sultan_emerr Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 " Obama appointee on leave after FBI raid, arrests" = "An employee of the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and a private contractor were charged with corruption Thursday after an FBI raid at the former office of one of President Obama's appointees, Vivek Kundra. Kundra is on leave from his White House job until further details of the case become known, a White House source tells the Associated Press. Last week, Kundra resigned from his post as D.C. chief technology officer to take a job in the Obama administration as the federal government's chief information officer." = http://wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1622618 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Interesting. I'll be curious to hear what the charges are against him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Obama official not a target in FBI raidThe FBI raided the former office of Obama administration official Vivek Kundra and arrested two people in a corruption probe on Thursday, but Kundra is not a target of the investigation, a spokeswoman for Washington's mayor said.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/pl_nm/...ama_kundra_raid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Obama official not a target in FBI raidThe FBI raided the former office of Obama administration official Vivek Kundra and arrested two people in a corruption probe on Thursday, but Kundra is not a target of the investigation, a spokeswoman for Washington's mayor said.http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/pl_nm/...ama_kundra_raidGood to hear, Matt! I think it is cool that Kundra stepped down to let the investigation take its course.....I hope he can resume his duties. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) That's weird. After eight years without a single corruption charge leveled against any politician or department, not one call for anyone's resignation, and no calls for impeachment, and no claims of illegal activities, just a few months into the new administration we get an F.B.I. probe. Imagine that. If there HAD been any of those things during the last eight years, would you have called it "facism?"***** Edited March 15, 2009 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 FBI investigations, tax evasion, advisors with questionable past, record spending... Well he promised change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Wait... what?After eight years without a single corruption charge leveled against any politician or department, not one call for anyone's resignation, and no calls for impeachment, and no claims of illegal activitiesDick Cheney? - http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007...ment_to_be.htmlAlberto Gonzales? - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washingt...d-gonzales.htmlDonald Rumsfeld? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfe...for_resignationFBI investigations, ... ,advisors with questionable pastCheney/Halliburton investigation?Lewis "Scooter" Libby?Karl Rove?Moving to politics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 OK, things are the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 OK, things are the same.Agreed. Any government will have its share of scandals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Wait... what?After eight years without a single corruption charge leveled against any politician or department, not one call for anyone's resignation, and no calls for impeachment, and no claims of illegal activitiesDick Cheney? - http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007...ment_to_be.htmlAlberto Gonzales? - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washingt...d-gonzales.htmlDonald Rumsfeld? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfe...for_resignation... I think the sarcasm flew over your head. Point being: Why the knee-jerk cry of "facism" when it's nothing but politics as usual?*****OIC, you edited out the sarcasm. Gotcha. Nevermind. Edited March 16, 2009 by JDoors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Point being: Why the knee-jerk cry of "facism" when it's nothing but politics as usual?Quite true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Point being: Why the knee-jerk cry of "facism" when it's nothing but politics as usual?Quite true. Cripes. We state that so matter-of-factly. We should be ENRAGED. What can be done? We can't run for office because if you're truly honest and looking out for your constituents, you won't get very far. Dang! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sultan_emerr Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Election-fraud case stirs disgust in Ky. county = http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Apr13/0,4...teFraud,00.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Many say buying and selling votes has simply been a way of life ... I grew up in Chicago under the benevolent protection of the Daley Democratic Machine. I don't KNOW another kind of politics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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