House GOP May Investigate Bush

[FarLeftFist]

The attention-grabbing next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, California Rep. Darrell Issa, said Wednesday that he will investigate George W. Bush. "I'm going to be investigating a president of my own party, because many of the issues we're working on began President Bush or even before, and haven't been solved," Issa said. In particular, the GOP will look at what happened at the former Mineral Management Service under Dubya, after reports of corruption. Investigation of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will also bring the 43rd president back into the spotlight. Bush is in the news once again with a memoir slated for release next week.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44648.html



BS

[niyad]

1. riiiiiiiiiight

[peace frog]

9. Sure, so they can exonerate him of all wrongdoing

Just in case the Dems grow a collective pair. Not much chance of that, but just covering all possibilities, doncha know.

[Hepburn]

2. Right...

...don't anyone hold his/her breath.

And the results? Bush did it right -- now let's look at how Obama screwed it up.

[ThatsMyBarack]

3. Flap. Arms. Fly. Moon.

:eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

4. "I am like sooo scared and stuff. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. of course they will!

They will absolve him of all wrong doing

[DaveinJapan]

6. And so begin the witch-hunts (and it ain't Bush they're after). nt

[Scuba]

7. Doing what the Dems have been too timid to do?

[emulatorloo]

10. No, they are Implementing Karl Rove's Plan to Rehabilitate The Image of George W. Bush

[MrScorpio]

12. Bingo!

[gkhouston]

14. Wish I'd known this last week. I could have made a killing by investing in cosmetics.

Imagine the lipstick that's going to take.

[peace frog]

19. exactamundo

and it will work like a charm with our low-information population.

[MrScorpio]

8. And I hear that Dairy Queen Blizzards are the height of nutritious delicitude

Sure, Issa is going to investigate Bush... And the finding will be that he did the right and proper thing when he invaded Iraq on "available intelligence".

It'll be nothing more than a snow job to validate the Bush Administration's most colossal debacle ever.

There's are too many dollars recycling between government contractors and their GOP cronies to do otherwise.

[gkhouston]

11. Yeah, how 'bout they take a look at water-boarding? n/t

[joeybee12]

13. And The Onion posts another great satirical article!!!!

:rofl:

[JackRiddler]

15. Regardless of his motive I would welcome this as a focus, but the statement to Politico is it.

[cbdo2007]

16. Well, they can't get to Obama if they don't at least pretend to "investigate" Bush.

[BarbaRosa]

17. Makes some sense to me.

They are/have been distancing themselves from the bush disaster -much of their 'do nothing congress(2001-2006)' making. The rise of "independents" highlights that fact.

Independent=don't hang the bush disaster on me, I'm an independent(now).

[Renew Deal]

18. We shouldn't focus on the past.

D'oh :rofl:

[tjwash]

20. That'll even be a shorter investigation then when shrub "investigated" oil co. price gouging

They are just seeing what kind of phone calls from different lobbyists they will get in response, and how much money they will get dropped on their desks from different special interest groups.

I hate how the corruption in the US government has started to rival Mexico.

[charlie]

21. Issa needs a distraction while he organizes Jerry Brown's recall n/t

[peace frog]

26. Bwaaaaa! Good one!

All kidding aside, that turd Issa will do it.

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. Start by reading his book. Carefully examine the part where he confesses to a war crime.

I think a super-sleuth like you is up to the task Darrell.

[Jefferson23]

23. What bullshit, the code words here, Freddie and Fannie..let's go after

the Democrats...make it look like we are after our own.

Feel the love folks, more is certainly on the way.

[laughingliberal]

24. Bush is not exactly popular with Republicans these days.

And very unpopular with the Teabaggers.

This is a great political move that makes him look objective and opens the door for him to move on to investigating Obama.

Would that the Democrats had had the spine to do it first. Bush was universally hated in 2008.

[dmosh42]

25. I'm all for investigations, and the Dems had their chance...

but didn't want to expose some of their own. I think they might have received a better vote count if the people saw them 'draining the swamp'. I remember all the Congresses since Truman investigating and prosecuting crooks in gov't. It shows that they want to be serious about government. Yes, I know some will feel there are going to be 'political persecutions', but that's too bad. Next time they gain power, the Dems won't be so willing to turn their heads. Think about all the trillions of dollars missing from gov't since Bush was in office between the wars and Wall St disasters. And nobody other than Madoff and some other guy has been prosecuted. Give me a break! Bring on the witch hunts, red herrings or whatever else you want to call them. They deserve it big time!