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Friday, March 30, 2007 12:00 AM

You know what they say about assumptions

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Friday, March 30, 2007 06:46 AM

"GITCHER BOOTS ON, BOYS...

...THE BULLSHIT'S GITTIN' DEEP IN HERE!!!"

Friday, March 30, 2007 06:56 AM

Madonna ragazzi!

What tangle webs we weave... If this guy were a spider the chances of him snagging an insect for din-din, given the bizzare web he's spun for himself, would leave him looking quite anorexic. Time to call in Sara Taylor and Scott Jennings for a little tête-à-tête. You know, to sort of prime the pump for Karl's lies.

Friday, March 30, 2007 07:09 AM

I think the phrase you're going for

in the header is "you know what happens when you assume . . ." which continues "you make an "ass" out of "u" and "me." It doesn't work so well with the word "assumptions" as it's hard to make an ass out of an "mption" as mptions are total losers to begin with.

Friday, March 30, 2007 07:13 AM

Everybody form a circle...

It's time for a firing squad...

Mr. Sampson needs a cigarette.

Friday, March 30, 2007 07:24 AM

Samson

There's another phrase:

Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups. Like for instance, the Bush Administration. Who everyone assumed would, you know, obey the law.

On another note, I love Ted Kennedy.

Friday, March 30, 2007 07:29 AM

I suppose that we should assume...

... that no one ever talks with "Karl".

Jaeger

Friday, March 30, 2007 08:31 AM

What he really meant was...

He doesn't know if "Karl" wanted this, but "Turdblossom", on the other hand, was all for it.

"Oh.... Rove! I didn't realise who you were talking about...."

Friday, March 30, 2007 08:56 AM

lol

They are *so* guilty, and they *so* know it. "I dont remember" might just as well spell "it happened, but I dont want to be legally responsible when the shithouse come down". ROFL! Squirm, maggot, squirm!

Friday, March 30, 2007 09:45 AM

Karl who?

Did any of these folks ask Sampson if he did talk to Karl Rove, ever, about anything? From this testimony one could get the impression that Sampson never met the guy let alone talked with him. What a sycophant.

Friday, March 30, 2007 09:52 AM

The Ever-growing Rovian Mystique

Great Caesar's Ghost! as Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet was wont to say:

Even Henry II had to wonder out loud: Who will rid me of this troublesome priest? - but apparently Meister Rove does not even need to vocalize his desires and his underlings and scurrying minions hurry to see His will be done!

Friday, March 30, 2007 10:06 AM

The Unasked Question

In my opinion Senator Kennedy, while to the point, failed to address a key question about the disconnect between Kyle Sampson's Dec 2006 email and his subsequent DOJ letter of Feb 23, 2007.

That question: Why did Sampson route the Feb 23 letter to White House Counsel for approval? If he knew that DOJ had no interactions with Rove and Miers over the attorney firings - that his own assumptions and speculation back in Dec 2006 were just that, and lacked factual basis - then why did WHCO need to sign off?

To me the answer is clear: Sampson wanted the Counsel's office to have his back as he prepared to submit false testimony to Congress.

Friday, March 30, 2007 10:08 AM

Legal minds

A lot of them semm to be forgetful without memories, or should we assumed crooked?

Friday, March 30, 2007 11:20 AM

An offer you can't refuse

Reading this, I got a sense of deja vu from the Godfather.

"Well, these two cappos told me it was important we take care of this guy, so I assumed the boss was all behind it. But I never asked nothin' so as far as I know the boss had nothin' to do with it."

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