Breaking: Fifth Top Justice Official Linked To Attorney Scandal Resigns
Breaking: Fifth Top Justice Official Linked To Attorney Scandal Resigns
Mike Elston, chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, has become the fifth Justice Department official to resign after being linked to the firings of several U.S. attorneys:
Elston’s resignation is effective at the end of next week. Reached Friday afternoon, he confirmed his plans to leave but would not say why.
Elston is a key figure in several recent Justice Department scandals:
– Last month, Elston admitted that at the direction of McNulty, he placed calls to four fired U.S. attorneys calls that three of the prosecutors say involved threats not to testify before Congress about their dismissals. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said that Elston’s calls were one of many examples in this scandal that have the “whiff of obstruction of justice.”
– Former Missouri U.S. Attorney Bradley Schlozman recently testified that he had consulted with Elson about filing controversial voter fraud indictments a week before the 2006 election. Former Justice Department officials have said that Schlozman’s call to Elston was “inappropriate” and may have been part of an effort to “pressure” Election Crimes chief Craig Donsanto into approving the indictments. [Link]
– Elston came under fire for allegedly politicizing the DoJ Honors Program, a highly selective program for entry-level DOJ lawyers. A group of anonymous Justice Department employees complained that “Elston rejected hundreds of potential applicants to the program last year seemingly based on their political backgrounds.” [Link]
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BORE-ING!!!!!!!!
OOOooo, the Justice Dept. got busted, but they didn’t do much wrong so lets drag the thing out to make it seem like we’re actually doing something.
June 15th, 2007 at 5:54 pmI love watching every brick of BushCo crumble.
June 15th, 2007 at 5:55 pmRoboTroll 3100 reports:
This is normal staff turnover during an administration.
Elston wants to spend more time with his family, that’s all.
There is no evidence of any obstruction of justice. None. That is all hearsay.
These show trials embolden the terrorists.
Look over there! Nancy Pelosi’s Approval rating!
June 15th, 2007 at 5:56 pmWow. That’s a lot of people resigning over “nothing wrong”. Lots of short-term memory loss, mis-managaement, stone-walling investigations, even an official pleading “the 5th”, and ‘nothing improper or illegal’ was done. Ya, right.
Anyone want to buy some ocean-front property? It’s in Arkansas.
June 15th, 2007 at 5:58 pmI love watching every brick of BushCo crumble.
Comment by Misty Fowler — June 15, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
Sure, but does it have to be
June 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pm1…
…brick
at…
…a
TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“much” wrong, Mr. President?
June 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pmWouldn’t ANY wrong be too much?
The pile of bodies dropping off the DoJ scandal is starting to form a grotesque mountain in Washington DC…
June 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pmIs my Robotroll 3000 routine irritating any of you?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:00 pmYou know the repus woudl be interrogating people by shoving garden hoses up their rectums if the shoe were on the other foot. We all know exactly how they’d react.
So you, Mister President, can go F yourself.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:02 pm“much†wrong, Mr. President?
Wouldn’t ANY wrong be too much?
Comment by whiteyfresh — June 15, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Well, “any wrong” would be too much to be tolerated, but what has been done is not enough to waste all this time yapping about.
Who really cares about some underling?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:02 pmLooks like we’ll have some more hacks to grind.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:03 pmIs my Robotroll 3000 routine irritating any of you?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:00 pm
Gee, CT, if it really was YOUR routine, I’d think you’d have at least gotten the model number correct.
Typical wingnut troll, trying to take credit for someone else’s creativity
June 15th, 2007 at 6:03 pmYou know the repus woudl be interrogating people by shoving garden hoses up their rectums if the shoe were on the other foot. We all know exactly how they’d react.
So you, Mister President, can go F yourself.
Comment by bobh — June 15, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
At least they’d get shit accomplished.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:03 pmMr. President,
I understand your lack of patience, but this is how big cases get made. This is exactly how the Watergate investigation happened. Piece by piece kept falling into place until finally the tapes had to be handed over. It takes time.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:05 pm#
You know the repus woudl be interrogating people by shoving garden hoses up their rectums if the shoe were on the other foot. We all know exactly how they’d react.
So you, Mister President, can go F yourself.
Comment by bobh — June 15, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
At least they’d get shit accomplished.
Comment by Mr. President — June 15, 2007 @ 6:03 pm
Just not sure what they would accomplish aside from an uncomfortable enema.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:05 pmComment by Crump’s Brother — June 15, 2007 @ 6:05 pm
Do you really think Bush would/could even make a judgment call here, there are no tapes, if anything you might find a typed letter from Bush’s office saying “Do wha’cha gotta do… hehehe…”
June 15th, 2007 at 6:07 pmComment by mikey r
Robotroll was once a model 3000, mikey.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:07 pmDoes anyone know when the summer season trolls are going to be delivered?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:09 pmThe spring crop is a failure. Not a cogent argument all season.
Hopefully they’ll remember to install logic and reasoning in the summer shift.
RoboTroll 3100 reports:
‘mikey r’ is a Libetroll
‘Mr. President’ happens to know hands-down what he’s talking about.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:09 pmRobotroll was once a model 3000, mikey.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
Lame. Very lame. You’re busted. Accept it, hack.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:10 pmComment by mikey r — June 15, 2007 @ 6:10 pm
Mikey, look at posts from a week ago, Robotroll has many different model numbers.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:11 pmComment by Mr. President
By the time all these hearings are finished, Democrats will have been voted out of office, leaving the Justice Department to drop the matter entirely.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pmRoboTroll 3100 reports:
‘mikey r’ is a Libetroll
‘Mr. President’ happens to know hands-down what he’s talking about.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
“Mr. president” doesn’t know sh!t from sh!nola.
And your thievery has been made public. Give it up, chump.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:13 pmIt’s no secret that Mr Pee and CompTurder are one and the same.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:14 pmIt must be nice to have a conversation with oneself when you have nothing else to do or say.
#18 RUCerious,
I agree, take a look at the New Orleans Relief thread. We just blew another one out of the water. PudgeBoy Rove must be sending us the Junior Varsity.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:14 pmYou guys mean that Savage Nation isn’t a comedy show? I always thought it was a Colbertesque parody of the wingnut kingdom. Next you’ll be telling me Rush Limbaugh isn’t a big fat pill popping douche bag.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:14 pmComment by mikey r
My quality of sleep won’t hinge on your belief of my other prototypes, trust me. Regardless, I want the RNC Troll Department and RoboTroll to live on. Research will continue, the systems will proceed.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:16 pmMr. President all you care about is Mexico and all the Mexicans breaking our immigration laws.It looks like, you need to take care of our country not your country south of use. If your so bright, you would see what will happen in the near future with all of these 20 plus millions alrerady here.”But you said you want to be given amnesty … To become a US citizen.
Juan: No. This is not what we want. This is our country, a part of Mexico that
June 15th, 2007 at 6:16 pmyou Gringos stole from us. We want it returned to its rightful owner.”
It’s no secret that Mr Pee and CompTurder are one and the same.
It must be nice to have a conversation with oneself when you have nothing else to do or say.
Comment by RUCerious — June 15, 2007 @ 6:14 pm
You’re not really that dumb are you?
Naaah, you probably just wanted to make a comment.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:17 pmI understand your lack of patience, but this is how big cases get made. This is exactly how the Watergate investigation happened. Piece by piece kept falling into place until finally the tapes had to be handed over. It takes time.
Comment by Crump’s Brother
Indeed. Here’s a timeline for Watergate: http://tinyurl.com/azyqy
And it reminded me that Haldeman and Erlichman gave me a nice birthday present in 1973 by resigning.
It was well over a year after the Watergate hearings began that Dick Nixon resigned.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:18 pmInteresting that CompTROLL cited “Mr. president” as knowing what he’s talking about in Post #19, but “Mr. president” didn’t say anything about RoboTroll until post # 21.
How do you figure THAT happened? Oops.
#19: RoboTroll 3100 reports:
‘mikey r’ is a Libetroll
‘Mr. President’ happens to know hands-down what he’s talking about.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
#21: Comment by mikey r — June 15, 2007 @ 6:10 pm
Mikey, look at posts from a week ago, Robotroll has many different model numbers.
Comment by Mr. President — June 15, 2007 @ 6:11 pm
Besides, Mr. president/CompTROLL, why would someone who was “performing a routine” all along use a model number from a week ago instead of the current model number?
Stone cold busted. Give it up.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:19 pmComment by mikey r
In your mind, mikee. You can neither confirm or deny that. Again, I intend to keep all three segments running. You will not blow my cover.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:22 pmBesides, Mr. president/CompTROLL, why would someone who was “performing a routine†all along use a model number from a week ago instead of the current model number?
Stone cold busted. Give it up.
Comment by mikey r — June 15, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
First of all, I don’t have to give shit up.
If you think that I am CT… well… then you’re a moron.
Secondly, the model numbers are rotated occasionally.
(and by the way, I don’t think that CT is Robotroll)
June 15th, 2007 at 6:22 pmJumping this sinking ship is not a get out of Jail Free Card.
Man, the Trolls are incredibly stupid today, oh wait, they are stupid everyday.
IGNORE THE TROLLS - Debate good, Trolls suck
June 15th, 2007 at 6:24 pmComment by mikey r
You’re right. Except that Mr. President had postings #1, #5, #10, #13, nevermind the countless other threads.
You’re quite desperate, Mikee. I wasn’t referring to comment #21.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:25 pmI wasn’t referring to comment #21.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
then, please, tell us, what WERE you referring to when you said,
RoboTroll 3100 reports:
‘mikey r’ is a Libetroll
‘Mr. President’ happens to know hands-down what he’s talking about.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — June 15, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
Was it #1, 5, 10 or 13? I didn’t post until #12, at the same time as Mr P. Why would you cite him (you) as an authority on my status?
Flail all you want, it just makes you look stupider and stupider.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:30 pmBuck, could you loan me your big ass knife?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pmI’ve got some trolls to skin this afternoon.
Ignore Mr. Press-A-Dunce…a completely worthless troll which is lower than pond scum!!
Mr. Press-A-Dunce, you should execute your parents for the cruelty and hatred they left you rolling around in with stupid, racist glee!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 6:34 pmo you really think Bush would/could even make a judgment call here, there are no tapes, if anything you might find a typed letter from Bush’s office saying “Do wha’cha gotta do… hehehe…â€
Comment by Mr. President — June 15, 2007 @ 6:07 pm
ANd that is all it will take.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:35 pmNo, you fu*ked up and just like a dumb a$$ed fu*king right wing loonatic, you can’t admit when you are wrong. That is okay, we know your wrong and that is all that matters.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:37 pmstrange how these people are not showing up testifying in public congressional hearings.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:38 pm(and by the way, I don’t think that CT is Robotroll)
Comment by Mr. President — June 15, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
No sh!t. RoboTroll is somebody making fun of you stupid fu*ks.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:39 pmMr. Press-A-Dunce, you should execute your parents for the cruelty and hatred they left you rolling around in with stupid, racist glee!!!
Comment by dixie blood — June 15, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
DB, I am hurt that you would make such hurtful comments, solely designed to hurt.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:39 pmA “whiff of obstruction of justice”…I’d call it a “putrid stench of clear obstruction of justice” woven within the matrix of this entire DOJ scandal. Gonzo will either be tried for “obstruction of justice” himself or for “perjury”. Maybe he and Libby can share a prison cell soon?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:39 pmI owe the TP community an apology. I feel bad about taking up so much bandwidth skewering Mr P/CompTROLL. A lot of energy got expended on a troll that was not worth it. Sorry.
And I also owe an apology to Mr P/CompTROLL I didn’t realize until just now that you are actually developmentally disabled. I shouldn’t have held you to reasonable standards of intellect and honesty. I won’t do it again. Sorry.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:40 pmAre intelligent folks here at TP getting VERY tired of the ridiculously inane and superficial (and predictable) posts of our resident/dunce “Mr. President”?? Just wondering….because when I view these posts it’s rather nauseating.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pmNo, you fu*ked up and just like a dumb a$$ed fu*king right wing loonatic, you can’t admit when you are wrong. That is okay, we know your wrong and that is all that matters.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — June 15, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
What the fukc are you talking about?
I wasn’t wrong about shit, mofo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
June 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pmIf the dumbass Millard Fillmore would only take a hint, he’d repair to Redstate where everyone would praise him, faintly.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:42 pmI don’t mind Mr. President so much the President Clinton poster, I find fills up threads with inane bullshit, and kills and debate.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:42 pmI won’t do it again. Sorry.
Comment by mikey r — June 15, 2007 @ 6:40 pm
Yeah, cuz you’re a little bitch!!!!!!!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 6:43 pmMikey r: Relative to my last post, I believe Comptroller V (for Viper?) and Mr. President may be one and the same village idiot troll. I make it a practice to NEVER acknowledge or respond directly to a troll. It’s what they want: Their lives are so empty and devoid of legitimate social contact that when they active a blogger, they receive a surge of vitality which tells them that they are, in fact, still alive.
We try to assist each other with some of the schizophrenic trolls who have known multiple monikers. Every now and then one surfaces with a new moniker so it takes a while. Anyone with a background in linguistics and patterns of expression, typing style, and actual vocab used nails the trolls in their tracks though.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:44 pmI am talking about you dumb fu*k.
Just keep telling yourself that you fu*king lunatic.
Why would somebody spend all day on a blog where nobody likes or gives a fu*k about anything they say.
That is the definition of lunatic, you piece of sh!t. Somebody should lock you up for being insane.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:45 pm#49 In the business, Mr. President is called a “hijack troll”. That’s their main function - to distract and otherwise derail any intelligent discussion on the thread. Do not be tempted by the indiocy and mediocrity they exhibit here. None of them are worth a moment of anyone’s precious time.
Ignore the slimebags and they will eventually realize that they are dialoguing with themselves….something not entirely alien to them in “their world” anyway….hahaha!
June 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pmMikey r - they are complete and total idiots and totally not worth anybodies time to respond to, I never respond to their crap. I just try and get others to realize that they are wasting their time responding.
They are extreme losers in real life, and are hated by everyone they know, so they come here to get attention, and to take their immature hatred out on others thinking that they are cute and clever, they suck.
Glad you realized your mistake by responding to them.
IGNORE THE TROLLS - Debate good, Trolls suck
June 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pmHmmm. This would seem to contradict Mr. Decider’s repeated assertion that Mr. Gonzales has done nothing wrong. I could be jumping to a hasty conclusion, however.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:48 pmWhen anyone pushes another’s buttons and makes them feel that they need to respond and do so in a fashion departed from their typical style of conduct, then the troll has “taken away your power”. In other words, they win simply by making you do or say something which is out of character for you. Similarly, ANY form of response give them a personal high that their ego so desperately craves. Don’t be tempted to do it - you will only lower yourself to their abysmally low standard of existence if you do.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:48 pmWhat is this a meeting of Troll Haters Anonymous.
I’ll let the meeting commence, and come back later when all you pussies are gone.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:49 pmActually, most of us here simply scan their posts and don’t even read them at this point. They have nothing credible to add to any intelligent discussion and are simply spewing their necrotic detritus all over our otherwise interesting threads here.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:50 pmSo the trick is to ignore the $hit out of them which, in turn, yanks their emotional chains and not any of ours….
June 15th, 2007 at 6:50 pmVeritas ~
June 15th, 2007 at 6:50 pmWell put. The trolls are here to detract, derail and distract.
Responding to their drivel only plays their hand for them.
Gonna go play red rocket with your dog?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:51 pmErratum: post #58) should be “?” at the end of line 1
June 15th, 2007 at 6:51 pmMy only wish, would be that TP put the post name first, that way I know to skip some of the less lucid posters, and keep the discussion going.
in that vien.
Any ideas what this means, and who at this point is running the DoJ?
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pm58. Veritas
Agreed. They’re sad, aren’t they? They are the Bill Buckners of politics–once the ground ball’s got through your legs, the play’s over and so’s the game.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmLook, I have ignored these fu*kers to the point where I don’t even come here as often as I used to. I go away for a week and come back and the same fu*king crazy pieces of sh!t are here. They will post here if you ignore them or not. Think Progress is their beat. They are paid to post here.
A real unpaid troll is the guys that we see come in here and post one or two things to inflame us, then go away. People like Mr. President and jake are paid to sit here all day and attack us.
So, you guys ignore all you want and I will use the trolls to keep my blood pressure down.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmThank you Veritas for your support in my drive for people to IGNORE THE TROLLS. I have been at it a while now and it is beginning to take hold and the Trolls hate it.
Note what Mr. Pres said there - you pussies - this is the sign of a punk troll - one who would totally get his a$$ handed to him if he did it in real life. Learn to recognize them by their lack of style.
Also note that he claims he will be back later cause his fun is killed now.
IGNORE THE TROLLS - Debate good, Mr. Pres sucks
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmNobody gives a fu*k idiot.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmThey’re either disgrunted Rethugs whose views are rejected by their own party or, as in the cases of the more articulate trolls (won’t see many of them here though) they are paid operatives whose charge is to hijack an otherwise serious discussion. We all have to wonder why they bother to come to threads which they oppose however - but it provides critical clues for us as to how sick psychologically they actually are. They’re angry and probably function in abusive environments and cannot spew their anger on more conservative blogs.
Every last one of them has a profound “anger management” problem which is always subsurface and ready to rear it’s ugly head when provoked…..so the concept of “not feeding the sicko trolls” prevails here; that is, unless you have nothing better to do with your time than argue with fools, charlatans, nincompoops, and morons.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmHe is leaving because even working for Karl ROve, these fu*kers have to take a lunch break.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:55 pmHey Buck! BTW, I LOVE your name! Too great! Yes, I can see how easily folks take these turds at face value and engage with them. Sooner or later, they say things in anger that they wouldn’t normally utter and it cannot be a great feeling. These turdtrolls’ main objective is to yank people’s chains and take their personal power away. It’s such a twisted, counterproductive game that it’s difficult to imagine how some folks can’t see right through it.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:56 pm#58, veritas. As a ‘lurker’ have been scrolling through Pres. Clinton ,Mr. Pres. and CompTROLL for a while now. These ’snoozetrolls’ are taking up 50% of the threads & you really have to hunt for worthwhile comments at this point.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:57 pmI will say this again too. If I was at a party and some right wing moron started spouting their lies, I would say something. I would say it loud and in their face. I wouldn’t ignore them. I won’t let a lie sit still. Ever.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:57 pmHi SpudgeBoy! Great posts, as always! Anything on our multiple moniker Mr. President? I know he uses other aliases - what do you come up with? Ever watch the show “numbers”? It’s a shame these idiots don’t realize how transparent they actually are and how easily one can see their patterns of behavior.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:59 pmVeritas - right you are…they had being ignored. And I do believe that some of them are paid to do this, just log the hours they post, you will notice a “Shift” pattern.
IGNORE THE TROLLS - Debate good, Trolls suck
June 15th, 2007 at 6:59 pmDB, I am hurt that you would make such hurtful comments, solely designed to hurt.
Comment by Mr. President — June 15, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
I don’t hate you Mrs. Press-A-Dunce. I’m trying to stop the spread of your and your families DNA. That survival of the fittest thing is not working out and you guys are a part of the problem…just trying to help…
June 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pmAnd it’s good that you do, SpudgeBoy, if that’s the way it works best for you. All I am intimating here is that folks unfamiliar with the modus operandi of a troll can get, unwillingly, sucked into their slimey vortex of putrified lies and BS. As for me, I have a personal policy of never replying to or dialoguing with a sicko troll. That’s what works best for me. Obviously, until I can observe the pattern (linguistically and mechanically) I may actually dialogue with one until I realize who they actually are.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:02 pm‘m sure mister president was equally “bored” by the ten year 80 millin dollar fishing expedition that his neocon perverts had at taxapayer expense during the last good president’s time in office.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:03 pmveritas,
These guys are easy to pick out. I am surpirsed that you guys haven’t guessed that CompTroller and Mr President are none other than the dynamic log cabin duo of michael and Vince P.
jake is I-RIGHT-I. Valient Venus is mighty aphrodite.
Like you said, all it takes is paying attention to how and what they type.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pmBuck Fush: There is no doubt in my mind that several of them are “paid operatives” (psychic detective)!
June 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pmWe interrupt this “automated troll” bullzhit for some REAL news:
George W. Bush is the face of a Neocon cabal of TRAITORS to the USA, who have done EVERYTHING to favor rich and WARMONGER/CRIMINAL including start ILLEGAL WARS, LIE, and damage NATIONAL SECURITY by exposing COVERT CIA SPIES.
May he, and ALL his supporters, enablers, financial backers and apologists BURN FOR ETERNITY.
NOT from a “troll machine” (which is a diversion like Paris Hilton).
From a REAL American who is sick of TRAITORS like Bush, etc.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:06 pmP.S. May Libby serve his FULL TIME, and not be allowed a MINUTE of peace-of-mind for that ENTIRE TIME. That’s what TRAITORS deserve.
#79 Amen! We were just filling time and now we can begin a sincere dialogue about the corruption of Team Bush. I know that your screen name tells the story and that, in fact, Mr. Bush goes to hell in the end but what happens next?
June 15th, 2007 at 7:09 pmIt’s just too bad Alberto Gonzales can’t remember any of this….
June 15th, 2007 at 7:14 pmNote - once ppl started ignoring them, and talking about why to ignore them, they went away.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:17 pmAmong many other things Elston did;
– When Carol Lam, the former U.S. attorney for San Diego, asked to stay on the job longer in order to deal with some outstanding prosecutions (the expanding Duke Cunningham case among them), Elston told her not to think about her cases, that she should be gone in “weeks, not months” and said “these instructions were ‘coming from the very highest levels of the government.’”
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003450.php
This is the 2nd instance I can remember where one of these boobs is pointing the fickle finger of fate directly at the Whitehouse.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:21 pmYeah, but when will Alberto Gonzales resign? Those under him are small fish, but Cheney is a big fat juicy fish to go after.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pmI heard that he quit to run for Senator from Montana.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:32 pmMost folks don’t know this guy, won’t hear about, don’t care. That sucks too.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:41 pmSince Alberto VO5’s laquered hair spray has obviously seeped into the hair follicles and into his grey matter, why the heck is someone mentally handicapped still doing running DOJ? I thought it was Alzheimer’s but I’ve heard that it has to do with his switch from Alberto VO5 hairspray.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:44 pmGonzo and Bushitco are flaunting his remaining on the payroll “of the people” in the people’s faces while shooting us all the bird.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:44 pmIt’s not that adding another dumped attorney to an already huge scandal doesn’t mean anything but “enough is enough already”! If it only involved a singular attorney, the people would still have a case. Adding more just makes it more deplorable and dispicable that Gonzo is still in his paid position.
Taxation without representation, folks! Your tax dollars at work to enable the Bush Cabal to destroy this country.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:46 pmblah, blah, moonbats…blah, blah, libtards…blah, blah, pussies…blah, blah, bitch…blah, blah, ad nauseum…
June 15th, 2007 at 7:51 pmI like being a liberal pussy who wears flip flops in my free time when its summer. I’m not pro-birth, I’m pro-choice.
I prefer getting along with the ladies over having more babies®
June 15th, 2007 at 7:55 pmTHEY’RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BUSH & CHENEY. SOMEONE IN THE DOJ WILL HAVE THE INTEGRITY & KNOWLEDGE, AND BE SICK OF BEING A PART OF THIS FILTHY CORRUPTION. AND, IT WILL ALL COME OUT. THIS IS THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY, EVEN REACHING THE DOJ. BUSH & CHENEY BELONG IN PRISON.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:55 pmYo, non-troll TP posters,
Mr Presnut and the SCUMtroller are a couple of bored college kids! Their mommies and daddies pay their tuition, and they take easy courses because they don’t want to learn anything but only get a degree.
Ruthless in demanding attention, they seek anonymity on the net. Of course, such caustic personalities attract the kind of real world attention they don’t enjoy. I suggest that TP set up a separate area, somewhat like Jimbo Dude enjoys at McDonalds, where the kids (trolls) can safely play.
June 15th, 2007 at 7:58 pmI agree this has got to be the most blatently corrupt administration in history. Crossing boundaries which seemingly have not been crossed. Becoming increasingly brazen. Shucks, I guess it’s just a Post 9/11 Worldâ„¢.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:00 pmComment by Trollsitting Services
Excellent.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pmMilk, 4 bucks a gallon,
Gas, 3+ bucks a gallon,
steak, don’t eat it anymore. 10 bucks a pound.
Pay increases…. priceless.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:03 pm“that Elston’s calls were one of many examples in this scandal that have the “whiff of obstruction of justice.â€
Ya think. It’s more like the stench of obstruction of justice. If we don’t end up with some convictions in this scandal our rule of law in this country will be compromised for years to come.
I really don’t understand why Congress has not appointed an Independent Council to get to the bottom of this mess. Give them the same power that Ken Starr had. Then, when witnesses lose their memories or simply refuse to testify, the Independent Council can throw their asses in jail for contempt of court and let them stay there until they are ready to testify. That’s what Ken Starr did to Susan McDougall when she refused to lie about the Clintons. He let her rot in jail for over a year.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pmVeritas:
I have to say that when I first started a policy of ignoring trolls, it was mainly out of boredom and frustration. I didn’t expect it to work. But it does seem to have some effect. Good on you for the sponsorship of the campaign. I’m on board for the most part.
However, I also must admit that, like Spudge_boy, I occassionally enjoy a good game of Whack-a-Troll.
I guess it comes down to “don’t take ‘em too serious”, huh?
June 15th, 2007 at 8:25 pmI will say this again too. If I was at a party and some right wing moron started spouting their lies, I would say something. I would say it loud and in their face. I wouldn’t ignore them. I won’t let a lie sit still. Ever.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
I’m with you SB. I find that arguing with idiots like MP and CT relieves tension and frustration. Since we can’t tell Bush how he’s ruining the country telling idiot trolls about it is the next best thing. And the fact is they don’t go away if you ignore them, they just keep spewing. But every body should do whatever is best for them.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:29 pmComment by ForTruth — June 15, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
Yes it seems bleak sometimes, but change is in the offing, For Truth. All that is coming to light now, each of the dark secrets being revealed, is a part of the process of discovering the Truth That Shall Set Us Free. Here’s one shortcut:
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June 15th, 2007 at 8:32 pmDamn!
7 straight posts (#84 - 90) that weren’t devoted to trolls.
I must say Veritas and Spudge Boy I didn’t think you could function without being directly engaged with troll-talk for that long.
(I know, I know, in post #81 Veritas begins by acknowledging a troll post, but I’ll give it to ya anyway)
June 15th, 2007 at 8:33 pmAttorney General Alberto Gonzales has lied to Congress - again. Despite Congress’ passage of the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007, Gonzales has once again used the interim hiring authority for U.S. attorneys rescinded by that bill. Sadly, this is precisely what Gonzales promised Congress on January 18th - under oath - he would never do.
“I am fully committed, as the administration’s fully committed, to ensure that, with respect to every United States attorney position in this country, we will have a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed United States attorney.”
For the details on Alberto Gonzales’ third lie under oath, see:
June 15th, 2007 at 9:00 pm“Gonzales Lies to Congress. Again.”
I love watching every brick of BushCo crumble also, BUT I am a bit older than before, and my patience IS NOT what it use to be. I use to be layed back pretty much, but NOW I fell like the cartoon of the 2 vultures with the caption that read ” Patience hell, I want to KILL something!” So in that vein, I say now, “Cumble hell, I want the WHOLE F*nin thing to crash down at once, with all of THEM still in it!”
June 15th, 2007 at 9:03 pmIs that too much to ask???
BREAKING!!
Lieberman’s former campaign manager has asked the Connecticutt Democratic party to expel JoeMentum…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ 2007/ 06/ 15/ party-head-asks-lieberman-to-resign/
June 15th, 2007 at 9:04 pmElston did indeed quit to run for the Senate seat from Montana recently vacated by the now deceased Senator.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:10 pmI surely hope they nominate him, so we can have a REAL confirmation hearing, with lots and lots and lots of probing questions. Who knew what, when, and who made that list.
“…with lots and lots and lots of probing questions.” Comment by RUCeriuous — June 15, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
I hope that they’re really probing, like with a big pointy stick.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:41 pmComment by RUCeriuous — June 15, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
I thought the now-deceased Senator was from Wyoming. Were you’re referring to someone else, or am I completely off base here?
Besides, Senators don’t get confirmed, they get elected. Or did you mean “subpoena” instead of “nominate”?
June 15th, 2007 at 10:43 pmSomebody deserves a Medal here!
June 15th, 2007 at 10:43 pmMBGTH, I think Orman was always against Lieberman. He took over that pathetic little Connecticutt for Lieberman party after the toad was elected.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:45 pmThe fun will be in trying to fill all the vacancies at DOJ. I doubt that anyone in his right mind would be available.
June 15th, 2007 at 10:51 pmThe fun will be in trying to fill all the vacancies at DOJ. I doubt that anyone in his right mind would be available.
Comment by barrelhse — June 15, 2007 @ 10:51 pm
Who said they want people in their right mind?
June 15th, 2007 at 10:56 pmbarrelhse, I have no experience in law. I am just as qualified as any schmuck they have nominated. The difference is I am qualified at SOMETHING. I could work for the Federal Reserve. These guys would be over their heads at McDonalds.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:00 pmHowever, I also must admit that, like Spudge_boy, I occassionally enjoy a good game of Whack-a-Troll.
I guess it comes down to “don’t take ‘em too seriousâ€, huh?
Comment by spit take
Need I point out that the name Whack-A-Trollâ„¢ is proprietary property? Don’t make me go legal on you guys. Give credit where credit is due.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:28 pmRepublic, I am pretty sure whack-a-troll is not patented. If it were we would ALL owe the carnies!!!!!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:33 pmWayne, you’re right, Wyoming, not Montana.
June 15th, 2007 at 11:42 pmBrain fart, for sure, but that’s where Elston is headed, trying to be a Senator. I’d like to sit in on that confirmation hearing…
Wayne, hmm, you’re right, no confirmation, except maybe he’s a catholic. He gets appointed by the Governor. Hope it’s not J. LaPetomane!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:45 pmRepublic, I am pretty sure whack-a-troll is not patented. If it were we would ALL owe the carnies!!!!!
Comment by JPark
Well, then I just seem to have my work cut out for me. Material like Whack-A-Trollâ„¢ is gold, pure gold, I tell ya. While you guys are busy “debating politics”, I’ll just be busy counting… my… money!
June 15th, 2007 at 11:53 pmLOL, I hope you make out like a Republican, Republic. :)
June 16th, 2007 at 12:00 am#1 Mr. Presidunce
Didn’t do much wrong:
Fired U.S. Attorneys for 1) not prosecuting Democrats enough, 2) prosecuting Republicans who did commit crimes, 3) not pursuing bogus voter fraud cases, 4) defending Native Americans against attempts to disenfranchise them from voting.
Lied about the firings, claiming they were for performance reasons.
Rigged the system so that new U.S. Attorneys, chosen by partisans in the DoJ who were taking orders from the White House, wouldn’t have to go through Senate confirmation.
Lied, saying that Griffin could be replaced by another attorney of Sen. Pryor’s choosing.
Lied, saying that system wasn’t rigged to bypass Senate confirmation, but that’s exactly how it was used and e-mails prove it.
Threatened fired U.S. Attorneys, saying that if they talked to the media they’d get smeared by the DoJ.
Hired and fired career attorneys at the DoJ on the basis of their political party and whether or not they were suitably “Bushie”.
A.G. attempted to shape Goodling’s testimony by telling her his recollections while the investigation was ongoing.
A.G. lied, saying he hadn’t spoken to anyone in the DoJ because he didn’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation.
Pushed bogus voter fraud cases against ‘liberal’ targets within a few days before the election, exactly what DoJ guidelines said not to do.
I’m just getting warmed up here. You want more?
June 16th, 2007 at 12:05 amchimp, I would love to see you go on!! That was one hell of a rant. I am jealous :)
June 16th, 2007 at 12:11 am#120 JPark
Thanks. Feel free to add to it. I need to go get some shuteye.
June 16th, 2007 at 12:31 amNight chimp.
June 16th, 2007 at 12:35 amFeel free to add to it.
Comment by chimpeach
How about:
June 16th, 2007 at 1:11 amRaced to the hospital bedside of the just-operated-on Attorney General to try to convince him to sign off on a horribly unconstitutional electronic surveillance plan. (Bonus: The AG had already turned over his powers to his deputy, so he couldn’t have done it anyway.)
That was freaking sick, Wayne. I know I should have but I couldn’t believe Abu and Andy Card did that.
June 16th, 2007 at 1:24 am#
Feel free to add to it.
Comment by chimpeach
I don’t think we can type fast enough to keep up with the revelations…
June 16th, 2007 at 1:40 amComment by JPark — June 16, 2007 @ 1:24 am
When one remembers that the constitution requires these people to take an oath to support and defend it, how could anybody argue that what they were trying to do did not violate that oath? Even after Johnny “Soaring Eagle” Ashcroft rebuffed them, they still tried to go through with it. It was only after several people threatened to quit that they agreed to modify it.
June 16th, 2007 at 1:43 amWayne, even without the Constitution their actions were despicable (spelling was not so good, I would guess).
June 16th, 2007 at 1:53 amWayne, they don’t care about the Constitution. Ashcroft of all people told them no and they went ahead with their facist plans. Come on, if Ashcroft tells you you are going to far you have a problem :)
June 16th, 2007 at 2:43 amAnother one bites the dust.
June 16th, 2007 at 3:51 amKarim, are you just getting up? Or just getting home? Whichever, thanks for joining in!
June 16th, 2007 at 3:58 am“The fun will be in trying to fill all the vacancies at DOJ. I doubt that anyone in his right mind would be available.”
There is always the new crop of graduates from Regent University. I’m sure that they would all love a job in the DOJ.
June 16th, 2007 at 10:15 am“whiff of obstruction of justice.â€
Stench of obstruction of justice would be more to the point.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pmhow can you tell when one of these stories is dead on target…exposing the shadiness of dummya and company with serious reprecussions? “mr. president” is the first poster on the thread, wetting his nappy, rubbing his pussy, and clutching his pearls pissing and moaning what a “non-issue” it is
June 17th, 2007 at 7:21 pm