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Old 04-03-2007
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Re: Republicans Call For Gonzales' Resignation

Look under "distinguished graduates," last bullet-point:

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Re: Republicans Call For Gonzales' Resignation

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In 1999, Orin Hatch said Clinton wasn't "decent" for invoking the privilege of confidentiality over executive communications.

"If they say no, we'll have to go to court," he told CNN on Sept. 17, 1999. "And we're going to just have to show that these people don't shoot straight, they're not honest, they're not decent and they shouldn't be in the White House.'"

Sen. Orin Hatch has defended President Bush's right to executive privilege strongly.
Orin Hatch lied on Meet the Press about Carol Lam being fired for not prosecuting enough immigration cases. Carol Lam's district prosecuted more immigration cases than any other kind. MTP Transcript for April 1, 2007 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com

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Speaking of Goodling, I hear she's only one of 150 Pat Robertson University graduates working for W.

And you wonder why things are so fucked up?
Don't forget meth snorting, male prostitute using, evangelical preacher Ted Haggart met with W once a week, along with other arm waving, flailing about, speaking in tongues, wacky born agains. The Bush admin is filled with these nutjobs.
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Old 04-04-2007
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Speaking of Goodling, I hear she's only one of 150 Pat Robertson University graduates working for W.

And you wonder why things are so fucked up?
Oh, I don't wonder AT ALL, Mr. Twain. Not when our chief executive hasn't got the sense to pour pee out of a boot...even if there are instructions on the heel.

Not. At. All.
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Orin Hatch lied on Meet the Press about Carol Lam being fired for not prosecuting enough immigration cases. Carol Lam's district prosecuted more immigration cases than any other kind. MTP Transcript for April 1, 2007 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
Obviously that wasn't enough.

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Obviously that wasn't enough.

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The point is, it wasn't immigration that was the reason for Carol Lam being fired. Perhaps it was because she prosecuted and convicted Republican congressman Duke Cunningham, or that she was investigating two CIA employees, or both of those reasons and there was a Bush croney waiting to take her place. Orrin Hatch and Kyle Sampson had someone they wanted to replace her with. It's not about the attorneys job performance, it's about replacing them with croney's, like Karl Rove's former aid to replace the attorney in Arkansas.
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I recall I promised some background dirt on Ms. Monica in "my next post," but I had to pause to say hello to a gentleman I'm delighted to see here.

So it's like this: What WAS this woman thinking when she issued a pre-emptive statement promising to hide behind the Fifth Amendment when a subpoena hadn't even been issued? Obviously such a move would draw unwanted attention rather than squelch it...and it most assuredly did.

You see, according to Law.com, Monica's been doing administration dirty work, first under John "Cover That Statues Breasts!" Ashcroft and then as a direct aide to Gonzales. Somewhere in there, she took it into her little head that former boss and protege of Turdblossom Rove, one Timothy Griffin, needed to be inserted into a position from which he could throw monkey wrenches into Democratic campaigns in 2008.

What, then, will become of dear, loyal Monica? Well, aside from Rep. John Dingell's assertion that she's "going down in flames," she's pretty much through in the legal profession, for whom even a whiff of scandal is anathema. She may land on her feet in some low-level Republican suckfish job, where her refusal to betray party secrets might stand her in good stead.

Whatever happens, she's damaged goods now...
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Re: Republicans Call For Gonzales' Resignation

Samantha: This thread has now grown much too unweildy for me to search back over my previous posts, but I said earlier that Carol Lam had connected the Randy "Duke" Cunningham scandal DIRECTLY to the office of Beelzebub Cheney...and I'll bet you a shiny new nickel THAT'S the mistake which brought her down.

Just a little too enthusiastic about doing her job...
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Perhaps it was because she prosecuted and convicted Republican congressman Duke Cunningham, or that she was investigating two CIA employees, or both of those reasons and there was a Bush croney waiting to take her place.
or PERHAPS she was an incompetent attorney who didn't know what the hell she was doing.

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or PERHAPS she was an incompetent attorney who didn't know what the hell she was doing.

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And if there were anything specific she'd done to screw up, somebody would have leaked it by now.

Give up trying to sound intelligent, v: you have less than zero credibility.
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or PERHAPS she was an incompetent attorney who didn't know what the hell she was doing.

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There is no evidence to support incompetency, that is the point of the outrage.

All of these U.S. Attorneys were loyal Republicans who received stellar reviews, but let there loyalties go just so far. They saw themselves as prosecutors first and were determined to prosecute anyone who broke the law and left a trail of evidence.

That is not nearly sufficient for this administration. They want to allow crimes, by those they deem friends no matter ow much evidence piles up against them.

And they want to prosecute Democrats even in situations were there is no evidence there to call for prosecution.

This is as unamerican as it gets. How some partisans refuse to condemn this is beyond me. But some put party even beyond country.
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or PERHAPS she was an incompetent attorney who didn't know what the hell she was doing.

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Can we see a link to prove that theory? You won't find one, she was an exemplary US attorney.
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Well, it looks like John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee isn't going to settle for Monica Goodling's blanket invocation of the Fifth Amendment to all possible questions. He's invited her up to Capitol Hill for a closed-door conference, to state specifically which questions she will not answer. You see, Goodling has some ugly history of her own which she'd rather not see aired in public...and which I'll go into in my next post.

Looks like there's a new sheriff in town; no more free rides for administration liars...
It's About Time... I don't like liars.
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Bush Loyalist Rose Quickly at Justice - washingtonpost.com

So why would a good, honest, Christian woman not want to testify before congress? Why would she have anything to hide after living a "very faithful life"?

No clue... surely she wouldn't lie... people of faith don't lie do they? why why why, that would be against their tenets... not to mention one of the Ten Commandments...

ooops... I just did...

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness.

now why would she be unwilling to testify under oath?

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In 1999, Orin Hatch said Clinton wasn't "decent" for invoking the privilege of confidentiality over executive communications.

"If they say no, we'll have to go to court," he told CNN on Sept. 17, 1999. "And we're going to just have to show that these people don't shoot straight, they're not honest, they're not decent and they shouldn't be in the White House.'"

Sen. Orin Hatch has defended President Bush's right to executive privilege strongly.

ooops... I bet they hate the internet and google...
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Speaking of Goodling, I hear she's only one of 150 Pat Robertson University graduates working for W.

And you wonder why things are so fucked up?
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