Comments on: Ensign ‘Flabbergasted’ Over Attorney Firing: It Was ‘Completely Mishandled By The Attorney General’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:34:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tony P http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2232993 Tony P Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:34:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2232993 Something is <strong>wierd</strong> here. He sounds like he was surprised about it...but he has know about it for over a month according to <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2007/jan/22/566627497.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a>. Or am I missing something? Am I just not understanding the timeline? Something is wierd here.

He sounds like he was surprised about it…but he has know about it for over a month according to this article.

Or am I missing something? Am I just not understanding the timeline?

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2181817 Raymond Funamoto Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:00:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2181817 EVIDENTLY, "Flabbergasted" Ensign DOES NOT KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF Bushland Uber Allies, WHERE THE MOTTO IS "ALL for ONE(CHIMPya), NONE for ALL, and EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF"!!!!! EVIDENTLY, “Flabbergasted” Ensign DOES NOT KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF Bushland Uber Allies, WHERE THE MOTTO IS “ALL for ONE(CHIMPya), NONE for ALL, and EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF”!!!!!

]]> By: Bluestocking http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2181522 Bluestocking Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:04:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2181522 <em>Bogden “was described in his last job performance evaluation in 2003 as being a ‘capable’ leader who was highly regarded by the federal judiciary and investigators. ‘He didn’t get any dings,’ said a Justice Department official with knowledge of the review. ‘The overall evaluation was very positive.’”</em> ******************************************** Am I the only one who's inclined to wonder why Bogden's last performance review was all the way back in 2003? I know things work differently in the public sector than they do in the private sector -- but that seems an awfully long time to go without a performance review. Nevertheless, even in the private sector where there's virtually no such thing as job security anymore and where performance is everything, a company doesn't typically give someone positive performance reviews and then turn around and fire them without providing some sort of explanation -- even if that person is employed "at will". Bogden “was described in his last job performance evaluation in 2003 as being a ‘capable’ leader who was highly regarded by the federal judiciary and investigators. ‘He didn’t get any dings,’ said a Justice Department official with knowledge of the review. ‘The overall evaluation was very positive.’”

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Am I the only one who’s inclined to wonder why Bogden’s last performance review was all the way back in 2003? I know things work differently in the public sector than they do in the private sector — but that seems an awfully long time to go without a performance review. Nevertheless, even in the private sector where there’s virtually no such thing as job security anymore and where performance is everything, a company doesn’t typically give someone positive performance reviews and then turn around and fire them without providing some sort of explanation — even if that person is employed “at will”.

]]> By: John M, USAF, RET http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2179370 John M, USAF, RET Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:00:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2179370 I'm at odds with myself. This is, unfortunately, one of my Senators. (While not a huge Harry Reid fan, compared to John JFK vs. RMN). I don't know whether to send him a congrats letter or wait for the other shoe to drop letter. I guess I'll wait and see. JFM USAF,RET I’m at odds with myself. This is, unfortunately, one of my Senators. (While not a huge Harry Reid fan, compared to John JFK vs. RMN). I don’t know whether to send him a congrats letter or wait for the other shoe to drop letter.

I guess I’ll wait and see.

JFM
USAF,RET

]]> By: Tobey Tall http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2178708 Tobey Tall Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:20:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2178708 <a href="http://priceofoil.org/2007/03/01/iraq-oil-law-runs-into-opposition/#more-785" rel="nofollow"><strong>Iraq Oil Law Runs into Opposition</strong></a> <strong>The next ten days or so could be critical,.,.,.,... </strong> Iraq Oil Law Runs into Opposition

The next ten days or so could be critical,.,.,.,…

]]> By: DutchHenry http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177541 DutchHenry Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:36:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177541 Call your Congress Rep or Senator and tell them to investigate why this was done and who lied about it.We are the congress folks ,it's time to get involve like we should.If Alberto lied we want him impeached & do time. Call your Congress Rep or Senator and tell them to investigate why this was done and who lied about it.We are the congress folks ,it’s time to get involve like we should.If Alberto lied we want him impeached & do time.

]]> By: rachel kinnardi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177361 rachel kinnardi Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:54:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177361 Gonzalez: "Make the President look bad will you? I`ll show you" This makes me wonder what an otherwise "obscure" Gonzalez has done in his life, (what bad thing(s), he has done to warrant attaining the coveted "prize" of AG. In BushWorld, it seems the more worse things that you have done, are equally rewarded with a position in kind. Jesus, with that logic, it makes me really wonder what Condi Rice has done in her past to warrant Sec of State. Gonzalez: “Make the President look bad will you? I`ll show you”

This makes me wonder what an otherwise “obscure” Gonzalez has done in his life, (what bad thing(s), he has done to warrant attaining the coveted “prize” of AG.

In BushWorld, it seems the more worse things that you have done, are equally rewarded with a position in kind.

Jesus, with that logic, it makes me really wonder what Condi Rice has done in her past to warrant Sec of State.

]]> By: CONservative http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177281 CONservative Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:31:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177281 <em>Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic Comment by firehead</em> Well TripMaster and ForTruth kinda stole my thunder, so I will invoke the words of Teddy Roosevelt (which I'm sure has been done plenty of times on here), "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Firehead, why do you hate America? Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic

Comment by firehead

Well TripMaster and ForTruth kinda stole my thunder, so I will invoke the words of Teddy Roosevelt (which I’m sure has been done plenty of times on here), “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

Firehead, why do you hate America?

]]> By: dlet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177274 dlet Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:29:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177274 <em>Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic Comment by firehead </em> As long as its Egyptian Arabic....that Gulf Arabic is so hard to understand. Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic
Comment by firehead

As long as its Egyptian Arabic….that Gulf Arabic is so hard to understand.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177229 ForTruth Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:17:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177229 <em>Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic Comment by firehead</em> Nice one firehead, that was perfect. Just because we are at war, all criticism is beyond reproach. Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic

Comment by firehead

Nice one firehead, that was perfect. Just because we are at war, all criticism is beyond reproach.

]]> By: TheToonGuy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177227 TheToonGuy Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:16:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177227 TMM, he probably meant to say <em>croissant. </em> There's supposed to be a banner announcing a sale on Croissandwiches over at the DC Burger King soon. TMM, he probably meant to say croissant. There’s supposed to be a banner announcing a sale on Croissandwiches over at the DC Burger King soon.

]]> By: gummitch http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177200 gummitch Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:09:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177200 We need better trolls. We need better trolls.

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177179 TripMaster Monkey Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:03:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177179 firehead sez: <blockquote><em>Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic</em></blockquote> fireplug, please tell us why we ought to take you seriously, when you can't even spell 'crescent' properly. (This ought to be good...) firehead sez:

Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic

fireplug, please tell us why we ought to take you seriously, when you can’t even spell ‘crescent’ properly.

(This ought to be good…)

]]> By: R http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177177 R Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:03:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177177 This Repub is cute. Is he a good cop, or a bad cop? Just wondering, in case he wants to frisk me. I'm sure Pace will give me no competition. -heh- This Repub is cute. Is he a good cop, or a bad cop? Just wondering, in case he wants to frisk me. I’m sure Pace will give me no competition.
-heh-

]]> By: firehead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177158 firehead Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:58:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177158 Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic Who cares? We are at war. There are people who want the Cresant flag flying over DC and the official language to be Arabic

]]> By: oldtree http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177154 oldtree Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:56:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177154 We do not believe you. You are a recidivist republicist liar and your speaking up now pretty much means you are deep in it and trying to get it off your shoes. How many of your ilk have conspired to obstruct DOJ investigations if they were looking at your own people? guess we are going to find out. We do not believe you. You are a recidivist republicist liar and your speaking up now pretty much means you are deep in it and trying to get it off your shoes. How many of your ilk have conspired to obstruct DOJ investigations if they were looking at your own people?
guess we are going to find out.

]]> By: PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177137 PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:52:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177137 Finally! BushCo is the "uniter" he promised to be. Finally! BushCo is the “uniter” he promised to be.

]]> By: Shane http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177130 Shane Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:50:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177130 This can't be real. I must be dreaming. A Republican speaking out against the Administration. Oh that's CNN. For a minute I thought it was Fox News. Nevermind. This can’t be real. I must be dreaming. A Republican speaking out against the Administration. Oh that’s CNN. For a minute I thought it was Fox News. Nevermind.

]]> By: dlet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177113 dlet Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:45:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177113 <em>I was flabbergasted when I first heard this. I cannot tell you — I’m not a person who raises his voice very often.</em> ....because I am a Republican and my head has been up my a** for the past 12 years. I can't believe that this stuff has been going on. Who has been in charge? Oh..... I was flabbergasted when I first heard this. I cannot tell you — I’m not a person who raises his voice very often.

….because I am a Republican and my head has been up my a** for the past 12 years. I can’t believe that this stuff has been going on. Who has been in charge? Oh…..

]]> By: Raven http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-2177110 Raven Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:45:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/ensign-flabbergasted-over-attorney-firing-it-was-completely-mishandled-by-the-attorney-general/#comment-2177110 All righty then, move on past the flab-ber and the gas-t and let's hear a loud, unanimous and resounding call of RESIGNATION NOW! All righty then, move on past the flab-ber and the gas-t and let’s hear a loud, unanimous and resounding call of RESIGNATION NOW!

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