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Showing posts with label resignation. Show all posts
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Well, That Was Fast.

Wonder why Trent Lott is resigning? Could it be that he needs to Spend More Time with His Family (TM)?

Heavens, no! It's because he wants to make sure he can take advantage of that sweet, sweet Wingnut Welfare.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, intends to resign by the end of the year and join the private sector, sources tell CNN.

Lott is expected to make the announcement Monday in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

A senior Republican source close to Lott said one reason for the decision is the new lobbying restrictions on former lawmakers.

A law kicks in on January 1 that forbids lawmakers from lobbying for two years after leaving office. Those who leave by the end of 2007 are covered by the previous law, which demands a wait of only one year.

Lott, the Republican whip, was elected last year to a fourth term in the Senate. His term lasts until 2012.
The Fascists are not even trying to hide what they're all about any more. If you can't benefit from Conservative Cronyism, why bother to be in the government?
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

No One Escapes...The Mustache of Justice!

Not even Condi Rice! Or so TPM Muckraker reports.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight and Goverment Reform Committee Thursday to answer questions about corruption within the Iraqi government, the possibility of political reconciliation in that war-ravaged country and the department's controversial security contract with Blackwater USA, according to a release from the committee.

Oversight Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) has been pressing Rice and other agency officials for months to testify about corruption and the department's contract with Blackwater. According to the release, committee members will also be asking about allegations of misconduct in the construction of the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad.
It appears that the last Bushies may be starting to waver and fall.

The most effective thing the Democrats have done since gaining their small majority in Congress, in my opinion, has been to investigate corruption. Corruption in the Justice Department? Those investigations led to the resignations of both Alberto Gonzalez and Karl Rove. Corruption in the State Department? The investigations have been blocked so far by Secretary Rice's refusal to testify, but they have already uncovered missing billions, criminal mercenaries and fraudulent construction contracts.

Can Rice's resignation be far behind? She's already all but invisible. Despite all the lovely noises about diplomacy the Bushies are making, we almost never read about Dr. Rice actually, um, DOING anything...and when she does, it's usually the wrong thing, and with a minder like Robert Gates to hold her hand.

If I were perfect, like Ann Coulter, I would thank Jeebus for public servants like Henry Waxman. As it is, I'll have to be content with sending him thanks and $$$$.

I hope he understands.

UPDATE: State Department Lackey #1 Resigns.
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Friday, August 31, 2007

Senator John Warner (R-Virginia) - Governor Mark Warner (D-Virginia) In?

In 2008, the long-serving, much-respected Republic Senator, John Warner, will not seek a sixth term.

Warner is leaving what would have been a safe seat for the Republicans if he had chosen to run again. His departure gives Democrats a better chance to protect or even expand their one-seat majority in the Senate.

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Warner, former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has long been an important voice in the Iraq debate because of his military expertise and his willingness to question White House war policy.

After a recent trip to Iraq, Warner said President Bush should start bringing some troops home by Christmas. If Bush refused, Warner said, he would consider backing anti-war legislation. The statement was the senator's strongest to oppose the White House and is expected to influence the Iraq debate this fall.


Perhaps Senator Warner's knowledge of his impending retirement gave him the courage to finally speak his mind on Iraq - like the recently leaked GAO report, the Senator's defection was yet another blow to George Bush's all-out propaganda efforts to persuade the American people that the "surge" is working.

In any case, his leaving is excellent news for Democrats. Virginia went blue in the last election, and there are rumors that Virginia's popular Democratic ex-Governor, Mark Warner, may throw his hat in the ring.

As the 2008 election approaches and scandals and resignations continue to plague the Republics, one thing is very clear: The Party of Bush is exhausted, divided and demoralized. And America is tired of Republic hypocrisy, bigotry and blind support of the disastrous neo-conservative policies of the most hated President in history.

It's about time.
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Gone-zo!!!!

Another brick in the firewall protecting George W. Bush has been removed. Praise the Giant Green Lizard!

I don't usually make predictions, because it's a dicey game, and I'm not really that good at it. But I must give myself props for this one (on August 17):

Considering the wave of resignations that has been coming through the Bush Administration lately, though, including those of KKKarl and Tony Snow, the corruption may be swept away more easily than we think. Apparently at least two more are in the works. I'm guessing an anonymous Rove staffer and Alberto Gonzales, myself. But wouldn't it be wonderful if it were Dick Cheney? (Oh please oh please oh please....)

Enough patting myself on the back. It's time to get out the champagne - the FREEDOM champagne!

Bush administration officials are saying that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will announce his resignation Monday, according to The Associated Press.

The New York Times Web site reported that Gonzales submitted his resignation by phone to President George W. Bush on Friday.

The attorney general had been at the center of a political firestorm with Congress, and senators in both parties tried to make a perjury charge stick against him.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) considered asking the Justice Department inspector general to examine whether Gonzales' answers to questions from lawmakers amount to misconduct.

"I am deeply concerned about the seriousness of his misleading testimony," Leahy said yesterday.

Ranking committee Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania appears to agree. "I think we need to ... find a way to end the tenure of Attorney General Gonzales," he said at a hearing.
I hope that people who are constantly complaining about the Democrats not doing anything will reconsider their attitudes just a little bit. There is no way that Gonzales would be gone without the oversight hearings the Democrats have been conducting. The vote-rigging would have continued. All the staffers who have resigned would still be there. And there would have been a much, much greater chance that the Republics would have stolen another election in 2008.

So thank your Democratic Senator today, especially if he or she is on the Judiciary Committee. They've earned it.
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