Comments on: Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:58:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 1000 hits in 30 days » Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3107645 1000 hits in 30 days » Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:35:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3107645 [...] post by Nico and software by Elliott Back Bookmark [...] [...] post by Nico and software by Elliott Back Bookmark [...]

]]> By: casam http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3085528 casam Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:19:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3085528 He can't be a Republican...he's way too good look'n! He can’t be a Republican…he’s way too good look’n!

]]> By: lonesomerobot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3038334 lonesomerobot Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:16:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3038334 trolls, who obviously don't understand the issue: sure, "they serve at the pleasure of the president". he can fire any of them he wants. but tony snow said, "don't be dropping this at the president's door". do you get that? THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T DO THE FIRING. this scheme was cooked up by miers and rove and carried out by mid-level hacks at the DOJ. good prosecutors' reputations have been slandered. the story from AG has changed from week to week. one of his underlings has taken the 5th. the administration, as usual, has completely bungled the response. it's amazing to see you trolls continue to defend these clowns. all they do is embarrass you more and more by the day. trolls, who obviously don’t understand the issue:

sure, “they serve at the pleasure of the president”. he can fire any of them he wants.

but tony snow said, “don’t be dropping this at the president’s door”. do you get that? THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T DO THE FIRING. this scheme was cooked up by miers and rove and carried out by mid-level hacks at the DOJ.

good prosecutors’ reputations have been slandered. the story from AG has changed from week to week. one of his underlings has taken the 5th. the administration, as usual, has completely bungled the response.

it’s amazing to see you trolls continue to defend these clowns. all they do is embarrass you more and more by the day.

]]> By: Mary Poplins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3034762 Mary Poplins Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:31:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3034762 #107 theswan The law needs to be change back. This item was not discuss before they voted on the Patriot Act II. I don't care if the law was change. They need to after Arlen Specter and that Tolman guy. This is wrong. theswan get a life. Don;t call me popins. Got it!!!!! #107 theswan

The law needs to be change back. This item was not discuss before they voted on the Patriot Act II. I don’t care if the law was change. They need to after Arlen Specter and that Tolman guy. This is wrong.

theswan get a life. Don;t call me popins. Got it!!!!!

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3033172 theswan Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:12:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3033172 Law changed, popins! Law changed, popins!

]]> By: Mary Poplins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3028960 Mary Poplins Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:02:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3028960 Good morning all We need to fire the eight US Attorneys that Old Bushies put in place as they were not approved by the Senate. The congress need to change the law back to where the Senate has to approve the US Attorneys. Good morning all

We need to fire the eight US Attorneys that Old Bushies put in place as they were not approved by the Senate. The congress need to change the law back to where the Senate has to approve the US Attorneys.

]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3016689 DallasNE Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:29:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3016689 When you factor in the number of times Sampson said "I don't remember" with some of the things he did say he came across as someone conflicted between accepting his role as the fall guy and actually coming clean. I fully expect others to dispute many of Sampson's claims. When you factor in the number of times Sampson said “I don’t remember” with some of the things he did say he came across as someone conflicted between accepting his role as the fall guy and actually coming clean. I fully expect others to dispute many of Sampson’s claims.

]]> By: SKdeA http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3014199 SKdeA Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:44:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3014199 Bumpersticker: "I GAG 4 AG AG" Just a thought. What I find amazing is that these newbie hacks in the Justice Department think they will piss off 8 incredibly talented prosecutors, and get away with it. They have thrown down the gauntlet and hope that as usual the American people will just be so amazed at their chutzpah, they won't complain. But this is different than any of the other rapes of the system. This one is the real battleground. If they get away with this and tilt the justice in their favor, and if we let it happen, we will never be able to prosecute them for any crimes. Bumpersticker:
“I GAG 4 AG AG”

Just a thought.

What I find amazing is that these newbie hacks in the Justice Department think they will piss off 8 incredibly talented prosecutors, and get away with it. They have thrown down the gauntlet and hope that as usual the American people will just be so amazed at their chutzpah, they won’t complain.
But this is different than any of the other rapes of the system. This one is the real battleground. If they get away with this and tilt the justice in their favor, and if we let it happen, we will never be able to prosecute them for any crimes.

]]> By: I WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3013673 I WORFEUS Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:16:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3013673 <em>and he was Chief of Staff to McNulty? </em> Comment by Devil's Advocate — March 31, 2007 @ 10:10 pm He was chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales. (I wonder if Gonzales signed memos AG AG?) and he was Chief of Staff to McNulty?

Comment by Devil’s Advocate — March 31, 2007 @ 10:10 pm

He was chief of staff to Alberto Gonzales.

(I wonder if Gonzales signed memos AG AG?)

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3013537 Devil's Advocate Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:10:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3013537 Sampson is a little weasel, and a total clone of Turd Blossom. I watched his entire testimony. He was clearly intent on taking some of the blame to please his masters but he was totally unwiling to implicate any of them. The fat little turd was plagued by amnesia, incomplete recollections, and the like. As for the records of the attorneys who were on the firing list, he supposedly kept them in his right-hand drawer, but they have now mysteriously disappeared. That little turd is barely in his thirties, has never tried a case, except for sitting second chair in a civil case, and he was Chief of Staff to McNulty? And he can't remember anything? The way this is going, We the People, will soon have to ship the entire Bush Administration to mental institutions dealing with early onset of Alzheimer's disease. Sampson is a little weasel, and a total clone of Turd Blossom.

I watched his entire testimony. He was clearly intent on taking some of the blame to please his masters but he was totally unwiling to implicate any of them. The fat little turd was plagued by amnesia, incomplete recollections, and the like. As for the records of the attorneys who were on the firing list, he supposedly kept them in his right-hand drawer, but they have now mysteriously disappeared.

That little turd is barely in his thirties, has never tried a case, except for sitting second chair in a civil case, and he was Chief of Staff to McNulty?

And he can’t remember anything?

The way this is going, We the People, will soon have to ship the entire Bush Administration to mental institutions dealing with early onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

]]> By: Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me « Tons of Fresh News http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3013404 Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me « Tons of Fresh News Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:01:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3013404 [...] Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me “Bud Cummins is the former U.S. Attorney for Arkansas who was pushed out to make room for [...] [...] Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me Cummins: Now The Bush Administration Is Lying About Me “Bud Cummins is the former U.S. Attorney for Arkansas who was pushed out to make room for [...]

]]> By: The Artist Formerly Known as WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3012918 The Artist Formerly Known as WORFEUS Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:32:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3012918 Also we should point out, that in the Carol Lam case, where they claim she was fired for not pursuing immigration cases, COURT RECORDS show that immigration cases made up for largest percentage of cases prosecuted during her tenure. The LARGEST. Not the smallest. The LARGEST. In other words, she prosecuted more immigration cases, than any other type of case. Yet the administration claims she wasn't prosecuting immigration cases. :| Boggles the mind. Also we should point out, that in the Carol Lam case, where they claim she was fired for not pursuing immigration cases, COURT RECORDS show that immigration cases made up for largest percentage of cases prosecuted during her tenure.

The LARGEST.

Not the smallest.

The LARGEST.

In other words, she prosecuted more immigration cases, than any other type of case.

Yet the administration claims she wasn’t prosecuting immigration cases.

:|

Boggles the mind.

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3012905 Devil's Advocate Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:32:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3012905 Please, folks! Jake is such a fanatical Bush cultist that it is utterly useless to engage him into any any kind of discussion. He is truly brain-washed. In other words, he is not mentally competent. Why on earth would any of you engage a guy who belongs in a mental institution? Please, folks! Jake is such a fanatical Bush cultist that it is utterly useless to engage him into any any kind of discussion. He is truly brain-washed. In other words, he is not mentally competent. Why on earth would any of you engage a guy who belongs in a mental institution?

]]> By: The Artist Formerly Known as WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3012826 The Artist Formerly Known as WORFEUS Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:30:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3012826 Actually correction. 3 of them were ranked in the TOP TEN, not 4. The 3 in the top ten were Carol Lam, David Iglesias and Paul Charlton. The 4th Daniel Bogden was ranked in the top 1 3rd in the nation. Also I feel it is important to mention that in Bob Cummins district according to court records Bob Cummins district showed marked increases in prosecutions and convictions in nearly EVERY MAJOR CRIME CATEGORY. But we're supposed to believe he was fired for poor performance? Actually correction. 3 of them were ranked in the TOP TEN, not 4.

The 3 in the top ten were Carol Lam, David Iglesias and Paul Charlton.

The 4th Daniel Bogden was ranked in the top 1 3rd in the nation.

Also I feel it is important to mention that in Bob Cummins district according to court records Bob Cummins district showed marked increases in prosecutions and convictions in nearly EVERY MAJOR CRIME CATEGORY.

But we’re supposed to believe he was fired for poor performance?

]]> By: Zeke http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3012070 Zeke Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:11:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3012070 On a completely superficial note... Damn! Bud Cummins is HOT!!!! What a stud! On a completely superficial note…

Damn! Bud Cummins is HOT!!!! What a stud!

]]> By: I WORFEUS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-3/#comment-3011673 I WORFEUS Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:58:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3011673 I don't care what Jake, or any one else says. You don't falsly impune a mans character. Period. And you especiially don't do it when you're in power. What Sampson is now saying about Cummins contradicts what they said about him earlier, and it is reprehensible to just slander him like this. Does anyone realize that out of the 8 attorneys fired, 4 of them were ranked in the TOP TEN of all federal prosecutors in the country??? The TOP TEN!!!!! And yet everyones supposed to believe they were fired for "performance reasons"? Get real. I don’t care what Jake, or any one else says.

You don’t falsly impune a mans character. Period.

And you especiially don’t do it when you’re in power.

What Sampson is now saying about Cummins contradicts what they said about him earlier, and it is reprehensible to just slander him like this.

Does anyone realize that out of the 8 attorneys fired, 4 of them were ranked in the TOP TEN of all federal prosecutors in the country???

The TOP TEN!!!!!

And yet everyones supposed to believe they were fired for “performance reasons”?

Get real.

]]> By: Liberty Lover http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-2/#comment-3006245 Liberty Lover Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:12:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3006245 "Once you have given the public a reason to believe some of your decisions are improperly motivated, then they are going to question every decision you have made, or will make in the future.” Cummins Could not have said it better myself... but then again the credibility of this administration has been toast for awhile now, hasn't it? “Once you have given the public a reason to believe some of your decisions are improperly motivated, then they are going to question every decision you have made, or will make in the future.” Cummins

Could not have said it better myself… but then again the credibility of this administration has been toast for awhile now, hasn’t it?

]]> By: Gerald Gibson Jr http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-2/#comment-3004561 Gerald Gibson Jr Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:05:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3004561 <em>I suspect Mr. Gonzales has that hang dog look on his face for two reasons. He is disappointed that the WH is not happier, when he did precisely the job it wanted done. He took no great interest in what Sampson was doing because he knew all the decisions would be made in the WH. So, why bother? Comment by mbbsdphil </em> Someone in the WH is a control freak and micromanager. I suspect Mr. Gonzales has that hang dog look on his face for two reasons. He is disappointed that the WH is not happier, when he did precisely the job it wanted done. He took no great interest in what Sampson was doing because he knew all the decisions would be made in the WH. So, why bother?

Comment by mbbsdphil

Someone in the WH is a control freak and micromanager.

]]> By: Veritas78 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-2/#comment-3003897 Veritas78 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:39:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3003897 Cry me a river, Republican baby. You went to bed with a nest of rats—now suck it up and say THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!! Sheesh... what a bunch of whiners. Cry me a river, Republican baby. You went to bed with a nest of rats—now suck it up and say THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!!

Sheesh… what a bunch of whiners.

]]> By: veritas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/comment-page-2/#comment-3003608 veritas Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:28:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/31/cummins-sampson/#comment-3003608 #86 I agree but you, obviously, did not see the length to which Cummins went to attempt to exonerate Gonzales and Bush along the way. Now he's crying "foul" because Sampson outed him and added him to the hit list for non-performance of their duties. Hey....wait a minute....if Bush/Gonzo can fire attorneys for not doing their job, then they, themselves, can be fired for derelection of duty as well...lemesee....how much "negligence" do we have on Bush now? 911, Iraq War, Katrina, Walter Reed, Global Warming, and the list goes on ad infinitum. #86 I agree but you, obviously, did not see the length to which Cummins went to attempt to exonerate Gonzales and Bush along the way. Now he’s crying “foul” because Sampson outed him and added him to the hit list for non-performance of their duties.

Hey….wait a minute….if Bush/Gonzo can fire attorneys for not doing their job, then they, themselves, can be fired for derelection of duty as well…lemesee….how much “negligence” do we have on Bush now? 911, Iraq War, Katrina, Walter Reed, Global Warming, and the list goes on ad infinitum.

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