices. That just might have some impact on the issue.</p>
<p>also, the Prez appoints people to the heads of departments, ie Health and Human Services who are totally anti choice and anti birth control (seems stupid to not want birth control) so that programs don’t get personal and funding</p>
<p>ie the family planning appointment didn’t like birth control or sex education for teens…like teens don’t think about sex already</p>
<p>Pew poll of Iowa, NH and SC Democrats only.</p>
<p>[Summary</a> of Findings: Democratic Primary Preview: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina](<a href=“http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=374]Summary”>Democratic Primary Preview: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina | Pew Research Center)</p>
<p>cgm:</p>
<p>sorry, but that’s not how cabinet departments work. Again, Congress passes the laws, not Dept heads. Yes, a dept head could be extremely slow to carry out the law, but eventually whichever congresspersons voted for it would complain and file suit, it need be. </p>
<p>Hunt: …except for activist types, Judges don’t make laws either (see above). :rolleyes:</p>
<p>tommy:</p>
<p>some of the posters on CC are just afraid of a woman president. Probably her IQ is higher than all the republican candidates combined.</p>
<p>bluebayou: come on. You know exactly what was meant in CGM’s post.</p>
<p>please, I don’t need an education how government appointment are made or work</p>
<p>you can pass all the laws you want, but if you have appointees who don’t enforce the lawsk, staff the positions, etc., the rest is mute</p>
<p>look at the person who is supposed to inspect toys for children…she had ONE inspector who did basically nothing</p>
<p>what, it takes death and illness before people enforce the laws?</p>
<p>so reality is very different from what is in the constitution if a president doesn’t like an office or program</p>
<p>Nixon didn’t like the voting rights programs, so he basically gutted them from the inside out, to CIRCUMVENT the law</p>
<p>imagine that</p>
<p>I just don’t understand why people even if the are afraid make up nasty things to say about political candidates just because they disagree with the candidate. Why not tell why you are opposed to the candidate and make your case?</p>
<p>It seems like some people think it “OK” to lie as long as you are lying about someone like Hillary Clinton or John McCain. I think it is wrong and bad for the nation to lie about political candidates.</p>
<p>Health and Human Services, Fema, Department of Education, the list goes on and one</p>