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Ex-Aide: Gonzales, Miers OKed Firings
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Posted on 03/29/2007 10:12:47 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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Such nonsense........
To: Sub-Driver
So what? It's perfectly fine for the President to fire US Attorneys, even for political reasons. And he doesn't need Congressional approval to do so.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:14:41 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
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To: Sub-Driver
It's a witch-hunt. The Defeatocrats are still not over having Slick impeached and will do anything to get the 'goods' on Bush, whom they hate worse than Reagan. Also, Karl Rove has outsmarted the best political minds the Defeatocrats have come up with in the last two Presidential elections.
They want his blood too.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:16:51 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Being a successful mayor of a cesspool doesn't change the fact it is still a cesspool.)
To: Sub-Driver
Somebody is going to get caught in the perjury trap if they keep talking. We will have another Scooter Libby. No crime, but different recollections of events will lead to prison time.
To: Sub-Driver
Someone help me here. Is the White House Counsel required or even involved in hiring and firing of U.S. attorneys?
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:18:33 AM PDT
by
Taxbilly
To: Sub-Driver
"The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial," Sampson said. ..and given that said US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President, why is this even being discussed? Of course they were fired for political reasons, they're political appointees. NEXT!
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:19:12 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Any man who agrees with you on everything, will lie to anyone.)
To: Sub-Driver
Earlier, Sampson said that Gonzales had wrongly said he was not involved in discussions about the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys.
If Sampson is correct about Gonzales' involvement, why the hell did Gonzales say he was not involved? It's the strangest thing.
To: Sub-Driver
So? They are hired politically, they can be fired for political reasons. They serve at the pleasure of the President. Period. This is a non story being ginned up by the left and of course the lame-stream-media is happy to carry the water.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:20:42 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: Sub-Driver
Repeating others....
SO WHAT AND WHO CARES?
These are political appointees...
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:21:44 AM PDT
by
dmanLA
To: Sub-Driver
This is the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Democrats know that the average American is stupid, and therefore can get away with anything.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:23:47 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Championship U)
To: Brilliant
> So what? It's perfectly fine for the President to fire US Attorneys, even for political reasons. And he doesn't need Congressional approval to do so.
Of course it's perfectly fine to do so. The problem is that Gonzales pussyfooted around and lied about his involvement as if it were shameful, which it isn't. Gonzales made his own bed of nails, and now he must lie in it. The whole administration needs to learn, and maybe this is the painful lesson that teaches them finally, that you don't show weakness or faltering in front of a newly emboldened Dim party.
Maybe its just as well if Gonzales goes. He was never a bright legal mind, and his mistakes are many. Get someone competent in there with a spine.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:23:54 AM PDT
by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
To: VictoryGal
Gonzales problem seems to be endemic in the GOP right now. When Dem's attack, start apologizing and groveling ASAP.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:28:04 AM PDT
by
PogySailor
(Media bias? What media bias)
To: Sub-Driver
I should hope so. When were US Attorneys ever fired by some flunky without the boss's approval?
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:35:29 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: mc5cents
The real irony here is that typically the complaints about political firings come because a USA is in the middle of an investigation of a high-powered official.
In many of the cases, they simply refused to prosecute their Democrat friends. The most egregious case is New Mexico.
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:37:04 AM PDT
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: PogySailor
We need some Alpha Dog Republicans!
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posted on
03/29/2007 10:46:23 AM PDT
by
Aria
(NO RAPIST ENABELER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
To: VictoryGal
The problem with Gonzales is his support for open borders. He should never have been appointed to begin with.
I notice that of the emails that have been released so far, they really don't tell you what it was about these particular US Attnys that they did not like. My suspicion is that some of them may have been less than supportive of the open border policy.
To: HaveHadEnough
If Sampson is correct about Gonzales' involvement, why the hell did Gonzales say he was not involved? It's the strangest thing. The last I read on it what Gonzales said was that he didn't recall any meetings and it turns out he had attended two meetings in which it was discussed over the course of two years.
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posted on
03/29/2007 11:15:28 AM PDT
by
bkepley
To: PogySailor
> Gonzales problem seems to be endemic in the GOP right now. When Dem's attack, start apologizing and groveling ASAP.
Well, I think part of the problem is that Bush's loyalty, while great in theory and in private life, is not serving him well as President. Miers for SCOTUS? Puh-leez! Gonzales as AG? Not the best choice, as we have been finding out through the years, and especially lately.
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posted on
03/29/2007 11:16:37 AM PDT
by
VictoryGal
(Never give up, never surrender!)
To: AmishDude
In many of the cases, they simply refused to prosecute their Democrat friends. The most egregious case is New Mexico.
Since all of the fired U.S. attorneys are Republicans appointed by President Bush, including Iglesias from New Mexico, I'm not sure on what basis you are claiming they had Democrat friends.
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posted on
03/29/2007 11:29:24 AM PDT
by
drjimmy
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