I'm looking for examples of Republican financial mismanagement over the past 8 years.

[intheflow]

On my own I've thought of the banking collapse, Enron, Arthur Anderson, Bridge to Nowhere, and no-bid military contracts, but any others you can add would be very helpful to counter a conservative family member who's hijacked my facebook page.

Thanks in advance! :hi:

[wiggs]

1. 9 billion vaporized and missing in Iraq. nt

[lob1]

2. Not putting the war in the budget.

[Hissyspit]

5. The war itself. Ignoring the warnings about how much it would cost. nt

[intheflow]

13. Well, the only political thing he and I agree on is

the war was completely stupid and has been from the beginning. and he's a fire fighter who was at ground zero, so for him to not be all rah-rah during the run-up and subsequent invasion offers a glimpse into why I still talk to him. Sometimes he can be sane and rational.

[wiggs]

3. Lying to congress and bribing lawmakers over medicare bill. nt

[wiggs]

4. Unauthorized, unconstitutional, illegal use of Afganistan funds for planning iraq. nt

[w8liftinglady]

6. $5 Billion in Lobbying for 12 Corrupt Deals Caused the Multi-Trillion Dollar Financial Meltdown

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/130683/$5_billion_in_lobbying_for_12_corrupt_deals_caused_the_multi-trillion_dollar_financial_meltdown/

[spanone]

7. I R A Q

[Howler]

8. This is what comes up Google "Ohio republican coin gate"

Even Gov Taft was found guilty.

Ohio GOP Coin-gate "Culture of Corruption"
Ohio GOP Coin-gate "Culture of Corruption" · 6/12/2005 09:29:00 ... Big day of news for the Coin-gate scandal. It's going ... said Aaron McLear, a spokesman for the Republican ...

www.americablog.com/2005/06/ohio-gop-coin-gate-culture-of.html
Ohio GOP's "Coin-Gate" Scandal Grows and Grows
... was irresponsible...or just most leaders of Ohio's Republican Party? Thanks to Holly for pointing us to the latest from the Toledo Blade which has nicknamed the saga "Coin-gate.

www.americablog.com/2005/05/ohio-gops-coin-gate-scandal-grows-and.html
Republican Tryanny leaves No one else to blame: Ohio coin-gate
Republican Tryanny leaves No one else to blame: Ohio coin-gate

www.opennntp.com/Politics-Misc/republican-tryanny-leaves-no-one-else-to-blame-ohio-coin-ga... · Cached page
EBay Seller: crlctreasures: Tokens Other, Penn-Ohio Coin Club.
... investment fund established with Ohio taxpayer money and managed by crony Republican Coin Clubs ... In yet another surreal twist in Ohios coin-gate scandal, the wife of Bushs chief Ohio ...

orcnaplr.hostinginfive.com/ohio-coins.htm · Cached page
Taft Admits Ethics Violations
... hockey tickets, deepening a scandal that has rocked Ohio's Republican Party. ... Among the golf outings were two from Tom Noe, a prominent Republican fundraiser and rare coin ...

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081800319.html · Cached page
Ohio Republican Scandal, Diebold Machines and The 2004 Election
Ohio Republican Scandal, Diebold Machines and The 2004 Election ... In yet another surreal twist in Ohio’s "coin-gate" scandal, the wife of Bush’s chief ...

www.opennntp.com/Politics-Misc/ohio-republican-scandal-diebold-machines-and-the-2004-elect... · Cached page
The Raw Story | Ms. Noe's own scandal: Wife of Ohio GOP fundraiser ...
In yet another surreal twist in Ohio’s “coin-gate” scandal, the wife of Bush’s chief ... The assertion is part of a comprehensive investigation prepared for Ohio Republican ...

rawstory.com/news/2005/Ms._Noes_Own_Scandal_Wife_of_Ohio_GOP_fundraiser_does_some_election... · Cached page
Ohio GOP's "Coin-Gate" Scandal Grows and Grows, page 1
Ohio GOP's "Coin-Gate" Scandal Grows and Grows: Topic started on 1-6-2005 @ 01:35 PM by James ... all the tires on all the vans at a Republican HQ in Ohio - the vans were taking people to ...

www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread144368/pg1 · Cached page

[Howler]

9. Blackwell!!!

Look into X secretary of state Kenneth Blackwell stealing the 2004 presidential election.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_060503_blackwell_wins_2c_or_s.htm

Ken Blackwell, a criminal who was one of the prime perpetrators of the theft of the 2004 presidential election, has been confirmed as the Republican candidate for the governorship of Ohio.
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman commented, "I have often said that the Republican Party -- the Party of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass -- cannot be truly whole until it welcomes more African Americans back home. Great candidates like Ken Blackwell are one of the many ways we are doing exactly that. The Republican Party is united in its support for Ken Blackwell and will work together to ensure his historic election."
What a surprise. The corrupt Republicans pick a despicable, corrupt criminal to use as their African American showpiece. Well, what would we expect, someone with real integrity? We're talking the friends of Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay.

Blackwell ran against his opponent, attorney General Jim Petro, 56% to 44%. Blackwell used attack ads claiming his opponent was a part of "coingate," which has sullied much of Ohio politics.

But Blackwell is known throughout the world as the black man who kept black voters waiting in lines for upwards of eight hours. He is known for paying the man in charge of voting who did what he could, allegedly legal and illegal, which helped give Bush the linchpin Ohio victory which won him the presidency. Among progressives he is reviled as one of the worst criminals of the century. Magnifying the obscenity of this state's sordid election history, Blackwell was in charge of the elections.

Who knows if Blackwell actually won the election of just fixed it, with his access to the technology, the voter eligibility rolls, etc. It would seem to be the logical conclusion to draw, at least from my perspective.

[Donnachaidh]

10. the SEC IGNORING the multiple warninga bout Madoff

Wasn't it Bush appointees that played deaf, dumb and blind about Bernie Madoff? for YEARS?

[NC_Nurse]

11. Mismanaged FEMA funds for Katrina victims. I don't remember the totals...

the GAO released some data about it the year after the storm. Millions of $ as I recall that were wasted.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. Just look at the front page of a newspaper, any newspaper.

[Canuckistanian]

14. Blackwater

'nuff said.

[chollybocker]

15. Joe the Plumber on the GOP payroll.