Worse than Watergate: the Secret Presidency of George W. Bush.Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush The Presidency of George W. Bush, also known as the George W. Bush Administration, began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America. The oldest son of former United States President George H. W. Bush, George W. John W. Dean Little, Brown & Co. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of www.twbookmark.com ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m : 031600023X $22.95; xvii + 254 pp. Worse Than Watergate is a powerful criminal indictment of the Bush administration. This document of the most dangerous and secret of all American presidencies is a must read, but also a sad, bitter pill to swallow. How could America have been so hijacked, so subverted, so duped? It is hard for a citizen, a patriot, to read of these incessant crimes and machinations by this Machiavellian group of militant power brokers. The malignancy infecting the current administration is disheartening dis·heart·en tr.v. dis·heart·ened, dis·heart·en·ing, dis·heart·ens To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of; dispirit. See Synonyms at discourage. and stunning. The only hope offered is the overwhelming evidence of criminality Mr. Dean has assembled and the knowledge that Nixon was brought down by the Watergate scandal Watergate scandal (1972–74) Political scandal involving illegal activities by Pres. Richard Nixon's administration. In June 1972 five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party's national headquarters at the Watergate Hotel complex in Washington, . The Plame scandal alone is worse than that. Perhaps, slim though it is, there is a possible reprieve: the tidal wave tidal wave, term properly applied to the crest of a tide as it moves around the earth. The wavelike upstream rush of water caused by the incoming tide in some locations is known as a tidal bore. of corruption they revel in will also bring down this president and end this dark chapter in American politics. Mr. Dean, speaking from first hand experience with administrative criminality as President Nixon's former counsel, states that the Bush administration is "surprisingly Nixonian." Not only the obvious fact that most of the administration is made up of neocons who got there start with Nixon and have served en masse in every Republican administration since, but in their policies and beliefs. Dean chronicles Bush's secrecy and the Bush family penchant for seeking revenge against any who dare speak out against them. Friends and associates are openly afraid of them. But far worse than Nixon is the Bush administration's belief in absolute secrecy as the exclusive right and primary tool of the office. Stonewalling stone·wall v. stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls v.intr. 1. Informal a. is merely like breathing and they use secrecy as a weapon--to both attack opponents from behind as fortification fortification, system of defense structures for protection from enemy attacks. Fortification developed along two general lines: permanent sites built in peacetime, and emplacements and obstacles hastily constructed in the field in time of war. but also simultaneously to defend themselves from any possibility of assault. It gets psychotic though. Their love of secrecy runs to obsession and they have grown increasingly irrational in their declarations of entire segments of information and society as top secret. This has led them to repeatedly violate the law as well and overstep their authority, even going so far as issuing presidential decrees overturning existing laws (which is patently unconstitutional) in order to protect his father's papers and policies from review. It is too detailed to get into all the points Dean made about the Bush administration's crimes, hidden agenda, scandals, and worse. One senses though that the book could have been a 1,000 pages long and not run out of material. But what is here is damning. Dean's assertion that these "high crimes and misdemeanors The offenses for which presidents, vice presidents, and all civil officers, including federal judges, can be removed from office through a process called Impeachment. The phrase high crimes and misdemeanors is found in the U.S. Constitution. " of the president are far "worse than Watergate" not only have legal merit, but they have the moral authority of one who knows first hand about the evils of presidential politics. As he notes, regardless of their wall of secrecy or the outcome of the next election, history will be the true judge of this president, his administration, and their policies. This book is a first step towards recording that history. |
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