Posted on 08/26/2007 3:11:22 PM PDT by hardback
Maybe Trading Up Soon at Justice August 26, 2007 12:06 PM ET
The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart and will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Why Chertoff? Officials say he's got fans on Capitol Hill, is untouched by the Justice prosecutor scandal, and has more experience than Gonzales did, having served as a federal judge and assistant attorney general.
Wedding Prep: Getting in Shape
All eyes are on Jenna Bush as she readies for her wedding, still unscheduled. Insiders are expecting her to step up workouts at the Sports Club adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel near the White House where she sometimes trains. It's also the club used by Washington's major stars, including cabinet secretaries like Treasury's Henry Paulson, major lobbyists, lawyers, and TV reporters. But some pals think she may go a more private route and hire the trainer who works with her mother, Laura, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Forget Florida as Dems Look West
The old story that presidential elections are won in Florida and Ohio appears to be wilting under the growing Democratic strength in the mountain West. Democratic strategists tell us that with Florida tilting more Republican and Ohio going the other way, it is states like Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico that will be the battlegrounds in 2008. Among the reasons, say Dems: a growing Hispanic population that leans left and independent voters angry with a fat and pushy federal government. "We've got a lot more places to play in 2008 than Florida and Ohio," says a party strategist.
If Once Wasn't Good Enough...
Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign isn't only a boon for conservative fundraisers and critics. Those who have a bone to pick with Bubba or his wife are also planning to use the campaign to air their grievances again. First up: Kathleen Willey, who alleges that President Clinton pawed her in the Oval Office, then bullied her so that she wouldn't tell. Clinton denies her story. Willey adds to her allegations in Target: In the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Why write it now? "I was so misrepresented and maligned and I know it was a while back, but I think this is a real important time with elections coming up to tell this story."
Sorry Vlad, Topless Fishing Isn't Hip
It may be the rage in Siberia, but pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin's fishing topless drew ughs in Washington. A Bush adviser says, "I'd rather have a flawed view of his soul than a clear view of his pecs!" "Man boobs," sneered another. GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee tells us candidly: "While I am impressed with the fact he can get out and go fishing, the shirtless photo doesn't do anything for me. Now, if it was a picture of Scarlett Johansson, that would be another story."
People who are in high profile positions need to have an appearance that inspires confidence. In my book Chertoff fails that important test.
I have seen him on numerous programs and heard him interviewed a lot of times and I always come away feeling like he’s not the man for the job.
Why don’t they just bring back Big John Reno?
Whatta bunch of putzes.
Sounds like a new definition of trading up that I was previously unfamiliar with...
Is there anybody in the Bush administration that is AGAINST illegal
immigration?
Check out Google, Julie Myers + ICE . All the articles are from the time of her appointment in September 2005. You can search for pages, and not find that she has done anything that merits notice in Google, all this while immigration was a huge national issue. She must have to work really hard in her job to keep from being noticed whatsover.
We need a talk show host (e.g. Laura Ingraham) to track her down to try to get an interview with her. Would be hilarious to see what dodges she would take to avoid it.
Julie Myers has the main qualifications for heading a bureaucracy......no balls. ;)
I took that the opposite way...I took it that the voters “angry with a fat and pushy federal government” would be opposing the left-leaning Hispanic vote.
Yeah..., they all cheer when the department he heads is treated to his comments on the impossibility of enforcing immigration laws!
Not to mention neice of Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Regards
Bring back Ashcroft and send that idiot Michael Jerkoff to a job he's qualified for...like cleaning out peepshow booths in an adult bookstore in the Bay area.
"I would be…I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don’t have food and water." - Micheal Chertoff - 9/1/05 (apparently in a bubble)
bump.
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