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Facing ethics charges, Rep. Waters points finger at Bush administration

1:35 PM 08/14/2010
Paul Conner (admin)

Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds — including one tied to her husband — because the Treasury Department wouldn’t schedule its own appointments.

The California Democrat said in a Capitol Hill news conference — an event rarely held during a congressional recess — that she reached out to then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson in late 2008 when his department failed to respond to the National Bank Association’s request for a meeting.

“The question at this point should not be why I called Secretary Paulson, but why I had to,” she said. “The question at this point should be why a trade association representing over 100 minority banks could not get a meeting at the height of the crisis.”

Full story: FOXNews.com – Facing Ethics Charges, Rep. Waters Points Finger at Bush Administration

Tags: Bailout, Bush Administration, Department of the Treasury, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Ethics, Henry Paulson, Maxine Waters, US Federal Reserve
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  • Major_Skidmark

    Heheheheh SOCIALIST Waters had been caught “RED” handed….. LOL

  • libertyatstake

    How is the ‘Blame Bush’ strategy working out for Barry, Maxine?

    http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
    “Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”

  • pepito

    When is this broad going to jail? Why is is so difficult to convict these shysters and charlatans in Congress? Where the hell is the Justice Department? Oh, I forgot, Eric ‘The Doofus” Holder is in charge. Never mind.

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  • AuntieMadder

    This, too, is Bush’s fault? LMAO!!!

    • truebearing

      Maybe Bush snuck into the Black Caucus, disguised as a black man, and talked her into the scam. He has amazing powers!

  • sunnyr

    Stupid, stupid woman! This is her mentality: blame someone else or pull the RACE CARD! Ugh!! She is as corrupt as they come but the morons in her district will keep sending this crudball back to Congress so she can rip off even more of taxpayer’s dollars.

  • centennial

    First looking at the picture,looks like her nose is growing. Could it be she’s not telling the truth?

  • author

    Hey you frog eyed old bat—It’s your fault that you got caught. Fess up to the crime and resign. YOu’re nothing but a lying N—– anyhow.

  • junkmaninohio

    Typical leftist race baiting corrupt politician who, when caught, screams bloody murder when the facts show complicity in the crime. What do you expect from the left? It won’t be long before Alvin Green, indicted for showing porn to a student, will soon start screaming racisim and blaming Bush just like this poor excuse of a human being. Rangle has already used the racist card but I’m waiting for him to blame Bush soon. Typical ain’t it?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Deron-Reid/1029130975 Deron Reid

    Of course it’s bush’s fault! Everything is Bush’s Fault!!!!! Why is everything Bush’s Fault? When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Gee wiz, you would think the dems could come up with at least one original idea. apperantly not. Blaming Bush for her issues is as toddler an excuse i have ever read.

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