Rush: Gorelick Quietly Asked By Kean To Resign!

Rush Limbaugh Radio Show ^ | 4/16/04 | LS

[LS]

According to an article Rush just read, Jamie Gorelick was quietly asked by Commission Chairman Thomas Kean to resign from the 9/11 commission due to conflict of interest. According to an unnamed staffer, she refused. Should we start a poll on how long she lasts?

[NeoCaveman]

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, who is Mr. Sensenbrenner's counterpart in the Senate, defended Ms. Gorelick.

I'd love to see the files that the Clinton's have on Chicken Hatch.

[Future Useless Eater]

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Two Thousand and 00/100         Dollars


For: 9/11 Commission witch-hunt/GORElick/
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[Reactionary]

Gorelick needs to be asked why she placed further restrictions on the FBI and CIA a month before the Oklahoma City bombing.

[Semper Paratus]

Don't look for CNN to do a "Should the bitch resign" poll anytime soon.

[CFC__VRWC]

-Clinton calls Gorelick, telling her to fall on her sword resign, or else pick out her favorite spot in Fort Marcy Park to get this out of public scrutiny before it is too late.

[mcg1969]

Yeah, I've read that too. But I can picture the Repubs saying, "Oh NO, not Gorelick! (snicker) Whatever you do, don't select her! (snicker) Please, Brer Fox, whatever you do, don't throw me in that briar patch! (snicker)"

[Paraclete]

That's my growing opinion. As this has unfolded, the Clark attack, democrat commission members posturing, and now Gorelick. It's becoming apparent this commission has two purposes from the dem perspective: blame Bush and exonerate Clinton.

The commission is passé and increasingly counterproductive.

[My2Cents]

When the GOP staffer says that "We're in an extremely difficult spot on this," I assume they're referring to the fact that Gore-Lick is damaged goods, and a drag on the Commission (this isn't a comment on how she dresses). The longer she stays on the Commission, the more one can legitimately question the Commission's integrity and purpose. There may be some value in this.

[Rummyfan]

Bump!

[Moonman62]

I wonder what the tab is for the commission's catered meals. or their salaries, expense accounts, and stipends to "friends"

At least it shouldn't cost us much to let them use the new Senate spa, which was being built while our economy was hitting rock bottom.

[Petronski]

Absolutely - she must not be allowed to resign and slink away. She must testify.

I agree with the sentiment, but let's be realistic: testify? To whom? To be questioned by whom? The same gang of swarmy politicos who refused to demand her recusal?

There's only one solution: take off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[maryz]

On the other hand, one caller to Howie Carr this past week thinks the Commission should keep going: as he sees it, the longer it goes on, the clearer Clinton's depredations become.

[dmzTahoe]

We need to put the heat on Daschle to ask her to resign.

Daschle is in a tight race, and any negative spotlight on him will hurt him.

Let's demand Daschle do something, and ask Daschle what he knew, when he knew it and why he appointed Gorelick!

[Saundra Duffy]

It doesn't matter. The whole thing is a joke. No one should pay any attention to their blah blah blah.

[Cboldt]

Do you know what the article was?

From memory, Limbaugh cited National Review. Not necessarily an article, but perhaps a reporter. "holdonnow" miht have a more definite source.

[Eva]

It is sounds like the Republican staffer is worried that the damage has already been done and the results are not salvageable.

[okie01]

"I have wondered whether Gorelick was a deliberate choice of the Bush administration, so that at an opportune moment the credibility and non-partisanship of the commission may be called into question."

A diabolical theory...but not true. The ten commissioners were selected as follows:

1. GOP congressional leaders selected four of the commissioners.

2. Democrat congressional leaders selected four of the commissioners.

3. The President, in consultation with the Senate majority leader, named the Chairman (Kean).

4. The Senate minority leader (Daschle) named the co-chairman (Kerrey).

Thus, Gorelick is a creature of the Democrat congressional leadership.

[cwb]

"Gorelick's conflict of interest came to light on Tuesday afternoon, when a newly declassified 1995 Justice Department memo written by her..."

Reagrdless of this memo...she should've never been on this commission to begin with. Her position as both a Deputy AG and General Counsel for the DoD under Clinton, puts her in TWO relevant positions when it came to policies developed prior to 9/11. The fact that the Clinton administraion put such a premium on legalese...and treated terrorism as a criminal matter, makes all these top-tier lawyers positions very relevant.

[Wolfstar]

And it also says that she's a part of other things far worse that COULD come out if only right people asked the right questions.

Yeah, we can sure be excused for wondering. There's another thread running today about the UN oil-for-food scandal. That scam was running all during the Clinton years. Are we to believe that no one in the Clinton administration had a clue that scam was going on? Or is it possible that some of them were on the take, too?

It would be nice if, in between trying to get President Bush to apologize for just about every ill that troubles mankind, the so-called mainstream media might come up for air long enough to ask just a few questions of Annan, Clinton, and their hirelings about the corruption awash in many power centers in the 1990's.

[CFC__VRWC]

4. The Senate minority leader (Daschle) named the co-chairman (Kerrey).

Lee Hamilton is the co-chair, not Bob Kerrey.