The difference between a Democrat and a Republican --- is that they solicit bribes from different lobbyists
vote 3rd party? On Sep 8, 11:43 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > is when George H Bush addressed students Democrats investigated > possible political manipulation... If it is ok for Obama it should > have been ok for George H Bush... The other possibility is Democrats > are hypocrites who use smears to question Republican motives while > demanding others assume only good motives for Democrats... Was not > changing this type of hypocrisy what Obama promised??? > > http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/... > > >>> Unlike the Obama speech, in 1991 most of the controversy came after, not > >>> before, the president's school appearance. The day after Bush spoke, the > >>> Washington Post published a front-page story suggesting the speech was > >>> carefully staged for the president's political benefit. "The White House > >>> turned a Northwest Washington junior high classroom into a television > >>> studio and its students into props," the Post reported. > > With the Post article in hand, Democrats pounced. "The Department of > Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the > president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students," said > Richard Gephardt, then the House Majority Leader. "And the president > should be doing more about education than saying, 'Lights, camera, > action.'" > > Democrats did not stop with words. Rep. William Ford, then chairman of > the House Education and Labor Committee, ordered the General > Accounting Office to investigate the cost and legality of Bush's > appearance. On October 17, 1991, Ford summoned then-Education > Secretary Lamar Alexander and other top Bush administration officials > to testify at a hearing devoted to the speech. "The hearing this > morning is to really examine the expenditure of $26,750 of the > Department of Education funds to produce and televise an appearance by > President Bush at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, DC," > Ford began. "As the chairman of the committee charged with the > authorization and implementation of education programs, I am very much > interested in the justification, rationale for giving the White House > scarce education funds to produce a media event." > > Unfortunately for Ford, the General Accounting Office concluded that > the Bush administration had not acted improperly. "The speech itself > and the use of the department's funds to support it, including the > cost of the production contract, appear to be legal," the GAO wrote in > a letter to Chairman Ford. "The speech also does not appear to have > violated the restrictions on the use of appropriations for publicity > and propaganda." > > That didn't stop Democratic allies from taking their own shots at > Bush. The National Education Association denounced the speech, saying > it "cannot endorse a president who spends $26,000 of taxpayers' money > on a staged media event at Alice Deal Junior High School in > Washington, D.C. -- while cutting school lunch funds for our neediest > youngsters." > > Lost in all the denouncing and investigating was the fact that Bush's > speech itself, like Obama's today, was entirely unremarkable. "Block > out the kids who think it's not cool to be smart," the president told > students. "If someone goofs off today, are they cool? Are they still > cool years from now, when they're stuck in a dead end job. Don't let > peer pressure stand between you and your dreams. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
