“Important Bush Administration officials
By on Dec 6th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
“Important Bush Administration officials
are ready to leave the government rather than undergo two years of hell from Democratic committee chairmen in Congress. Leading the exodus are officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fearing investigation by two chairmen, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and John Dingell (D-MI),” according to the Evans-Novak Political Report.
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what makes them think leaving is going to be any better for them?
December 6th, 2006 at 4:54 pmYou can still be investigated after you leave office and it will still be covered, by the blogs anyways. I am sure there will be a missing white girl or Britney will show off her underwear again.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:02 pmTypical coping tactic. Run away, just run away…
December 6th, 2006 at 5:04 pmCan these two start with Inhofe?
December 6th, 2006 at 5:04 pmDoes this include Bush and Cheney?
December 6th, 2006 at 5:09 pmIs this what you call, “Cut and Run”? It would be too much to ask for them to take any responsibility for their actions.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:11 pmCowards may cut and run, but Republican Bureaucrats always do.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:12 pmCan you spell “sinking ship?”
December 6th, 2006 at 5:12 pmUnsurprisingly, the rats are beginning to abandon ship.
They rather resign than face scrutiny and be held accountable.
When it comes cutting help for the poor, conservatives call it a “personal responsibility” issue. But when it comes to undergoing scrutiny, they avoid it by calling it “playing politics”.
And life goes on in the party of personal responsibility and moral values.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:13 pmRats leaving the sinking Chimp.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:14 pmChickens…..
December 6th, 2006 at 5:15 pmIt started with Gail Norton.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:38 pmThe media and Democrats have gone out of their way to define Iraq as a failure. Fact is we won in the battle with Iraq. Now we are fighting a war on terror.
“Mission Accomplished”
What we have here right now is a humanitarian effort for the benefit of the Iraqi people. The fact is being hidden that the other oil producing countries are strategically opposed to Iraqi competition on the oil market as a democracy. You have to look at motive them simply consider that a democratic Iraq is a threat to the current status quo. And don’t give this bologna about Iran being a democracy either.
Once you have established that simple fact it becomes obvious considering that Iran and Syria are assisting the Mahidi army that they are indeed on the side of evil.
The problem is the Democrats have been given total freedom to play armchair quarter back with impunity by the media. They are the spoilers in the War against Terrorism” once again look at who benefits and you have motive. The problem is with this strategy we all loose. I disagree with Bush caving in to their game in hopes that he will gain an ally in the war instead they will only take the knife that they have imbedded into Bush’s back and twist and slash for better effect.
The only way to level the playing field is if the media properly informs the public a properly informed public will do the right thing. This idea of posturing for a Vietnam scenario in order to wreak the benefit of preaching a false story of failure instead of the real story of betrayal does no one any good.
Consider this if we only went after Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Our troops get hit with WMD’s Shall I remind you of the 50 or so quotes by high level Democrats touting the thread that Saddam poses to National security? These going back into the 90’s? If it had happened we would sure be hearing about how Bush screwed up by not covering our flank side and addressing the Iraq problem.
When the world can see that Iraq is a problem that deserves to be looked at as a humanitarian issue and sees the true picture of what the problem is. Instead of a Bush vs. the world and the Democrats on the side of the world issue as it has been framed. There never will be a good ending to this story.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:45 pmINVESTIGATE
IMPEACH
INCARCERATE
IMPOUND
…”by any means neccessary”
December 6th, 2006 at 5:50 pmAfter six long years of NO congressional oversight, the rats are abandoning ship. I hope we see more detail on this story, so we’ll know which ones (initially) are leaving. Since senior administration officials in EPA (and all other federal agencies) have been drawn from the the very industries they are responsible for regulating, hopefully we are beginning to see the end of the attack on the environment from this administration.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:51 pmwhat makes them think leaving is going to be any better for them?
Comment by Ugh — December 6, 2006 @ 4:54 pm
I guess resigning prior to disgrace is better than resigning in disgrace.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:52 pmComment by Joeslogic — December 6, 2006 @ 5:45 pm
And your post is in reference to the topic of discussion how?
December 6th, 2006 at 5:53 pmdamn cut and runners.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:56 pmAttention:
December 6th, 2006 at 5:58 pmImportant Bush Administration officials
Do not, repeat, do not
Let The Door Hit yer ass on the way out.
This reminds me of the story of the two big game hunters in Africa. While they are on their hunt they encounter a lion and, being a little tipsy from hanging out with Dick Cheney, they fire away at the lion emptying out the magazines in their rifles. After the powder smoke clears they see that they both missed the lion and now it is charging directly towards them. The hunters look at each other in a bit of a panic now realizing that they are out of ammunition and that their vehicle is a few hundred yards away.
Hunter A: We’ve gotta make a run for it. Start running for the jeep!
Hunter B: Are you an idiot? We can’t outrun the lion.
Hunter A: Don’t have to outrun the lion. I just have to outrun you.
Expect the “smart” criminals to be the first to run, and run very fast.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:59 pmTheir leaving because of the investigations and their names will come up for possible criminal acts. With all the money this group has stolen they would leave if the money was still flowing.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:00 pmThese guys are leaving because of the up coming criminal investigations. They would stay if the GOP were continuing to steal money but now with no money flow and possible charges they are leaving like rats.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:03 pmG. Dubious better hire another secretary just to start compiling his pardon list….
December 6th, 2006 at 6:26 pmRepublicans have been in control of all three branches of government and control a large segment of the mainstream media which acted as a cheerleader going into the Iraq war. And, yet, Joe wants us all to know that Democrats are responsible for the mess we’re in today. And besides, we WON the war anyway.
Joe, there’s a special extra-long sleeved jacket waiting for you with pretty buckles to go along with a reservation for a padded room with your name on it. You can sit there and dream up any world you like.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:26 pm#16 Big Papa
I would like to reduce your four step to three since there has been enough investigation, albeit with attempted coverup, and there isn’t really anything left to impound from those to be impeached lets us try IMPEACH, INCARCERATE, CELEBRATE. Then send the bill to OPEC (Oil, Pharmeceutical, Energy Corporations).
December 6th, 2006 at 6:26 pmScurvy-ridden rats…..
Yep. I love it.
December 6th, 2006 at 6:35 pmTheir leaving will make it even easier to zero in on those requiring the investigations of which we may currently be missing.
And although its irrelevant to the thread:
instead they will only take the knife that they have imbedded into Bush’s back and twist and slash for better effect.
It is important to note that the only knife in anyone’s back in this whole situation is the one America has to remove from Bush’s still-bloody hand.
“The only way to level the playing field is if the media properly informs the public a properly informed public will do the right thing. ”
You mean like discussing how the oil companies were discussing how to break up the Iraqi oil fields only weeks after the Administration took office?
“The problem is the Democrats have been given total freedom to play armchair quarter back with impunity by the media. ”
How is that a problem? This is Bush’s war. He is the self-proclaimed “War President”.
“When the world can see that Iraq is a problem that deserves to be looked at as a humanitarian issue and sees the true picture of what the problem is. Instead of a Bush vs. the world and the Democrats on the side of the world issue as it has been framed. There never will be a good ending to this story. ”
I coudln’t agree with you more which is exactly why Bush needs to resign. How many more lives must be lost soley for his pride?
December 6th, 2006 at 6:40 pm“He’s making a list, checking it twice…
December 6th, 2006 at 6:52 pmGonna find out who’s naughty or nice…
Subpeona clause is coming,
to town………….“
Cut and run cowards! Good riddance to them.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:05 pmWhy’s everyone always pickin’ on me. Can I help it that I was born with silverspoon in my mouth. It made it difficult to speak at Yale and that’s why I averaged a ‘C’; that’s also why my cheerleading sounded like a sheep in heat. (not that I would really know anythng about that sort of thing) And heh, I know danger; you try cheering with a spoon in your mouth. I ran for governor because my oil business went belly-up, and the baseball team failure was the ballplayers’ fault. They did a heckuva job though. Besides I thought Ann Richards was just too smart for a woman. Of course governers in Texas have as much to do as a mayor in Plainsville or Laredo or so I was advised. The LT Governor is really the guy who has to read alot and works hard hours; that’s not for me. As president I would have more authority and lots of smart people around me to help say the right thing and don’t have to read, but I did read of State of Denial, that’s near Maryland isn’t it? Anyway, I was told all I had to do is just say things like “heckuva job”.
Don’t blame Iraq on me. That was all those smart people telling me what to do. But, now I found out that I let go all the real smart ones. I’m just left with the smartasses who my country into this; ones who tell me things I like to hear. So don’t blame me. If my father had not gone into Iraq. I wouldn’t felt like had to go one better and beat the snotcrap out of ‘em. Just think all those 3000 soldiers killed and then 600,000 civilians. But heh they all did a heckuva job. Wish I could tell them…but Henry Waxman is after my keester and so I’m gonna cut and run. Sorta like all my life.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:47 pmGWB- Oh, Hi Dad. Call me sometime in…..Bermuda or wherever there is no extradition treaty. I’ll phone, I got some of those throw away cell phones.
I guess they beliee that if they are not easy targets in D.C., they can escape the harsh spotlights. They know our sorry-assed media as well as we do.
December 6th, 2006 at 7:50 pmBingo, we have a winner. Why was the Iraq war DESIGNED to be a disaster and DESIGNED to completely decimate Iraq? Why are/were there threats to Iran? It drove oil prices through the roof and took Iraqi oil off the market. This leaves a huge hole to be filled by countries like Saudi Arabia. Our best buds, the Saudi Royal Family (at least the best wahabist/jihadist buds that we have). Who makes boatloads of money by dealing with the Saudis? Lots of people, including our buds at the Carlyle Group.
The sooner we get out of Iraq, the sooner Iraq can become stable enough to start pumping oil, the sooner the price of oil goes down and the sooner the Saudis and the Bush’s (and others of course) stop raking it all in.
Think about it people, you know all of this to be true. Then start rethinking other events that led up to all this.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:18 pmThe question is, will they go to a country from which they cannot be extradited?
December 6th, 2006 at 9:20 pmOh, gosh! - was it me who called them pussies and cowards!? - YES! it was me, and I was about as correct as you can get. Dubbie himself would be doing the same thing, if he thought he could get away with it.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:22 pmJoeslogic = Incredibly faulty logic.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:23 pmHey Leftcoast, don’t you mean “a spoon in my nose”?
December 6th, 2006 at 9:33 pmSo long asswipes.
We’ll still get a local sheriff to drop off the supbeonas.
See you in a hearing room on capital hill next year.
-GSD
December 7th, 2006 at 12:17 amGee - Aren’t they proud of the job they did? Guess not if they won’t stay and defend themselves.
December 7th, 2006 at 12:18 amHope the Democrats in Congress are posting guards at the office and building doors and forbidding shredders inside.
Love #31.
Gee, if all these people leave W might have to make a decision all by his lonesome. Look out if he does. Couldn’t hurt actually, since no one knows or can understand what he is saying anyway.
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December 7th, 2006 at 6:59 pmWhat a bunch of idiots! Leaving a position makes no difference on weather they can be investigated or charged. Is this really just a forum of simple minded public educated 12 year olds?
January 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm