These facts were part of a June 11, 2002 report from the GAO
(Government Accounting Office), but never made public.
You may not have liked President Bush, and we were all disappointed in
how his Administration performed, but we can't contest these facts:
Recently:
1. Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boards his helicopter and
leaves for Texas , commenting only: "Today is not about me. Today is a
historical day for our nation and people."
Eight years ago:
1. Outgoing President Bill Clinton schedules two separate radio
addresses to the nation, and organized a public farewell speech / rally
in downtown Washington D.C. scheduled to directly conflict with incoming
President Bush's inauguration ceremony.
Recently:
2. President Bush leaves office without issuing a single Presidential
pardon, only granting a commutation of sentence to two former border
patrol agents convicted of shooting a convicted drug smuggler. He does
not grant any type of clemency to Scooter Libby or any other former
political aide, ally, or business partner.
Eight years ago:
2. President Clinton issues 140 pardons and several commutations of
sentence on his final day in office. Included in these are:
billionaire financier, convicted tax evader, and leading Democratic
campaign contributor Marc Rich; Whitwater scandal figure Susan McDougal;
Congressional Post Office Scandal figure and former Democratic
Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; convicted bank fraud, sexual assault and
child porn perpetrator and former Democratic Congressman Melvin
Reynolds; and convicted drug felon Roger Clinton, the President's
half-brother.
Recently:
3. The Bush daughters leave gift baskets in the White House bedrooms for
the Obama daughters, containing flowers, candy, stuffed animals, DVD's
and CD's, and heartfelt notes of encouragement and advice for the young
girls on how to prepare for their new lives in the White House.
Eight years ago:
3. Clinton and Gore staffers rip computer wires and electrical outlets
from the White House walls, stuff piles of notebook papers into the
White House toilets, systematically remove the letter "W" from every
computer key-pad in the entire White House, and damage several thousand
dollars worth of furniture in the White House master bedroom.
Headlines 4 Years Ago:
"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops die in
unarmored Humvees"
"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans
get the shaft"
Recent headlines:
"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million"
"Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
"Obama shows America how to celebrate"
"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration"
They forgot to mention about Bush being boo'd at Obama's inaugural.
Class and respect for the office of the Presidency is not a concept
understood by the socialist liberals of this country.
1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man
is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- John
Adams
2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read
the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is
like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the
handle . -- Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which
debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting
on what to have for dinner. -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people
in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -- Douglas Casey,
Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car
keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors
to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French
Economist (1801-1850)
11.. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. if it
stops moving, subsidize it. -- Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the
facts. -- Will Rogers
13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what
it costs when it's free! -- P.J. O'Rourke
14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money
as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. --
Voltaire (1764)
15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean
politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)
16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is
in session. -- Mark Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -- Anonymous
18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy
appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -- Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the
blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery. -- Winston Churchill
20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher
(1820-1903)
22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save
Congress. -- Mark Twain
23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -- Edward
Langley, Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson