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...after repeated clashes with the First Lady over schedules, longtime Reagan aide Michael Deaver told the chief of staff about the astrologer and advised Regan to "humor" the First Lady, he said...
...ethics in government, Dukakis would be wise to follow Carter's lead. Carter's one ethical liability, Bert Lance, was never convicted of any crime. This administration certainly outdid his record with its influence-peddling officials, ideologues-gone-astray, and just plain crooks--from Michael Deaver, Lyn Nofziger, and Edwin Meese to Oliver North, John Poindexter, and William Casey to Anne Gorsuch, Rita Lavelle, and Raymond Donovan. Carter got Lance to resign, even after he was found innocent, while Reagan ignored rampant corruption...
...attempted to slash education spending. He can talk about compassion, but most voters will remember who was slashing food stamp programs during the 1981 - 1983 recession. The Vice President can promise to bring integrity back to Washington, but he can't hide the fact that he stood behind Meese, Deaver, Nofziger, McFarlane, North, and Reagan's other crooked croneys...
...hoped Reagan would cut out the graft and corruption on Capitol Hill. But Reagan's buddies--Lyn Nofziger, Michael Deaver, Edwin Meese, and a couple dozen others--have been less than ethical. She wanted honesty in government--instead she got the Iran-contra scandal. She wanted a hands-on president--instead she got one who slept through Cabinet meetings and delegated decision-making to junior staff members...
Nofziger dismissed his crime as being "kind of like running a stop sign." However, it carries a possible prison sentence of six years. Ironically, another independent counsel, Whitney North Seymour, had viewed the Ethics Act as "riddled with loopholes." Instead of using it against Michael Deaver, another Reagan aide turned lobbyist, Seymour successfully prosecuted him in December for lying about his lobbying...