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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 04:38 PM
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Heckuva job, Alberto
A Register-Guard Editorial
Published: Saturday, May 19, 2007

~snip~ A vote of no confidence in Gonzales is like a vote of no confidence in the Chicago Cubs' chances of winning the World Series. Anyone who still expresses an eyedropper full of confidence in Gonzales is, like President Bush, merely gambling that the political damage from supporting the imploding attorney general will be easier to survive than the fallout from firing him.

The folks who (used to) work for Gonzales already have voted - with their feet. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, the No. 2 executive in the Justice Department, resigned Monday. Gonzales aide Monica Goodling refused to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and then resigned. Gonzales chief of staff Kyle Sampson, initially made the fall guy in the attorney firing fiasco, resigned, as did William Battle, the Justice Department official who contacted most of the prosecutors to tell them they were being replaced.

Will the last person to leave the department please turn out the lights? ~snip~

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/05/19/ed.edit.gonzales.jmg.0519.p1.php?section=opinion
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 04:44 PM
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1. I expect Gonzo will be history by this time next week.
The no confidence vote on Monday, Goodling is testifying on Wednesday, and who knows what will come out of that! And to quote Rummy, there's all those unknowns hanging out there!
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 04:50 PM
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2. Oddly, I think Bush is going to hang on to Gonzo
There are three ways for Gonzo to go 1) he quits 2) he's fired and 3) he's impeached. Right now I do not see any of that happening.
Unless it's an August recess appointment scenario. I hope congress stays in session all year.
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 05:16 PM
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3. Some clever DU'er called him
Amnesio Gonzalez earlier today. Made me chuckle. They may have to pry him out of office, but he will be gone soon I think.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-19-07 09:22 PM
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4. Those guys like Seedy are shameless...Bush has given us Bolton, Wolfie, Seedy...
and Karen, Condi, Brownie....all losers and all cronyies...

The Chertoff guy scares the shit out of my pet fishes.

Cheney the VP...we should know him when he comes back from the VP search for Bush and sez...I know the best VP Candidate,,,me....that was in 2000 7 years ago...and stupid Bush sez OK.

Wow...we been going downhill ever since....
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