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Reply #54: I did see that. Wasn't that ridiculous. [View All]

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54. I did see that. Wasn't that ridiculous.
Edited on Fri May-18-07 06:57 PM by autorank
Here's proof that they went to the hospital at Bush's orders: if he didn't approve before the fact, they would have been fired immediately, maybe roughed up a bit in the press, and potentially indicted. This would have been the most insubordinate action of any * loyalist ever. Unthinkable that one could do this and survive with this president.

Proof of that is the standards for the rarely, if ever, firings of the US Attorneys. They were shown the door simply on the basis of not prosecuting enough voter fraud cases, that elusive, 8 federal conviction a year so-called crime.

I wish the press had followed up on that by asking,

Q: "You didn't fire either Gonzales or Card. That's a fact. It follows that either a) you allow massive insubordination by your closest aids or b) you approved of the plan before hand. Which is it?"

*: "Well, uh , ah, I'm not gonna answer that question."

Q: "So we can assume that you run a tight ship, have zero tolerance for the commission of illegal acts in your name by misrepresenting your authority, and therefore believe that, by not firing them, you were behind this entire reprehensible scheme."


These are wordy and not such great questions but the logic is there. They could have done their job and a big favor for the country by cornering him on this.

Of course he approved of it. It's implied in the entire affair, explicitly implied by the comments of Comey and by the entire "tough manager, demands total loyalty, nobody screws him" history.

He should be shown the door, soon. Thanks for bringing this up.

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  Comey's Evidence of a Crime - Impeach Now "Scoop"/Collins autorank  May-17-07 09:51 PM   #0 
   May I Be The First On This Formidable Thread  Me.   May-17-07 10:25 PM   #1 
   "town criers for the WH"...  autorank   May-17-07 10:44 PM   #5 
   That would leave Dick Cheney as president, he's got to be impeached also  whistle   May-17-07 10:36 PM   #2 
   We've already got a resolution introduced for the VP...  autorank   May-17-07 10:44 PM   #6 
   Yeah, Don't Bother to Swear him in!Sweat AT HIM & kick him out!  katty   May-18-07 02:40 PM   #51 
   Excellent post, autorank....  hwmnbn   May-17-07 10:41 PM   #3 
   Thank you and...  autorank   May-17-07 10:46 PM   #7 
      There was one moment in particular.....  hwmnbn   May-17-07 11:01 PM   #10 
         Comey is certainly central to much of this, seems like a person of high itegrity  autorank   May-17-07 11:34 PM   #13 
            Comey... 1733 news articles and climbing......  althecat   May-18-07 10:34 AM   #33 
   Excellent work! Mueller instructing his agents  bleever   May-17-07 10:43 PM   #4 
   Likewise!  autorank   May-17-07 10:50 PM   #8 
   "They compound obscenity upon illegality and call it governance."  bleever   May-18-07 12:50 AM   #20 
      Over a Raiders logo;)  autorank   May-18-07 10:13 PM   #66 
   Astounding, really  Mme. Defarge   May-19-07 09:24 PM   #73 
   Did you see this one Sir auto?...  Kurovski   May-17-07 10:50 PM   #9 
   :No, but thank youj.  autorank   May-17-07 11:26 PM   #11 
   Is Impeachment now "on the table"?  sellitman   May-17-07 11:28 PM   #12 
   Nancy could give Dennis a hand.  autorank   May-17-07 11:48 PM   #15 
   Another good question here:  Patsy Stone   May-17-07 11:46 PM   #14 
   Good quesiton about discussing the issue in front of  autorank   May-17-07 11:52 PM   #16 
      As I keep thinking  Patsy Stone   May-17-07 11:58 PM   #17 
         "He's the kid of guy you'd like to have as a neighbor." Remember that press lie from 2000?  autorank   May-18-07 12:19 AM   #18 
            For the record  Patsy Stone   May-18-07 12:58 PM   #42 
   Yes, the program was illegal and that's important. But more important, maybe,  wiggs   May-18-07 12:27 AM   #19 
   Their misdeeds are so extensive, piled up they'd reach the top of Half Dome.  autorank   May-18-07 02:00 AM   #21 
   Did your hear Bush yesterday in the news conference.........  springhill   May-18-07 12:35 PM   #41 
   I did see that. Wasn't that ridiculous.  autorank   May-18-07 06:51 PM   #54 
   I think the WH has the view that whatever is good for them is good for America  wiggs   May-18-07 01:13 PM   #44 
   The DOJ's refusal confirms the "there" that's there  Norquist Nemesis   May-18-07 10:11 AM   #27 
   Wiggs, here's something in support of your analysis. It's excellent.  autorank   May-18-07 07:08 PM   #57 
      Thanks. "You can never go wrong assuming the worst behavior possible..."  wiggs   May-18-07 11:12 PM   #67 
   k&r  Swamp Rat   May-18-07 02:31 AM   #22 
   Ahoy brother Swamprat.  autorank   May-18-07 03:38 AM   #24 
   KNR . . . . baby !! ! !  FogerRox   May-18-07 02:50 AM   #23 
   K&R  Senator   May-18-07 07:06 AM   #25 
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         God knows...... but this snowball is definitely gathering a bunch...  althecat   May-18-07 12:11 PM   #40 
            McCatchy ups the toll of US Attorneys to 30:  mod mom   May-18-07 01:46 PM   #47 
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   Gidday,  althecat   May-18-07 10:18 AM   #28 
   K & R!  TheGoldenRule   May-18-07 10:26 AM   #29 
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   Thom Hartmann pointing out now how NBC is the only news network  deutsey   May-18-07 01:15 PM   #45 
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   K & R!!! Nothing surprises me about this, but it's so important to  Nothing Without Hope   May-18-07 02:00 PM   #48 
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