sunlightlabs.com — Everyone joined in to investigate 438 members of Congress, and tentatively found 19 spouses who were paid by a member's campaign committee-totaling some $637,424 since January 1, 2005. These members of Congress are giving our tax dollars to their wives. An interesting experiment in networked journalism.
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phluxOct 19, 2006
While not directly related to the subject of this story - I think that if we spent some serious effort we would see the real issues here.I am not trying to polish my tin foil hat - this is all documented in several books - google "presidential cousins" and "presidential bloodlines"There is a lot more to this that has *long* been hidden from the public eye. I have been writing for several years about the familial ties in the government. This list below is what I pulled from some official Bush family trees that had been posted online.Here is a list of the cousins of George W. Bush - based on one version ofhis family tree, posted by some distant relative of his.What is interesteing to note - are the presidents who were cousins oftheir vice presidents, includeing;Bush/CheneyBush/QualeFord/Rockefelleretc.. as you can see below.Presidential cousins in the Bush TreeMILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874), US PresidentFRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869), US PresidentABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865), US President - VP = HANNIBAL HAMLIN (distant cousin)ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (1822-1885), US PresidentRUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES (1822-1893), US PresidentJAMES ABRAM GARFIELD (1821-1881), US PresidentStephen GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908), US PresidentTHEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919), US PresidentWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930), US President - VP = JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN (distant cousin)Thomas WOODROW WILSON (1856-1924), US PresidentJohn CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933), US President - VP = CHARLES GATES DAWES (distant cousin)HERBERT CLARK HOOVER (1874-1964), US PresidentFRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), US President - VP = HENRY AGARD WALLACE (distant cousin)RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON (1913-1994), US PresidentGERALD RUDOLPH FORD (b. 1913), US President - VP = NELSON ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER (distant cousin)41 GEORGE H W BUSH (b. 1924), 41st U.S. President - VP = JAMES DANFORTH QUAYLE (distant cousin)Vice PresidentsHENRY AGARD WALLACE (1888-1965), US Vice PresidentJAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN (1855-1912), US Vice PresidentNELSON ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER (1908-1979), US Vice PresidentHANNIBAL HAMLIN (1809-1891), US Vice-PresidentJAMES DANFORTH QUAYLE (b. 1947), US Vice-PresidentRICHARD BRUCE CHENEY (b. 1941), US Vice-PresidentGARRET AUGUSTUS HOBART (1844-1899), US Vice PresidentCHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS (1852-1918), US Vice PresidentCHARLES GATES DAWES (1865-1951), US Vice PresidentSenatorial relativesPrescott Sheldon BushDAVID DAVIS (1815-1886), US SenatorHAMILTON FISH (1808-1893), US Senator, governor of New YorkJOHN RANDOLPH (1773-1833), US SenatorHARRY FLOOD BYRD (1887-1966), US Senator, Governor of VirginiaHAMILTON FISH KEAN (1862-1941), US SenatorJOHN KEAN (1852-1914), US SenatorORRIN GRANT HATCH (b. 1934), US SenatorROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (1889-1953), US Senator (tafts son)ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT (1917-1993), US Senator (tafts grandson)CLAIBORNE de BORDA PELL (b. 1918), US SenatorWILLIAM GIBBS McADOO (1863-1941), US senator, secretary of thetreasuryISRAEL WASHBURN (1813-1883), governor of MaineWILLIAM DREW WASHBURN (1831-1912), US SenatorWAYNE LYMAN MORSE (1900-1974), US SenatorJOHN PENDLETON KING (1799-1888), U.S. Senator (apparently not bloodrelated)STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS (1813-1861), senatorWILLIAM PAINE SHEFFIELD (1820-1907), US SenatorMALCOLM WALLOP (b. 1933), US SenatorADLAI EWING STEVENSON III (b. 1930), US SenatorJOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER IV (b. 1937), US SenatorJOHN GOODWIN TOWER (1925-1991), US SenatorJOHN SHERMAN (1823-1900), US SenatorJOHN FORBES KERRY (b. 1943), US Senator (wannabe president)Not to mention good `ol "Jeb" BushPresidential cousins in the Cheney TreeJOHN ADAMS (1735-1826), US PresidentJOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848), US PresidentMILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874), US PresidentFRANKLIN PIERCE (1804-1869), US PresidentWILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (1857-1930), US PresidentJohn CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933), US PresidentFRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945), US PresidentHARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972), U.S. PresidentGEORGE H W BUSH (b. 1924), U.S. PresidentGEORGE WALKER BUSH (b. 1946), US President
noreturnOct 19, 2006
I like how the site links to the actual information and doesn't force you to rely solely on their word and a little check mark that tells you the figure is verified.
bioshockerOct 19, 2006
I don't understand the huge "OMG" about this. If they're genuinely doing a job for their husbands/wives in Congress, why shouldn't they be paid for it? I don't think this proves 19 Congress members have done anything improper.I think these people are going to be hired through nepotism whatever happens. If you're hiring someone to work on your campaign, they're always going to be someone you already know pretty well and trust closely.
ichbinladenOct 19, 2006
Something useful you say? Something like, government waste?
phluxOct 19, 2006
I didnt "copy" it from another source - I wrote all this through digging in the family trees of bush. You can see the original post from several years ago here: <a class="user" href="http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=4">http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=4</a>I became interested in this after I had read a few things that mentioned the US presidents all stemming from two family trees traceable back to two royal bloodlines from Europe. It was basically mentioned in passing, and I didnt think too much of it.Then in January of 2004 I was travelling in the philippines and went to this church on the tiny island of bohol. I was there with my wife (filipina) and we needed to talk to the priest at this church. He wasnt there yet so we sat at a table outside the church where this old man had fallen asleep.After a while the man awoke and was talking to us - he asked where we were from and we told him the US. And he said "I am here at this church because I am studying my family history - there are some records in the church I need to get. You from america - did you know that all your american presidents are related to eachother?"To hear this in such a far off place I thought I would look into it more. I found several family trees of the Bush family and went through them. What I havent dont is cross reference the trees of al lthe current members of congress and the administration...But as I get better at Python - its on my agenda...