Comments on: Gonzales: Sampson still on payroll. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » Gonzales Gave Kyle Sampson New Justice Dept. Office After His Supposed ‘Resignation’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2230003 Think Progress » Gonzales Gave Kyle Sampson New Justice Dept. Office After His Supposed ‘Resignation’ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:43:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2230003 [...] Media outlets have reported this week that Sampson, Gonzales’ ex-chief of staff, resigned over the U.S. Attorney scandal on Monday. But as ThinkProgress noted, Gonzales on Tuesday made vague remarks during his press conference indicating that Sampson was still on the department payroll. “His transition — as a technical matter, he is at the Department as he transitions out and looks for another employment.” [...] [...] Media outlets have reported this week that Sampson, Gonzales’ ex-chief of staff, resigned over the U.S. Attorney scandal on Monday. But as ThinkProgress noted, Gonzales on Tuesday made vague remarks during his press conference indicating that Sampson was still on the department payroll. “His transition — as a technical matter, he is at the Department as he transitions out and looks for another employment.” [...]

]]> By: Raymond Funamoto http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2181859 Raymond Funamoto Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:14:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2181859 AGAIN WITH THE "I accept responsibility" CRAP, Gonzales? IF YOU REALLY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY, YOU WOULD RESIGN YOUR OFFICE, BUT SINCE YOU ARE A MEMBER OF Bushland Uber Allies, YOU FEEL THAT JUST BY ADMITTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU ARE ALSO ABSOLVED OF ALL BLAME AND THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE TO RESIGN TO SHOW YOUR SINCERITY--WHAT UNMITIGATED ROT AND CLAP-TRAP!!!!! KIND OF LIKE THE KID WHO KILLS BOTH HIS PARENTS AND THEN PLEADS FOR MERCY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE'S AN ORPHAN--WAIT A MINUTE, WASN'T THAT Lyle and Erik Menendez? ARE YOU RELATED TO THESE MURDEROUS QUEER URCHINS, Gonzales? AGAIN WITH THE “I accept responsibility” CRAP, Gonzales? IF YOU REALLY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY, YOU WOULD RESIGN YOUR OFFICE, BUT SINCE YOU ARE A MEMBER OF Bushland Uber Allies, YOU FEEL THAT JUST BY ADMITTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU ARE ALSO ABSOLVED OF ALL BLAME AND THEREFORE DO NOT HAVE TO RESIGN TO SHOW YOUR SINCERITY–WHAT UNMITIGATED ROT AND CLAP-TRAP!!!!! KIND OF LIKE THE KID WHO KILLS BOTH HIS PARENTS AND THEN PLEADS FOR MERCY ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE’S AN ORPHAN–WAIT A MINUTE, WASN’T THAT Lyle and Erik Menendez? ARE YOU RELATED TO THESE MURDEROUS QUEER URCHINS, Gonzales?

]]> By: angryvietnamvet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2181232 angryvietnamvet Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:17:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2181232 Correction: the guys name is not Saxton but Sampson. A fascist by any other name is still a traitor. Correction: the guys name is not Saxton but Sampson. A fascist by any other name is still a traitor.

]]> By: angryvietnamvet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2181217 angryvietnamvet Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:15:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2181217 ANd why should we continue to pay the salary of Mr. K. Saxton who resigned from his job? What is he "transitioning to" in the private sector. Most people in the civilian sector who quit or are fired are not kept on the payroll while they look for another job. Under some circumstances they may qualify for Unemployment Compensation, which is usually a small part of their previous wage. Sounds like welfare for the rich and well connected to me. Bush welfare plan. Bastards should all be fired and then sent to Guantanamo for waterboarding rehab. (Especially this Saxton bastard who is a mormon right wing fundamentalist fascist extremist who reject the concept of church-state separation. ) ANd why should we continue to pay the salary of Mr. K. Saxton who resigned from his job? What is he “transitioning to” in the private sector. Most people in the civilian sector who quit or are fired are not kept on the payroll while they look for another job. Under some circumstances they may qualify for Unemployment Compensation, which is usually a small part of their previous wage. Sounds like welfare for the rich and well connected to me. Bush welfare plan. Bastards should all be fired and then sent to Guantanamo for waterboarding rehab. (Especially this Saxton bastard who is a mormon right wing fundamentalist fascist extremist who reject the concept of church-state separation. )

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180294 TripMaster Monkey Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:17:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180294 Marie sez: <blockquote><em>Flaco, you say it well at 106.</em></blockquote> Oh yes...<i>very</i> well...after all, obscene ASCII art is the absolute <i>zenith</i> of political discourse... </snark> Marie sez:

Flaco, you say it well at 106.

Oh yes…very well…after all, obscene ASCII art is the absolute zenith of political discourse…

</snark>

]]> By: JaneESchneider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180285 JaneESchneider Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:14:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180285 <em>Gonzales: “I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility,</em> I think that Gonzo cut-and-pasted that out of Bush's 'surge' speech. I just wish that Bush and the rest of his administration had any clue what 'accepting responsibility' actually means. Note that neither said that they are accepting the <em>consequences</em> of their actions. Gonzales: “I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility,

I think that Gonzo cut-and-pasted that out of Bush’s ’surge’ speech. I just wish that Bush and the rest of his administration had any clue what ‘accepting responsibility’ actually means. Note that neither said that they are accepting the consequences of their actions.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180261 Marie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:04:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180261 These losers are caught redhanded and they are forced to admit, I accept responsibility -- that is not enough. They think that absolves them from repercussions for their acts. They are sadly mistaken. This cabal of miscreants and thieves, criminals and liars have to go. They are a scourge on America. They are a scourge on democracy. They should be exiled. These losers are caught redhanded and they are forced to admit, I accept responsibility — that is not enough. They think that absolves them from repercussions for their acts. They are sadly mistaken.
This cabal of miscreants and thieves, criminals and liars have to go. They are a scourge on America.
They are a scourge on democracy.
They should be exiled.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180257 Marie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:02:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180257 No, Flaco, that is wrong. You need to turn that to yourself. I was mistaken in my previous post. Your symbol is my reply to you and the administration in its entirety. No, Flaco, that is wrong. You need to turn that to yourself.
I was mistaken in my previous post.
Your symbol is my reply to you and the administration in its entirety.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180253 Marie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:00:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180253 Flaco, you say it well at 106. Flaco, you say it well at 106.

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180243 dixie blood Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:55:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180243 <strong>Abu GonzoLess</strong>, <em>"what went wrong here"</em> <strong>You went wrong here a$$wipe!!! You and GW Botch and Dick(head) Chumpey and all the other loser a$$wipes Repugniscums on Earth!!!</strong> Abu GonzoLess,

“what went wrong here”

You went wrong here a$$wipe!!!

You and GW Botch and Dick(head) Chumpey and all the other loser a$$wipes Repugniscums on Earth!!!

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2180187 dixie blood Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:46:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2180187 <em>More Gonzales: “I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility, and my pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here, to assess accountability, and to make improvements so that the mistakes that occurred in this instance do not occur again in the future.”</em> <strong>LYING PIECE OF SH!T!!!!!!!</strong> More Gonzales: “I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility, and my pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here, to assess accountability, and to make improvements so that the mistakes that occurred in this instance do not occur again in the future.”

LYING PIECE OF SH!T!!!!!!!

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2179395 RUCerious Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:06:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2179395 And among other things, why does Bush hate Benjamin B. Ferencz?? Why? Trolls>? And among other things, why does Bush hate Benjamin B. Ferencz??
Why? Trolls>?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2179390 RUCerious Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:05:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2179390 Flaccid flaco You're welcome. And still an idiot. Flaccid flaco
You’re welcome. And still an idiot.

]]> By: ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2179388 ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:04:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2179388 <em>Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A Shmuck AND MEDIA WHORE. THANKS RU Comment by Flaco — March 13, 2007 @ 5:35 pm</em> Flaco, is a c*nt, and a useless blog whore that can't face reality, so he lashes out like a little teenage *princess*. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A Shmuck AND MEDIA WHORE.
THANKS RU Comment by Flaco — March 13, 2007 @ 5:35 pm

Flaco, is a c*nt, and a useless blog whore that can’t face reality, so he lashes out like a little teenage *princess*.

]]> By: Flaco http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2179205 Flaco Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:41:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2179205 …………………/´¯/) ………………..,/¯../ ………………./…./ …………./´¯/’…’/´¯¯`•¸ ………./’/…/…./……./¨¯\ ……..(’(…´…´…. ¯~/’…’) ………\……………..’…../ This is for Sen. Charles Schumer. ……….”…\………. _.•´ …………\…………..( …………..\………….\ …………………/´¯/)
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]]> By: Flaco http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2179060 Flaco Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:35:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2179060 <strong>Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A Shmuck AND MEDIA WHORE.</strong> THANKS RU Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A Shmuck AND MEDIA WHORE.
THANKS RU

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2178958 RUCerious Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:30:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2178958 Flaco, you can't even spell Shmuck properly. What a loser. Flaco, you can’t even spell Shmuck properly. What a loser.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2178945 RUCerious Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:30:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2178945 from wiki...good material. Others did accept a limited right for military intervention in foreign countries, but nevertheless opposed the invasion on the basis that it was conducted without United Nations approval and was hence a violation of international law [2]. According to this position, adherence by the U.S. and the other great powers to the UN Charter and to other international treaties to which they are legally bound is not a choice but a legal obligation; exercising military power in violation of the UN Charter undermines the rule of law and is illegal vigilantism on an international scale. Benjamin B. Ferencz, who served as the U.S.'s Chief Prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials following World War II, has denounced the Iraq War as an aggressive war (named at Nuremberg as "the supreme international crime") and stated his belief that George W. Bush, as the war's initiator, should be tried for war crimes.[3] from wiki…good material.

Others did accept a limited right for military intervention in foreign countries, but nevertheless opposed the invasion on the basis that it was conducted without United Nations approval and was hence a violation of international law [2].

According to this position, adherence by the U.S. and the other great powers to the UN Charter and to other international treaties to which they are legally bound is not a choice but a legal obligation; exercising military power in violation of the UN Charter undermines the rule of law and is illegal vigilantism on an international scale.

Benjamin B. Ferencz, who served as the U.S.’s Chief Prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials following World War II, has denounced the Iraq War as an aggressive war (named at Nuremberg as “the supreme international crime”) and stated his belief that George W. Bush, as the war’s initiator, should be tried for war crimes.[3]

]]> By: Flaco http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2178910 Flaco Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:28:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2178910 <strong>Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A SMUCK AND MEDIA WHORE</strong> Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) IS A SMUCK AND MEDIA WHORE

]]> By: ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/comment-page-3/#comment-2178829 ValiantVenusGrewFromUranus Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:25:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/gonzales-sampson-still-on-payroll/#comment-2178829 <em>#89, so you agree that the U.S. is bound by law to U.N. resolutions? REALLY? Comment by Dale — March 13, 2007 @ 5:05 pm</em> Just as much as Iraq - the other signatory to the UN resolution was. It was a treaty signed by both parties - you st*pid c*nt. #89, so you agree that the U.S. is bound by law to U.N. resolutions? REALLY? Comment by Dale — March 13, 2007 @ 5:05 pm

Just as much as Iraq – the other signatory to the UN resolution was. It was a treaty signed by both parties – you st*pid c*nt.

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