Heh. Still “wasting your time” I see. Instead of hiking. *g*

I don’t know much about Mitchell. Off to read some of your links.

Is there any chance for him? Is his name under consideration?

Ok Obama folks — what say you? Mitchell for AG!

we can afford to be picky about our AG nominee.

oooh, I like it! And we can’t afford not to be picky, LHP.

this is the position I’m most concerned about.

Gee, someone who understands the political side of things, has been a Federal Judge and USA, has worked anti-trust (to big to fail indeed), Army counter-intelligence (what ‘War on Terror?’) AND knows baseball?

Works for me!

George Mitchell for AG!

Digg please

And write to the Sunday news programs, emails here.

There is still time — but we need to act NOW.

Brilliant!

Washington Journal journal@c-span.org

ABC’s This Week http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3428174

CBS Face the Nation http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/…..form.shtml

Chris Matthews http://www.thechrismatthewssho…..ntact.html

CNN Late Edition http://tr_1212764038313/

Fox News Sunday fns@foxnews.com

NBC’s Meet the Press http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6872152/

Wow. FDL has a deep bench, that’s for sure.
Loosehead, you’re one of the Amazons — thanks again!

lhp – thanks for the not-comey suggestion (i know you like him, but i couldn’t support him although the “R” isn’t my problem).

George Mitchell would bring the kind of respect and integrity to the Department of Justice that is sorely needed. He is light-years, head and shoulders above and beyond Eric Holder.

I would also like to see consideration of Claire McCaskill.

Mitchell spoke at the Federal Bar Council day before Thanksgiving lunch. The BIG 3 story ballroom at the Waldorf was packed to the gills.

Wondeful talk and if he used the phrase “rule of law” once, he used 20, maybe 30, times.

You should really click on th elink to his Iran Contra closing–if you switched out the names of the crisis, those words would be as cogent and meaningful to day as they were then.

Yes, Mitchell for selfish reasons.
He exposed that lying sack of shit Clemens…

The Time Magazine article I linked to, was written by Samantha Powers, so we know at least one member of the Obama inner citcle is a Mtichell fan.

I want an AG who will attract back the good people who left DOJ in disgust and attract new people who are of the true beleiver, rue of law, integrity first breed.

An insider fixer will not do that. A guy who has stood for those things most of his life and who has demonstrated good judgement and competance for decades…?

Great call Looseheadprop.

Mitchell knows how to get things done and there is that, I don’t know, integrity thing that he has too.

That would be change I can believe in.

Here we diverge. In the first place, is he not ill and fighting cancer? Secondly his work on the Mitchell report for baseball was shameless and pure crap. If he had not have had Waxman and the DOJ (by inappropriate use of all those contacts you mention) gin up a bogus firewall by using parallel prosecution modalities against Roger Clemens, the Mitchell report would have been taken apart at the seams for the sham that it is/was.

He might make an okay choice in spite of my view of the MLB BS, it would be nice to have somebody more energetic and current though.

He’s 75 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 07. Is he in good enough health for the job?

i will definitely look at your links… it’s just that i’m working on something else at the moment – and there are lots of 1-2 minute breaks. perfect for reading posts and comments, but a little tricky for links. *g*

I owe you a drink. What’s your pleasure?

done.

Leave Rocket alooooone! Heh heh. You may be right, but the Mitchell report was a complete abomination and the pure shit it was based on is scandalous.

George Mitchell is ok but, if you really want to clean up justice you better call in Ralph Nader. He is the bulldog you need. I am sure he would find plenty to prosecute.

He certainly seemed in very fine fettle three days ago

Bob Graham is someone else to consider, I think.

Early, steady, and constant opposition to the Iraq War is an attribute I’d like to see somewhere in Obama’s cabinet.

History will judge the Mitchell Report, not like the Salem Witch trials, but as accountability for dirty deeds.
Mitchell aced the exam.
Lest we forget, “MacNamee injected Clemens in the buttocks four to six times with testosterone,”

I agree, the Mitchell investigation of steroids in baseball was too little too late to be effective. It was poorly investigated and unfairly targeted some players while letting groups of others off, like foreign players. Witnesses were sketchy and generally considered not credible. Evidence was often tampered/contaminated with and handed down third and fourth hand to the investigation. Then it all ended with partisan bickering over Roger Clemens. The investigation was generally considered a sham by most sports writers and the majority of baseball fans.

It is what it is

Mitchell did not distinguish himself during his tenure at Disney. He seems more like the kind of guy you put on a bipartisan commission.

There is absolutely no evidence for that save for the rantings of a proven liar, perjurer, and if you believe Florida detectives, rapist. MacNamee is the least credible witness I have seen in a long time.

Not really. Yankees Pitcher Andy Pettitte did under Waxman’s grilling examination. He could have just as easy kept his mouth shut but he decided to do the right thing and take his oath to tell the truth seriously.

Aye, and that would be a big pile of poo.

how about COMEY as assistant AG?

Artur Davis

Yeah, and why don’t we bring back Alberto Gonzales too? Cause you just can’t get enough fucking torture aiders and abetters in the DOJ!

Agreed. Andy did the right thing, unlike Number 21.

Make it so number 1.

”I don’t know, which way the wind will blow.”
- U2;Kite

But True I appreciate the butterfly effect from FDL et al.

Can we even hope for good things at this point? Going to the store is tramplin; no heed to the knock of room service at the Taj; brothers calling with stock tips while the economy burns.

I agree with Bmaz. Not about Clemens (which I know was a joke) but about the steroid investigation. I considered it to be a shameful display of outing many prominent people who could very well have been, and could very well still be, innocent but will likely always be tarnished by Mitchell’s careless and pretentious investigation. Actually, I’d go so far to say that I was and am appalled by Mitchell’s steroid investigation. I also think that the subject matter was and is extremely small potatoes in comparison to all of the other situations one could spend 20 million dollars on investigating.

This is coming from someone who is very concerned about steroids in not just baseball specifically, but in sports in general. Especially track and field and even more especially in long and middle distance running. It’s just that I think Mitchell was grandstanding and caused more harm than good with his investigation.

I object your honor, the jury is still out…

Drug investigations get dirty. Mitchell did the best he could under the
circumstances…
Did you want a pass for the players?

comey has no interest in prosecuting war criminals, Holder might.

Did you want a pass for the players?

Since I in no way indicated as much in my comment, why are you asking me such an accusatory question? And, no, I don’t agree with your excuse for Mitchell about “drug investigations get dirty”. So do “terrorist wars” so let’s just throw all suspects in GBay and sort them out later.

I wouldn’t hold my breath on Holder’s willingness to do anything either.

But from what I have read in her various posts on this topic, this is about restoring the DoJ to its traditional, non-partisan role and cleaning up the politicization of the DoJ from the Bush/Rove cabal so that we don’t continue to have prosecutions of folks like former Gov Siegelman and whomever the political enemy of the day is.

Which is actually even more important in its way than “prosecuting war criminals” no matter how satisfying the latter may be.

Always thought they got North Irie and England terrorism fixed up before major GWOT. Still, any…
”Puss and Dog get together, whats wrong with lovin one another”

So Sen GM cleaned up a shit stain from Raygun and Thatcher. We have at this point a major rip in our declaration + constitution.

Serious issue of ACCOUNTABILITY coming up; at the same time acceptance by puss and dog that MOST but sadly not all (the less the worse) will be processed.

If it comes to pass I hope he makes his decisions on what is needed and right, not on bull.

George Mitchell, George Miller, I’d settle for either.

I vote (or digg) this to be the first ”loony left talking points memo (tpm)”. That means you tv studio performers and interviewees.

Book Salon a couple of flights upstairs with Dahr Jamail hosting Rose Aguilar, author of Red Highways

I loved Clemens game in BOS, but after he left and when exposed as a liar I agree – ACCOUNTABILITY.

If applicable to a theif o CY Youngs, WS, and Millions + it should apply the these other crooks + liars.

At least I saw Pedro strike out 3 in the 1st inning on 10 pitches with no lies..

I like Miller; probably not the right guy for this job, but I like him a lot.

Thing is, everybody seems focused solely on the ideology of the person that should lead the DOJ; but that is only half, in some ways not even the most important half. Even with the right ideology, you need someone that is a tchnocrat that can evaluate a giant bureaucracy, reshape and restock it, and nurture it with team building and inspire confidence both in the department and in the public and judiciary as well. This is my objection to Holder, he is most certainly not this guy.

It takes a village, it takes a team.

Ifc he can lead other technocratis then it much the same as leading the hard hearts of the harp + stars n bars.

Not sure that anything anyone ever did in baseball or with regard to baseball would interest or move me anymore than what they did vis-à-vis tiddlywinks. I think the main think against Mitchell is his age. I know nothing about his health.

Please, no on Mitchell unless at least 2 things:
1) He explains why Disney Co. subsidiary ABC-TV spent $40 million when he was Disney chairman to hire right-wingers to write “The Road to Sept. 11″ to air in September before the 2006 elections, in effect blaming the attack on the Clinton Administration using made-up “docu-fraud” dialogue. If you Google back Disney/ABC management were determined to run this despite the firestorm of protest that broke out in the few days once the non-right learned the plan.
2) Would he insist on enforcing subpoenas issued by Congress in oversight investigations, both against Republicans and Democrats in the Executive Branch (including those from the past who have ignored them)?

Remember when we were all convinced that John Edwards would be a great crusading Attorney General? Those were the days….

Clemens took steriods. He won CY Youngs, World Series, and multi- millions for it (as if he were Arnold Swartzeneger sp?).

If GM exposed him I can only imagine it was based on facts. We all know Roger is a juiced liar as we know Mac is. As we all know POTUS and Congress (and CITI) is not so much more stupid thab us that they do not know housing will go down some day (soon; as well as recession).

I call Nader an out of touch prima donna.

I listen to Nader and all he says is ”me”. Not as bad as McCain says ”me” but close enough.

I say again we in New England saw Clemens and know he fxcking lied and watched the trials and know that he and his lying fxcking Republican old boys club liars were lying. I do not think he ginnef evidence he showed what was true. Republicans do not create reality.

Well, gee, it would be nice if there was actually credible evidence against a guy before such a determination is made conclusively. I suspect Clemens did juice, but the actual direct evidence against him is fucking laughable and non-existent. For Mitchell to have crafted that report the way he did was literally disgraceful.

Being from Maine, I absolutely adore George Mitchell. That said, I was embarrassed that he got involved in the steroids issue. Seemed kind of weird to me.

George Mitchell is currently married to a black woman and I think who he is says a lot about the direction our country is taking right now. He’d be excellent as Attorney General if he was offered it and accepted it. I would feel comfortable with him in this position. ;-)

I fooled (knowing it was quite possible; stuck for the most part on peoples words) as was the next person. This in 2008 after thinking he was to green as top of ticket in 2004. I did some looking into his club memberships amoung other things that kept my doubts going.

Obama don’t even say the words so Lord blass + save us. He is still better but much to be seen.

You lawyers! Always wanting evidence of the crime.

As a Red Sawx fan living in New England during most of the Clemens years, about all we had was circumstantial evidence but there was a good bit of it.

He was obviously on the decline in his last few years in Boston then suddenly is rejuvenated in Toronto at an age that most power pitchers are well in decline. And his body did change shape from what he had been originally. Yeah, he might have worked out in the gym but workouts alone didn’t explain his ‘makeover.’

DISNEY…DISNEY!
Why since he did not thaw out Walt or due to some stupid bubble gap on a false economy?

Sure. As a personal trianer he kept B12 needles with blood.

we all watched them a few feet apart and my ”hero” clemens is a friggin liar.

Yeah, Petite lied but Roger is the statue of Liberty.

As for ”outing prominant people”… Umm that is the whole point. Why should MERIT be ganked and truth, position, wealth, and power be stolen?

That junk isn’t worth spit as evidence. Nothing.

As for ”outing prominant people”… Umm that is the whole point.

No, “the whole point” would be to prove that they were guilty. Outing and using possibly innocent people with a lot of laughably non-credible evidence to bolster one’s status or for any other reason is shameful and disgraceful.

How is Clemens aaying there is no evidence evidence? Ohhh boo hoo he ”thought” it was B12 that juoced him to it?

Where is you evidence of torture at gitmo… Sone people said it?

You saying Motchell was a liar and made up evidence? Based on what – maybe you read it and said so?

I am sure the trainer saved B12 needles and lied along with Petite + Canseco + Clemens (and MacGwuires body).

He is a god darn cheat.he can lie to his k-son’s but he don’t lie to me even if I listened to 1000 innings of his pitching.

How about the Mitchell report on JFK, where is fact and where is fiction?

To be kind of brief – you are saying Clemens is belivable enough to think his trainer is a liar and the DNA evidence is from B12 shots.

Also that ”investigation” is the same as a ”trial”. So if JFK is 94 percent thought to be assasinated by conspiracy then the evidence and conclusion need not be presented.

You say yourself you think he juiced. Protections exist but so does reality. Clemens is not in jail though the ”investigation” found Roger ”guilty”.

You think you can convict everyone who is guility? Some have lesser (read minimal) punishment like pardon or investigation. Congress has (to) many lawyers but they are not a court,Not to divide or give a gut argument but is enough evidence to say that fucker bin laden planned” the attacks? Or that ”real ira” murdered at Omagh? That does not mean the us gov can’t release statements and findings from investigations.

It works on both sides of the coin as well with false evidence that quakers were ”a threat” to us gov for being anti-war.

Talkig about system and deeming GM a liar… What of Holder and his Rich pardon. Or Abu Gonxalves of his crimes – oops I have zero courts or investigations to establish a crime.

Is Bush a criminal as is told everyday?

I will say false prosecution as you outline is a problem of a farce, but we are light years away from even due process and investigation is not procecution especially when the target already made their money, ate their steak, took their gold trophy, and swindled their extensive mating.

89 players were named in Mitchell’s report. So using Mitchell’s report of only or mostly just Roger Clemens to make your case that the report was less than abysmal is quite an incomplete take on the full report and the validity of it or lack thereof.

I agree the Mitchell report was a sham to protect Selig and the owners. Per Hugh and others, George’s been “out of the game” for too long. I would see him as a really weak nomination at a time we really need someone vigorous.

OT, agree, that in the context of the Bush administration, Comey showed some spine, but imh unlawyered opinion, Dems could do a lot better.

His choice of a spouse is relevant for this position how?

I like Elliot Spizer, the ex-NY Gov. He scared the Corporations so bad they had to drag him down with his “off duty” sexcapades.

Artur Davis, Rep Alabama, would be my choice over those I’ve read about. I’ve watched him on the House Judiciary Committee hearings. Remember when he took on Addington? He has the intelligence, foundation in law, and the guts to confront the issues and the lawbreakers. I believe he could clean up DOJ (if anyone can!).

He was the first congressman to endorse Obama outside of Il.

I don’t live in Alabama. I’m white.