GEORGE, LAURA, and CONDI?
Another Washington Media Coverup?
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MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 20 June: Who knows what to believe anymore about what's going on at the heart of the American Empire in this imperial capital.
This is not our usual thing, that's for sure.
But the 'mainstream media' has so discredited itself in recent
years by missing, ommitting, and wrongly spinning so many critical
stories that the Washington rumors about this one can't just be
dismissed and poohooyed totally.
Indeed as Washington muckracker Wayne
Madsen, formerly of the National Security Agency (NSA) points out in
his
pointed missives the front-page story this week in the supermarket
tabloid Globe is reminiscent of past Washington scandals by people at the top that didn't first come out on the evening news or in the NYTimes/Wash Post, but rather in such places as the Globe.
So, as we said, we don't know what's true in this case,
it's not our usual beat that's for sure. But with the cover article in
the Globe we are bringing this matter to your attention for the potential ramifications in all kinds of ways are startling.
June 19, 2006: American Media, which owns the tabloids
National Enquirer, The Star, and The Globe, and which scooped the
mainstream media on Gary Hart's affair with Donna Rice on "Monkey Business II";
Bill Clinton's affair with Gennifer Flowers and salacious details about his
relationship with Monica Lewinsky; and Jesse Jackson's illegitimate child has
published details of the George W. Bush-Condoleezza Rice relationship and his
problems with First Lady Laura Bush in the current, June 26, 2006 issue of
The Globe. WMR is quoted in the story.
June 3, 2006 -- WMR can report that a Mayflower Hotel
staffer has confirmed that First Lady Laura Bush spent at least one night this
past week at the hotel, which is four blocks north of the White House. Mrs. Bush
reportedly moved out of the White House after a confrontation with President
Bush over his on-going affair with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The
Mayflower's official position on the story is that they can "neither confirm nor
deny" the identities of their guests. Because it's penchant for security and
secrecy is well known to the Secret Service, the Mayflower has become a reliable
hotel for U.S. and international VIPs.
Some Washington observers believe that the recent flare up
between Laura Bush and the president stems from the fact that her poll numbers
are twice as favorable as her husband's (60 percent to 29 percent). Laura Bush's
recent solo missions to New Orleans, Colorado, and an AIDS conference at the
United Nations represent a virtual declaration of independence from the most
unpopular president in U.S. history. "She's [Laura's] taking a page right out of
Hillary's book," said one Washington pundit. Rice, on the other hand, has been
very close and loyal to Bush since she signed on as his chief foreign policy
adviser in 2000. WMR has been told of intimate encounters between Mr. Bush and
Rice on trips to New York City (multiple occasions) and New Orleans following
Katrina.
Mayflower officially mum on recent VIP guest and her Secret
Service detail.
WMR has received numerous email from the typical right-wing
political direct marketing operations with the same talking point: how dare we
violate the privacy of the President and First Lady in time of war. To refresh
the memory of the right, we offer this one peek into recent history:
Feb. 18, 1998 (CNN) -- . . . Clinton also faces a divided
public. In the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, 54 percent of people surveyed
said they would prefer to see the Iraqi crisis resolved by diplomatic pressure
and economic sanctions. Maybe more importantly, though, the poll indicated a
significant drop since early February in support for military strikes against
Iraq, from 50 percent to 41 percent. At the same time, by about a 2-1 margin,
people say if the U.S. does attack, its goal should be remove Hussein, not just
to reduce Iraq's capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and threaten
its neighbors.
And Clinton has another problem, and her name is Monica Lewinsky. In this public
test of wills with Hussein, Clinton has tried to stake out the moral high
ground. He has talked about "the chance to do the right thing for our children
and grandchildren." But some of his political opponents think Clinton cannot
claim the moral high ground, not now, not after the past month's lurid tales. As
restrained as Republicans have been in discussing the Lewinsky controversy,
there are signs that approach is ending.
In the GOP view of morality, Republican Presidents are entitled
to more privacy than Democratic Presidents.
In another bit of GOP hypocrisy, on Monday, President Bush will
hold a VIP ceremony at the White House to back a bill enshrining a
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The name of the legislation: The
Sanctity of Marriage Act. WMR hopes the mainstream TV media will focus on Laura
Bush's facial reaction when Mr. Bush proclaims his support for The Sanctity of
Marriage Act, i.e., if Mrs. Bush is even present for the event.
