Letters to the Editor
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He's toast
When Norm Coleman abandons you, you kow you are sinking.
Rats, ships, that kind of thing.
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What will happen when the Democrats' no-confidence resolution comes up for a vote
Every Republican will vote against it.
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Kind of Like a Yapping Puppy
Norm Coleman is my senator, and my (unfortunate) sense of the man is that he is wholly lacking in personal integrity or coherent political philosophy. He is probably the classic example of politician as wind-sniffer.
He spent his first months in Washington looking for ways to carry water for the big boys on the team. I guess he's not happy with the current scoreboard.
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Why hasn't there been more talk about Abramoff and Guam?
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/08/bush_removal_ended_guam_investigation/
Every day this whole thing just gets more and more sordid.
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Of course...
... Bush and Gonzales won't listen, it's been their M.O. and saving grace, keeping the otherwise inevitable subpoenas at bay.
Admitting the truth about anything they've done is only a sign of weakness, and aknowledgement of the failures they've created. ("The first rule of Bush Club is... you do not talk about Bush Club!") Most reasonable people on the outside can see this, but not the perpetrators themselves. The only thing that seems to change over time is how willful they apparently are in their dissembling. As more of the inside story unravels it's clearer and clearer that there's little happenstance involved in the effort.
It's the kind of behavior you expect to see in a cheap political thriller, not, you know, reality. The fucked-up part is that, at some point in the movie, there'd probably be serious consequences for these characters, otherwise the audience would throw rocks at the screen.
On another note, I can't decide if I should watch Strangelove or Seven Days in May tonight...
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Days of Melancholy
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD IMPOSE DEMOCRACY BY FIAT ON OTHER COUNTRIES IT IS GOOD TO REMEMBER THAT DEMOCRACY IS BUILT ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC EQUITY AND THE RULE OF LAW.
IT IS FRIGHTENING AND SAD THAT THE RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND ITS ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION WAS SO FRAGILE THAT IN SIX SHORT YEARS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM THE GS-5 LEVEL TO THE CABINET LEVEL WAS DESTROYED BY PARTISAN HIJACKERS WHO, BY SUPPORTING, PROMULGATING AMD ADOPTING ILLEGAL PRACTICES AND OBSTRUCTIONS OF JUSTICE BROUGHT AN END TO THE RULE OF LAW.
ALL OF OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE VERY FRAGILE BECAUSE THEY REST TOTALLY ON THE TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY THAT ENGENDERS THAT TRUST. IT IS ESPECIALLY THAT TRUST HAS BEEN BETRAYED AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL TAKE GENERATIONS TO REBUILD THE RULE OF LAW.
THESE MEN ARE NOT INCOMPETENT, THEY ARE EVIL TRAITORS AND SHOULD BE HANGED.
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Don't let the door hit you...
on your way out! Give him his Medal of Freedom and say bye-bye!
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The answer is
no...
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And if Gonzo does resign...
Let that not be the end of the investigation. As tedious as it will be to have to listen to Repubs groans of, "When are you going to let this be over? Stop beating a dead horse," guess what? It isn't a dead horse until the cancer of incompetent Bushie loyalist subverters is excised from the DOJ.
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@ MoroccoMole
One would think that the USA that was forced out would be drawing some attention now. That was probably the most likely to be an obstruction of justice case. I only we had journalists in this country...
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One thing's bothering me...
...Tim, if you have a moment, can you give us a little analysis about WHY these GOP Senators are abandoning Gonzo?
Surely they must understand the dangers to themselves and the party when the Congress begins confirmation hearings for a new AG. Right? No telling where the confirmation hearings might go. Do these GOP Senators think they can control the damage, and prevent the Dems from finding out enough to put the President and Vice-President in some very hot water?
I'm just kinda bewildered here. I can't help thinking confirmation hearings for a new AG would be very, very tricky for the GOP... starting with a drive to get Karl Rove in front of the Justice Committee.
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Way more than one thing bothers me....
Way more than one thing bothers me about this affair. But maybe, just maybe, the senators abandoning Gonzales are actually putting their country ahead of their party. I can dream, can't I?
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Maybe we just need to find out what Bush will actually care about
As long as the Democrats in Congress can't get anything done Bush and Gonzales are find with the constand stonewalling and disfunction at the DoJ. After all, the Democrats might be more popular if anything got done and a functioning DoJ might start looking what what's actually legal; neither must look very desirable.
I think the Democrats need to force the issue with impeachment if necessary and then move on. A "no confidence vote" can be ignored like Tim suggested. If the GOP blocks impeachment and Gonzales still doesn't resign then another 6 months of these hearings isn't worth the same result 6 months from now. What's the effect of Congressional action at this point unless it affects Bush & Gonzales' income after they leave office?
Maybe that's it - have the big GOP donors say there won't be any post 2008 gravy train to pay Bush back for all the money he got thrown their way and then he'll listen.
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Save Gonzo!
It is not about Gonzales anymore. The U.S. Attorney firings is no longer news, the President's illegal wiretapping progam is the news, and Gonzo was at the center along with Card. Let's all start a "Save Gonzalez" movement so he doesn't slip away before all the details of the President's illegal wiretapping program are out!
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Norm Coleman - more then two faced.
Norm has a habit of publicly proclaiming one way and then voting the opposite. He's the worst kind of politician.
With one plane crash Minnesota went from the best to the worst Senator. Ugh.
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Groundhog's Day
"I would hope that the attorney general understands that the department is suffering right now, and he does the right thing, and that it allows the president to provide new leadership," Coleman said.
That's a stunningly stupid comment Mr. Coleman.
Does someone need to run through the laundry list of "leadership" selections that this president is responsible for that turned into complete disasters? There are many. Perhaps someone should simply remind him that the man whom he is asking to resign was selected BY this President? While they are at it they could also remind Mr. Coleman that the "straw the broke the camels back" in this ongoing travesty actually INVOLVED the President directly?
It's just like the movie Groundhog's Day only it's not one man reliving a day, it's one country reliving a nightmare... the same crimes over and over and over...