Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History.

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From: Pete Prunskunas
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:00

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Blyden Potts wrote:
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> In the spirit of the election it might be fun to have people offer "votes" on who
> they believe were the five sleaziest Presidents in U.S. history.  Please provide the
> names of your candidates, a ranked order, and brief reasons they should be considered.
> If you like, we can also recognize a distinction between being personally sleazy and
> having a corrupt or sleazy administration.  Reply with your vote.


1) Clinton - He is personally corrupt.
           - His administration illegally kept thousands of FBI files.
             This alone is grounds for impeachment.
           - Uses police officers as props when he announces his version
             of crime legislation.  The officers are told to be there
             and are paid for it as well, spending tax revenues on
             political matters.
           - 20 or so of his people have been arrested and/or convicted.
             I believe this is a record.  Because of this, Clinton is
             either the most incompetent or most corrupt president (or
             both) in history.

2) Nixon   - What can I say?  BTW, Nixon held only a comparative few
             FBI files (compared to Clinton).  IMHO, the reason Nixon
             resigned while Clinton hasn't is Nixon's White House tapes,
             i.e., there was lots of evidence of wrongdoing.

3) FDR     - Cheated on his wife (she and he had separate rooms for the
             majority of his administration).
           - Tried to "pack" the Supreme Court with more justices so
             that he could get his pet legislation passed.

4) LBJ     - His wife's trucking company made $ on Vietnam War supplies.

5) Hayes   - Teapot Dome scandal.  BTW, I am not sure it was Hayes who
             was in power at the time of Teapot Dome.  If it wasn't,
             then whoever was in power then is #5.





Pete

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From: Pete Prunskunas <prunskp@atlas.den.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: VOTE: Sleaziest Presidents of U.S. History.
Date: 1996/11/04
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