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CNN: 2,000 page document dump tonight.

By Nico Pitney on Mar 19th, 2007 at 5:13 pm

CNN: 2,000 page document dump tonight.

CNN’s Dana Bash reports, “We expect on the Senate and the House side, the Judiciary Committees, they are expecting a good old-fashioned document dump, Wolf. Lots and lots of pages. In fact, they expect as many as 2,000 pages of documents to come late in the day, maybe even as late as 7:00 tonight. All they understand from the Justice Department is that these documents will be e-mails and other internal pages that could provide “additional insight” into just why these U.S. Attorneys were fired.”



61 Responses to “CNN: 2,000 page document dump tonight.”

  1. VerbalKint says:

    Move along. Nothing to see here.

    Comment by Jake


  2. Roger_Roger says:

    I hope they all say “We fired them because we felt like it” or “We fired them for poltical reasons” or “We fired them because we didn’t like what they were investigating”. That would be fun because even if they were that “out there” Bush still committed absolutely no crime at all as he is still free to fire them for any reason he wants. He can even make up a reason to fire them if he wants.


  3. jeffs says:

    Time to put that speed-reading ability to good use.


  4. Xbot says:

    Nice.

    Can someone say ‘Saturday Night Massacre: Bush edition’?


  5. Tom3 says:

    The Repukes always use this tactic to try and flood the opposition and hope some things do not get noticed at the bottom of the pile.

    I don’t think it will work in this case. These emails are being closely scrutinized – so closely that bloggers discovered that several White House staffers including Rove were using private email accounts for official business – which is illegal.

    This is like Fitzmas, with a big present to open! I hope they find more incriminating evidence against Rove and Chimpy.


  6. Angry One says:

    For the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
    “The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”


  7. Tom3 says:

    Roger is still a Repuke idiot, he never seems to improve.

    I also hope the emails say “We fired them because we didn’t like what they were investigating”, because that is OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE you stupid inbred illiterate idiot.

    You Repukes make me sick. You’re not fit to be called Americans.


  8. KRank says:

    I see the Troll Patrol is on full alert.

    Um, RogerX2: if the President saw fit to fire these USAs “because we didn’t like what they were investigating”, that (technically) is a little thing called OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. You might ask your little friend Scooter how that goes over with judicial officals who are, y’know, HONEST.


  9. VerbalKint says:

    RR, what an idiot.


  10. Tom3 says:

    Several years ago, Jack Abramoff was bothered by a pesky US Attorney in Guam. He was prosecuting the sweatshops, sex slavery and forced abortions (as well as other crimes) that the Repukes had been covering up for over a decade. Abramoff and Tom Delay kept Congress from doing any oversight of the Marianas scandal.

    Rove got the pesky US attorney fired and replaced with a Republican party hack, who immediately dropped the investigation.

    That is called Obstruction of Justice and is a federal felony. And it is happening with Attorneygate too.

    Of course, Repukes don’t care if they break the law. They think they are above the law because they’re doing it for Jeeeezus.


  11. Tom3 says:

    KRank – GMTA!!


  12. Sharon says:

    Yep! If it’s from the reich wing one can only guess it will be a huge elephant dum..Just like all the black hearted troll’s that dump here all the time…LOL Guess it’s to much to ask them to take it like big boy’s, now that CNN reported this morning that 98% off all Dem’s and 70% of Rep’s want out of this war and no longer support heir dictator…Head’s up people, the troll’s are going to flip more elephant shit by the day untill we get this miserable bunch out of office….Blessings


  13. VerbalKint says:

    RR, suppose we stipulate that the firing is legal. So what? It is killing your guys politically. It is a foregone conclusion that Gonzales will resign, and every day longer he stays causes more damage. It looks like Rove will have to testify under oath, and the administration is scared sh*tless about it (ever wonder why, Mr. Incurious?).


  14. Tom3 says:

    Why are all these trolls in here anyway? They support the Iraq war.

    They should all shut the hell up and enlist for Iraq.

    Sign up or shut up, you chickenhawk Repuke bastards.


  15. Ken G says:

    Here Roger 2x – READ THIS!!!
    Plenty if illegality going on.
    Saturday Night massacre indeed!
    Replace Abu with Fitz…

    Attorney firings may have been against the law RAW STORY
    Published: Monday March 19, 2007

    Print This Email This

    The Bush Administration’s firing of eight U.S. attorneys may have broken various laws, according to a New York Times op-ed by lawyer and editorial page assistant editor Adam Cohen.

    “It is true, as the White House keeps saying, that United States attorneys serve ‘at the pleasure of the president,’ which means he can dismiss them whenever he wants,” writes Cohen. “But if the attorneys were fired to interfere with a valid prosecution, or to punish them for not misusing their offices, that may well have been illegal.”

    Cohen lists four crimes that may have been committed in the firing of the attorneys and the subsequent statements made by Administration officials.

    Cohen writes that “It is illegal to lie to Congress” and to impede its getting information. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as well as Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty and Gonzales’ chief of staff Kyle Sampson are all under scrutiny for conflicting statements made to Congress.

    Contacting prosecutors to influence or impede investigations is also a punishable crime, writes Cohen. Both Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) have been found to have contacted one of the fired U.S. attorneys, David Iglesias, in order to inquire about ongoing investigations.

    The intimidation of Congressional wittnesses also violates the law, writes Cohen. One of the fired U.S. attorneys, H.E. Cummins, stated that he had been contacted and threatened with retaliation by McNulty’s chief of staff.

    Finally, the firings themselves may be punishable. “United States attorneys can be fired whenever a president wants, but not, as § 1512 (c) puts it, to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding,” writes Cohen. “Anyone involved in firing a United States attorney to obstruct or influence an official proceeding could have broken the law


  16. Roger_Roger says:

    #7 It would be and it would still be perfectly within the Presidents rights (SADLY). Like I said before, maybe TP should post some idea’s on how to change the law because currently Bush can fire these folks for any reason he wants at any time he wants. I am not saying it is right. Personally, anytime a President purges someone for anything other then poor performance it is VERY wrong. The only reason left is political. Do you agree with me that this stuff shouldn’t happen or do you only think Bush shouldn’t have this right? I am just poking fun because this is a “much to do about nothing” story. We have this fun political show trial going on. In a couple weeks your media buddies will get sick of it because they realize no one can be indicted when no crime was committed. You folks will get your pint of blood with Gonzo getting fired. Afterall, the Dems could never stand the fact the Repugs allowed minorities in positions of power anyways. It is a win win for you folks.


  17. Gang of 500 says:

    This will either be good news for President Bush or good news for President Bush.

    -


  18. Roger_Roger says:

    #13 My point exactly. This is a show trial for political gain. It saddens me to watch this congress waste time when they could be doing so many productive things. Hell, investigage whether Bush knew any of the Iraq intel was wrong before the war. At least that is important and a potential crime (one of the largest in world history). Why waste time on this when we could spend time figuring out who if anyone knew the intel on Iraq was wrong? That is a crime punishable by death in my book. This story is boring because no crime was committed and we know that before an investigation even starts since the law is clear.


  19. JesusChrist_GodofWAR says:

    Obstruction of Justice?

    I thought ReichWingNuts were all about the Rule of Law. And other things, like Compassionate Conservatism, never engaging in Nation Building, and about bringing integrity to Washington. You know, things like that.

    ITMFA now!!!

    … and pray that America learns it’s lessons about letting former CEO’s and Frat-Boy Coke Head RiechWingNuts into the WhiteHouse…


  20. Zep Tepi says:

    Roger is still a Repuke idiot, he never seems to improve.

    All those Bush units (1 year) confuse him as well as the Friedman Units (6 months)

    You folks will get your pint of blood with Gonzo getting fired -RR

    Seems to me as if they keep throwing minorities under the bus. Colin, Condi, Aberto…


  21. Xbot says:

    #2 Not entirely, Roger_Roger. Remember, firing government employees for political agendas is illegal – it’s a criminal act.

    What would be amusing is if most of the documents were censored for no reason at all.


  22. Novin says:

    This just in…

    Kaleed Sheik Mohammad tells captors that he also killed Laura Palmer but forgot to tell them last year.

    Time to go to Orange Plus.


  23. KRank says:

    A post I just read on TPM flipped on a light switch for me — suppose “the math” that Rove supposedly had seen that told him the Republicants were going to be alright on election day was calculated around the assumption that the USAs would cooperate in investigating Democratic candidates? And when that didn’t happen, they sank like a stone?

    It certainly would explain the apparent misplaced optimism that was projected from the WH in the days prior to the election, wouldn’t it?


  24. Lucifer says:

    I smell a cover-up.


  25. Thumb says:

    Like I said before, maybe TP should post some idea’s on how to change the law because currently Bush can fire these folks for any reason he wants at any time he wants.

    Yes, and a blowjob isn’t illegal either, but as we all learned with that episode one can not lie to a congressional committee or under oath. As is usually the case, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up that does someone in.


  26. Wow Roger says:

    Roger:

    Like so many other Republicans, you’re a very confident idiot. LMAO. President cannot fire US Attorneys for any reason he wants to. Whatever you’ve heard is probably referring to the fact that Presidents can’t be prosecuted criminally for acts committed within the scope of their office.

    That being said, if a President were to fire a US Attorney to impede his/her investigation, that would be obstruction of justice. While the President can avoid criminal prosecution so long as he is in office, the obvious remedy is impeachment (much like the Republicans impeached Clinton, the difference being that this is obviously a crime, where by legal standards, it’s pretty obvious there was no crime in Clinton’s case (all that legalese he used, such as under his definition of “sex”)). If Bush were impeached, then it is unclear whether he could be criminally prosecuted.

    The point you’re missing here, dumbarse, is that just because a sitting President can’t be criminally prosecuted for something illegal doesn’t make it legal. The proscription on criminally indicting sitting Presidents has to do with separation of powers, not with legality.

    I look forward to your treatise on astrophysics.


  27. JPV says:

    It would be and it would still be perfectly within the Presidents rights (SADLY). Like I said before, maybe TP should post some idea’s on how to change the law because currently Bush can fire these folks for any reason he wants at any time he wants.

    Comment by Roger_Roger

    Gee what a surprise, Mr. GOP Talking Points Legal Expert®… YOU’RE TOTALLY WRONG!

    http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Attorney_firings_may_have_been_against_0319.html

    Attorney firings may have been against the law

    Published: Monday March 19, 2007

    The Bush Administration’s firing of eight U.S. attorneys may have broken various laws, according to a New York Times op-ed by lawyer and editorial page assistant editor Adam Cohen.

    “It is true, as the White House keeps saying, that United States attorneys serve ‘at the pleasure of the president,’ which means he can dismiss them whenever he wants,” writes Cohen. “But if the attorneys were fired to interfere with a valid prosecution, or to punish them for not misusing their offices, that may well have been illegal.”

    Cohen lists four crimes that may have been committed in the firing of the attorneys and the subsequent statements made by Administration officials.

    Cohen writes that “It is illegal to lie to Congress” and to impede its getting information. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as well as Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty and Gonzales’ chief of staff Kyle Sampson are all under scrutiny for conflicting statements made to Congress.

    Contacting prosecutors to influence or impede investigations is also a punishable crime, writes Cohen. Both Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) have been found to have contacted one of the fired U.S. attorneys, David Iglesias, in order to inquire about ongoing investigations.

    The intimidation of Congressional wittnesses also violates the law, writes Cohen. One of the fired U.S. attorneys, H.E. Cummins, stated that he had been contacted and threatened with retaliation by McNulty’s chief of staff.

    Finally, the firings themselves may be punishable. “United States attorneys can be fired whenever a president wants, but not, as § 1512 (c) puts it, to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding,” writes Cohen. “Anyone involved in firing a United States attorney to obstruct or influence an official proceeding could have broken the law.”

    Read them and weep… loser.


  28. Terminus Est says:

    How does one go about acquiring a copy of these documents? How did bloggers get access to find the illegal non-governmental emails in the first place? I’d like a copy of the whole mess so I can wade through it bit by bit, byte by byte.


  29. cereal says:

    Hey Roger,

    18 USC § 1512 (c) makes it illegal for anyone, Holy Imam and Above-The Law-Sainted Prophet Bush included, to fire US Attorneys “to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding.”

    The Carol Lam example, for one, is pretty obviously this exact thing. Otherwise known as a “federal crime.”

    I know Republicnes firmly belive that they, and of coruse, Bush, can do anything they want, even if it’s plainly illegal or unconstitutional. Or in a country that believes in the “rule of law,” remember that phrase?

    No, of course you don’t.


  30. James Corbett says:

    Several people seem to think that the Pres has a right to fire U.S. attorneys for any reason. That is incorrect. For example, he could not fire them to prevent an investigation, that would be “obstruction of justice”. He could not fire one for failing to seek an indictment in order to gain an advantage in an election; that would require that the named attorney violate the canons of judicial ethics. He cannot fire one because he is a member of a particular political party or religious group, because that would violate “equal justice under law”. Similarly, the pardon power that seems abolute isn’t. A Pres can’t accept money for a pardon, nor can he pardon if the purpose is to obstruct justice.


  31. Roger Has Been Nailed says:

    Roger is what we call a “concern troll.” (look it up). Ignore him.


  32. Marie says:

    #23 KRank
    Of course — it makes sense! Sometimes we can’t see what is before us until someone turns on a light.


  33. gummitch says:

    It certainly would explain the apparent misplaced optimism that was projected from the WH in the days prior to the election, wouldn’t it?

    Comment by KRank

    Heyyyy, not bad. Would explain the last-minute phone calls to the USAs, too.


  34. Midwest Product says:

    The Politico is now reporting that the GOP is looking to replace the doomed Alberto Gonzales with: Michael “At Least I’m Not Brownie” Chertoff


  35. JPV says:

    Just because it’s worth repeating, over and over and over again…

    Finally, the firings themselves may be punishable. “United States attorneys can be fired whenever a president wants, but not, as § 1512 (c) puts it, to corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding,” writes Cohen. “Anyone involved in firing a United States attorney to obstruct or influence an official proceeding could have broken the law.”


  36. veritas says:

    This document dump will herald the “Fall of the House of Bush” – there is absolutely no doubt about it. The people will call for the ouster of this entire administration once they receive even more facts…..and the facts will be forthcoming….stay tuned.


  37. veritas says:

    Guess now we know that our resident troll is truly dyslexic and can’t read since he believes there’s nothing new to be discovered in this document dump. This “dump” will be the “motherlode” of all dumps.


  38. Phoenix Woman says:

    The Repukes always use this tactic to try and flood the opposition and hope some things do not get noticed at the bottom of the pile.

    I don’t think it will work in this case. These emails are being closely scrutinized – so closely that bloggers discovered that several White House staffers including Rove were using private email accounts for official business – which is illegal.

    This is like Fitzmas, with a big present to open! I hope they find more incriminating evidence against Rove and Chimpy.

    Yupper!


  39. veritas says:

    #27 From the senate hearing of this afternoon, particularly an impasioned talk given by Sheldon Whitehouse, a former U.S. Attorney in Arkansas and now new Senate member, he spoke of the high level of ‘contamination’ when the DOJ attorneys are pressured by a political agenda. Essentially, he implied that since the ones who were criticized for going after Republicans and/or not going after Dems were ousted, it leaves the public to wonder precisely what the remainder of those “loyal Bushies” were doing behind our backs….and that this should be another critical line of investigation by this oversight committee. He alluded to the obstruction of justice involved when an attorney is not allowed to represent the people in a bipartisan fashion – a hallmark of what he called “something he’d imagine seeing in Russia, but not in the United States”. He strongly advocated for the dismissal of the Attorney General citing that a mere apology for his violating the law (not in the firing per se but in the reason/rationale for firing which was patently political.

    This is HUGE. This will not go away. Whitehouse addressed the level of distrust which the american people now have in this administration which will take time to reinstate, if it is even remotely possible following all of the horrendous scandals swarming around this presidency. He reminded us that the DOJ has always been a “balancing” arm of our government and when it is compromised and infiltrated to this extent (with the only requirement for the position being loyalty to the bush regime) then this country is in serious trouble.

    Initially, most americans thought that this was simply an issue of disgrunted employees who had been fired. Now we know that this is the insidious “smoking gun” which this country has needed to impeach this entire administration of lies & deception, smoke & mirrors. This IS Bush’s Waterloo, folks.

    This IS the scandal which will bring down the House of Bush. This is the end of the chicanery. This is the time when Americans say that we’ve had “enough” of the corruption. Bush’s Imperialistic Reign has ended. Thank God!


  40. veritas says:

    #35 This is not about mere firings: This is a case about “obstructing, influencing and impeding an investigation” by those at the top. This will not go away and the criminals will be brought to justice so this country can heal from the wounds inflicted by this capricious group of neoconartists and move forward. Unless/until the entire ugly truth is brought to light, this country will continue it’s rapid descent into darkness. Just look how far downhill we’ve gone in 6 short years…..how much in debt are we now???? It boggles the mind to even imagine such an amount of national debt. Just like every business venture he’s ever touched, he’s finally succeeded in bringing down this entire country with him.
    His father almost did – His son will succeed in doing so. His brother will NEVER EVER be given an opportunity to do so.


  41. Valiant Penus says:

    Just because bush can do something legally, doesnt mean he can do that act if the act causes a crime to occur.

    If an act which would normally be legal (say, firing a prosecutor) is done for the purposes of comitting a crime, (say, obstruction of justice), then that act becomes illegal.

    heres some more Reich-Wing logic:
    Swinging a bat isn’t illegal. THerefore, if I swing a bat at someone’s head with the intent to injure them, thats not illegal either.


  42. veritas says:

    Ken G: That was another point Whitehouse brought to the fore – and that is that those providing testimony heretofore have proven to be liars under oath – aka perjury – and he alluded to getting to the bottom of the things they said which are now proven lies to the things which were said under oath which simply didn’t make sense. This should get pretty dicey now with perjury charges in the wings for many people.


  43. Zooey says:

    Can’t wait! Can’t wait!


  44. veritas says:

    Valiant One: I love their twisted logic. It’s called “lying” though regardless of how you attempt to spin it….and this one’s called “obstruction of justice in an investigation (trying to preempt an unsavory investigation by the firing of the attorney filing criminal charges….heh-heh….nice try though (thanks for playing!)….

    BTW, I love your moniker. There are so many Valiants flying around these threads that I can’t keep up with them all.


  45. veritas says:

    Hey Zoe….Neither can I! We on the side of truth and justice have waited 6 long years for this one. This is Bush’s Waterloo, to be sure. Time to turn the tide of corruption and begin the rebuilding process. From here on in, things will get ultra interesting I’m sure as we watch the Fall of the House of Usher (er. Bush). Good evening to ya, Zooey.


  46. orionATL says:

    this document dump.

    was supposed to be done last thursday or friday.

    but they couldn’t make that deadline.

    conclusion:

    justice dept and white house lawyers

    spent all weekend combing thru their paper garbage for really damaging docs to hide

    before they turned the remainder over to congress -

    on monday evening.

    maybe.


  47. Zooey says:

    I’m sure as we watch the Fall of the House of Usher (er. Bush). Good evening to ya, Zooey.
    Comment by veritas

    Hello, veritas! This thing is unravelling, and we have a front row seat. Impeachment needs to be front and center — right along side getting us the f*ck out of Iraq.


  48. WC says:

    I’m reposting earlier posts addressed to Roger, as he seems to have abandoned an earlier thread. Answer, please, if you dare!

    THe new political appointee can certainly pick up where the old attorney left off. There is no reason these investigation cannot continue. Of course, Bush is perfectly free to purge them again. Maybe congress should focus on changing the law instead of looking for poltical points while ignoring how to fix this?

    Comment by Roger_Roger — March 19, 2007 @ 2:21 pm

    But did the new appointees pick up any investigations in progress? If they did, the WH certainly isn’t taking advantage of that news and putting to rest the accusations of obstruction of justice.

    One of the fired attorneys has already called out Bush for lying about performance issues with the 8 attorneys. It’s under the Cummins thread from a few days ago if you dare to go read it.

    Apparently you think it’s just fine for all attorneys appointed by a Democratic president to go easy on Democratic politicians and anyone, corrupt or not, with ties to the Democrats, including the President. And you can substitute “Republican” for the other side. Is that the rule of law you want to have in the U.S.???

    Maybe you can tell us why the administration lied about the 8 attorneys’ performance.

    Oh, and Roger (and all the other idiot trolls here)…

    Bush personally blocked an investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility in the Justice Department — the office responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct involving Department attorneys — which repeatedly attempted to investigate whether DOJ lawyers acted improperly concerning their role in the President’s warrantless eavesdropping program, but finally stopped their investigation because the President refused to give them the security clearances they needed to conduct the investigation.

    Bush had no problem, however, granting security clearances, some to civilians, when he wanted to check into the leak of the NSA warrantless wiretapping program.

    But see, you idiots don’t see a problem with this. That, or you are so far up Bush and the Republicans as*es that you don’t WANT to see a problem. Archie Bunkers…each and every one of you.

    If Bush will personally block something like this, it’s not too much of a stretch of the imagination to conclude he’ll take any action to prevent investigation of any wrongdoing by his administration or any of his cronies.

    But then again, you don’t have any imagination. You don’t question the “what if.” On another thread, it seems that Carol Lam was considered a “problem” by Gonzo’s assistant Mr. Sampson shortly before she was fired, and it looks like she was going after more Republicans based on info that came out in the Duke Cunningham investigation. I doubt that “problem” had anything to do with poor performance as Bush as suggested.


  49. WC says:

    Hey folks. Remember when Republicans were hinting at wanting to impeach Clinton when he had barely been in office 6 months? Looking back, I wonder if this had anything to do with it? From Glenn Greenwald:

    Republicans sought in 1993 to depict the routine and standard replacement of U.S. attorneys by the Clinton administration as some sort of grave scandal which threatened prosecutorial independence and was deeply corrupt.

    And more from 14 years ago…

    Senate and House Republicans yesterday blasted the White House and the Justice Department for giving pink slips to virtually all 93 U.S. attorneys, a move Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole called the “March massacre.”

    Texas Rep. Dick Armey, chairman of the House Republican Conference, and about a dozen freshmen colleagues accused Attorney General Janet Reno of bowing to White House political pressure.

    “During her confirmation, Miss Reno assured senators that she would ‘keep politics out of what I do,’ ” Mr. Armey said.

    “Less than a month later, she fired all the U.S. attorneys in a very political fashion . . . one that reeks of politics, undermining the public’s confidence in the Department of Justice.”

    Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole asked the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday to investigate the mass firing by Attorney General Janet Reno of all 93 U.S. attorneys.

    In a letter to Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., the chairman, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the ranking Republican, of the Judiciary Committee said the firings were a “severe blow to the administration of justice in this country.”

    He said, “The American people deserve a Justice Department that takes a back seat to politics and one that functions efficiently.”


  50. TalkieToaster says:

    Can we help with the processing of this doc dump in any way? Or do the ordinary ppl not get access?


  51. Mellifluous says:

    R_R @2

    I hope so, too. Because that will mean that sworn testimony b efore Congress is purjured. We already know that, but having ironclad hard copy corroboration is always nice.


  52. SKdeA says:

    I do wonder how much got shredded first…


  53. singe says:

    a perfect replacement for gonzales would be the former congressman john sweeney of my ny 20. he is a complete idiot and bush ass sucker. in a matter of weeks he would so screw things up that the republicans in congress would bring articles of impeachment….and for those ted oslen fans sweeney was his hand maiden bum rushing the vote counters in florida in 00.


  54. Hesiod says:

    And Nixon did nothing illegal when he fired Archibald Cox.


  55. Claessens1 says:

    Jack jack needs to remember that even the POTUS is subject to 18 USC § 1512 (c).


  56. The Oracle says:

    Remember Mark Foley and all the news headlines about a Republican representative stalking young House pages that dominated the news leading up to last years November elections?

    Now put this in context with Rove and Gonzales (and some Republicans in Congress) pressuring the U.S. Attorneys to bring or announce indictments against Democrats during the same time frame before the election.

    And also remember that just weeks before the elections, Karl Rove confidently stated that the Republicans would retain control of both chambers of Congress. He said he’s seen “the numbers” and Republicans might lose a few seats, but would still maintain control.

    Anyway, the Mark Foley scandal placed all Republicans in a bad light, especially the enablers of Foley’s behavior in the House of Representatives, so Rove and Gonzales hit upon trying to fabricate a scandal against the Democrats by having compliant U.S. Attorney bring suits against Democrats, including using the claim of voter fraud.

    Oh, and remember the stories before the elections last year (BradBlog) in which Republican “voter registration” hacks were collecting voter registration forms from members of both parties and turning in the Republican’s forms while trashing the Democrat’s forms.

    In other words, to put the December 2006 U.S. Attorney firings in context, we have to look at what pressure was being applied on all of them before the November 2006 elections. The Mark Foley scandal, I believe, is the critical issue that Republican strategists like Rove were trying to force off the front page of newspapers…and replacing these Foley stories with manufactured scandals against Democrats.

    Just a thought.


  57. Martin Cicchino says:

    According to the Repug Party crackers there is much ado about nothing and ‘no long was broken’. Of course not, in their hearts and minds they honestly believe that laws are only broken when Democrats are involved.

    You know they are in trouble when they wish you would just go back and investigate Iraq.

    This will be choice….can you spell….g-r-a-n-d j-u-r-y, and i-n-d-i-c-t-m-e-n-t?

    How many days left until these bastards are out of office?

    November 2008 will be a Repug Electorial Bloodbath.


  58. M6rt@aol.com says:

    Is it true that Karl Rove is Satan? What a nasty thing to say about Satan.


  59. Raymond Funamoto says:

    Reiterating Bette Davis “WHAT A DUMP!!!!!” Also said by the CONSTIPATED Mr. Creosote who had that extra Hummingbird’s Wing–THAT SET HIM OFF AND DESTROYED THE COMMODE!!!!! Yes, #58, If Karl FAT-F*CK Rove is SATAN, then CHIMPya is 666, “The Great Beast,” SPAWN of SATAN, Damien(tm) from THE OMEN(tm)!!!!!JUST ASK THE white house BARBER–Oops! DID I JUST KILL OFF ANOTHER BARBER WHO HAD SEEN THE THREE SIXES ON CHIMPya’s SCALP?????


  60. joe falcone says:

    I think I’ve found the quote in the document dump that will blow the lid off. Check out my diary at DKos: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/19/232250/520

    Margaret Chiara seeks a recommendation from McNulty, describing his willingness to get her a job elsewhere as “the witness protection program”, saying she’s willing to elude reporters if he’ll get her the job she wants. Beautiful.

    She also says, by way of establishing her threat, that if she can’t get the job, then maybe the administration should tell the truth, because “”Politics may not be a pleasant reason, but the truth is compelling.”

    Please take a look.


  61. R says:

    How odd- I understand that Chimpy likes to take a big-ass dump in the morning, not at night. Oh, well… evening, it is.



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