More Rove fingerprints on attorney purge?
Newsweek: “Justice officials say the dismissals were for ‘job-performance reasons,’ as well as for failure to pursue Bush administration policy priorities. But where did the list of particular U.S. attorneys to fire come from? Two senior Justice officials, who didn’t want to be named discussing the dismissals, tell NEWSWEEK that Kyle Sampson, Gonzales’s chief of staff, developed the list of eight prosecutors to be fired last October — with input from the White House. In a recent statement, the White House said it approved the firings, but didn’t sign off on specific names.”
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-GSD
March 11th, 2007 at 1:33 pmFurthermore evidence shows that rove throw a bag of puppies into the Grand Canyon … oh, wait, that was cheney …
gee, I shocked, SHOCKED! I tell you to find out that rove was involved in political skulduggery!
It would be news if we found out these thugs did something honorable.
March 11th, 2007 at 1:34 pm#2 Com-n-sense
Not likely to happen since the only honorable thing left for them to do would be to resign.
March 11th, 2007 at 1:39 pmit’s funny… just when karl’s profile starts to fade, he comes bursting back on the scene… i’m waiting for the day when someone drives a stake through his black heart…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
March 11th, 2007 at 1:41 pmI have an old pair of waffle stomper’s in my closet that I would like to use.. My size 8 would leave a very nice print all over this evil piece of shit…..Blessings all…
March 11th, 2007 at 1:44 pmsharon - when in “style”, i wore what were called “shit stompers”…
March 11th, 2007 at 1:50 pmprobably the same thing as you refer…
so, i have to say, for your purposes, maybe “shit stompers” fits better…
they do leave that tell-tale waffle mark… funny…
As long as these guys Rove, Gonzales, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush can lay blame on the lackeys below them, nothing will change. They have not nor will they EVER take responsibility for any nerfarious dealings. Libby is living proof of this.
March 11th, 2007 at 1:57 pmZooey; antiwar rally in Moscow ID on 17 March @1300 Friendship Sq. http://palousepeace.org. Thought you might like to know. I’ll be in DC for the march on the Pentagon that day. : D
March 11th, 2007 at 2:00 pmI have an old pair of waffle stomper’s in my closet that I would like to use.. My size 8 would leave a very nice print all over this evil piece of shit…..Blessings all…
Comment by Sharon — March 11, 2007
Stomp on a waffle or two.
-GSD
March 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pmMan admits to Walter Reed kickback scheme
This is why some areas in our society should NOT be for profit. The military should be using the tax money to take care of its own. No more outsourcing to private sector.
March 11th, 2007 at 2:14 pmI am not surprised, and I expect no one here is surprised either. The question is, When will Rove be made to pay for his machinations?
March 11th, 2007 at 2:16 pm#10 GG
March 11th, 2007 at 2:21 pmThanks for the link. The news item was dated Saturday. Could that have been deliberate to keep it in low profile - surely the court decree did not come down on a Saturday.
This should be high priority news on exposing more civilian contractor fraud.
Ashen; the ONLY truly honorable thing for Rove to do now is to hang himself.
March 11th, 2007 at 2:23 pmIt was another dismal week for the Republican Party and a Bush presidency now in its last throes. The growing scandals over political motivated firings of U.S attorneys, the conviction of Scooter Libby, FBI Patriot Act law-breaking, the Walter Reed disgrace and continued chaos produced an unusually heavy crop of lies, gaffes and distortions from the usual suspects on the right:
“The GOP Quotes of the Week.”
March 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pmTP,
This is really OLD news…(by blog standards)
Can’t you do better?
Like the NYT calling for Abu Gonzales removal this Sunday morning, today, you know??
WTF??
Update: Thanks for the Schumer post, but, why are you ignoring the NYT??
March 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pmIf the White House (i.e., Karl Rove in this case) helped develop and then approved the list of prosecutors to be fired in October 2006, then this would have occurred while Karl Rove was still convinced that his party would win the election and retain both houses of Congress.
Karl Rove had done ‘the math’. He was sure there wouldn’t be a Democratic Congress issuing subpoenas.
Oops!
March 11th, 2007 at 3:10 pmThis man should be in prison.
March 11th, 2007 at 3:43 pmI am getting more than fed up with the croyism and incompetence of the Bush Administration. Time for them to go.
March 11th, 2007 at 4:09 pmWe all know Rove is at the bottom of this. Get him on just one charge and make it stick, Congress.
March 11th, 2007 at 4:46 pmRove has cleverly maneuvered himself to a position as an employee of the executive branch of government. As such, he is immune to all prosecution from the Legislative branch, including treason. Only the Justice Department can take action against him and there are two possibilities of that happening - little and none. You can bet your sweet bippy on that pair.
March 11th, 2007 at 5:27 pmZooey; antiwar rally in Moscow ID on 17 March @1300 Friendship Sq. http://palousepeace.org. Thought you might like to know. I’ll be in DC for the march on the Pentagon that day. : D
Comment by Uncle Ho
Thank you, thank you, Uncle Ho!
March 11th, 2007 at 6:27 pmzooey; I was hoping you would catch that post. Found link about it on http://www.unitedforpeace.org. check for local events by state or zip. As the late, great Molly Ivins said, go raise hell.
March 11th, 2007 at 6:49 pmI would think a US Attorney would not be there to “enforce” or carry out policy, but to uphold the law. What am I missing?
March 11th, 2007 at 7:07 pmzooey; I was hoping you would catch that post. Found link about it on http://www.unitedforpeace.org. check for local events by state or zip. As the late, great Molly Ivins said, go raise hell.
Comment by Uncle Ho
You know it, Uncle Ho. I lost track of the peace group here when I went to work for the county — we weren’t allowed to be “political.” No wonder I didn’t last. :-D
March 11th, 2007 at 7:11 pmZooey; you are welcome. I owed you one for the agent orange thing.
March 11th, 2007 at 7:42 pmEverything has little karl’s fingerprints. If you look back over the last six years, you will see behavior consistent with his character flaws. This is a serpent who will face the music one day, and no, I don’t care to watch. He can’t be shamed, but no one will ever pay attention to his counsel again. The misery he has caused this world will be accounted for at some point in time and space…..
March 11th, 2007 at 9:09 pmZooey; you are welcome. I owed you one for the agent orange thing.
Comment by Uncle Ho
It was my pleasure, Uncle Ho.
March 11th, 2007 at 9:12 pm[…] prosecutorial purges And unauthorized, bellicose surges Have led me to think (Though I’m far from a shrink) What a […]
March 12th, 2007 at 11:36 pmWhat I really get a kick out of is Harriet Miers’ original suggestion that they get rid of all 93 USAs!! This is the same personal attorney to the President that was in charge of selecting the next supreme court nominee (following Cheney’s example back in 1999) selected HERSELF. The same Harriet Miers Bush tried to appoint to the Supreme Court to cover his sorry ass in case some day there were investigations of Bush/Cheny but that that was so incompetent that even the Repub congress couldn’t bring themselves to approve the appointment!
One can only imagine what would have happened if the prez had been successful in appointing the most crazed Bush sycophant since Kathryn Harris.
Hopefully Gonzales will be the next one out the door after Sampson but now we hear that Sampson is still on the payroll (maybe he’s sharing an office with the “semi” retired Rumsfeld, who still has a desk).
March 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pmThis list BORE THE UNMISTAKABLE STENCH OF Karl Miss Piggy Rove’s FOETID SHIT SKID-MARKS ALL OVER IT!!!!! The FOUL MIASMA of Rove’s EVIL SULPHUROUS ODOUR is ENOUGH TO MAKE ONE’S NOSE TURN UPSIDE DOWN AND TWIST WITH ITS VILE, UNSPEAKABLE PUTREFACTION and CORRUPTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIDEOUS DEFORMED LIMA-BEAN SHAPED HEAD and GROTESQUELY UGLY FOUR-EYED FAT TROLL Karl Miss Piggy Rove–THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE FOR A FILTHY PIG LIKE Rove TO BE–IN A BAR-B-Q PIT, SLOWLY TURNING OVER A WHITE-HOT COAL FIRE AND BEING BASTED WITH SCORCHING CHILI PEPPER HOT SAUCE AS HE SCREAMS HORRIBLY, SQUEALS LIKE THE PIG HE IS, AND BEGS FOR DEATH TO RELEASE HIM FROM HIS FIERY TURNINGS!!!!! YEAH! HAH!
March 13th, 2007 at 3:54 pm