What SCUM the Bush administration is.....
But, we all know that!!!!!!!

Bush is scum because he is buttering up his rich "friends" that gave him and his party a lot of money?? Keep your head in the clouds, Joe. I'll be down here in reality where he who has the most money can afford to run.

The article says: "Campaign finance watchdogs say the Bush administration has taken a page from the Clinton White House." Anyone who copies Clinton is SCUM.

Nothing different than the Dems did when Bill Clinton was there. Did anyone get invited to stay in the Lincoln's bedroom?

But it was OK for Clinton and the dems.....what hypocrits.......But, we all know that!!!!!!!

Bwaaaaaaaa, someone got snubbed from the dinner.

wonder if they did not have money how many of those people would got invited why does he not invite everyday people

The president rewarded his campaign contributors with a fancy dinner at the White House. That's ABCNews' shocking expose - man has buddies over for dinner. Get a grip!

At least he didn't sell the Lincoln bedroom a la Clinton

Ah yes! Invite the major donors of the repub party to the White House for a social dinner and let the tax payers pay for it. I want my money back.

Why is anyone surprised? This has been going on since he took the White House & he did very honestly say in a speech that the wealthy are his base. Reagan & Bush#1 did it also, but they didn't have an army of Rethuglicans looking over their shoulder so it wasn't as much of an issue.

Love the hypocrisy of the republicans. They were all over Clinton but defend Bush for the same thing. I guess something is only wrong if a Democrat does it. Republicans truly have no values.

I would rather see the white house used as a high class resturant than a Clinton Brothel with "Rev" Jackson providing spiritual love child making lessons to Bill and Hillary.

Let's see, here. Lame duck incumbent. No VP hoping to replace him. Time indeed to acknowledge the people who put Mr. Bush where he is.

I call that gratitude.

I couldn't care less who wines and dines or sleeps in the White House but where is the right wing who should be crying foul now? If it was out of line to sell the Lincoln bedroom then this is no different. Any of you going to step up and say GWB is playing politics with "your" house?

at least it was only dinner--like other blogs before me. It wasnt the Lincoln bedroom for the night. Doesn't spending the night also get you breakfast? Dems 2-- reb. 1

Yes, this has gone on w/ both Repubs and Dems...but what is mind boggling to me is that people are still donating $ to such a disliked, both nationally, and internationally, republican white house. Are you brian washed for life? Will you follow the republican party off the plank just because you are a registered republican. We are more polarized than ever b/c the American people arem more stubborn than ever.

Clinton sold night stays in the Lincoln Bedroom and white house dinners for tens of thousands of dollars that went directly to the DNC. you all seem to forget that.

HEY! All you people b'in about the rich guests...look at the list! Quite a number of Dems, small-town politicos, and certainly a number of not-so-rich. I have always been a proponent of the White House inviting "regular" people to ALL White House functions, the people that donated $10, $50, etc.

The article states: "Stapleton's predecessor as U.S. ambassador to France, Howard Leach, a former finance chair for the Republican National Committee, has contributed more than $900,000 to the Republican party and campaigns since 1993."

Q: Where do these "privileged few" (especially the 'pay-us-in-cash and buy-a-diplomatic-title' mavens) get this extra ca$h to donate, on a government worker's salary?

I wish I had $900K just lying around to scoop up and donate... except that it would be donated to cancer research, Parkinson's research, Alzheimer's research, battered women's shelters, Ronald McDonald houses, animal rescue leagues, et al.

...just One Man's Opinion

Like this is something new; just more Bush bashing.

This is the most idiotic article I have ever read! Yes a President will have dinner for heads of states and his supporters. The fact that France now doesn't hate the US should have been great positive news. But NO the liberal media had to have a bash Bush spin on it. Are you kidding me? At least W didn't have sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom, sell secrets to the Chinese or turn the oval office into the oral office.

I think the Clinton's gave out towels when someone slept in the Lincoln Room. Or did Bill say just keep the sheets?

This list of Rangers, or whatever they call themselves, is a who's who list of corporate welfare recipients. If we had a Justice Department, thesy ought to be, at minimum, investigated.

I am from Houston Texas and a friend of the Bushes and when they portrait of George W Bush as a scum and a villain. I asked the people if he was so bad why you elected him in the first place, why are not massive demostrations, we are all in this big boat that is the United of Stated of America, the George W. Bush that I know had been in neighborg here in Texas for more than 50 years, he is kind, honest, he loves to drive trucks like me and he can speak spanish with me, I know he got a team of qualified people around him that had made all those descisions, I am sure he is not in charge of fundraiser well I am not full blooded Republican nor a Democratic, if we do not have so much divisions in our country and we unified us instead of divide us ourselves by political parties, gender, religion, race, sexual orientations and national origen, if we use our right to vote and not complaining about a leader but never voting, I only can tell you that the George W. Bush that I know is not a perfect man, but he is always there lending a hand, I asked him when he was young if he wanted to be president and he said "No" actually he wanted to be the owner of a baseball National Team so I know if he is president now, he is in that position because he saw that he could help America to be the best country in the world, because I know the man is a patriot and that he made the list for the White House Galas I doubted, maybe the Republican Committe so please give our President Bush and his wife a break also to the Clintons we the people elected them so we must support them and I believe you like or not, please vote so then you can not complaint