White House seeking Gonzales replacements,
White House seeking Gonzales replacements,
and Gonzales’ deputy Paul McNulty is almost certain to resign, The Politico reports:
Republican officials operating at the behest of the White House have begun seeking a possible successor to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose support among GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill has collapsed…
Among the names floated Monday by administration officials are Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend. Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson is a White House prospect. So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.
Republican sources also disclosed that it is now a virtual certainty that Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, whose incomplete and inaccurate congressional testimony about the prosecutors helped precipitate the crisis, will also resign shortly. Officials were debating whether Gonzales and McNulty should depart at the same time or whether McNulty should go a day or two after Gonzales.
UPDATE: Fox News’ Major Garrett reports: “Several GOP [congressional] sources told Fox tonight: Gonzales is the President’s friend and his problem, and that they will waste no political capital defending him.”
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The lot should resign together.
March 19th, 2007 at 6:59 pm“Mission Accomplished” Indeed!
Rove’s going down too, he’s even further involved in this obstruction of justice than Gonzales is
March 19th, 2007 at 7:01 pmChertoff? Seriously, there are not at least 100,000 potential candidates out there who have greater qualifications then that ass?
Republicans have no class and even less credibility!!!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:02 pmBut nobody did anything wrong, Roger, Patrick, and Jake.
I like the idea of Cherthoff. The guy is a complete idiot. His Katrina performance will kill him in the hearings.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:03 pmTypical Bush MO – say one thing; do another. Publicly, today he said that he’d hoped Gonzo would stay (Gonzo should have known that he can’t be trusted based on his statements before kicking Rummy’s neocon arss out)….and now he’s investigating replacements. Is this President bipolar? It’s beginning to look that way. Which is a very frightening thought…..saying one thing and doing another is hypocritical but when done as a habit or general rule, it’s serious psychiatric disease. Has he seen a shrink lately? Perhaps he should consult with Justin A. Frank, M.D. who wrote the tell-all book on Bush entitled “Bush On the Couch”….yikes….that one will frighten you right out of your skin.
The scary thing is it’s beginning to looks every bit like what Dr. Frank has diagnosed and predicted about Bush. Very scary stuff.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:03 pmthey should be indicted… especially gonzo…
March 19th, 2007 at 7:04 pmbut, unlikely this soon… so, just go… go go go…
#1 You’re right….The entire administration should resign because the ugly truths which will be forthcoming will make them wish they’d resigned. Perhaps them remaining will be “poetic justice” since they will then have to lie to defend their crimes and then be convicted all of perjury. Or perhaps the american people will grow some cojones and call for the impeachment of them all????
March 19th, 2007 at 7:05 pmCHERTOFF! CHERTOFF?? Chertoff is a gerbil who couldn’t handle getting water to the victims of Katrina for goodness sakes. He’s bungled everything he’s done and has the persona of a gerbil….or a sniveling asp. This guy will do nothing for the integrity of the office; in fact, his karma from Katrina and the lack of trust in him based on his performance, will tank his effectiveness to do the job (if he even has the qualifications for it in the first place)….Great job Brownie!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:06 pmJerkoff? Oh, sorry, I mean Chertoff? Chertoff? As AG? OMG.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:06 pmFrom the frying pan into the fire.
So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.
Sadly, right now it is such a mess in the JD, not many HONEST people are going to want the job. =/
March 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pmThe Katrina hearings focused mostly on Brown, but they could just as easily have focused entirely on Chertoff. Now that Brown is out of the picture, a confirmation hearing with Cherthoff would air out his complete incompetence and buffoonery during Katrina. But Bush has a special knack for choosing extraordinarily incompetent people. Just look at Rumsfeld and Gonzales. So let us pray that he nominates Chertoff.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:11 pmHow many more Reagan-era neocons are left to choose from? There must be at least one more of those losers left out there without a job. One of them is bound to be a lawyer.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:11 pmlet’s face it, they’ll kick out Gonzo to install another propagandist who’ll never get any loyalty from his bosses…
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March 19th, 2007 at 7:13 pmOne of them is bound to be a lawyer.
Comment by AboveTheClouds — March 19, 2007 @ 7:11 pm
The way Gonzales runs DOJ, his replacement probably doesn’t need to be a lawyer.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:13 pmCHERTOFF = CUA!!!!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:14 pmAND A WAR PH*CKING CRIMINAL!!!! THIS IS PH*CKED UP!!! GW BOTCH NEEDS TO BE IMPEACHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many more Reagan-era neocons are left to choose from?
— AboveTheClouds
I was wondering something similar.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:14 pmHow many PNACers are on the list and not already fired or going to trial soon?
#8 Veritas:
CHERTOFF! CHERTOFF?? Chertoff is a gerbil who couldn’t handle getting water to the victims of Katrina for goodness sakes….
Besides being the counsel behind the outrageously political Senate “Whitewater” inquisitions into Clinton’s supposed wrong-doings. Yeah, that’s a “feather in the cap” for someone who’s going to “depoliticise” the DoJ….
Cheers,
March 19th, 2007 at 7:19 pmGive the damn job to “Scooter.” We already know how dumb and loyal he is so he can sentence himself and not worry about the chicken (pardon) and egg (impeachment) sequence.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:21 pm#10 Wayne:
So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.
Another complete political animal, into the Arkansas Project up to his eyeballs, doing political slime. Yeah, another “natural” for the job….
Cheers,
March 19th, 2007 at 7:21 pm#11 On the HBO 4 part special on Katrina, the material fact was uncovered that it was Chertoff who pulled higher rank than Brownie and failed abysmally. So, of course, Bush appoints another loser to the position of Homeland Security. Since when has integrity meant doing the diametric opposite of what is right and honest? The guy who botches Katrina then is appointed as Homeland Security Head. I think we will all look back and see that this administration was one huge joke on the american public. What was once right is now wrong; what was once illegal is now legal – by a mere tweaking of semantics and/or creating intentional loopholes in the law so that the conartists can escape. Amazing how degenerated this government has become and how low this country has descended….now all we need is for China to call that 30+ percent of ownership in our national debt due and payable and this country will sink like the Titanic. ALL THIS – Thanks to Bush and his Jim-Jones-fashioned cadre of Bushies!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:21 pmAre the trolls all on the coffee break?
March 19th, 2007 at 7:22 pm#14 Do we know that Gonzales is a lawyer? Frankly, from his statments at hearings and his lack of finesse, I find it difficult to believe. We all realized he was merely a “puppet” but he didn’t even project a quasi-intelligent version of puppetry when speaking publicly. We collectively cringed to imagine that he holds the Dept. of Justice in his hands and he appeared so clueless.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:23 pm#21 No, I think today’s hearings and Gonzo’s imminent dismissal have them all clueless….what compromised brains they do have in their cranium are spinning like a tilt-a-whirl. What can they say now? Only a clueless idiot would continue to post when there is nothing positive or credible for them to say. They realize that their spin & drivel game is over.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:25 pmAny smart attorney would run screaming from the AG job at this point, even if they were a party loyalist.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pmSo- your first job is to shovel all of the shit out of the stable. If you can do that by dawn, you’re in. If not, Tony will say some nice things about you. Don’t let the stable door hit any asses on the way out,
Zeus to Hercules
March 19th, 2007 at 7:28 pm#21 I was wondering the same thing. Maybe they are holding a strategy session.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:28 pmCherotoff, Townsend and Olsen? (Don’t know about Thompson..yet). What is it that these people don’t get? Do they honestly think that playing musical chairs or trying to appoint people (like Olsen) who have been, frankly, tarnished by the whole 2000 election is going to satisfy the American people? Oh, and I’m not one bit surprised that they are going to get rid of Gonzales. One thing we know for sure…when the President says one thing, you can bet the reality is the opposite.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:35 pmWhat happened to…
LOL!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:38 pmWTF… I knew it was the “Brownie you’re doing a heck of a job” support coming from the WH. You mean to say that boy Bush is looking for a replacement for Gonzales? Thought boy Bush said that he supports his main consigliere, Gonzales, oops, I meant Attonery General Gonzales :)
March 19th, 2007 at 7:41 pmThe fact that the WH is shopping for a Gonzales replacement is quite illuminating as it occurs simultaneous to the document dump which will surely be indicting to many in high places. Bush, mistakenly, hopes that his sacrifice of Gonzales will end this firestorm of corruption leading to the top – It will not. Instead, people will see that this action is not because he has suddenly developed a soul; rather it is because he KNOWS what he and Gonzales have done will be revealed to the american public soon.
In fact, it could be said that the impetus and sentiment behind the people’s anger on this attorney issue is a culmination of an avalanche of lies by this administration, by Bush himself, and by those Bushies around him. It is the lies leading up to the war; it’s the horrendously treasonous action of outing a covert operative for political purposes; it is the illegal wiretapping of americans (against our constitution); it’s the abuse of the Patriot Act; it’s the overturn of Habeas Corpus; It’s Abu Graib; It’s an Unprecedented National Debt; It’s about war profiteering; It’s about oil grabbing….and the litany of horrible things goes on and on….and on…
The sum total of all of this lying and overt corruption (did I mention voting fraud?) is why people are jumping on this DOJ nightmare to the extent that they are. We’re sick and tired of being lied to; We’re sick and tired of having our constitution trampled by a twisted group of power brokers who are “wolves in sheep’s clothing” – pretending to work for the people and care about their welfare and screwing them behind their backs.
It’s over. The american people have reached a critical threshold – a critical mass of rejection of this administration. For Bush and his Bushies, their nightmare has just begun. There will be investigations upon investigations and the cold, hard truth will get darker and darker as americans realize that they’ve been duped by those whom they trusted.
It’s quintessential “BETRAYAL” and it will take time for people to recover and heal from this level of betrayal by those pretending to care about them.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:41 pm#29 Oops…we all fell into compacency again and believed something the Chimp had said, didn’t we? Of course, he’s looking for a replacement. He’s the one who has first-hand knowledge of what will be uncovered in all of this and he is throwing a bone to the people for mercy down the line. It’s a classic move.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:43 pmYes, recruiting for the AG would be quite the thing.
Santana said it first:
Ain’t got nobody that I can depend on…
March 19th, 2007 at 7:43 pmReplacing Gonzo is the least of Bush’s problems right now. He sees the handwriting on the wall of what’s to be uncovered and is trying to save his back. It won’t work. They’re all going to be hitting the road when this scandal breaks and before all is said and done.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:44 pmWhite House seeking Gonzales replacements,
White House??
Under GW BOTCH it’s more like the SHIT HOUSE!!!!!
March 19th, 2007 at 7:45 pm“The Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Must Go”…
1. Lying Under Oath
2. Purging Prosecutors
3. Misusing the Patriot Act’s National Security Letters
4. Authorizing Illegal NSA Domestic Surveillance
5. Enabling John Yoo and Unchecked Presidential War Powers
6. Rendering the Geneva Conventions “Quaint”
7. Supporting Military Commissions and the End of Habeas Corpus
8. Blessing Unprecedented Expansion of Presidential Signing Statements
9. Facilitating a CIA Leak Cover-Up
10. Gutting Minority Voting Rights
For the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
March 19th, 2007 at 7:46 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
Any smart attorney would run screaming from the AG job at this point, even if they were a party loyalist.
Comment by Zooey
Any smart and HONEST attorney would run screaming from the AG job at this point LMAO
Any party ( Bush ) loyalist at this point is NOT an HONEST person.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:46 pmUPDATE: Fox News’ Major Garrett reports: “Several GOP [congressional] sources told Fox tonight: Gonzales is the President’s friend and his problem, and that they will waste no political capital defending him.â€
Hahaha
March 19th, 2007 at 7:47 pmSpeedy is in some deep doodoo right about now.
His “capitol” is spent. He is working a deficit. And will continue.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:48 pmNow that’s pretty funny. Do you really think the trolls even know what the word strategy means? They’re still yappin about Clinton, Bill Clinton that is. Could that be called “backwords stategy” ?
March 19th, 2007 at 7:50 pmWhat happened to…
Move along. Nothing to see here. Comment by Jake
LOL! Comment by JPV
Jake’s talking points did not cover this part LOL
March 19th, 2007 at 7:51 pmIt is high time that people like McNulty do the right thing, which is to tell the truth and the whole truth about Gonzales and the Bush administration. His wife and his children will suffer a lifetime of humiliation if he continues the charade that is this administration. If he comes clean his family, wife, children and everyone that knows him might forgive him; if not he will live in infamy with all the others.
This distraction mounted an all out assault against our freedoms and they must be held accountable.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:52 pmIf I were Bush, I’d be reaching for some Jack right now. Hold the Kool-Aid- bad hangovers in that stuff.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:53 pmAny smart and HONEST attorney would run screaming from the AG job at this point LMAO
Any party ( Bush ) loyalist at this point is NOT an HONEST person.
Comment by wayne
Well, I figured a party loyalist wouldn’t be honest. :D
March 19th, 2007 at 7:54 pmveritas – well spoken… Let’s hope the American voters will realize that the Republic Party are not capable of governing and will never vote the Republic Party into power again.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:54 pmOne of these guys will turn coat-tails and leak it all. They’ll make an immunity deal while simultaneously signing a book deal, and rat out everyone. I might even buy that book.
March 19th, 2007 at 7:59 pmveritas – well spoken… Let’s hope the American voters will realize that the Republic Party are not capable of governing and will never vote the Republic Party into power again.
Comment by CoffinsDrapedWithFlags
You seem to be forgetting that the Democrats are the other half of the problem.
What we need is a whole new group of parties, with new ideologies and values, not more of the same.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:05 pmGee.
I thought Jake said they hadn’t done anything wrong.
So why then did the Attorney Generals Chief of Staff resign, and why now is the White House shopping for a new Attorney General?
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Just coincidences I guess, huh Jake?
March 19th, 2007 at 8:05 pmhttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/blogs/news_blog/070319/paralysis_sets_in_as_doj_faces.htm
March 19th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Oh my god! This thread is troll-free?
How come? :-D
March 19th, 2007 at 8:13 pmRumsfeld resigned, and I thought he was the best SecDef the U.S. had ever had. I hope “Speedy” (as someone above called him) does not resign either, but that’s not my call obviously.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:15 pm“Gonzales is the President’s friend and his problem, and that they will waste no political capital defending him.â€
If true, this is an ominous development for Bush. It may be an indication that GOPers in Congress are starting to conclude that going to the mat for Bush is a losing proposition politically. As dumb as the vast majority of evolution/global warming/factual reality-denying GOPers are, they’re just smart enough to realize that they’re in a very different position than Bush: they’ll have to face the voters in ‘08. Nothing focuses the attention on reality more effectively than the suspicion that the train you’ve hitched your wagon to is speeding straight for a cliff. Abstract principles like loyalty to your party’s nominal leader disappear pretty quickly.
If that feeling spreads, then Bush will be on increasingly thin ice with his own party when he stonewalls Congressional subpoenas. The clincher for Nixon’s resignation was when Congressional Republicans came to the White House and told him it that it was either resign or face certain impeachment. Eventually, these GOPers will see that Bush doesn’t care any more about them than displaced Katrina refugees. They’re all just expendable pawns in the service of propping up his gigantic and gigantically fragile ego.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:18 pmWhat’s that quote from Macbeth, “Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.”
This scandal is getting better and better every day … true drama, worthy of Shakespeare!
March 19th, 2007 at 8:18 pmOh my god! This thread is troll-free?
How come? :-D
Comment by Zooey
They are all anxiously waiting at their official Karl Rove GOP Talking Points FAX Machines® for words to be put into their mouths.
However I think that Karl may have run into a bit of writer’s block on this one.
I guess there’s always…
“BUT MOMMY, MOMMY, IT’S NOT FAIR. CLINTON DID IT TOO. IT’S NOT FAIR MOMMY.”
But then again, I think that one’s gotten a bit worn out as of late.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:22 pmJPV at 46
“What we need is a whole new group of parties, with new ideologies and values, not more of the same.”
What’s really needed is to get rid of lobbyists. Get rid of most of the lawyers, and any candidate who is close to any corporation…
The States are screwed.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:22 pmZooey sez:
I do believe you jinxed the thread, Zooey. Two minutes after your post, Shakey Jake arrived.
Jake sez:
Thanks for giving Gonzo your kiss of death, Shakey.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:24 pmRumsfeld resigned, and I thought he was the best SecDef the U.S. had ever had. I hope “Speedy†(as someone above called him) does not resign either, but that’s not my call obviously.
Comment by Jake
Was Rumsfled so “great”, because you are just a plain stubborn apologist, and you say it’s so? (In your own delusional mind that is.)
Or was Rumsfled so “great” because of certain verifiable accomplishments? (I find this one hard to believe since the war he presided over is a complete and utter mess.) And if so, what were those “great” accomplishments?
Please elucidate. Inquiring minds need to know.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:27 pmLet’s hope the American voters will realize that the Republic Party are not capable of governing and will never vote the Republic Party into power again.
Comment by CoffinsDrapedWithFlags
I am not so sure the intellegence level of the average American voter is high enough to remember anything past what happened on last week’s “Survivor” show.
Just look at who got almost half the vote, TWICE. ( Hint : GW Bush )
March 19th, 2007 at 8:37 pmWhile individuals may be intellegent, Americans as a group are Stupid F*cking Idiots.
Rumsfeld resigned, and I thought he was the best SecDef the U.S. had ever had. I hope “Speedy†(as someone above called him) does not resign either, but that’s not my call obviously.
Comment by Jake
Speaking of Stupid F*cking Idiots…… =/
March 19th, 2007 at 8:41 pmI want Fitzgerald in that job.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:43 pmA girl can dream, can’t she?
Really. Michael Chertoff is at the top of the list?
So the White House strategy is to threaten to appoint somebody even more incompetent to the post of AG?
That’s actually f*ckin brilliant.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:45 pmRumsfeld resigned, and I thought he was the best SecDef the U.S. had ever had.
Comment by Jake — March 19, 2007 @ 8:15 pm
LoL. Thats pretty funny Jake. You are a funny guy.
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But next time you should try breaking the pills in half.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:45 pmYou mean “liar” Rumsfeld? You know…
RUMSFELD: We know where [the WMD] are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. [ABC This Week, 3/30/03]
versus…
QUESTION: You said you knew where they were.
RUMSFELD: I did not. I said I knew where suspect sites were…
March 19th, 2007 at 8:45 pmSee, just like I told you yesterday, Jake. Watch and learn, kid.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:47 pmAmong the names floated Monday by administration officials are Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend.
Ok, Chertoff it ain’t gonna be. So what do we know about Townsend? Otherwise will the prez have to resort to special cloning or mind transfer techniques to find something acceptable?
March 19th, 2007 at 8:47 pmI do believe you jinxed the thread, Zooey. Two minutes after your post, Shakey Jake arrived.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
SORRY!! Damn, I did the same thing with the Norwegian one time. I’ll stop summoning them…..somehow. :)
March 19th, 2007 at 8:48 pmI want Fitzgerald in that job.
A girl can dream, can’t she?
Comment by SKdeA
I want Fitzgerald…..
A girl can dream, can’t she?
Heh. I fixed it for you, SKdeA. ;)
March 19th, 2007 at 8:49 pmLoL. Thats pretty funny Jake. You are a funny guy.
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But next time you should try breaking the pills in half.
Comment by The Artist Formerly Known as WORFEUS
Jake must be profiting from this war.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:49 pmHey Jake! What does bypassing the Senate with U.S. attorney appointments have to do with national security?
March 19th, 2007 at 8:57 pmTed Olsen is a definite no-no. He’s ultraconservative. He also argued Bush v. Gore before the Supreme Court. I think he’s very right wing Christian, too. And Bush can nominate whomever he wants: that doesn’t mean his nomination will be confirmed. Thank God the Democrats won in 2006.
March 19th, 2007 at 8:57 pmCome on Chimpy, Give Brownie another shot. He’ll doe a heckuva job.
-GSD
March 19th, 2007 at 9:06 pmWell just let Bush try and appoint someone close to him like Chertoff. Congress won’t go for it. Bush’s association with Gonzales is what makes all this stink so much, and he’s going to make himself the subject of a Federal Investigation if he tries to slip a close associate into the office of AG.
Right now he needs to appoint someone who reaks of independence and neutrality. But if he does of course, he knows that person will end up investigating him.
Its a catch 22 for Bush. And I think he knows it.
I’d look for him to be boozing again soon.
March 19th, 2007 at 9:08 pmSorry W, John Mitchell is dead and buried.
March 19th, 2007 at 9:09 pmHey, is lie-ber-man an attorney.? …Blessings
March 19th, 2007 at 9:31 pmHARRIET MIERS!
March 19th, 2007 at 9:37 pm“Several GOP [congressional] sources told Fox tonight: Gonzales is the President’s friend and his problem, and that they will waste no political capital defending him.â€
What damn political capital?
…they’re all “politically” bankrupt…
…I’d say that being a REPULSIVESCUM right about now…
…is tantamount to being a…
…pervert and brainwashed cultist…
March 19th, 2007 at 9:49 pmI do hereby nominate myself for the next AG.
Qualifications(if really needed): Even though I’m not a lawyer I am a retired Air Force Weather forecaster (ok I realize that being retired military may be a hinderance to these chickenhawks, but maybe they’ll use me as a token GI). My best friend and golfing partner (yes Abramhof I play golf) always introduces me as a “professional liar”
I figure I can’t screw this up anymore than Asscroft and Gonzo (I love that name) and being retired military I know how to smile, salute and say “Yes Sir” on command, while walking away and wondering what kind of idiot was giving me an order.
In 6 months I need to “spend more time with my family” (it’s hard work screwing up), retire again, pick my choice of high six figure income lobbying jobs and play golf to my heart’s content.
Anyone second my nomination? Or are any of you more qualified? I’ll step aside and you can do a crony appointment for me.
(too sarcastic???)
March 19th, 2007 at 9:59 pmIf Gonzales was a person of integrity and character, he would resign tonight. But we know he is not. He is unashamed in his unparalleled asskissery, brown-nosing, and cheese-eating. Those traits are not compatible with qualifications for US Attorney General. He should never have been placed in such a position, being both constitutionally incapable and professionally unprepared.
Michael Brown aka Brownie would be as good an AG as Gonzales. If unavailable, there’s a lawyer here in my hometown who doesn’t get much work since his wife and children left him. He’s intoxicated much of the time, doesn’t go to church, has a trashy slutty girlfriend, has a few DWI, but I’m sure he’s as qualified as anybody Bush/Cheney will nominate.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:13 pmI think Tom Delay has the inside track as the new AG. Besides, Cherthoff is just a junior officer on the star ship Enterprise.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:18 pmFuture Scene in Senate Judiciary Committee Room:
Sen Leahy: If confirmed, what steps will you take to depoliticize the Department of Justice?
Nominee: I will work with Congress to repeal the Patriot Act; I will restore to office the 8 fired US attorneys; I will end all illegal wiretapping and warrantless surveillance. Also, I want to go on record right now stating that Habeas Corpus is a cornerstone of our legal system and as long as I’m Attorney General, we will honor and abide by the rule of law.
(Democratic members of the Committee are looking at each other, smiling approvingly while several spectators are “oohing” and “aahing” audibly.)
Sen Leahy: Your reasoning and conviction are highly compelling. Remind us again where you went to law school?
Nominee: Oh, I didn’t go to law school.
Sen Leahy: You didn’t?
Nominee: No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:25 pmBarney for AG…
…if he makes a pile of sh*t…
… at least he’ll be more than willing…
…to look into it…
March 19th, 2007 at 10:47 pmAll the lawyers who advertise on daytime TV have been recruited, but refused the position because “the adminstration is too slimy.” Because this is a job that Americans do not want to do, rumor is that the AG opening will now have to be outsourced to an offshore contractor:D
March 19th, 2007 at 11:11 pmSo do ya think Chimpy is trying to Torquemada it?
ba bum
March 19th, 2007 at 11:11 pmBush and Cheney must be forced to resign, because they will keep appointing stupid butt kissers to cabinet positions. Gonzales just gets replaced with another criminal imbicile.
March 19th, 2007 at 11:13 pm#76 John M…I second. However, you are not a Bush crony so good luck getting that nomination. Really…Chertoff? Are these people stoned?
March 19th, 2007 at 11:42 pmChertoff doesn’t have a prayer of senate confirmation.
Period.
March 19th, 2007 at 11:57 pmONCE GONZO the CLOWN QUITS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW CHIMPya and Bushland Uber Allies GETS A A.G. OF THEIR “CHOICE” CONFIRMED IN A DEMOCRATICALLY-CONTROLLED HOUSE AND SENATE—-HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!! VENGEANCE IS SO SWEET!!!!!
March 20th, 2007 at 12:00 am#85 That is the very reason I hope he is nominated.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:01 am“Nosferatu” Chertoff and Olson DON’T HAVE A SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN HELL OF BEING EITHER NOMINATED OR CONFIRMED, AND NEITHER WILL BE, BECAUSE OF THEIR SHODDY AND BIASED RECORDS–SO repugnant-repubs CAN GNASH THEIR ROTTEN TEETH TO STUMPS–IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN—-A GEAS CURSE ON BOTH OF THEM!!!!!
March 20th, 2007 at 12:09 am#88 That leaves Silbermann. Might as well kiss our civil liberties goodbye.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:13 amIf they are stupid enough to nominate him JPark, then all they will do is give the federal prosecuters a good reason to investigate them for corruption.
Not that they don;’t have good reason now. But with the spotlight on them now like it is, if they try to put a Bush cronie in as the new Attorney General, it will just make him look more guilty than he already does.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:15 amI would like to suggest my good friend and experienced law student Homer Simpson, as a replacement to Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General. He is already stupid and there is no need to coach Homer on the finer talents of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:15 amDOH! Why me laugh?
March 20th, 2007 at 12:16 amWith a Democrat congress standing between his nominee and confirmation and given his administration is under the microscope at the moment, I suspect Bush will be forced to find a candidate who at least appears independent.
Anything less will just reinforce the appearance of corruption.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:19 am#90 WORF, you have a lot more trust in the Dems than I do (well, maybe they would with an obvious target like Chertoff but Silbermann…I am not so sure and he is much more dangerous…he is a true believer.)
March 20th, 2007 at 12:20 am#93 I used to think that until the “gang of 14″. I am thinking the Dems own stock in Vaseline.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:21 amI would like to suggest my good friend and experienced law student Homer Simpson, as a replacement to Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General.
Comment by R — March 20, 2007 @ 12:15 am
I would like to nominate Alfred E. Neuman as a replacement to Alberto Gon…. oh wait, I forgot…… never mind.
He’s already serving as President.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:22 amGONZO’s departure is THE BEGINNING OF THE END for Bushland Uber Allies—-THEY WILL FEEL THE FULL FURY OF AMERICAN JUSTICE WHICH WILL CRUSH THEM AND THEIR SUPPORTERS LIKE THE FILTHY PISS-ANTS THEY ARE!!!!! MARK MY WORDS!!!!! SO MOTE IT BE!!!!!
March 20th, 2007 at 12:23 am#90 WORF, you have a lot more trust in the Dems than I do
Comment by JPark — March 20, 2007 @ 12:20 am
Well, I’m with you there. With spineless leaders like Nancy “Impeachment’s off the table” Pelosi its hard to imagine them doing anything right.
But times are changing, and far too much information is coming out. We have a new Bush scandal almost daily now, and signs of corruption are everywhere. Guys like Chuck Schummer CAN get the job done in the right circumstances.
These are the right circumstances.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:39 am#98 Well, Chuck is not on the top of my “Get things done” list (unless it helps him politically) but Waxman and Conyers (and maybe Leahy) will do just fine, I hope.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:46 amGONZO’s departure is THE BEGINNING OF THE END for Bushland Uber Allies—-
Comment by Raymond Funamoto — March 20, 2007 @ 12:23 am
Raymond makes a valid point. If the Attorney General resigns in the midst of this scandal, then the focus will be forced to turn on Bush. Its inevitable.
And since Gonzales is going to be forced to step down, because he doesn’t have the support of the GOP, then that means we are seeing the beginning of the end for the Bush administration.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:47 amThey’re all good at getting it done when the tides with them. Waxman is a good man. Biden and Kennedy can get aggressive to. And they don’t want to be under oath on camera in front of Ben Veniste.
But in general, I am just saying I think the circumstances right now outweigh the wimpiness factor of the democrats. There is so much corruption scandal that has been made public, and with the approval of the President all but gone, its going to be impossible to avoid.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:53 am#101 I hope you are right, WORF. I have seen them cave on way too many things. I AM surprised at how far they have gone. Gonzalez is toast, no ifs, ands or buts. I hope they go further. By the way, ugh, Biden has the balls of a newborn…female.
March 20th, 2007 at 12:58 amScene in Senate Judiciary Committee Room:
Sen Leahy (two fisted rub of head): Judge Pickering, although I appreciate your willingness to appear before this committee, I must tell you that you have little to no chance of being confirmed. What makes you think you are qualified to serve as Attorney General of the United States?
Judge Pickering: Look heah, Eyeam as qualeefied as any other inbred Southern gentleman. Eye take ekcepshun to your comments, suh!
Sen Leahy(with exasperation): Have you at long last resigned from the CCC, the Conservative Citizens Council Judge Pickering? Isn’t it little more than the KkK in a suit and tie?
Judge Pickering: How dare you attempt to malign the outstanding civic and community service done by the CCC. Resign? On the contrary, Eyeam proud to be a member and to serve as nashnal preznit of the CCC.
Sen Leahy: Do you have any African-American or Jewish members?
Judge Pickering: (Laughing) Now we at the CCC believe in privusee, but I guess it won’t harm anythang if I tell you that Clarence Thomas is one of our most distinguished members (winking roguishly). Where’s Joe?
Sen Leahy: Joe? I’m not certain…
Judge Pickering: Joe Lieberman! He’s one of our most beloved members. He and George Allen often eat a ham samich during our meetings.
Sen Leahy: (rapping gavel) Order, please! The committee will be in order.
March 20th, 2007 at 1:05 amThis is especially for my buddy VerbalKint… see comment #7:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/16/stephanopoulos-gonales-resign/#comments
Dumb Fox takes it to the house.
March 20th, 2007 at 8:07 amNo one seems to have noticed Ed Meese, neanderthal AG from the Nixon days. He was dusted off and appointed a member of the Iraq Study Group. I guess that qualifies these days as “tan, rested & ready.”
The delicious thing about this whole “kerfluffle” is thinking about the confirmation hearings of each of these toadies Bush might send up to the Hill. Oversight at last!!
March 20th, 2007 at 8:09 amUnfortunately Gonzalez isn’t the problem. They’ll just find another way!
March 20th, 2007 at 9:53 amCome on why does anyone think that right wing radicals like Bill Kristol are so excited by this Attorney General. They want to take Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty out.
He is the prosecutor for the upcoming AIPAC/ROSEN ESPIONAGE TRIAL COMING UP (IF IT IS NOT DELAYED FOR THE 5TH TIME OR EVEN DISMISSED IF THE IRAELIS FIRSTERS HAVE THEIR WAY).
This is a chess game and they want to cast clouds over the upcoming espionage trial.
Watch Closely.
April 11th, 2007 at 11:29 amYes, it is time for both Gonzales and McNulty to go. Both are liars and failures. I would like to see Andrew Langer for AG and John Berlau as his deputy. Both have wonderful experience. Berlau is also an expert on prostitution, qualifying him to prosecute other crimes. Langer has political ambitions and this would help him. The only issue I see is that neither is a lawyer but I think Bush can get around that if he wants to.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:38 am