[Former Military Chick]

They call it missteps I call it something else. shheesh

[Mike Bates]

Senate confirmations made simple: A guide

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Despite hours of confrontational interviews by the White House counsel, Alberto R. Gonzales, the Bush administration failed to get a full picture of the legal and ethical problems of Bernard B. Kerik, its nominee for homeland security secretary, a government official said on Tuesday.

Well, this is not exactly reassuring.

He not only missed the red flags, he missed the flashing lights and the siren as well.

[plangent]

Gee, Lizzie! Can't you read your own report.

There seems, from your scribblings, a full-court stonewall
on the part of the interviewee to present a rosy picture
instead of honest disclosure.

And yet....you seem to think the White House was at fault.

Still in Bush-Bash mode, are we?

[Paladin2]

The basic problem is based on not wanting to control the borders. When Rove and Bush get a clue, life will be soooo much easier.

Until then let Bush and Rove stumble and sweat every move.

[1066AD]

hours of confrontational interviews by the White House counsel, Alberto R. Gonzales,

Convenient for slighting Gonzales as well. Kerik withdrew, leaks & post-mortems by NYT et al just serve their agendas and contribute nothing over all.

[smoothsailing]

The New York Times is hell bent to destroy anything that does not support their America sucks template.

History is fleeting for those who read that rag.

The memory hole is gaping wide open to accept Clintons pardons and Kerrys treason.

But Bush, hell, if he fails to shine his shoes, or lacks the intrinsic wisdom of Ted Kennedy or Pinch Sulsberger, he is to be forever damned on every page of this waste of trees publication.

[NutCrackerBoy]

Anything resembling a misstep by the Administration is megaton-amplified by these nattering nabobs. There will be plenty, real and imagined, to keep them busy - how could there not be?