Fitz!

DeLay! Gag, cough, cough…must breathe, must breathe.

The stench..oh, the horror.

Ronnie Earle !

You’re missing something here..
maybe there is no honest person left who will agree to work for Bush.
Perhaps Delay was the least compromised of all possible candidates.

… and is it true that William Bennett is going to head up the Gambling-Control Board in Las Vegas?

I think it’s the Bush bait and switch again. They’re bandying the bugman’s name about so that when they hire someone else to head OMB — anyone else — we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief.

Most likely they’ve already lined up some right-wing apparatchik Bush crony for the position. Someone they know won’t look good except in contrast to an indicted, retiring, House Rep. who just fleeced his donors out of campaign contributions by diverting them to legal fees.

this is part and parcel the way of the Rovians… once you’re part of The Party, The Party takes care of loyalists - especially when that loyal Party Member is nicknamed The Hammer.

seeing as how they continue to play musical chairs with these guys - after all, the only people who actually leave are people they don’t like - powell, o’neill, etc… the rest merely change places.

which brings me to my point: these guys love power and the positions of privilege they now enjoy, why does anyone think they’ll give it up in an election?

what about Duke Cunningham for a Federal Bureau of Prisons “Residential Client Advisory Board” ?

First come the indictments, then as a show of good faith and as a reward for being a good soldier, comes the “promotion.” Then, when the Senate fails to confirm him for the job, he’ll get the Medal of Freedom for “his many years of dedicated public service.”

Maybe Bush can give it to him in a special prison ceremony…

It was a leap from exterminator to house majority leader, but he was elected to that. Now the exterminator selected as director of OMB? Watching this WH these past 6 years is like observing a colony of cockroaches.

I was just joking a while back when I suggested he take snottie’s job since the WH is the only EEO employer for liars, crooks and traitors. omg. Guess I wasn’t…

… Paul Bremer for heading up the U.S.-Iran Friendship Committee ?

if Bush can appoint John Bolton to be US Ambassador to the United Nation and Paul Wolfowitz to chair the World Bank - ANYBODY is imaginable and possible.

I saw and posted about this yesterday. Even I thought I had to be trippin’!

Got EPU’d from the last thread so I apologize in advance for re-posting.

Folks something about Sustein’s post is intriguing. Sustein states †In assessing declassification decisions, it is important to distinguish among the following: 1) a declassification decision designed to inform the public (fine); 2) a declassification decision designed to correct a widespread misunderstanding of why the President did something …; 3) a declassification decision that jeopardizes national security (to say the least, not fine … 4) a declassification decision that discloses the name of a CIA agent (almost always a subset of 3), and to say the least, not fine …; 5) a declassification decision that represents, in context, an effort not only to defend the President but also to mislead the public (not fine, …).â€

Sustein always uses “not fine†in describing the negative aspects of a “disclosure decision†by Shrub. Can somebody clarify for me whether there is any “legal†debate in the normal sense of the word? Aren’t Shrub’s declassification decisions by definition “legal†given the structure of the law? (Prof or Mary, HELP!!) Although “legal,†some of these actions can still be considered impeachable. But “legality” with respect to the “declassifications” is off the table, right????

delay vs. the tribble

Ralph Reed for Director of Faith-Based Programs.

UPI is another Moonie ass wipe rag!!

OT– but interesting re the ‘maverick’ McCain– seems he is not very funny:

WAY OT

CONCORD, N.H. — When Jean Diamond asked Sen. John McCain a polite but tough question about federal spending last weekend, McCain turned churlish.

“I’m not getting anything I really need and my grandchildren are getting saddled with $9 trillion in debt,” said Diamond, a Keene retiree. “Why should I vote Republican?”

Because, McCain replied, Democrats have also voted to increase federal spending.

“Maybe,” the Arizona Republican suggested, “you should vote for the vegetarians.”

Diamond was not amused by McCain’s sarcasm. “Republicans are in charge of three Houses,” she snapped back. “You have no excuse.”

McCain shook his head. “Yes, ma’am,” he said, peering at the 500 people gathered at the town meeting. “I knew we should have cut this thing off.”

More on his recent NH visit here:
http://www.courant.com/news/po.....s-politics

Michael Brown for head of FEMA!!!

Oh, wait . . .

I read the UPI story yesterday. I also figured that Delay had to be floating it. If there’s a grain of truth to the story then Shrub has gone completely bonkers. I mean, the guy is probably insane already, but at least aware enough of reality to try and avoid getting caught for his numerous misdeeds. But this…..this would indicate that Shrub truly no longer understands right from wrong — and I find that chilling considering this man has his finger on the nuclear (nucular) trigger.

Please, please let it be true! What could be better for Democrats than to put the man with the propensity to steal from the cookie jar in charge of counting the cookies. A move like this gives Democrats at least a full month of keeping Bush and the Republicans on the ropes. If this doesn’t put an exclamation mark on the ‘culture of corruption’…nothing will.

Since it sounds too good to be true…it probably isn’t…but it’s sure fun to speculate.

read more observations here:

www.thoughttheater.com

Kenny Boy Lay for Treasury. Andy Fastow for Undersecretary.

Excellent choice of bizarre photo. Is that a microphone in front of him, or a small furry animal he’s about to bite the head off of?

This keeps getting lost in the Plame outting:

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/niger-gate.html

The fact that the Niger documents were fake is hard proof that the lies that tricked this nation into war were not an accident, not “misinterpreted” or “bad” intelligence, but deliberate falsehood with malice aforethought.We The People were lied to intentionally to trick us into supporting a war of conquest against an innocent nation that had done us no wrong.

www.whatreallyhappened.com is a great site.

Delay could take down the administration and most of Congress if he ever decided to cooperate with the prosecution. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer - or is it the other way round? Isn’t that why all those Plame players got jobs with the OVP?

OT
I’m not alone on my theory about a “Slow Revolt” that’s happening. Now there are military writers agreeing with me:

The Revolt Against Rumsfeld
The officer corps is getting restless.
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at 6:07 PM ET

http://www.slate.com/id/2139777/

And again I will say that everyone needs to see Larry Wilkerson’s speech at the Middle East Ist. yesterday. It was amazing to hear what he was saying. He was callin’ them out into the street. Mr. Wilkerson spent thirty years in the pentagon.

When asked about the Bio-trailer story he said we ain’t seen nothin’ yet as far as leaks go, there’s more to come, and they would all say. “Your guilty Mr. Vice-president!” Then he yelled the same phrase in french. It was a hoot.

tom chicago -

Ledeen, Chalabi?

Try to imagine my surprise.

Michael Ledeen: “Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world that we mean business.”

Mrt. Ledeen, it is a good thing that you and I will likely never meet in person.

Given that UPI is Moon-owned, and that there are links between the Bush family and the good reverend, this story might actually be true. So Tom gets to continue his good works.

It’s not that Bush won’t fire anyone for incompetence or problem behavior. He is unable to recognize incompetence and problem behavior. If he could, he would fire people…and also resign.

Big henhouses require big foxes to guard them.

runnermom (25) — that was my first thought, that they were buying themselves some quiet by putting the fox in charge of the hen house, or that DeLay was sending a veiled threat. If DeLay let loose with what he knew and did, the Republican Party would die an abrupt and cataclysmic death by frog-march…

Gyro Gear Lose

Wilkerson’s speech coming up on CSPAN1 acc to their schedule
12:45 PM EDT
1:06 (est.)
Speech
Is America a Radical Republic?
Middle East Institute
Lawrence Wilkerson , Department of State

Oh yeah, just the guy to handle Federal Asset Management, Procurement, Government Statistics, Financial Management, Travel and Purchase Cards, etc.

With his K street connections, Mr. Integrity could be really helpful in cutting through those pesky regulations and handing money directly over to Haliburton. Regulations and audits–we don’t need no stinking regulations.

Maybe Neal Bush planted the story….

Isn’t W looking for a “Hill liaison” with good relationships with the current GOP leadership? No one knows where the bodies are buried better than The Hammer. You don’t get a nickname like that fer nuthin’. I believe this rumor about the BugMan. Whenever the Preznit talked about Delay, I sensed real admiration. Never having been a legislator, the Preznit has real contempt for the Congress — and he really admires Delay’s management of it on his behalf.

Is Bush looking to find some room in his Mis-administration for Scott Peterson, OJ Simpson, James Trafficant, Bill Janklow and Jack Abramoff too?

-GSD

Just got my reply from Feinstein on snoopergate. I can’t remember if it’s the same as others have received- she says that Clusterfuck is breaking that law, that there will be more hearings, and that the senate will THEN decide about remedy.

“Thank you for writing to me about recent
revelations that the United States Government has
engaged in domestic electronic eavesdropping without
appropriate legal authority. I welcome the opportunity to
respond.

On February 6th, the Senate Judiciary Committee
held the first of a series of hearings into this matter, at
which Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified about
the legality of the program. He provided none of the
documents the Committee required for proper oversight,
and his assurances alone did not allay my concerns.
Instead, he propounded a radical legal theory of
presidential power largely unrestrained by either
Congress or the courts.

I have carefully reviewed the Constitution and the
laws relating to this domestic intelligence activity, along
with the President’s statements and those of the Attorney
General and other Administration officials. I believe that
the electronic surveillance program was not conducted in
accordance with U.S. law. The program, as described,
violates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which
requires a court order for surveillance of Americans.
Congress has updated FISA many times since 9/11 in
order to provide our nation with all the necessary tools to
fight terrorism. The Administration has never asked for
the authority to conduct this program.

I believe the Administration also violated the
National Security Act, which requires all members of the
Intelligence Committee to be fully and currently
informed of all significant intelligence activities other
than covert actions. I am a member of the Intelligence
Committee, and yet I was not told about this program
until it was made public.

There will be further hearings in the Senate
Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. Once the facts
are clear, we can decide on appropriate corrective action.

Again, thank you for writing. I hope that you will
continue to write to me on issues of importance to you.”
Best regards.

Sincerely yours,

Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

“Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world that we mean business.â€

Is this from the “What Would Jesus Do?” school of diplomacy?

-GSD

Well, color me unsuprised and horrified at the same time:

US outsourcing special operations, intelligence to Iraq terror group, current and former intelligence officials say

Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: Thursday April 13, 2006

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The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation for any possible attack, former and current intelligence officials say.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2....._0413.html

Chimpy has too many leaky dykes and not enough fingers–not to mention opposable thumbs.

-GSD

My moneys says he’ll get the job and a Medal of Freedom to go with it.

Sy Hersh:

…AG: Seymour Hersh, we will leave it there. I want to thank you very much for being with us. But let me ask you one last thing, and that is where we started, with President Bush’s comments about your report, saying, ‘What you’re reading is wild speculation, which is kind of, you know — happens quite frequently in the nation’s capital.’ Your response?

SH: Well, he gave a speech at Johns Hopkins on Monday, that’s one of his more remarkable speeches, not only because of his manner, which was a funny affectation — he was hopping around, almost jocular. Forget what he said about me. It’s what he said about Iraq that was very troubling to me. He once again said there’s great progress, this is a wonderful thing we’re doing, I’m proud that we’re doing it, we’re bringing democracy. I have it in front of me, because I always carry it around. He said — he compared this — ‘This is an ideological struggle we’re having with Iran that equates the best part of the Cold War, when we defeated the Russians.’ He’s once again comparing this to the Cold War. He’s once again saying that things are wonderful, that it’s a noble enterprise. Does anybody there read the newspapers? is what I wonder.

http://www.alternet.org/story/34874/

Are we ALL now on “Flight 93″?

Do we simply stay in our seats?

It’ll be like “The Sopranos,” where he’s running things from his prison cell like Johnny Sac.

‘This is an ideological struggle we’re having with Iran that equates the best part of the Cold War, when we defeated the Russians.’

I’d love to hear Putin’s opinion of that. “The Russians,” too. LOL!

Bush also thinks of Iranians as “Arabs.” Fucking moron.

I think the idea of having the OMB Director operate from out of a jail cell is brilliant. He can explain to his fellow inmates the merits of eliminating frivolous appeals, reducing access to prison libraries, wiretapping conversations with their families and lawyers, and confining prisoners without exercise or human interaction.

In fact, I recommend that DeLay be the first pioneer for the entire Administration to spearhead a prison education program.

Is that picture of DeLay getting a BJ from a muppet?

angie #39- sounds like an article from the New Yorker March 6th issue (i emailed you a link)

Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the Honorable Tom DeLay have three felony charges to defend himself against? Sounds like a pretty heavy load. Oh, that’s right, Our Leader keeps the White House open on a part-time basis. It’s the Vacation Administration.

I think Delay makes perfect sense. If he has the job, it will be ez for the FBI to find him when issue the warrant - just like with Safavian.

Sonate - Re the “legal/illegal” part, I did a long post before, but basically it is a legal “wrong” for someone to misuse a position of trust and authority. There are some statutes that spell this out, but also,even in the absence of direct statutory authority, there is something called common law that can establish the basis of the wrong.

I am pretty sure that is Don King with his head in Tommy D’s lap.

-GSD

Sy Hersh:

…AG: Seymour Hersh, we will leave it there. I want to thank you very much for being with us. But let me ask you one last thing, and that is where we started, with President Bush’s comments about your report, saying, ‘What you’re reading is wild speculation, which is kind of, you know — happens quite frequently in the nation’s capital.’ Your response?

SH: Well, he gave a speech at Johns Hopkins on Monday, that’s one of his more remarkable speeches, not only because of his manner, which was a funny affectation — he was hopping around, almost jocular. Forget what he said about me. It’s what he said about Iraq that was very troubling to me. He once again said there’s great progress, this is a wonderful thing we’re doing, I’m proud that we’re doing it, we’re bringing democracy. I have it in front of me, because I always carry it around. He said — he compared this — ‘This is an ideological struggle we’re having with Iran that equates the best part of the Cold War, when we defeated the Russians.’ He’s once again comparing this to the Cold War. He’s once again saying that things are wonderful, that it’s a noble enterprise. Does anybody there read the newspapers? is what I wonder.

http://www.alternet.org/story/34

I MENTIONED THIS THE OTHER DAY, IT’S FROM DEMOCRACYNOW.ORG

YOU GET A TWO-FER CUZ PALAST IS ALSO INTERVIEWED ON THE SHOW.

THREE BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS ALIVE:

GREGPALAST.COM
HERSH
MURRAY WAAS

Most likely it’s to make anyone else they nominate look incredible by comparison. That Texas indictment is still hanging over DeLay’s head like an anvil, and there may be more anvils to come.
I hope. ;)

So many repositioning choices for Tommy Dale…I’m sure this floated trial balloon is merely a precursor to far greater achievements.

;>)

Dru @ 47– just checked my inbox and nothing there re New Yorker– can you re-mail? Thanks and hi there!

Really sickening stuff, eh?

Mary (#49) Thanks for responding. Also, I think that the legalities with respect to the NSA/spying issue are less subtle than the “declassification” issue, because Congress (via FISA) has put specific limitations on the President’s power (despite Gonzalez’ Humpty-Dumpty semantics).

how about mAnn Coulter for press sec????

i like it!

Angie thanks…

Dru–Thought we did not negotiate or deal with ‘terrorists’– yeah, right… history repeating itself.

angie- done; it’s like watching a train wreck :(

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904#survey

should bush be impeached?

vote now

OT, local action:

I think the rubber stamp thing has legs, especially in a more local setting. Imagine all those who have repug congressman and senators or any republican running for office in ‘06. Imagine if you visit local offices, campaign speeches, etc with your “Republican reelection kit” –all you need is your rubber stamp.

In a previouse thread someone said that stamp company offered a dedicated page–this grassroots action that can be extended to readers of any blog you wish. When you visit your congresscritters or candidates, just come along with a special gift! (and write your local papers.) My suggestion is to kick back any discount to FDL for support (add a box to add $5 to support your favorite site?)

I just love the image of going to a repug small setting speech and handing them a stamp–what will they do with it? Leave it behind, give it to a staffer…

Rep. Kennedy hit in mouth by hammer.

Headline at Raw Story. I could not resist due to thread topic.

link to real story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....NlYwN0bWE-

OT…but of interest from the LA TImes…
“BAGRAM, Afghanistan — A computer drive sold openly Wednesday at a bazaar outside the U.S. air base here holds what appears to be a trove of potentially sensitive American intelligence data, including the names, photographs and telephone numbers of Afghan spies informing on the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

The flash memory drive, which a teenager sold for $40, holds scores of military documents marked “secret,” describing intelligence-gathering methods and information — including escape routes into Pakistan and the location of a suspected safe house there, and the payment of $50 bounties for each Taliban or Al Qaeda fighter apprehended based on the source’s intelligence.

(Snip)

“Members of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command are conducting an investigation into potential criminal activity,” a statement said.

The top U.S. commander here, Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, has ordered a review of policies and procedures for keeping track of computer hardware and software.”

This guy has tentacles throughout Texas. What does he have in Bush that hasn’t been exposed yet? And would it matter at this point?

Is that a Hammer in your mouth or are you just looking for some earmarks?

-GSD

Speaking of (Man) Coulter. That may not be far off the mark.

http://www.pageoneq.com/news/2.....41306.html

Hey off topic but important. Check out the new movie trailer for An Inconvenient Truth with Al Gore set to be released in late May. Click here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809257809/trailer

Does Congress get to hold hearings on the appointee? Under oath? I hope.

Bustednuckles (#62) LOL! He needed 6 stitches. I wonder if he needs to replace some teeth.

tom chicago (#60) The results after my yes vote showed 86% in favor of impeachment. I guess the sample is biased, but it’s nice to think about.

Remember to remind Coservatives about their newest core principle, BLOATED GOVERNMENT. I guess it’s ok as long as their main fears, Terror, Gays, and Women who want abortions are still out there they are willing to give unbridled spending the wink, wink nod, nod, go ahead. I mean really after all, most of the congressional districts are so homogeneous there would of course have to be a payback to all the lock stepers and their loyality to the party of Grand Ole Pork.Wonder why it’s so queit over at the National Review? Wonder why the Penn. chairman of the GOP asked people to hold thier noses and vote for Santorum? Wonder why the Neocons are pressing ahead full steam on Iran? I don’t.This is their last chance while they still have power. SFB

new thread - more libby

OT- Libby. Some posts revisited. Last night anon mentioned what I thought was the most interesting part of the interesting parts in the Libby filing.

anon says:
April 12th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
Libby implies Bush is a liar …
‘Based on the government’s articulated motive theory, the defense is also entitled to investigate the Administration’s response to the leak, such as any alleged threats by the President to fire officials who were involved. For example, if documents indicate that notwithstanding the President’s public statements about the leak investigation, Mr. Libby had no reason to fear losing his job, the defense is entitled to production of such documents

Now, a defense lawyer is going to argue in the alternative (it didn’t happen, if it did happen, it wasn’t me, if it was me, I had a good reason, if I didn’t have a good reason, I may have been crazy, …) but this was a pretty interesting assertion to spell out IMO.

Lhp said, Gave a very quick skim and this all off the cuff, but did you notice how much they contracted their discovery demand? In the “compromise†section of the brief, they basically gut their original demand.
Later on they argue that they are really entitled to the whole of their original demand, but any judges chambers is going to seize on an admission or waiver like that and run with it. Any judge with half a brain avoids making a decision when the parties don’t force it. So, if one side concedes something, you grab it and go (unless they don’t have the standing to concede or some other anomaly).

That struck me last night as well. I think it goes to the context of the alignment issue. Procedurally, they are correct on how the alignment should be addressed. I wondered at the time of the Memorandum opinion about the “free flow” language that seemed to be going by without comment (I am just not patient enuf!) and I thought it might mean the various offices really were more on board with the Prosecutor, bc alignment does have an affect on production duties/responsibilities.

IMO, Fitzgerald raised it where he did as a heads up to the judge and Team Libby that he was going to be going more into this if and as required now that he had the President’s office (and the status of subordinate DOJ officers) floating out there. I’m positive Fitzgerald knew they would raise the procedural issue and Walton seems like he would “by the book” it, if it weren’t for that lovely compromise offer tucked in the Reply.

Team Libby could have done two things. Pitched a fit (procedurally incorrect plus they are too aligned and Judge already ruled and exception should have been taken and ….)
or do what they did - go through the motions (basically a sentence on the procedural issue) but offer a compromise that the judge will have a hard time turning down and that keeps a record from developing, this early on, as to just why the other offices are not, actually, aligned with the Prosecutor. Once “too much” is out on that front, I think the President has less reason for pardon.

The compromise offered also, imo, speeds up Team Libby’s access to the Rove et al info that the judge is willing to let them have and which could be tied up for quite a bit longer as they duke it out over alignment. They are chomping to get to “show me yours” and it really seems they are angling for WH attention all through the filing. All jmo, but the alignment bits and pieces have caught my interest since the original ruling.

I got a kick, too, out of the Wells sealed declaration. Poor Ari - they mention the Africa trip and file a sealed declaration.

I also enjoy watching Safavian discovery rulings being trotted into Walton’s court (second time now - first time he didn’t seem very swayed). I can just see the Supreme Court cases now - US v. Cheney, citing to US v. Rove; US v. Rove citing to US v. Libby, US v. Libby citing to US v. Safavian … OK, I can’t really see it, but it was fun to pretend I could.

MSNBC poll: Do you believe President Bush’s actions justify impeachment? * 236436 responses

Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
86%

No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
4.4%

No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7.6%

I don’t know.
1.8%

The Rude Pundit, whom I read religiously every weekday morning, because at his best he creates mental images that rival the depraved scenes of Hieronymous Bosch, today describes exactly how I feel every morning. Waking, bright-eyed (I’m a morning person), then turning on NPR, going to the Internet, and feeling like I’ve been caught in a machine-gun massacre. OMG, they’ve done something even worse than yesterday!

kristinejoy, the boss Mary Ellen of Stamps Unlimited told me when she called that for any future ‘projects’ for FDL if we have any will have our own promotion code (+ discount) and perhaps a special page for it, so yes we would be able to share it with all involved. What a nice lady.

On topic- I’ve mentioned before I find it starnge but not strange what blurbs I hear in the wee hours on CNN or MSNBC that don’t ever seem to be repeated. Yesterday it was that Delay had decided against trying for the OMB job. Perhaps to focus on his legal defense, ya think? Heh

This morning the blurb was that Brownie has decided against giving assistance or counceling with his new position (company?) to New Orleans afterall. Did anyone else catch either of these news blurbs?

For some reason those old Elvis Costello lyrics come to mind this morning:

Oh, I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.

[from: My Aim Is True - (The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Shoes]
On the DeLay thing, Christy’s way ahead of me. I’m still trying to work past “disgusted”. It’s just astonishing that this guy, even having been thoroughly disgraced and being thoroughly unrepentant, is still being considered for any position of trust in government.

Wilkerson just said that the MEK is becoming the new Al Quaeda so why are we using them???????

Badwater #29:
From a Wa Po piece about the IgNobel Awards a while back there is this pertinent piece of info:

“Abrahams, who has a vast knowledge of improbable scientific literature, compares Gier’s work to that of two Cornell scientists who showed that one attribute of extreme incompetence is “that the person so afflicted is incapable of knowing that he is incompetent.” The study, titled “Unskilled and Unaware of It,” demonstrated that people who scored, on average, at the 12th percentile in tests of humor, grammar and logic assessed themselves to be, on average, at the 62nd percentile. Incompetence at the extreme is a double-whammy, the authors declare: “Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.” (Which explains Washington, in a nutshell.)” [Emphasis added.]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....70_pf.html

What more can we say?

BobbyG @ 10:19 am (#72) - There was another MSNBC poll yesterday that had almost exactly the same numbers if you consider the question from a pro-Bush/anti-Bush perspective. From John Casper’s post last night:

MSNBC Question of the Day
Iran nuclear threat: How should it be handled?
Diplomatically
83%
Militarily
17%
* 13504 responses

Makes you wonder if what these polls are counting now is freeping and counter-freeping.

Bush has to fill positions with people like DeLay. He could not stand the thought, or practice of someone with a shred of integrity working for him, and for that matter, anyone with a shred of integrity would never go to work for Bush.