Comments on: Bush Dodges Comey’s Accusations That He Personally Arranged Ashcroft Hospital Visit http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:49:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: essy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-4/#comment-3842271 essy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:33:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3842271 The time for impeachment is never past as long as he remains in office. The time for impeachment is never past as long as he remains in office.

]]> By: essy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-4/#comment-3842268 essy Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:32:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3842268 Of course that is a long way of pleading guilty. He could have, should have just answered "NO". But he went to defend the program, repeating its importance blah blah blah. It is clearly an admission of guilt and an attempt to justify his action. May God protect us from this evil! Of course that is a long way of pleading guilty.

He could have, should have just answered “NO”.

But he went to defend the program, repeating its importance blah blah blah.

It is clearly an admission of guilt and an attempt to justify his action.

May God protect us from this evil!

]]> By: Richard E Sickels http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-4/#comment-3818645 Richard E Sickels Wed, 23 May 2007 20:13:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3818645 I am not sure how much more of this lying, criminal, anti-American Administration of G W Bush. The time for impeachment is past! I am not sure how much more of this lying, criminal, anti-American
Administration of G W Bush. The time for impeachment is past!

]]> By: duufus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-4/#comment-3817405 duufus Wed, 23 May 2007 08:25:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3817405 Impeach americans cannot be serious.... this president is responsible for over 600thousand innocent DEAD and from what im hearing is the worst that can happen to this inhuman monster ....is that he loses his JOB!!! noooo way he and his daddies cabal must do some serious jail time at LEAST!!! pathetic really con hatzi Impeach americans cannot be serious….
this president is responsible for over 600thousand innocent DEAD and from what im hearing is the worst that can happen to this inhuman monster ….is that he loses his JOB!!!
noooo way he and his daddies cabal must do some serious jail time at LEAST!!!
pathetic really con hatzi

]]> By: anonymous http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-4/#comment-3810423 anonymous Fri, 18 May 2007 14:23:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810423 i wonder would anyone have committed the watergate burglary without nixon knowing about it...anyway, in this case, it was card and gonzalez that made their desperate trip to see ashcroft.card, the same guy that had to 'pull teeth'to get bush to cut rumsfeld loose and gonzalez, a guy who probably wouldn't blink unless the president was informed. i wonder would anyone have committed the watergate burglary without nixon knowing about it…anyway, in this case, it was card and gonzalez that made their desperate trip to see ashcroft.card, the same guy that had to ‘pull teeth’to get bush to cut rumsfeld loose and gonzalez, a guy who probably wouldn’t blink unless the president was informed.

]]> By: SPreston http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3810322 SPreston Fri, 18 May 2007 12:16:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810322 <em>The New York Times writes today that “Americans need to know who dispatched Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Card to Mr. Ashcroft’s hospital bed.” Not this American. I don’t really care about any of this crap. It is a frigging side show hyped up by the left. Bush isn’t Hitler, a dictator, etc. He may be somewhat incompetent but he’s not evil. Everybody just calm down. Comment by Cynicon Implant — May 17, 2007 @ 12:45 pm <strong>Sorry pal, looks to me like many of us posting here are not from the left. My entire family has been Conservative Republican for generations, and we are sick and tired of these traitors we have been getting in the White House and Congress from both parties. It is past time to take our nation back. Perhaps we have already lost our children's futures and it is too late. But why would you care? Trolls like you always place party over nation, don't you? <em>CKurtz, SPreston: BTDT. The result? Nader. Or nada; much the same. The consequence? Bush. This is a foolish idea. Reform the electoral system first. Why not come up with some alternatives? Comment by me — May 18, 2007 @ 4:42 am <strong>The consequence? Bush? Would Gore or Kerry have been any better? Of course not. Just more of the same treachery from the corrupt political system we are stuck with. Which Skull & Bones devil worshipper would we prefer? Reform the electoral system with whom? The ENEMY controls that process. We need to outlaw the DemoPublican Party and start fresh with multiple third parties with corrupt DemoPublican politicians forbidden to interfere.</strong></em></strong></em> The New York Times writes today that “Americans need to know who dispatched Mr. Gonzales and Mr. Card to Mr. Ashcroft’s hospital bed.”
Not this American. I don’t really care about any of this crap. It is a frigging side show hyped up by the left.
Bush isn’t Hitler, a dictator, etc. He may be somewhat incompetent but he’s not evil.
Everybody just calm down.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — May 17, 2007 @ 12:45 pm

Sorry pal, looks to me like many of us posting here are not from the left. My entire family has been Conservative Republican for generations, and we are sick and tired of these traitors we have been getting in the White House and Congress from both parties. It is past time to take our nation back. Perhaps we have already lost our children’s futures and it is too late.
But why would you care? Trolls like you always place party over nation, don’t you?

CKurtz, SPreston: BTDT. The result? Nader. Or nada; much the same. The consequence? Bush. This is a foolish idea. Reform the electoral system first. Why not come up with some alternatives?
Comment by me — May 18, 2007 @ 4:42 am

The consequence? Bush? Would Gore or Kerry have been any better? Of course not. Just more of the same treachery from the corrupt political system we are stuck with. Which Skull & Bones devil worshipper would we prefer? Reform the electoral system with whom? The ENEMY controls that process. We need to outlaw the DemoPublican Party and start fresh with multiple third parties with corrupt DemoPublican politicians forbidden to interfere.

]]> By: me http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3810284 me Fri, 18 May 2007 08:42:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810284 "Aah, our very own CIC." He's not the CIC, He's the Decider in Chief (King). CKurtz, SPreston: BTDT. The result? Nader. Or nada; much the same. The consequence? Bush. This is a foolish idea. Reform the electoral system first. Why not come up with some alternatives? “Aah, our very own CIC.”
He’s not the CIC, He’s the Decider in Chief (King).

CKurtz, SPreston: BTDT. The result? Nader. Or nada; much the same. The consequence? Bush. This is a foolish idea. Reform the electoral system first. Why not come up with some alternatives?

]]> By: SPreston http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3810160 SPreston Fri, 18 May 2007 04:09:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810160 If the Democrats in Congress do not impeach all of these people, then we need a third party, because the Democrats are as corrupt as the Republicans Comment by Charles Kurtz <strong>Of course the Democrats are just as corrupt. It is the DemoPublican party isn't it? Neither party listens to us do they? <em>Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly The reality is that America is now a one-party state. The Democratic and Republican parties have become nothing but two divisions of the same party -- the Central Leviathan Party. Both divisions are corrupted to the core, lap dogs for the special interests. No matter who wins, we always get more spending, more taxes, more inflation, more bureaucracies, more wars, and LESS FREEDOM. The Demopublicans now tax over 50% of our earnings every year. They steal hundreds of billions from our savings through currency debasement. They have brought us a national debt of over $7 trillion. They have saddled us with $45 trillion in unfunded liabilities to come due on the backs of our children. They have bankrupted us as a nation. They are consuming the freedom and the substance of our lives like a swarm of locusts consumes a golden wheat field. http://www.afr.org/Hultberg/101104.htm</em></strong> If the Democrats in Congress do not impeach all of these people, then we need a third party, because the Democrats are as corrupt as the Republicans

Comment by Charles Kurtz

Of course the Democrats are just as corrupt. It is the DemoPublican party isn’t it? Neither party listens to us do they?

Breaking the Demopublican Monopoly
The reality is that America is now a one-party state. The Democratic and Republican parties have become nothing but two divisions of the same party — the Central Leviathan Party. Both divisions are corrupted to the core, lap dogs for the special interests. No matter who wins, we always get more spending, more taxes, more inflation, more bureaucracies, more wars, and LESS FREEDOM.

The Demopublicans now tax over 50% of our earnings every year. They steal hundreds of billions from our savings through currency debasement. They have brought us a national debt of over $7 trillion. They have saddled us with $45 trillion in unfunded liabilities to come due on the backs of our children. They have bankrupted us as a nation. They are consuming the freedom and the substance of our lives like a swarm of locusts consumes a golden wheat field.
http://www.afr.org/Hultberg/101104.htm

]]> By: SPreston http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3810143 SPreston Fri, 18 May 2007 03:44:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810143 <blockquote>The more I learn about these traitors, the more I believe the possibility that 9/11 was an inside job Comment by Dennis</blockquote><blockquote> These NeoCON traitors are capable of anything. Nothing they do should surprise us. Bush (and the rest of his Cartel) believe our Constitution is just a god-da**ed piece of paper.</blockquote>

The more I learn about these traitors, the more I believe the possibility that 9/11 was an inside job
Comment by Dennis

These NeoCON traitors are capable of anything. Nothing they do should surprise us. Bush (and the rest of his Cartel) believe our Constitution is just a god-da**ed piece of paper.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3810087 Karim Fri, 18 May 2007 02:34:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3810087 the walls are closing in on these thugs. the walls are closing in on these thugs.

]]> By: Jim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809941 Jim Fri, 18 May 2007 00:37:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809941 When you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, you baffel them with your bull-shit. He be one that can sling it fur 'n wide. When you can’t dazzle them with your brilliance, you baffel them with your bull-shit. He be one that can sling it fur ‘n wide.

]]> By: glutalgia http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809887 glutalgia Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809887 “Well, Kelly, you see by completely destroying the Constitution, there will be nothing left, thus making it much easier to defend.” One of the most amazing accomplishments of the Cheney/Bush regime is the fact that they have succeeded in making John Ashcroft, Saddam Hussein, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed objects of sympathy. Top reiterate points made by others: 1) Comey was the acting AG; thus, Ashcroft had no authority to sign off on anything. Therefore, they were shamelessly using Ashcroft to cover for something so patently illegal that even Ashcroft, arising Jim Bowie-like from his sickbed, wouldn’t go for it. Were they planning to backdate his signature to provide further cover for the operation? 2) This was unlikely to be an NSA operation, since Ashcroft/Comey have no authority concerning the NSA. Bush’s always frames his traitorous actions as defending the country. Here is a short list of the ways Bush has “defended the country”: 1) Ignored numerous warnings prior to 9-11, including the infamous August 6, PDB, which states that, “Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates <strong>patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks</strong>, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.” 2) Complete failure to scramble any planes in order to defend the Pentagon on 9-11, as well as completely failing to hold anyone whatsoever accountable for that failure. 3) Enabled the airlifting of 3-4,000 hardcore Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters from Kunduz, Afghanistan to Pakistan in November, 2001. As Seymour Hersh states in his New Yorker article entitled, “The Getaway”, “…<strong>the Administration ordered the United States Central Command to set up a special air corridor to help insure the safety of the Pakistani rescue flights from Kunduz</strong>”. 4) Ad nauseam. “Well, Kelly, you see by completely destroying the Constitution, there will be nothing left, thus making it much easier to defend.”

One of the most amazing accomplishments of the Cheney/Bush regime is the fact that they have succeeded in making John Ashcroft, Saddam Hussein, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed objects of sympathy.
Top reiterate points made by others:
1) Comey was the acting AG; thus, Ashcroft had no authority to sign off on anything. Therefore, they were shamelessly using Ashcroft to cover for something so patently illegal that even Ashcroft, arising Jim Bowie-like from his sickbed, wouldn’t go for it. Were they planning to backdate his signature to provide further cover for the operation?
2) This was unlikely to be an NSA operation, since Ashcroft/Comey have no authority concerning the NSA.

Bush’s always frames his traitorous actions as defending the country. Here is a short list of the ways Bush has “defended the country”:
1) Ignored numerous warnings prior to 9-11, including the infamous August 6, PDB, which states that, “Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.”
2) Complete failure to scramble any planes in order to defend the Pentagon on 9-11, as well as completely failing to hold anyone whatsoever accountable for that failure.
3) Enabled the airlifting of 3-4,000 hardcore Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters from Kunduz, Afghanistan to Pakistan in November, 2001. As Seymour Hersh states in his New Yorker article entitled, “The Getaway”, “…the Administration ordered the United States Central Command to set up a special air corridor to help insure the safety of the Pakistani rescue flights from Kunduz”.
4) Ad nauseam.

]]> By: EasyRider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809779 EasyRider Thu, 17 May 2007 22:52:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809779 Don't worry president, WE will push the story farther along. Don’t worry president, WE will push the story farther along.

]]> By: big papa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809766 big papa Thu, 17 May 2007 22:46:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809766 Then the ffp media... ...if they're NOT a willing propaganda tool... ...for the criminally corrupt, mass murdering, war profiteering Bushite junta... ...should NOT move HIS/their agenda (or propaganda) forward... ...by boycotting ANY coverage of these criminal al Ceerakkkkers in the Bushite regime... ...covering instead ONLY ALL investigations,hearings, and gathering of evidence... ...that will lead to their (Bushites') DEMISE! ...ASAP... Then the ffp media…

…if they’re NOT a willing propaganda tool…

…for the criminally corrupt, mass murdering, war profiteering Bushite junta…

…should NOT move HIS/their agenda (or propaganda) forward…

…by boycotting ANY coverage of these criminal al Ceerakkkkers in the Bushite regime…

…covering instead ONLY ALL investigations,hearings, and gathering of evidence…

…that will lead to their (Bushites’) DEMISE!

…ASAP…

]]> By: the corner http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809704 the corner Thu, 17 May 2007 22:25:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809704 I don't think he dodged it. What I think he did was he admitted to it while trying to hide his admittance. He deliberately kept his confession vague. You sneaky bastard! I don’t think he dodged it. What I think he did was he admitted to it while trying to hide his admittance. He deliberately kept his confession vague. You sneaky bastard!

]]> By: preAmeriKKKan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809647 preAmeriKKKan Thu, 17 May 2007 22:06:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809647 he is in full denial mode. the conversation right after this news conference is with his closest cronies and involves how to get out of this mess. there is no good way to string it out without someone being hung out to dry and miers, fredo, rove and probably condi are next. wonder what fred fielding and karen hughes are doing now that 43 and dick cannot trust turdblossom or fredo to do anything competently? he is in full denial mode. the conversation right after this news conference is with his closest cronies and involves how to get out of this mess. there is no good way to string it out without someone being hung out to dry and miers, fredo, rove and probably condi are next.

wonder what fred fielding and karen hughes are doing now that 43 and dick cannot trust turdblossom or fredo to do anything competently?

]]> By: Marcos Stefanakopolus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809640 Marcos Stefanakopolus Thu, 17 May 2007 22:04:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809640 Something has always bothered me about Bush's press conferences, and I think I've finally put my finger on what it is: there's literally no intelligence behind them. I'm pretty sure I could write a simple chatbot that could give equally satisfactory answers for him. Let Mr. Preznit sleep in! Something has always bothered me about Bush’s press conferences, and I think I’ve finally put my finger on what it is: there’s literally no intelligence behind them. I’m pretty sure I could write a simple chatbot that could give equally satisfactory answers for him. Let Mr. Preznit sleep in!

]]> By: wild west http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809628 wild west Thu, 17 May 2007 22:00:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809628 Has anyone asked Mrs. Ashcroft who called? This seems like a logical step in the investigation. Has anyone asked Mrs. Ashcroft who called? This seems like a logical step in the investigation.

]]> By: bleat my little snufflie-snouties bleat http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809542 bleat my little snufflie-snouties bleat Thu, 17 May 2007 21:25:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809542 Aren't they all one big incestuous bunch? Probably any 2, 4, 8, 15 or 20 of them, including Boosh, contacted Ashcroft's wife and made their group-think snuffling noises at her. Getting the Inquirer on the case is an option. Aren’t they all one big incestuous bunch? Probably any 2, 4, 8, 15 or 20 of them, including Boosh, contacted Ashcroft’s wife and made their group-think snuffling noises at her. Getting the Inquirer on the case is an option.

]]> By: Dermot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/comment-page-3/#comment-3809509 Dermot Thu, 17 May 2007 21:13:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/17/bush-comey-dodge/#comment-3809509 The follow-up should be, "Mr. President, are you wearing any clothes?" Richard Cohen would not approve, of course. The follow-up should be, “Mr. President, are you wearing any clothes?”
Richard Cohen would not approve, of course.

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