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Amy6627 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:33 PM
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UPDATED Was Ronald Reagan's administration the most corrupt in history
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 05:41 PM by Amy6627
I just found this link: http://liberalslikechrist.org/about/reagan.html

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The contenders for the title of "the most corrupt administration in American history" are all Republican administrations. It may be hard to order them exactly, but the contenders for the first, second, third & fourth "most corrupt administrations in American history" are the Republican administrations of Grant, Harding, Nixon and Reagan.
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:34 PM
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1. Naw
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM by hyphenate
I would venture the very long, excruciating * admin. But I know there have been far worst, far more often than I would like. And not all of them have been pukes.

Here's an article which gives you some more history:

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/051023dean.shtml
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM
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The Bush administration CAME FROM the Reagan administration.
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM by merwin
Check out the major Bush player's history.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 07:28 AM
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15. raygun, bush1 and bushco* are all fruit of the same tree...
these aren't separate (mis)administrations, but new incarnations of the "public management" wing of a thriving international mega concern. Yes Virginia, there really is a military/industrial complex and it has joined hands with big petroleum. One of its front names is carlyle and is bankrolled by the al sauds and the texas white-boy, petroleum mafia. bushco* is the culmination of years of work and planning.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:35 PM
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2. no
there have been worse
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM
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3. I think most of the corruption part was being handled by Poppy Bush
and his dirty operations.

Reagan was wrong for giving Poppy free rein on the Mideast, oil policy, amd South America.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM
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4. There have been worse and some have
been Democrats.
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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:42 PM
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10. Andrew Jackson
He was the first President to use the "spoils system" where he gave jobs away through patronage?
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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM
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5. Morally so, before *. (not knowing my American history)
nt.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM
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6. As A General Rule Of Thumb, Ma'am
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM by The Magistrate
The most recent Republican administration is the most corrupt in the nation's history. There were one or two occassions since President Lincoln when that has not been true, but it is accurate enough for government work, as the saying goes. The classic corrupt administrations, Grant, Hayes, Harding, all were Republican, and the recent ones have quite put these in the shade....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"
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marbuc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM
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7. I can only speak to recent history, but the Bush WH has to be the worst
Considering this administration has some of the worst offenders from the Nixon and Reagan Admininistrations, I would say its a slam dunk.
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MN ChimpH8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM
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8. Bad but not the worst
Grant and Harding were probably more corrupt than Raygun. Chimpy will be the standard of comparison for the foreseeable future.
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Ignacio Upton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:37 PM
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9. There have been even worse administrations
Ulysees S. Grant and Warren Harding to name a few.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:47 PM
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11. I think when that list is revised
This Administration will be in 1st place.
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Neocondriac Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 05:53 PM
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12. by a landslide.....
really more like a dirty mudslide.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 06:09 PM
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13. Yes.
If indictments count.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:09 AM
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14. not at all . . . that particular distinction goes to . . .
the current administration . . . it's happening as we sit here mulling over the vast reservoir of knowledge and information that DU has become . . .
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