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Percentage of Americans — including 45 percent of Republicans — who “say the ouster of the federal prosecutors was driven by political concerns. … The NEWSWEEK poll results offer little good news for Gonzales, who faces pressure to resign from Democrats and a handful of Republicans. Fewer than one third (32 percent) of those surveyed want him to stay remain in his job.”
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Ahhh, that same old deluded 32 %!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:17 amaah…that wacky 1/3 of my country….Bush is great,War is goin fine, Keep Gonzales, Rummy was the best ever, Gays go to Hell,Democrats go to Hell, Gay Democrats go to hell….etc..etc..
sigh..
March 17th, 2007 at 11:18 amI wonder what those 58% of Americans would say if they knew the facts of Carter’s firing of David Marstan for political reasons.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:25 amJust think about the bad precedents your side is going to shoot itself in the feet with when (if) a Democrat gets into the Oval Office. IF Gonzales / Bush have to resign / get impeached over this, can ANY U.S. Attorney can EVER be fired again? Even if he bites a topless dancer, you won’t be able to fire him as long as he’s investigating SOME Democrat! Why doesn’t Congress just pass the “Full Employment for U.S. Attorneys Act of 2007″?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:30 amThank you for being a recycler, Jake.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:33 amThough usually this practice works best with glass, paper and plastic.
good one Jake. we all know its not a crime to bite a topless dancer, only to strangle one. or was that a mistress…?-and anyway, aren’t all topless dancers dead inside already?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:34 amYeah Jake I actually wonder that myself all the time. Gee I wonder about some obscure issue from a 1970’s administration all the time.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:37 amJake, Gonz. lied to congress. He said the firing weren’t politically motivated. I am sure that when a Republican lie to congress that fine by you.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:37 amJake, call Rove and tell him we need a more intelligent troll.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:38 ammy recycling just started picking up newspapers. now if only the news-media could pick up its news…
March 17th, 2007 at 11:39 am…a “jake” is commonly known term for a juvenile male turkey…
March 17th, 2007 at 11:40 amBiting topless dancers? Have fun last night Jake?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:40 amFewer than one third (32 percent) of those surveyed want him to stay remain in his job.â€
Proof that there are still millons of people who would just as soon see America turn into a Fascist State.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:40 amHang the varmint!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:41 amTop O’ the Mornin all! And a lovely morn it tis!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:42 amJakers is already dredging the history books for some, hey, they did it too, and Gonzales is dog paddling in his own sweat.
This guy should be nailed good!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amForTruth, Jake is posting without links nor citations. His claims are thus baseless and totally distinguishable from the current situation.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amWhat the hell is going on? What are Americans thinking? How could so many be traitors? I don’t know what to do. Bush’s world is collapsing around him and I’m super pissed. I blame the mainstream media and the liberals. Years of pounding Bush is finally paying off by you sick freaks.
The troops in Iraq dying because of you libs and because Bush can’t concentrate on victory say thanks.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amJust a quick editing thing I noticed.
of those surveyed want him to stay remain in his job.â€
March 17th, 2007 at 11:43 amWho’s Gonzales?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:44 amBy the way, HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY everyone.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:44 am… Ah…, Pardon him.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:46 amThis has worked out very well for him. He was underprivileged, anyway.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:47 amProof that there are still millions of Americans who don’t know the extent of their subjugation by corporations.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:48 amAnd don’t want to know.
“Get me another beer from the fridge would’ya Marge, the game’s about to start.”
Wow, firebreath can’t wait to blame the libs for invading, occupying and f*cking up Iraq.
March 17th, 2007 at 11:49 amWe’re also responsible for the Martian invasion of 09.
I got my ‘ Irish” up before the crack o’ dawn!!!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:49 amgood morning, RUC…
March 17th, 2007 at 11:50 am“Dog paddling in his own sweat”
I really like that one….
Barbara Bush:you mean underpowered-retarded-’mentally handi-capable’ if you will…
March 17th, 2007 at 11:50 am‘Nixon-esque with sweat.’
how bout dat?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:52 amQuoth the Raven
March 17th, 2007 at 11:52 am“Drink More Beer!”
mornin RUC
March 17th, 2007 at 11:52 amTop O’ the morn whiteyfresh! Patient intake must take a lot of patience!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:56 amForever more!
March 17th, 2007 at 11:57 am(…Another plate of chili rellenos, please…!)
Jake and all of the other Bush apologists.
When the Republicans were in charge, if the following headline would have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, do you think the Republicans would have convened a committee and looked into the issue more?
“Bill Clinton fires Monica Lewinsky!”
March 17th, 2007 at 11:59 amDoes anybody else besides me NOT eat the cabbage that pollutes the corned beef?
March 17th, 2007 at 11:59 amcabbage makes me ga…well never mind-i tend to avoid the stuff…
March 17th, 2007 at 12:03 pmCabbage with corned beef?
March 17th, 2007 at 12:05 pmWho ever heard of such a thing…
I mean, why?
Jake, even 45% of Republicans think the firings were politically motivated. You must be a real hardliner.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:07 pmit’s an Irish thing, but even I don’t get it…
March 17th, 2007 at 12:09 pmI think shakey jake is a main-liner…
March 17th, 2007 at 12:13 pmDon’t heat that kool-aid up to much, jake, the sugar will carmelize….
Good Morning, RU, BnF and all…Happy St Patrick’s Day…I love the cabbage slightly steamed along with the corned beef and boiled potatoes…But then, I am nearly all Irish…I’m Irish all year not just today..
It appear’s we are still in a huge pile of do do with this administration…I don’t see a short term solution, which we need…Untill every one get’s as mad as many of us here are it will just motor along…This congress like this administration is only going to do what they want untill we force them to do what the people want..Blessings all….Impeach, JAIL AND SEIZE ASSET’S OF ALL THE CORRUPT..
March 17th, 2007 at 12:19 pmWhat the hell is going on? What are Americans thinking? How could so many be traitors? I don’t know what to do. Bush’s world is collapsing around him and I’m super pissed.
Comment by firehead
It’s gonna take you a loooong time to catch us, line us up, and shoot us.
You’re need something more hefty than your Red Ryder BB gun.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pmI got my ‘ Irish†up before the crack o’ dawn!!!
Comment by whiteyfresh
Oy, TMI Ryan. ;)
March 17th, 2007 at 12:22 pmhi Zooey!
March 17th, 2007 at 12:23 pmtop o the -um- afternoon!
ForTruth, Jake is posting without links nor citations. His claims are thus baseless and totally distinguishable from the current situation.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — March 17, 2007 @ 11:43 am
I was just reading a Time magazine article from 1978. It does look like Carter fired Marston for political reasons.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:23 pmNat sez:
Regardless of whether or not this particular assertion is true, it’s Jake’s responsibility to provide corroboration for his arguments. Failure to do so is intellectual laziness at best, and at worst, it’s a malicious attempt to disadvantage his opponents by forcing them to do his fact checking for him.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:29 pmhi Zooey!
top o the -um- afternoon!
Comment by whiteyfresh
Top o’ the Morning (here) to you, whiteyfresh.
Sorry, but I won’t be eating corned beef or cabbage, and no green beer. :P
March 17th, 2007 at 12:38 pmGood Morning Lady Z,……I won’t be eating any corned beef and cabbage either, had some last week…Lars Lutefisk..Never will try lutefisk again, ugh, dreadful stuff…LOL…Good luck with the troll’s today..Blessings
March 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pmHappy St Patrick’s Day, Sharon. :)
Why am I not surprised you’re Irish?
Lutefisk. You know someone was REALLY hungry to touch that crap. Or brave.
The trolls will have to wrangled by others today, because I’m not hanging around here.
Peace & Blessings
March 17th, 2007 at 12:50 pmSharon, how about eulachon (candlefish oil)?
March 17th, 2007 at 12:53 pmI had the pleasure of meeting a Haida family who shared some of their delicacies, the best red pepper dried salmon, kelp with herring roe, and eulachon oil!
(Lars Lutefisk)
P.S.
……….Happy Great Day
For the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
March 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
Firehead
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the guys who are actually actively betraying America, and all its stands for, are you chaps.
You see, back when this whole Iraq thing started, us liberals? We were busy saying it was a bad idea. We came up with lots and lots of good arguments as to why it was a bad idea, and we even went so far as to show that the arguments in favour of invading Iraq were, total crap.
And what do you know? We were proven right. We were proven so beyond a bloody doubt right that no amount of propaganda, no amount of traitor talk, and no amount of jingoism is going to stop the fact that ultimately, we were right and you were wrong.
And this isn’t the only argument where we are getting proved right.
On every area where we have argued against your boys in charge, we have been proven right. It is quite startling.
Even the economy, which is doing so well that 2.2 million Americans can now look forward to losing their homes, we were right and you were wrong.
We were proven right on torture
We were proven right on phone taps.
We were proven right on taxes.
We were proven right on FEMA.
We were proven right on the levies in NO, and we were proven right on the pork projects in Alaska.
We were proven right on Republican corruption. (K Street anyone?)
We were proven right on Republican hypocrisy. (Hagel anyone?)
We were proven right on Republican stupidity. (Delay’s fans anyone?)
We were proven right over and over and over and over again on every single flipping thing which we knew damn well was going to be a balls up and you wankers can’t get over it, so you call us traitors because we warned you that this was going to hurt America, and you went ahead, did it anyway and now want to duck your responsibility for hurting and betraying America.
Grow some balls and take some responsibility Republican.
March 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pmThe troops in Iraq dying because of you libs and because Bush can’t concentrate on victory say thanks.
Comment by firehead — March 17, 2007 @ 11:43 am
There it is, folks. The “culture of accountability” conservatives said they were bringing to D.C. They’re in charge of the Executive branch and ran the legislative branch for 12 years before a few months ago. They controll a broad swath of the Judiciary and much of the mainstream media. They start a war, they are too incompetent to prosecute it correctly, the world goes to hell, and….. THEY BLAME LIBERALS???!!! Simply pathetic.
March 17th, 2007 at 1:11 pmI will be out of here soon as well, Lady Z…Yep! birth given name Riley..Having trouble finding much about my root’s before their landing in Kentucky 5 generation’s ago though..
Raven, I love salmon but all the other can’t comment on, never have liked cavier so some of that stuff is suspect…Happy day to you as well.
Angry One, thank you for all your link’s…Blessings all..
March 17th, 2007 at 1:15 pmHappy St. Patrick’s Day! to all…
sharon – i must confess – i WAS surprised that you are irish!
not sure why… do you suppose i had stereotypical visions of witches in my head?… never the “bad witch”, dear… but i didn’t picture a “colleen” either!
i’m guessing that zooey has plenty of the irish blood in her veins also!
my maternal grandfather was irish… while i have only hints of red in my hair, my mom and daughter have “auburn” hair…
and you know what they way about freckles:
a face without freckles, is like a night without stars…
March 17th, 2007 at 1:26 pm:-)
Did everyone notice the comment that Sampson has not left the White House yet – in fact, Gonzo has a back-up position ready for him. He may have to change his plans now that the word is out, but until yesterday, that was the plan.
March 17th, 2007 at 1:37 pmHmm, I can’t decide. Which one? Hmm.
March 17th, 2007 at 1:42 pmWho is more stupid – Jake or Firehead?
Please give us an IGNORE button here. Sheesh! i’m so tired of the Trolls hijacking the threads.
March 17th, 2007 at 1:49 pm#57 – Marie,
Jake, hands down:
Jake’s career is what made him what he is today.
He worked as a crash dummy for the NASA Rocket Sled program.
After each run they would scrape his brains off of the base of the sled into a bucket, turn him upside down, put a funnel into each nostril and pour them back in.
He still sloshes when he nods or shakes his head.
Every once in a while, the air relief valve at the back of his head malfunctions and a little grey matter drips out. Of recent, no one notices any difference when that occurs.
March 17th, 2007 at 2:49 pmcan ANY U.S. Attorney can EVER be fired again?
Comment by Jake — March 17, 2007 @ 11:13 am
I posted this comment in another thread, but I think it’s worth repeating:
Our new troll Jake is hell-bent on repeating this talking point.
The firing of eight federal attorneys by a president -his own appointees and half-way through his second term- is unprecedented. This is a fact that will not change, regardless of how often the Bush cultists deny it.
March 17th, 2007 at 2:57 pmWalt, that is pretty descriptive!! LOL
March 17th, 2007 at 3:34 pm#61 – Marie,
March 17th, 2007 at 3:50 pmI paid a detective bureau to trace him down. They must have come up with the right stuff! Since Jake has yet to dispute the info, I figure that it was a well-invested $19.95.
DON’T YOU LOVE HOW THE TROLLS LIKE TO DIG UP THE PAST LIKE Carter, Clinton, etc. AND BLAME PAST ADMINISTRATIONS FOR THEIR CIRRENT PROBLEMS? HELLO! HELLO! HELLO! ANY OF YOU repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderms AWAKE UP THERE? HELLO! HELLO! HELLO! WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CHIMPya W. Bush administration, WHO HAS NOBODY BUT ITSELF AND YOU TROLLS WHO SUPPORT IT, TO BLAME FOR YOUR IDIOCY, BOMBASTIC IMBECILITY AND MISFORTUNES–GO AND KICK YOURSELVES ALL IN THE ASS AND HIT YOUR MISERABLE FAT HEADS AGAINST A GRANITE WALL AND SPLASH YA SHIT-FOR-BRAINS AGAINST THAT WALL, FOOLS!!!! DON’T YA F*CKING BLAME OTHERS OR THE OTHER PARTY FOR YA OWN F*CK-UPS, MISERABLE PIECES OF HYENA-SHIT!!!!! AND DON’T FORGET TO TAKE Gonzo the CLOWN OUT WITH THE TRASH–WHERE BOTH HE AND YA BELONG!!!!!
March 17th, 2007 at 3:59 pmJake just entered an IQ contest, he almost got a 1. Firehead was close behind.
March 17th, 2007 at 7:51 pmIs anyone questioning whether purging US attorney’s is politically based? When hasn’t it been based on politics? Most president fire all attorneys when they start for no reason. That is politically motived as well since it wasn’t for job performance. My guess is this isn’t a surpirse to anyone other then the congress members faking suprise.
March 18th, 2007 at 12:17 amIs anyone questioning whether purging US attorney’s is politically based? When hasn’t it been based on politics? Comment by Roger_Roger — March 18, 2007 @ 12:17 am
Actually many of your CON friends are denying it was for “political reasons”, including valiant venus. I suggest you scroll up, and find her st*pid comments. So then your question just shows what an ignorant moron you are.
Most president fire all attorneys when they start for no reason.Comment by Roger_Roger — March 18, 2007 @ 12:17 am
Yeah, like they *fire* all Ambassadors for no reason? You’re an idiot.
That is politically motived as well since it wasn’t for job performance. My guess is this isn’t a surpirse to anyone other then the congress members faking suprise. Comment by Roger_Roger — March 18, 2007 @ 12:17 am
And the GOP fools in your party that denied it wasn’t for political reason – including the whitehouse spokesmen! Are you saying that the GOP are all liars? Then again, you lie so much, why would a lying fool like you care about liars – it’s just politics right?
You’re a fcuking idiot Roger, pull your sh*t for brains head out of your *ss.
March 18th, 2007 at 1:34 am[...] MEDIA: THE U.S. ATTORNEY PURGE IS OVERBLOWN: In mid-January, as early details of the administration’s purge of U.S. attorneys began to trickle out, Time magazine reporter Jay Carney was already convinced the story was a dud. “[I]n this case some liberals are seeing broad partisan conspiracies where none likely exist,” he wrote. To his credit, two months later, Carney acknowledged he was wrong. But many senior journalists continue to parrot this line, despite the serious wrongdoings and potential illegalities that have since been exposed. This past weekend, CBS national political correspondent Gloria Borger declared that members of Congress pursuing the attorney scandal merely “want to change the subject. … They don’t want to talk about how they’re doing on the war in Iraq.” MSNBC’s Chris Matthews agreed. “They divide over the war and fund-raising, but this makes it simple. It’s good for fund-raising.” A March 22 Washington Post editorial stated that e-mails released by the Justice Department “for the most part suggest nothing nefarious in the dismissal process.” (As Media Matters noted, “[W]hile the editorial referred to the ‘e-mails that the administration has released,’ it made no mention of the entire category of communications that the White House has said will not be released.”) Roll Call executive editor Mort Kondracke claimed last week that there’s “not a shred of evidence” that “there was a nefarious reason involved” in the firings. Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes agreed: “I’m still waiting to see some evidence of illegality or wrongdoing.” Again, the American public is far ahead of the establishment media. Fully 58 percent, including 45 percent of Republicans, “say the ouster of the federal prosecutors was driven by political concerns.” [...]
March 28th, 2007 at 12:25 pm[...] MEDIA: THE U.S. ATTORNEY PURGE IS OVERBLOWN: In mid-January, as early details of the administration’s purge of U.S. attorneys began to trickle out, Time magazine reporter Jay Carney was already convinced the story was a dud. “[I]n this case some liberals are seeing broad partisan conspiracies where none likely exist,” he wrote. To his credit, two months later, Carney acknowledged he was wrong. But many senior journalists continue to parrot this line, despite the serious wrongdoings and potential illegalities that have since been exposed. This past weekend, CBS national political correspondent Gloria Borger declared that members of Congress pursuing the attorney scandal merely “want to change the subject. … They don’t want to talk about how they’re doing on the war in Iraq.” MSNBC’s Chris Matthews agreed. “They divide over the war and fund-raising, but this makes it simple. It’s good for fund-raising.” A March 22 Washington Post editorial stated that e-mails released by the Justice Department “for the most part suggest nothing nefarious in the dismissal process.” (As Media Matters noted, “[W]hile the editorial referred to the ‘e-mails that the administration has released,’ it made no mention of the entire category of communications that the White House has said will not be released.”) Roll Call executive editor Mort Kondracke claimed last week that there’s “not a shred of evidence” that “there was a nefarious reason involved” in the firings. Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes agreed: “I’m still waiting to see some evidence of illegality or wrongdoing.” Again, the American public is far ahead of the establishment media. Fully 58 percent, including 45 percent of Republicans, “say the ouster of the federal prosecutors was driven by political concerns.” [...]
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