Harriet Miers resigns

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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House legal counsel Harriet Miers has
submitted her resignation

An investigator must be getting uncomfortably close.

the excuse that they usually give when somebody in the Bush administration uses when they resign.

:spray: :rofl:

nt

"I still think the President is so cool!!1!111 and the bestest President ever!!!!, but I'm so outta here. Rock on Bush!"

I'm stunned to hear that she was still employed at the WH, I thought she was long gone.

after her beloved Booosh pulled her Supreme Court nomination when the fundies whined that she wasn't anti-abortion enough.

:rofl:

Your Dirty Harry ;)
xoxoxoxoxoxo

her scatology? :shrug:

She's "the most qualified person in the world!"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Thanks for the chuckles. K&R.

That's a VERY appropriate pic from Seinfeld. :rofl:

I KNEW it!!!

:mad:
rocknation

They know everyone will be talking about the first day of a Democratic Congress, and won't have enough time to talk about Harriet Miers getting the boot.

She will do a fine job working for Hallmark writing syrupy stuff.

Dearest Mr. President,

You have been a super boss and I will always keep my mouth shut.
Please have the money for my being a good girl and being quite
sent to my Cayman Island Bank Account. I also expect that the
vacation home in the Cayman's w/ security detail will be in place
by 1/15/07.

C-U Wouldn't wanna be ya!

:rofl:

With the addition of a few smiley faces!
:)

she isn't interested in staying with * with the new congress coming in. I'm guessing that the legal counsel job might be looking a bit too complicated.

I'm going to be pulling up a chair...things are going to be getting very interesting.

:popcorn:

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I think we have an answer.

off to Paraguay (or Argentina or Europe or wherever the hell they are).
:crazy:

...guess she just can't take the HEAT...MY GOD...THE HEAT!!! :evilgrin:

How 'bout some more informed commentary on what this means in light of a Democratically-controlled Congress?

finds herself in way over her head at this point in time.

she'll be bumped from tonight's news and tomorrow's papers by coverage of Pelosi, and she's a tiny paragraph somewhere at best.

My conclusion: There's a potential scandal involving her, and she's stepping down ASAP to defuse it. If it were something like her starring in a porn movie in her youth, it probably would have come out with the SCOTUS nomination. So I'd guess (without any foundation whatsoever) there's something odd she wrote on paper for W, that the Dems would like to ask her to testify about but it isn't clear-cut enough to justify pestering her once she's back in private life.

good enough to handle all the subpoenas coming down from Dem committee chairs.

:rofl:

Well, at least since Monica.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1012055miers2.html

Too bad.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.investigate26dec26,1,6428600.story?coll=chi-news-hed

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas.

Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of lawyers, though White House officials say there are no plans to drastically expand the legal staff to deal with a flood of oversight.

snip>

Still, in the days after the elections, the White House announced that Bush had hired two replacements to plug holes in his counsel's office, including one lawyer, Christopher G. Oprison, who is a specialist in handling white-collar investigations. A third hire was securities law specialist Paul R. Eckert, whose duties include dealing with the Office of the Special Counsel. Bush is in the process of hiring a fourth associate counsel, said Emily A. Lawrimore, a White House spokeswoman.

"Obviously, if we do have investigations, we'll have to make sure we have enough people to be prepared to answer questions that come our way," Lawrimore said. "As of right now, I wouldn't say it's anything special."

Republicans close to Bush say any such moves would not come until the White House sees how aggressive Democrats are in trying to pry the lid off the inner workings of the administration.

"They just think it's inevitable that there will be some investigations that will tie up some time and attention," said Charles Black, a strategist with close ties to the White House. But there's no panic in the ranks of Bush's team, he added. "They don't think they have anything to hide."

more...

kind of brings it all into focus. thanks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/miers

Miers resigns as White House counsel

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 58 minutes ago

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Asked why she was leaving, Snow said: "Basically, she has been here six years."

He said Miers, 61, a loyal adviser to the president for years, has been having conversations with White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten about leaving for some time and both agreed that it was time for a change at the White House office of legal counsel.

At the White House, Miers is known as a diligent adviser, one of the first to arrive and one of the last to leave.

"Harriet is one of the most beloved people here at the White House," Snow said, adding that she was a scrupulous lawyer who aggressively defended the Constitution.

"As somebody said earlier today, 'She put 12 years of service into six years,'" Snow said.

Snow said Miers' departure did not signal the beginning of an exodus of senior officials after six bruising years at the White House. Asked if other officials were poised to go, Snow said, "I'm aware of none and anticipate none."

As White House counsel, Miers works behind-the-scenes overseeing a team of attorneys who provide legal advice to Bush on matters large and small. But when Bush picked her to fill an opening at the Supreme Court, she became a household name, albeit briefly. Her background and every word were scrutinized. Television cameras rolled as she walked up Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers charged with confirming her as a justice.




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That's a mental image I could have done without. :puke:

Get your saggy ass to a lifeboat, Harriet !
No more Presidential Blowjobs!
You're outttttttttta here!:rofl: :spray: :rofl:

Clearly, Dubyaco thought Harriet was qualified enough to be on the Supreme Court, but not qualified enough to be White House legal counsel when the subpoenas started arriving. :rofl:

i couldn't believe Mr. Conservative was saying this---he actually sounded disgusted with*

One, kitchen is about to get too hot for Harriet to cook in.

Two, Ted Olsen, or other raw meat neocon needed to direct extra-legal
stratergerys that Harriet is too squeamish to handle.

Three, Harriet has had a lee atwater moment.

mother to tell him everything is all right.

For you young'uns who have no idea what I'm talking about, do a "Nixon Rosemary Woods" search. ;-)

sw

Cheney gets bored with him - lol.

Nothing rings true about these creeps.

Myers decided she'd better get out of range, fast.

Miers Steps Down As White House Gears Up for Battle

Friday, January 5, 2007; Page A01

(snip)

Miers, a longtime Bush loyalist whose nomination to the Supreme Court last year was withdrawn as a result of conservative opposition, led an office that will oversee legal clashes that could erupt if Democrats aggressively use their new subpoena power. Bush advisers inside and outside the White House concluded that she is not equipped for such a battle and that the president needs someone who can strongly defend his prerogatives.

(snip)

Miers, Bush's personal lawyer in Texas, is popular in the West Wing and is admired for her hard work, loyalty and character. But since taking over last spring, White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten had privately expressed doubt that Miers, 61, was right for the job, current and former officials said.

When news reports at the time suggested that she might leave as part of Bolten's initial shakeup, Miers talked to Bush and kept her job, the sources said. After Democrats captured Congress in November, the issue was revisited and some Republicans were told before Thanksgiving that someone else would be brought in.

Miers had told colleagues that she planned to stay until the end of the administration, but after several conversations with Bolten in the past week, she agreed it was time to move on. "We're entering a new era here in the White House, and they both came to that conclusion," a senior administration official said.

(snip)

The White House plans to replace her with a lawyer from the outside. Speculation focused on former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but he said he had no intention of taking the job. "I'm not going to be replacing Harriet Miers," Olson said yesterday.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010400778.html

Miers Steps Down As White House Gears Up for Battle
By Peter Baker and R. Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, January 5, 2007; A01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010400778_pf.html

President Bush accepted the resignation of White House counsel Harriet Miers yesterday as he remakes his legal team to prepare for what aides expect to be a sustained struggle with a new Democratic Congress eager to investigate various aspects of his administration.

Miers, a longtime Bush loyalist whose nomination to the Supreme Court was withdrawn in 2005 as a result of conservative opposition, led an office that will oversee legal clashes that could erupt if Democrats aggressively use their new subpoena power. Bush advisers inside and outside the White House concluded that she is not equipped for such a battle and that the president needs someone who can strongly defend his prerogatives.

The White House did not announce a replacement but has settled on someone to take on the assignment, according to several advisers who did not disclose the name. Four other lawyers have been hired as associate counsels in recent weeks to fill vacancies, and White House officials have discussed expanding the office, which -- with a dozen lawyers -- is far smaller than it was under President Bill Clinton, who faced legal battles on multiple fronts.

The effort to form a new legal team anticipates a spate of congressional demands for information on politically sensitive topics such as whether officials authorized the abuse of U.S. detainees, whether the administration turned a blind eye to profiteering by politically connected contractors in the Iraq war, how the White House responded to Hurricane Katrina, and whether senior officials complied with the law in ordering heightened domestic surveillance.

She was good enough when the GOP lackeys 'questioned' Bush on their toady visits to the White House ....

But now ? .... Gotta get a REAL lawyer in da house ! .... The DEMS are in charge ! ....

WEll FUCK'n how-do-ya-do ! .... Not GOOD enough for the White House ?

Then how the FUCK was she good enough for the SCOTUS ? .....

Yet another revealing FUCK JOB on the US of A by the Idiot in Chief ....

Dept in administration.. and no one would replace them.. they sent Negraponte over to make it look like something was being done.. sending a butcher of innocents to the state dept.???

after her failure at trying to get in the Supremes. Maybe Bush will nominate her for UN Ambassador... :-)

Hmmm... looking at my last sentence and thinking "Wow, I was kidding, but holy shit, I can see him doing it!"

.

"I'm so serieusly screwn111!!111"

:rofl: