That photo could become iconic.

Zed. Agree with you Jane.

“Gonzales said he was proud of his record and defended his work with President Bush, though there were missteps, he said.

Later, he ignored scattered jeers from the crowd to answer questions about his dismissal of the attorneys, the Geneva Convention and torture.”

Jane!

Ya forgot the snark tag after this

Gonzales, surprisingly, did not take questions from the audience.

edit: It ain’t surprising at all as most every action Gonzales has taken has been the cowardly action.

Morning, Jane…

…and you most certainly deserve the zed…*g*

Looks like his appearances will become a little torchered.

Gone-zo, baby…

…he certainly had quite a run at the DoJ! Quite eventful, shall we say, tenure there.

From the IF Alligator article:

“I think Mr. Gonzales saw a whole lot of First Amendment tonight,” he [the UF spokesperson] added with a laugh. “As he said, that’s what this place is about.”

I like the way this spokesperson thinks.

(But from the comments on the article, I think that the poster who uses the handle “T-Rex” is not our beloved therapod.)

Mr. Gonzales is THE example of why many view lawyers with dismay. The legal profession is traditionally something to honor. Something must be done.

That is a picture of a thousand(million) words…I just wish we could (can we?) switch the clothing and send Gonzo on his well deserved “vacation” at Gitmo!

Gonzales is the one who should be wearing the hood and an orange jumpsuit. Think John Mitchell. A ‘man’ from another Republican cabal. These kinds of guys are insidious.

Jane and Christy;

(By these last two posts)

This looks to be
a ‘Justice’ day,

Just as it should
be: every day…

Mukasey, are you
listening?

wilderness wino @ 10

That is a picture of a thousand(million) words…I just wish we could (can we?) switch the clothing

Not to worry–someone will soon photo-shop that…

Notice his orange tie?

He’s right in style with the protester!

Once again I cannot say what I think should be done with the former AG. Lest I want a visit from Blackwater, or worse perhaps, Halliburton.

Looks like Longhorn burnt orange on the tie.

TheraP @ 14

Notice his orange tie?

He’s right in style with the protester!

He probably thought that wearing UofF colors he could get a small pass on things.

I doooooo love Technology…when not taken as an “overdose”…

At this point we are no longer a nation of laws. We are a nation of lobbyists.

Gators should ask for a $40,000 refund

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Citizen oklahomakiddo and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

“Mr. Gonzales is THE reason many view lawyers with dismay. The legal profession is traditionally something to honor.”

Brother kiddo, the insidiously effective fascist tactic of destroyin’ the enemy by corrupting it is nowhere more evident than here. These krypto-nazis are sendin’ all these disgraced officials out into public forums as representative of their professions or of public service. So even if they are met with derision, their mission is accomplished ‘cuz it will be a long time before people see “the legal profession (as) something to honor.”

The Bush administration has accomplished it’s purpose…it has destroyed not only the institutions of democracy but the belief in the institutions of democratic society.

KEEP THE FAITH BUT PASS THE FUCKIN’ AMMUNITION, WE’RE GUNNA HAFTA FIGHT OUR WAY OUTTA THIS MESS BEFORE IT’S OVER!!

Bay State Librul @ 20

Gators should ask for a $40,000 refund

Long ago they actually did keep an alligator in a pond there. I’m talking 40 years ago. Not sure if they still have it.

[edited by Mod - No references of violence towards anyone please, especially public officials - current or former. Thank you]

HOLY CROW HOLY CROW HOLY CROW!

MCCLENAN;

“The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

“There was one problem. It was not true.

“I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

Sorry… that $40,000 has already been spent on retaining a competant attorney for his upcoming War Crimes Trial!
GFL Gonzo…you are a traitor to the US Constitution and the “Rule of Law”.

How does the University justify spending money on speaking fees for a man who is collecting money to defend himself from criminal charges?

Ah… University of Florida. I used to work for IFAS in plant pathology. UoF is a beautiful campus. Mr. Gonzales has been very rude to the Constitution. He is a legal pathogen. He dirties this proud school with his presence.

Jane Hamsher @ 1

That photo could become iconic.

Damn near says it all, doesn’t it?

Let a thousand editorial cartoons bloom. (Not to mention ten thousand YouTube mashups.)

perris

Do you have a link for that one?

Oklahoma kiddo @ 9

Mr. Gonzales is THE example of why many view lawyers with dismay. The legal profession is traditionally something to honor. Something must be done.

maybe not?

“first we shoot all the lawyers” Shakespeare

(appologies to General Smith, ma’am!)

perris @ 23

HOLY CROW HOLY CROW HOLY CROW!

MCCLENAN;

“The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

“There was one problem. It was not true.

“I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

LINKERAGE

perris @ 23

HOLY CROW HOLY CROW HOLY CROW!

MCCLENAN;

“The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

“There was one problem. It was not true.

“I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

This could be the break we need to impeach
Bush for lying.
Can we get McClellan on Countdown?

perris @ 23:

I saw this in the last thread. But what does this mean? What are the possible ramifications?

Phoenix Woman @ 27

Jane Hamsher @ 1

That photo could become iconic.

Damn near says it all, doesn’t it?

Let a thousand editorial cartoons bloom. (Not to mention ten thousand YouTube mashups.)

Yes it does. You see the man who can deny reality – even when it’s next to him – even when it matches his attire. That tie is like a badge of infamy!

Lawyers rise up! Many of us turn our lonely eyes to you.

I think things are really starting to move on all levels. Big Corp is taking a huge hit. OPEC is ‘discussing’ moving to Euros (losing money on the $’s). Lots of folks are getting (will need) lawyers. Lots of juicy legal stuff happening re; friends and associates/ex wives/mistresses etc.
Bush and Co are pulling the ‘troops’ (co-conspirators, leeches and general scum) back to ‘circle the wagons’ (re; recent ‘reassignments’ etc).
Lots of connections/relationships/business Associations etc coming to light..
It is going to be a hard and really bumpy ride, but boy is it getting good……. I’m going to need more popcorn ;)

I don’t see Gonzales not taking questions as a big thing. It’s not like he would have remembered the answers anyway.

Bay State Librul @ 20

Gators should ask for a $40,000 refund

I already did.

Wowsah! Just came on to post the link about Little Scottie “I lied because they told me to” McClellan and see perris’ comment already above.

Calling Fitz!!!!!

Calling the media, too. Oh, wait, the writers wrote their scripts for the day and they can’t think–much less report–without a teleprompter

fahrender @ 29

maybe not?

“first we shoot all the lawyers” Shakespeare

(appologies to General Smith, ma’am!)

there’s a problem with the use this quote however, in context Shakespeare meant the exact opposite of what the quote says out of context

in context they are talking about how they can over throw the government, the answer is that quote…so you see, the quote is always used to mean opposite of what shakesoear was saying

interesting

I find the comments in the linked article fascinating. The five “anti-liberal” comments decry the shrillness and hysteria of the left-wing liberal protesters (obviously from the department of redundancy department). Yet the tone of the comments themselves are full of the shrillness and hysteria of the self-apointed defenders of UF’s reputation.

Today’s NYT op-ed is hardly shrill and hysterical yet makes basically the same case the UF students made. I’m sure the op-ed’s authors will be attacked for giving aid and comfort to the enemy-just as UF’s protesters are being attacked.

The right never attacks the message-it’s always the messengers.

“I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

The cancerous, rotten heart of the matter.
Surgery required immediately.

40k! To lie speak to students!

I have been following the schedule of speakers this year at the Clinton School in Little Rock which included the likes of Dr. Yoo Yes, Tim Griffin, Karl Rove, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of Ken Starrs team, and so on.

So far I have found no public record of how much the Clinton School pays speakers but I have to wonder why schools in general are so eager to invite these criminals to speak without a balance of a speaker with an opposing view or without allowing questions from the audience or press.

Why is the leader of the Democratic party (Bill Clinton and his buddy Dean Skip Rutherford) paying neocon welfare and scheduling almost no progressives at all? And what exactly are these schools trying to teach?

shooting wasn’t popular in Shakespeare’s day:

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
(2 Henry VI, 4.2.59), Butcher to Jack Cade”

UF is my alma mater.

That they used $40K of what I know to be a very limited fund of student activity dollars to bring in that criminal…well, let’s just say it truly burns, though it doesn’t surprise.

What can Gonzales teach anyone? Whom would he inspire? How does he enrich the academic environment? Those are questions the event-planners must have forgotten to ask.

Again, no surprise. UF and the town of Gainesville nowadays are nothing like the liberal, open-minded and open-hearted community I knew and loved in the late 1970’s/early 1980’s. In fact, once Reagan had been in office a year, the town went from being an eclectic little island of intellectualism within the state of Florida to just another cluster of cookie-cutter apartments, ugly master-planned housing developments, and boring chain restaurants.

Boooooo.

(And yeah, just go ahead and try to Tase me, bro.)

Biodun @ 31

perris @ 23:

I saw this in the last thread. But what does this mean? What are the possible ramifications?

it means mcclellan can tell us what bush knew, when he knew it and he can point direct fingers for the crimes committed

fitz should be able to renew his investigation is what it means

Is that picture of the kid in the Gitmo getup real? That is great protest.

1,664 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen oklahoma kiddo and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

“Lawyers rise up. Many of us turn our lonely eyes to you.”

ROFLMAO and cryin’ my eyes out thinkin’ about what CSN&Y could do with this mess…indeed have ya given a listen ta Neil Young and Crazy Horse lately?

KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER!!

The gig was a flop on many levels. The student speaker’s bureau expected a packed house. Instead, there were about 800 tickets for a 1700 seat venue. Gonzales was roundly booed. The speaker’s bureau is now getting some unwanted attention in how they book and how they pay speakers.

Biodun @ 31

perris @ 23:

I saw this in the last thread. But what does this mean? What are the possible ramifications?

Rove will grind Scotty into dust and the story will disappear into the ether.

Unless, of course, emptywheel starts doing some digging.

redx @ 46

Is that picture of the kid in the Gitmo getup real? That is great protest.

and apparently got arrested for it.

three cheers for the student protesters!!!

may gonzales be confronted with what he’s done no matter where in the world he goes.

perris @ 38

fahrender @ 29

maybe not?

“first we shoot all the lawyers” Shakespeare

(appologies to General Smith, ma’am!)

there’s a problem with the use this quote however, in context Shakespeare meant the exact opposite of what the quote says out of context

in context they are talking about how they can over throw the government, the answer is that quote…so you see, the quote is always used to mean opposite of what shakesoear was saying

interesting

Sir! Do we not want to overthrow this government?
I, for one, say “Aye!”

redx @ 46

Is that picture of the kid in the Gitmo getup real? That is great protest.

Yep. Watch the video…

Truthfully…an I am sure that all of my fellow FDL posters (with there enlarged abilities at “Conceptual Continuity”) will know, we don’t need Scotty to tell us Bush lied (its just more prima facia evidence) to convict or impeach.
Bush has addmitted to Class “A” (?) felonies with his breakiung of FISA laws.
With absolutly no post 911 justifications.
He and Cheny ordered room A416 at AT&T well before the Towers came down!

mc @ 49

Rove will grind Scotty into dust and the story will disappear into the ether.

I doubt that. This is in McCellelan’s book that’s coming out next April, and that amazon.com has announced in advance.

I love it! Great to see that student protest is still alive and well in our jaded times. And yes, Gainesville has acquired its share of ugly apartment buildings in recent years, but it’s still a beautiful place IMO.

perris @ 45

Biodun @ 31

perris @ 23:

I saw this in the last thread. But what does this mean? What are the possible ramifications?

it means McClellan can tell us what bush knew, when he knew it and he can point direct fingers for the crimes committed

Fitz should be able to renew his investigation is what it means

so if Fitz is not remiss in his duty he will call McClellan and take an affidavit

I however have no such confidence in fitzpatrick to do what needs to be done

I hope I am wrong

I think the lack of a packed house and the presence of demonstrators will likely influence this man’s ability to draw big speaking fees.

Unless the right wing is ready to pony up!

1,664 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen mc and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

“Rove will grind Scotty into dust and the story will disappear into the ether.”

Not unless the Democratic leadership and the Democratic nominee for president lay down and call for an “end to our long national nightmare.” If this publication says what the blurb says it does and Scotty names names and provides dates…well, when is the damned thing due out?

KEEP THE FAITH…ARE THERE ENOUGH GOOD FOLKS LEFT TO CARRY THE BASTARDS OUT??!!

Biodun @ 54

mc @ 49

Rove will grind Scotty into dust and the story will disappear into the ether.

I doubt that. This is in McCellelan’s book that’s coming out next April, and that amazon.com has announced in advance.

and why wouldn’t valery take a deposition from scott?

that ABSOLUTELY needs to be done

I know some of you here have contact with the wilsons, time to do so

fahrender @ 29

Oklahoma kiddo @ 9

Mr. Gonzales is THE example of why many view lawyers with dismay. The legal profession is traditionally something to honor. Something must be done.

maybe not?

“first we shoot all the lawyers” Shakespeare

(appologies to General Smith, ma’am!)

That’s a classic quote out of context. I’m at work, can’t check the play for cite, but it’s (someone will know if I’m wrong) Henry IV, part II. The speaker int he play suggest killing all the lawyers so they won’t be around to prosecute them for their wrongdoing.
The quote means the opposite of what it seems to, out of context.
(returning to work and lurking. Used to have a t-shirt w/ that quote, a point of pride!)

Scotty can get a pass, just like Scooter. We don’t know what exactly what he was told, vis a vis lies. He was not under oath, just blowin’ the press.

The way the Bush Administration has handled the pronouncements of the various offices of the DOJ is more like a medical practice that exists for the sole purpose of giving their patients their every desire, when they need good medical care.

Imagine patients going to the doctor for prescriptions of various phycodelic or recreational drugs and being given all the drugs he wants. However, the patient is never diagnosed with a fatal illness because the doctor never examined the patient; he considers his job to just let the patient do the prescribing. It’s the same sort of malpractice to me.

bg @ 61

Scotty can get a pass, just like Scooter. We don’t know what exactly what he was told, vis a vis lies. He was not under oath, just blowin’ the press.

we will give scotty the pass not the president, scotty can reclaim his patriotism and become a hero for his country and his country calls on him to do so

TheraP @ 56

I think the lack of a packed house and the presence of demonstrators will likely influence this man’s ability to draw big speaking fees.

Unless the right wing is ready to pony up!

what will really sink Gomer is that he is such a wimpy bore. he is a charisma black hole.

cleter@48
That actually sounds like a rousing sucess to me.
Just one man’s opinion…
back to the Ghost Dance

Biodun @ 13

wilderness wino @ 10

That is a picture of a thousand(million) words…I just wish we could (can we?) switch the clothing

Not to worry–someone will soon photo-shop that…

Yeah, where’s Darkblack when you need him!

cleter @ 48

The gig was a flop on many levels. The student speaker’s bureau expected a packed house. Instead, there were about 800 tickets for a 1700 seat venue. Gonzales was roundly booed. The speaker’s bureau is now getting some unwanted attention in how they book and how they pay speakers.

This Gonzales clown is a laughing stock. The rightwingers weren’t even behind him.

Another piece of human refuse left behind the Bush Demolition Machine.

-GSD

Gonzo may be incompetent but at least he’s boring.
Worthless but pricey! What a great combo!

Christopher Marlowe, anyone …….?

1,664 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen perris and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

I however have no confidence in fitzpatrick to do what has to be done. I hope I am wrong.”

I hope ya are too, perris, I hope ya are too. Hey, ken any of the House or Senate committee chairs or members try and poke Fitz with a sharpe stick and get ‘im ta move on this? Is there a way of puttin’ some pressure on Fitz through the Congress?

KEEP THE FAITH AND THE PRESSURE ON!!

Ann in AZ @ 62

The way the Bush Administration has handled the pronouncements of the various offices of the DOJ is more like a medical practice … sort of malpractice to me.

I think you’ve got the start of a good analogy. But I’d suggest it’s more like an ER – where you can have all the care you want…. so long as you have sworn your oath to bush.

cleter @ 68

Gonzo may be incompetent but at least he’s boring.
Worthless but pricey! What a great combo!

I have to admit, this might have been a stroke of genius on the part of the university

expecting the demonstrations and drawing more attention to the depravity, it might have been worth far more then the 40 grand that was paid just to remind everyone what kind of depraved idiots this president hired

This is the book:

Scott McClellan, What Happened.

Simple title, eh>

rwcole @ 43

shooting wasn’t popular in Shakespeare’s day:

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
(2 Henry VI, 4.2.59), Butcher to Jack Cade”

Getting rid of all the lawyers in Will’s time was a way to remove any mechanism for the rule of law to operate. If memory serves, the character in this play wants to create a state of anarchy, started by eliminating those well versed in laws & ways to apply them…

As for Gonzales’ speech, when I read this post my first thought was that AGAG’s coverup q&a sessions before Congressional committees are @ a thudding end. Citizens can now ask the questions & make comments in a public forum.

Still want to schedule more public speaking engagements, Fredo? Maybe not w/out screening the audience first like GWB & Cheney do.

cleter @ 67

Gonzo may be incompetent but at least he’s boring.
Worthless but pricey! What a great combo!

maybe he and Donald Rumsfeld could have a double bill …..

Biodun @ 73

This is the book:

Scott McClellan, What Happened.

Simple title, eh>

I’d like to see fake ads: What happened?

Paying this law breaker 40K to speak is an outrage. I would be up in arms if I was a UofF student or faculty member.

That is beyond the pale.

rwcole @ 24

How does the University justify spending money on speaking fees for a man who is collecting money to defend himself from criminal charges?

Simple. In this country, one is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, not in public opinion.

Biodun @ 73

This is the book:

Scott McClellan, What Happened.

Simple title, eh>

From a simple liar

Hi Selise,

Here’s that list of each candidate’s foreign policy advisors: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..wonks.html

It’s hardly amazing that some of these liars are now fessing up.

But where is the outrage of the press and the DEMS that the admin be “dismissed” for their lies, crimes and schemes.

How do they get a pass?

Have we gone through the looking glass?

Alice?

Biodun @ 73

This is the book:

Scott McClellan, What Happened.

Simple title, eh>

I’m more amused by the fact that they’re pushing this book now — but it won’t be released until April 21, 2008.

Gosh, you don’t think that Amazon and the publisher are trying to get a jump on the Christmas book-buying splurge, do you?

We’re not talking “sign up now for the next Harry Potter Book” here, folks, and Scottie’s no JK Rowling. Someone better break it to Scottie gently.

Bush’s personally groomed Turd is traveling around telling GOP-ers to distance themselves from the man that made his career.

Now Bush’s former AG/lackey is getting heckled like a pedophile at a court hearing.

Bush must be really looking forward to all the great receptions he’s going to get when he starts plugging his ‘giant freedom institute’.

-GSD

fahrender @ 75

cleter @ 67

Gonzo may be incompetent but at least he’s boring.
Worthless but pricey! What a great combo!

maybe he and Donald Rumsfeld could have a double bill …..

At The Hague?

NorskeFlamethrower @ 70

1,664 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..

Citizen perris and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

I however have no confidence in fitzpatrick to do what has to be done. I hope I am wrong.”

I hope ya are too, perris, I hope ya are too. Hey, ken any of the House or Senate committee chairs or members try and poke Fitz with a sharpe stick and get ‘im ta move on this? Is there a way of puttin’ some pressure on Fitz through the Congress?

KEEP THE FAITH AND THE PRESSURE ON!!

That’s why I am waiting for the Libby appeal to be finalized (how long, it’s been six months).
I think once that’s settled, Congress can haul
Fitzy before their Committee for a rendering…
and ask him what Role did the Prez play and
why wasn’t Rove indicted?

McClellan: “I had unknowingly passed along false information.”

What if that line is knowingly false?

Subtext…. I, Scott McClellan still want you to think “I did not lie.”

might be a good time to bring up, H. R. 1955, jane harman’s bill that recently passed in the house: “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007″

from the bill:

3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.

from the baltimore sun:

With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman’s “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Homeland Security Committee. Swift Senate passage appears certain.

Not since the “Patriot Act” of 2001 has any bill so threatened our constitutionally guaranteed rights.

…diverse groups vigorously oppose Ms. Harman’s effort to stifle dissent. Unfortunately, the mainstream press and leading presidential candidates remain silent.

Ms. Harman, a California Democrat, thinks it likely that the United States will face a native brand of terrorism in the immediate future and offers a plan to deal with ideologically based violence.

But her plan is a greater danger to us than the threats she fears. Her bill tramples constitutional rights by creating a commission with sweeping investigative power and a mandate to propose laws prohibiting whatever the commission labels “homegrown terrorism.”

The proposed commission is a menace through its power to hold hearings, take testimony and administer oaths, an authority granted to even individual members of the commission – little Joe McCarthys – who will tour the country to hold their own private hearings. An aura of authority will automatically accompany this congressionally authorized mandate to expose native terrorism.

Ms. Harman’s proposal includes an absurd attack on the Internet, criticizing it for providing Americans with “access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda,” and legalizes an insidious infiltration of targeted organizations. The misnamed “Center of Excellence,” which would function after the commission is disbanded in 18 months, gives the semblance of intellectual research to what is otherwise the suppression of dissent.

Speaking of Photoshopping, this link was shared on a Late Night thread last night. Still can’t stop laughing:

http://driftglass.blogspot.com…..othic.html

Biodun @ 53

mc @ 49

Rove will grind Scotty into dust and the story will disappear into the ether.

I doubt that. This is in McCellelan’s book that’s coming out next April, and that amazon.com has announced in advance.

Yes, I hope I’m wrong. ;-)

wigwam @ 80

Hi Selise,

Here’s that list of each candidate’s foreign policy advisors: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..wonks.html

thank you!

GSD @ 83

Bush’s personally groomed Turd is traveling around telling GOP-ers to distance themselves from the man that made his career.

Now Bush’s former AG/lackey is getting heckled like a pedophile at a court hearing.

Bush must be really looking forward to all the great receptions he’s going to get when he starts plugging his ‘giant freedom institute’.

-GSD

Yesterday — Gonzo porn.

Today — The Paulose position.

Tomorrow, who knows… The Emperor’s happy ending…

“The most important thing about this article I think is not so much that Rove is telling the candidates to run away from Bush — although that is funny,” she said, adding later in the program that “Rove has no substantive advice to give to candidates other than to ’smile and pretend Bush doesn’t exist.’”

Re: McClellan’s book:

The April 2008 release is most certainly bad news for the Repugs in Elections ‘08. Everything helps. Every exposure and disclosure helps, that’s for sure.

Can anyone hold up the publishing of the book and why April 2008?

What happens to a brain surgeon who perpetually operates on the wrong side of the brain? What’s the difference between an AG who constantly operates on the wrong side of the Constitution and the law? $40,000.

I was unaware of Harman’s bill. I am surprised it does not authorize the burning of witches and unbelievers.

Bay State Librul @ 93

Can anyone hold up the publishing of the book and why April 2008?

Generally, it’s either the publisher, the author, or the printer — unless you’re Valerie Plame Wilson (or someone like her) and have to get the CIA to sign off on it.

I’m guessing it’s because Scottie’s probably not done writing it yet. It was likely slotted for a Christmas rollout, but perhaps Scottie and/or his editor fell behind and missed a deadline.

What’s particularly interesting about the Gonzales incident, is that usually the right-wing students are very vocal about speakers. If they book somebody even remotely left, there are screams of outrage, and a far-right nutjob is later booked to provide “balance.” Gonzales is there to “balance” Kerry. But the reverse is not usually true. Right-wing speakers are not usually met with the same level of outrage. Until now. Right-wing speakers are protested, and–perhaps more importantly, from the speakers bureau’s point of view–poorly attended. Michael Moore was packed. Al Sharpton was packed. Ann Coulter was not. Gonzales was half empty.

Peterr:

Re: holiday rush for the book:

Here’s amazon.com’s bait, as it were:

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Add gift-wrap for 99 cents if you order by Nov 20.

Here’s how (restrictions apply)

Pre-order this item now and you will receive an additional 5% off at checkout. Also, if the Amazon.com price decreases between your order time and release date, you’ll receive the lowest price as well as the 5% pre-order discount. Here’s how (restrictions apply)

(Same link as my 73.)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 94

What happens to a brain surgeon who perpetually operates on the wrong side of the brain? What’s the difference between an AG who constantly operates on the wrong side of the Constitution and the law? $40,000.

doctor to patient;

I have good news and bad news, the bad news is we amputated the wrong leg

the good news is we can save the other one

Perris@72
I say let the side show (freak show) begin…
This is where the true talents of these people lie… performing to our amazement and for our amusement… feats that have been seen before by all of man kind… come one come all to see the gross displays of human nature at it’s worst… all under the Big Top… come one come all… this has all been one big Circus… I could die from laughing if it wern’t killing so many innocent peopls and the rule of law along the way.

Does the former AG fulfill the criteria for disbarment?

DOJ and Hans did “good” work in FL

Many would-be Florida voters ‘lost’
Computers leave thousands in the dark

(snip)
More than 14,000 initially rejected — three-quarters of them minorities — didn’t make it through that last set of hoops.

Blacks were 6 1/2 times more likely than whites to be rejected at that step.

Hispanics were more than 7 times more likely to be failed.

Unaccepted but also not denied, they remain in limbo as “incomplete” or, often, sitting in Florida’s new statewide voter registration system with no designation at all.

State law requires those “lost” voters to be notified; most contacted said they were unaware of the problem.
(snip)

link

Oklahoma kiddo @ 101

Does the former AG fulfill the criteria for disbarment?

Why set your goals so low. He’s a Bendedict Arnold as far as I can see.

-GSD

Eureka Springs @ 41

40k! To lie speak to students!

I have been following the schedule of speakers this year at the Clinton School in Little Rock which included the likes of Dr. Yoo Yes, Tim Griffin, Karl Rove, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of Ken Starrs team, and so on.

So far I have found no public record of how much the Clinton School pays speakers but I have to wonder why schools in general are so eager to invite these criminals to speak without a balance of a speaker with an opposing view or without allowing questions from the audience or press.

Why is the leader of the Democratic party (Bill Clinton and his buddy Dean Skip Rutherford) paying neocon welfare and scheduling almost no progressives at all? And what exactly are these schools trying to teach?

This I would love to see an honest answer to. Think we’ll ever get one?

Don’t know if anyone has previously linked this article from last Friday’s truthout.org:

Fired Attorneys Build Case Against Gonzales

Marie Roget @ 105

Don’t know if anyone has previously linked this article from last Friday’s truthout.org:

Fired Attorneys Build Case Against Gonzales

NICE!!!

Marie Roget @ 105

Don’t know if anyone has previously linked this article from last Friday’s truthout.org:

Fired Attorneys Build Case Against Gonzales

snipeROO;

John McKay, the former US attorney for the Western District of Washington, pieced together thousands of pages of internal Justice Department (DOJ) emails released earlier this year, reviewed public documents and pored through hundreds of pages of sworn testimony his former boss, Alberto Gonzales, gave to Congress about the firings of at least nine US attorneys last year.

McKay said evidence in the public record demonstrates the former attorney general and his underlings may well have obstructed justice

OT–

Filed under ha! ha! ha!:

Filed at 12:06 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — The turkey at the White House really draws a crowd. When President Bush stepped into the Rose Garden on Tuesday, he found visitors in every coveted seat, reporters standing three rows deep and staff members craning for just one good glimpse. They came for one of those signature White House moments: Bush saving the life of a huge, white, gobbling bird.

Bush granted his yearly pardon to the national Thanksgiving turkey, named ”May,” and a backup turkey who went unseen, who goes by ”Flower.”

The names were chosen in an online poll that drew more than 28,000 votes. It was close; people also liked ”Wish and Bone,” and ”Wing and Prayer.”

”They’re certainly better than the names the vice president suggested, which was `lunch’ and `dinner,”’ Bush said.

Local gooper newspaper continues in it’s attempt to obliterate Hillary Clinton….today’s cartoon shows a bus comin down the straight labeled “Hillary” and “Double Talk Express”.

They hate her so fuckin much that the mention of her Name starts their blood a boilin. Makes me want to support her- just to see the tops of their heads explode.

The psychopath pushes back against Dems and war funding

Merry Christmas from Washington: With Congress balking at continued war funding, the White House says the Defense Department will issue furlough notices to about 100,000 civilian workers at military bases in mid-December.

link

rwcole @ 109

Local gooper newspaper continues in it’s attempt to obliterate Hillary Clinton….today’s cartoon shows a bus comin down the straight labeled “Hillary” and “Double Talk Express”.

They hate her so fuckin much that the mention of her Name starts their blood a boilin. Makes me want to support her- just to see the tops of their heads explode.

That’s exactly why she’ll win… Dare I say it? … Payback.

So few untainted Federal Attorneys, so many tainted GOP crooks….

Steve-AR @ 110

The psychopath pushes back against Dems and war funding

Merry Christmas from Washington: With Congress balking at continued war funding, the White House says the Defense Department will issue furlough notices to about 100,000 civilian workers at military bases in mid-December.

link

They are playing games. SECDEF Gates originally said they had enuf funding to last until February/March 2008
Bastards!
Damn liars!
Reprogram the funds, you fucking idiots…

In the meantime, Freddie “the oaf” Thompson’s campaign is goin really well for NASCAR fans who love bloody wrecks.

Rudy “The Don” continues to promise to pull out fingernails, drown, and crush the bones of those who may be the enemies of america or may be innocent janitors at your local school…

perris @ 56

perris @ 45

it means McClellan can tell us what bush knew, when he knew it and he can point direct fingers for the crimes committed

Fitz should be able to renew his investigation is what it means

so if Fitz is not remiss in his duty he will call McClellan and take an affidavit

I however have no such confidence in fitzpatrick to do what needs to be done

I hope I am wrong

Scotty is not under oath. Remember that. I would have to believe that Scotty has testified under oath already. And it’s Fitzgerald, not Fitzpatrick.

rwcole @ 108

Local gooper newspaper continues in it’s attempt to obliterate Hillary Clinton….today’s cartoon shows a bus comin down the straight labeled “Hillary” and “Double Talk Express”.

They hate her so fuckin much that the mention of her Name starts their blood a boilin. Makes me want to support her- just to see the tops of their heads explode.

The Hillary “Paradox” may be unique in American political history. The Thugs think she is Emma Goldman reborn and the Left thinks she is a GOPer lite. Someone is wrong. I personally think Ed Klein is going to be proven correct..”You can take the girl out of Wellesley but you can’t take Wellesley out of the girl.”

“We’ll find out that they’re guilty when they confess under my techniques” says the Don who has an unopened book on constitutional law in him library.

BTW the Cushing Spot price for crude oil is trading at $98.09 at the moment.

Think the former AG is making big busks. Wait’ll our prez hits the circuit after he’s out of office. It’s all so obscene. There oughtta be a law against it.

rwcole @ 108

Local gooper newspaper continues in it’s attempt to obliterate Hillary Clinton….today’s cartoon shows a bus comin down the straight labeled “Hillary” and “Double Talk Express”.

They hate her so fuckin much that the mention of her Name starts their blood a boilin. Makes me want to support her- just to see the tops of their heads explode.

just keep writing them letters, even if they don’t publish them ,,,,,

GO GATORS!!

Hugh @ 119

BTW the Cushing Spot price for crude oil is trading at $98.09 at the moment.

Bush: Mission Accomplished!

The view here is that Karl Rove has finally screwed up. His anti-Clinton stuff is backfiring.

Hugh @ 119

BTW the Cushing Spot price for crude oil is trading at $98.09 at the moment.

you know, I don’t have the link but there is a clip of rush limbaugh saying “if gore is elected you will be paying 2 dollars for a gallon of gas”

we need to find that clip and get it posted everywhere

Steve-AR @ 117

rwcole @ 108

Local gooper newspaper continues in it’s attempt to obliterate Hillary Clinton….today’s cartoon shows a bus comin down the straight labeled “Hillary” and “Double Talk Express”.

They hate her so fuckin much that the mention of her Name starts their blood a boilin. Makes me want to support her- just to see the tops of their heads explode.

The Hillary “Paradox” may be unique in American political history. The Thugs think she is Emma Goldman reborn and the Left thinks she is a GOPer lite. Someone is wrong. I personally think Ed Klein is going to be proven correct..”You can take the girl out of Wellesley but you can’t take Wellesley out of the girl.”

I beg to differ. I expunged my inner Wellesley as soon as I left.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 15

Once again I cannot say what I think should be done with the former AG. Lest I want a visit from Blackwater, or worse perhaps, Halliburton.

Amen!!! How many of us are over-the-eyeballs, completely saturated with this crap.

How many of those young republickan pussies are planning on enlisting?? ZERO, ZLICH…….mommy & daddy repugs, you know, the helicopter parents, understand that to actually put your body where your young repuke mouth is, would be insane beyond all measures. Their babies will be stuffing their ugly bleached-teeth faces this holiday, and planning on what Santa is going to get them for Christmas. They pretend they still believe so gramma and grandpa will think they’re cute and leave all their money to them.

University of Florida should be chastised unrelentlessly for this shameless move.

This is in honor of all thoes “REAL soldiers” hanging their asses on the line right now.

Badwater @ 123

Hugh @ 119

BTW the Cushing Spot price for crude oil is trading at $98.09 at the moment.

Bush: Mission Accomplished!

Leaving us with a close to Mission: Impossible to recover from the rule of lawlessness provided by BushCo.

State Universities are at the mercy of state legislatures. At the moment- the legislature of Florida is VERY gooper. If the University gets too far off the gooper reservation- it’ll get it’s budget cut in painful ways.

The faculty can afford to tell the legislature to go take a flyin fuck- they have tenure- but the administration cannot.

perris @ 45

Biodun @ 31

perris @ 23:

I saw this in the last thread. But what does this mean? What are the possible ramifications?

it means mcclellan can tell us what bush knew, when he knew it and he can point direct fingers for the crimes committed

fitz should be able to renew his investigation is what it means

But didn’t he go before the grand jury during the investigation. If so, is he claiming that he just discovered the lying. Otherwise, would seem to be perjury before the grand jury.

I’m not sure if Cheney approves of $100 per barrel oil. It may help some of his buds- but it probably hurts more of em than it helps. It could KILL the SUV—oops—american auto industry.

It’s a mistake, I think, to suppose that what happens in the world (EG $100 per barrel oil) is what Bush WANTS to happen. He’s been too incompetent to make his dreams come true in most areas.

Ann in AZ @ 104

Eureka Springs @ 41

40k! To lie speak to students!

I have been following the schedule of speakers this year at the Clinton School in Little Rock which included the likes of Dr. Yoo Yes, Tim Griffin, Karl Rove, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of Ken Starrs team, and so on.

So far I have found no public record of how much the Clinton School pays speakers but I have to wonder why schools in general are so eager to invite these criminals to speak without a balance of a speaker with an opposing view or without allowing questions from the audience or press.

Why is the leader of the Democratic party (Bill Clinton and his buddy Dean Skip Rutherford) paying neocon welfare and scheduling almost no progressives at all? And what exactly are these schools trying to teach?

This I would love to see an honest answer to. Think we’ll ever get one?

I had no idea. What is the deal? Does Bill Clinton have any say, or is now the Richard Melon Scaife Library? Sheeesh.

Jane Hamsher @ 1

That photo could become iconic.

I hope so. Can I copy it, to spread it around a little?

Oklahoma kiddo @ 120

Think the former AG is making big busks. Wait’ll our prez hits the circuit after he’s out of office. It’s all so obscene. There oughtta be a law against it.

I really really can’t see Mr 27% being accepted too many places. If he’s smart (and yes, I know, completely arguble), he’ll do his best to keep out of the public eye. Assuming he doesn’t stay on :-P

Christy’s upstairs with Scott…

Sorry, but I’ve had it today. See the little fucker in the video with the necktie, fuax bleached smile, and the excuses?????????

I want to meet the two kids who were arrested. Thank God for them!! As Jane said, the above photo is truly iconic. These students should demand a refund, and explanation from the cretins in charge as to how a criminal was chosen as an acceptable speaker.

ww@53
I miss spoke; it is Room 641A at San Fran at&t offices where Mark Klein testifies to have put the data stream splitter.

WW@53
Of course “I don’t recall” ever having posted at this site.

Biodun @ 108

OT–

Filed under ha! ha! ha!:

Filed at 12:06 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) — The turkey at the White House really draws a crowd. When President Bush stepped into the Rose Garden on Tuesday, he found visitors in every coveted seat, reporters standing three rows deep and staff members craning for just one good glimpse. They came for one of those signature White House moments: Bush saving the life of a huge, white, gobbling bird.

Bush granted his yearly pardon to the national Thanksgiving turkey, named ”May,” and a backup turkey who went unseen, who goes by ”Flower.”

The names were chosen in an online poll that drew more than 28,000 votes. It was close; people also liked ”Wish and Bone,” and ”Wing and Prayer.”

”They’re certainly better than the names the vice president suggested, which was `lunch’ and `dinner,”’ Bush said.

Sweet Mother of God! How did my country get here???

perris @ 23

HOLY CROW HOLY CROW HOLY CROW!

MCCLENAN;

“The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.

“There was one problem. It was not true.

“I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself.”

Scott M. should sign an affidavit setting forth sufficient and credible facts to establish probable cause that this administration did “cook” the pre war Iraq intelligence. It is called a “high crime,” Mr Conyers!!!!! Remember D. Kucinich’s privileged motion a few weeks back???

I would resent the expenditure of my tuition dollars on RabidWing Welfare. Any law school students should have protested the notion of AG speaking about the rule of law. Every immigrant should have protested Abu’s cant about the American dream, which he has turned into a nightmare.

I am delighted that the campus police did not resort to the taser. (They did know the speech was being broadcast.) No doubt, the protesting students will face harsher punishment than Abu has yet received for his more grievous wrongs.

From The Alligator article, WTF does this mean?

“Ettel said UPD expected most of the protester’s actions because they received information about some of the plans prior to the event. However, UPD did not anticipate what Gutierrez and Hachey did, he said.”

Marie Roget @ 74

rwcole @ 43

shooting wasn’t popular in Shakespeare’s day:

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.
(2 Henry VI, 4.2.59), Butcher to Jack Cade”

Getting rid of all the lawyers in Will’s time was a way to remove any mechanism for the rule of law to operate. If memory serves, the character in this play wants to create a state of anarchy, started by eliminating those well versed in laws & ways to apply them…

As for Gonzales’ speech, when I read this post my first thought was that AGAG’s coverup q&a sessions before Congressional committees are @ a thudding end. Citizens can now ask the questions & make comments in a public forum.

Still want to schedule more public speaking engagements, Fredo? Maybe not w/out screening the audience first like GWB & Cheney do.

Lawyers in Shakespeare’s England were among the few who could read; they saw to the administration of government and collection of revenue. At a time when there was no meaningful representative government, they constituted government’s institutional memory, and knew what the law permitted and how it functioned.

Getting rid of them was a recipe for usurping the crown – and keeping it. No coinkydink that the first people Musharraf arrested in today’s Pakistan were judges and lawyers.

Buh Buh Rachel Paulose

–You ain’t never gonna be US Attorney again, but you are typical of what happens when a twit with no federal litigation experience turns DOJ into a freak show with the most incompetent federalist society members with the least experience in key positions at Main Justice and as US Attorneys.

Rachel has taken her place with all the other dead wood at OLP at Main Justice gulping up your tax dollars while furthering the cause and tradition of the New DOJ by promoting incarceration indefinitely in the hole with no access to attorneys and trumped up charges.

If Mukasey were competent and had guts and were sincere about purging the rot, he would have fired her period.

Go Gators!

If UF can piss away $40,000 on a twit like Gonzales–

Question: “Fredo how many seconds have you ever spent doing federal litigation or as a federal lawyer before or after wrecking DOJ”

Then the Florida Gators can drink wine. They don’t need no water.

McClellan calls Bush a liar. Them Republicans sho like to point fingers at each other like chicken hawks long after they’re out of the frey and it could be relevant.

“Hah-bee-us corpus” says the reporter!?!

What are we coming to? Not only have we lost the right, but the younger set can’t even say the word.

Yikes.