MSNBC: Andy Card Has Resigned!! (Link)

[matcom]

breaking

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

banner on the top of the page

[rodeodance]

1. he is tired.

[baldguy]

22. He wants to spend more time with his family.

[LostinVA]

34. Bush Admin Stock Answer #9

[wicket]

37. i.e. indictments are coming

n/t

[struggle4progress]

177. With cousin Susan, maybe?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

68. It's hard work.

Hard, hard work. Trauma always is.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Who is Josh Bolton, his replacement? No relation to John, is he?

[Roland99]

7. WH Budget Director

[grytpype]

76. And one of Bush's inner circle.

So Bush muffed the chance to get some new blood in his staff. He can't do a single solitary thing right.

[Roland99]

82. He's another Yes-man. Said yearly deficit *will* be halved in 5 years

:eyes:

[tenshi816]

94. LOL - 5 years from when, exactly? n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

164. D'oh! THAT'S what we forgot to ask! nt

[ClintonTyree]

118. So they replaced a sucking bush sycophant with.......

another sucking bush sycophant. :eyes: Way to "shake it up" there, "W". This man is STOOPID! :silly: He just can't get it through his cement head that people don't want more of the same. A different perspective is needed and he isn't going to get it by promoting another ass-licking yes-man. :puke:

Too stupid to be President; george w. bush! :grr:

[Wise Doubter]

155. especially if we can sell some of the USA in the next 2 1/2

:pals:

[Roland99]

168. oops...replied wrong

[Hardrada]

152. He has to go with the little army he has

not the one he would like to have.

[Wise Doubter]

156. .

:rofl:

[beltanefauve]

166. He CAN'T get any new blood

on the staff. Too many lies, secrets and cover-ups to get a new person up to speed on.

[rateyes]

25. Two different spellings...

Bolton and Bolten.

[no name no slogan]

112. Neither of whom are probably related to Michael (n/t)

[osaMABUSh]

160. Who? That guy in Office Space?

[paineinthearse]

39. Bolten is the asswipe who professed offshoring is good for America

Do an archives search.

korporate america, perhaps, is what he meant.

[Pachamama]

113. One asswipe replaces another....n/t

:puke:

[davidinalameda]

163. maybe Michael Bolton

:shrug:

[eppur_se_muova]

165. Josh Bolten (with an 'e') no relation to John Bolton (with an 'o').

They're obviously going for diversity here -- they want **'s inner circle to represent a real cross section of America.:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

167. thanks. But damn, I missed the sarcasm!

:)

[erpowers]

3. Andy Card Resigns

I just heard it on the local news as it was going off. I think the national news will have more on it.

[Donailin]

13. heard it too by Gibson on GMA

AP has no link, nothing on Drudge. . . WTF??

[Blackthorn]

179. Completely and utterly off topic...

...But Opeth; I approve :thumbsup:

[erpowers]

172. Preemptive Strike

I think this is a preemptive strike on the part of the Bush Administration. Fitzgerald is going to issue more supenas for the White House. I would not be surprised if Card is one of the people who gets supenas.

[Catchawave]

4. I just saw that too....

replaced with the Budget Director, didn't catch the name

[rodeodance]

9. yaddy yeah, suspose good news, but replaced with a Bush loyal.

[jmowreader]

129. Did you expect otherwise?

Right now, Bush can't chance expanding his inner circle. As people drop out of it through resignation or frog-marching, he'll reshuffle the people he has.

Fortunately for him, the circle is large enough that he has some reserves.

[Jacobin]

5. "more time with his family" much?

[sofa king]

107. More time with Patrick Fitzgerald, I should think.

[Dulcinea]

6. CNN is reporting this too.

Josh Bolton will be his replacement.

[Canuckistanian]

41. So, does that mean Josh wants to spend LESS time with the family?

I can't imagine what kind of rat jumps ON a sinking ship.

[LionInWinter]

51. He's already on the ship

Now he just has a better deck chair.

[Wise Doubter]

157. ...a hungry one.

[displacedtexan]

8. I'm sure there's a better job for Card in the near future.

The BFEE probably needs another one of its own in some cabinet position.

[rodeodance]

11. and in lucrative no doubt.

[peaches2003]

111. Treasury

This was all forecast by Fred Barnes- Card badly wants Treas. Sect. and Bush wants to dump John Snow.

However, the point was 'new blood' and this does nothing but shift the chairs on the Titanic. Bolton already works in the WH as Budget Director.

Bush just can't do without Poppy's friends surrounding him.

[ClintonTyree]

119. L-O-B-B-Y-I-S-T........

It's written all over Card. Who better to have the ear of the stupidest and worst president ever? Andy Card. Bet on it.

[teach1st]

10. Josh Bolten

http://www.slate.com/id/2058294/

Josh Bolten is the White House's deputy chief of staff for policy. That makes him the president's chief domestic policy adviser, and since Sept. 11 he has headed the White House's new "domestic consequences group" that has developed post-attack legislation such as the airline bailout and the stimulus package. The New Republic's Ryan Lizza calls him "increasingly powerful" and "the anonymous fourth man in the inner circle of Bush's staff" (after Andy Card, Karl Rove, and Karen Hughes). U.S. News says he has emerged after the terrorist attacks as Bush's "chief economic architect," and the Washington Post says Bolten "has a quiet hand in all domestic policy and international economic policy."

[rodeodance]

16. so now the 'quiet hand" will become a more visible hand.

[teach1st]

29. If he can take his hand off of Bo...

http://www.slate.com/id/2058294/

During the 2000 campaign, Bolten was Bush's policy director, and during the Florida recount he was a top lieutenant to James Baker. He worked as a lawyer in the Reagan administration's State Department, and he served as a staff attorney for the Senate Finance Committee from 1985 to 1989. In the first Bush administration, he worked as general counsel for the U.S. trade representative and as the White House's deputy assistant for legislative affairs.

Bolten is publicity-shy—the rare profile of him always mentions that he didn't want the story written—but he has received some attention for his relationship with Bo Derek. The Austin American-Statesman says the two are just friends but that the relationship has included "several briefings" and a motorcycle ride. (Bolten owns a Harley.)

[Junkdrawer]

49. I Gogggled this pic:

http://www.house.gov/budget/projecshun03.htm

[soup]

92. Thanks! 5 quick blips here-

-- Known as Josh, he became director of the Office of Management and Budget after serving as deputy chief of staff in the White House from 2001 to 2003.

-- A former executive at Goldman Sachs in London, Bolten left that job in 1999 to become policy director for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and was one of the few non-Texans among the inner circle of the early campaign staff.

-- Known for working long hours, and in his spare time riding motorcycles and playing bass guitar in a band, he served as policy director during the Bush-Cheney transition.

-- A lawyer, Bolten served as general counsel to the U.S. Trade Representative's Office and was a White House liaison to Congress during the administration of the first President George Bush.

-- Bolten is a native Washingtonian and son of a CIA officer; he graduated from St. Albans prep school, Princeton University and Stanford Law School.
source

[KoKo]

101. He's the son of a CIA Officer? Ties to Poppy through that one, I suspect

Rides motorcycles and plays bass guitar. He's had quite a nice ride in his career, it sounds.

[supernova]

12. Carl Kastle just announced on NPR

Wow! Andy's the first to jump ship.

[rateyes]

14. Another rat is jumping ship...

he and Colin Powell can commiserate with one another.

[YDogg]

115. Exactly.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. Good!

[Jersey Devil]

17. Is it Fitzmas?

I hope so because the decorations are still in the garage and I can get them back up in no time!

[Blue Belle]

141. It's either Fitzmas or he's tied to Abrahamoff..

or both.

[Catchawave]

18. Now on the CNN banner....

www.cnn.com

[Cooley Hurd]

19. K&R! Goodbye, you fuckface!!!!

:thumbsup:

[electropop]

20. The rats are jumping ship!

The top guys need time to gather their loot and arrange a getaway.

[oneold1-4u]

62. getaway

Been saying this for a while, that the top echelon will depart and take all the $$$$$$ they can with them! It is getting close to Rove, Condi, Cheney, and last, * himself! They likely have some nice plush place that will take them, and a few billions each in, for a nice retirement!
Their plans and actions for a "new regime" are not exactly staying with the script.

[leveymg]

21. Bush's house of cards is falling!!!

Related to Larisa's story yesterday that Rove is cooperating with Fitz? :7

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. I disagree. Monday's WaPo announced that Rove is cooperating w/Fitz.

It that just some coincidence? I don't think so. Rove is planning to filter out a few exhausted people, while he pins all blame on Cheney. Remember, just like with Brownie, Rove has sent out lots of faces saying nice-nice about Dead Eye Dick. With Rove, that means you are about to get canned.

Card is pushed/pulled/sleep-walking out of there. Next will be some of Cheney's aides, and then goes cheney.

[stop the bleeding]

44. yep - I heard this on the way to work and was thinking the same thing

also can other members of WHIG be going down? Rice, Matalin, Hughs, Bolton in addition to Cheney?

[leveymg]

53. I'm not sure we disagree.

I have long said that I thought the inter-related OSP-OVP-WHIG (Plamegate) and OSP-AIPAC (Larry Franklin-Mossad) cabals were the target of the Fitz and McNulty prosecutions. It's unlikely that Card's resignation at this point is unrelated.

The only question is, what was Card's role? He doesn't seem to be a prime mover in any of the criminal mechanizations, but his resignation is in large part due to the collapse of the Administration and the threat of more indictments. This is not just a reshuffling of the deck.

Do you think the Joint Chiefs and the CIA grandees are going to let those who committed treason get away with it?

[stop the bleeding]

58. yep - lol! we all agree that this is BIG in regards to Plame and AIPAC

man I can't even think straight right now.

[hang a left]

106. Gonzales told Card right after the Justice Department

contacted the WH to inform them of the investigation into the Plame outing. Gonzales requested that he be allowed to wait until the morning, since it was around 7PM, before telling the White House to preserve all documents. Card had a 12 hour heads up.

[grasswire]

110. McNulty?

There is no chance that McNulty will turn against this WH. McNulty is a Bush FIXER. Just give a quick google and you will find his fixes. For God's sake, he was the face of the Florida recount intervention team. And he coached Ashcroft through confirmation. He's a FIXER. He was appointed to the rocket docket in order to provide FIXES for the WH.

[leveymg]

120. McNulty convicted Franklinand the AIPAC guys indicted. Most important, he

got the essential fact of the OSP-AIPAC case on the record: Israeli intelligence was salting Pentagon files with materials about Iran's alledged WMD program. See, Larry Franklin Indictment, pp 23-24, para 6.http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/reports/2005/franklin_indictment_04aug2005.htm

That was Track-2 of the Iraq WMD scam -- the Niger Yellowcake forgeries -- involving Franklin and OSP with Mr. Ledeen and Ghorbanifar, also Israeli agents.

I will agree with you that McNulty has screwed up -- perhaps intentionally -- in charging Rosen and Weissman under the Espionage Act for receiving classified information. Unless the indictment is amended, they will likely walk. They're not really that important, anyway. It would have been better to charge Naor Gilon and the other Mossad agents involved, but they were allowed to leave the US -- diplomatic immunity.

[Marie26]

145. A symbolic gesture?

I agree w/you on the inter-related prosecutions. But Card's name hasn't really come up in either, has it? (other than his membership in WHIG). He seems like at most a bit player in these two scandals. If anything, Card seemed like one of the more honest members of the Admin. (yes, a low bar). I tend to think he was tossed for the same reason Powell was - he wasn't an insider. The insiders are all still there. Maybe this was just a way to give the impression that they're trying to change things.

[carolinayellowdog]

69. Yes, it probably has to do with "missing" emails

Years ago, Card gave an indiscreet interview in which he complained about Rove's power-hunger and control freakishness. Looks like payback time.

[lala_rawraw]

104. Wapo reported what?

[leveymg]

122. I didn't see anything in the WaPo, either.

I think that's an error by Antifasc

[ChairmanAgnostic]

125. can't find the original story on WaPo, BUT, here is the story raw

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Roves_cooperation_seen_to_advance_inquiry_0327.html

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

23. Ha! For the first time, I heard news from my husband first, before seeing

it on DU.

He said, "Andy Card resigned, huh?" while I was perusing a thread. However, one refresh later, and there were several OP's.

Buh, bye, golden boy. MKJ

[mmonk]

24. Taking on water

[MaineDem]

26. Josh Bolton is no gem

I remember much discussion about him here at DU a while ago.

[mmonk]

28. None of them are.

[salin]

91. I recall that as well - probably on the old DU

which I haven't yet figured out how to navigate. He was more in the news at the time than John Bolton. Neocon ala economics.

[Marie26]

133. No, this isn't good news.

Apparantly the "brains" behind Bush's disastrous tax cut, Bolton also presided over the Office of Management & Budget during some of the most corrupt, reckless spending in US history. He's no gem.

http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/1628/1/38

[unda cova brutha]

178. Bolton hasn't even been at the UN for a year

and now he is moving onto be *'s chief apologist? :puke:

[Unkle Karl]

27. Moving to Cali

I wonder if he's going to move to Cali, grow some kind bud, and sell it to medical users?

[motocicleta]

86. I'm missing the reference

but it sounds interesting.

[mac56]

30. Threw him underneath the wheels, didn't they?!

nm

[Inland]

31. If someone says this gives the WH a fresh start, I'm gonna puke. nt

[jhain]

46. Better. Better bring me a bucket

Of course it wil be "The Fresh Start' meme all week. They didn't dump him on Friday now, did they?

[Inland]

55. Hah. Yeah, Tuesday is "good news" day. nt

[AndyA]

33. Look for announcement of some scandal involving Card

Maybe he'll be the next one indicated by Fitzpatrick.

Maybe Abramoff has spilled the beans on Card.

Who knows, I'm sure there's more to it than what we know now.

The Republicans are just like cockroaches. And it would appear the exterminator has begun spraying, sending them scurrying. Eventually the chemicals will get to you, you cannot run far enough!

[Botany]

35. Is he still mad that W got to finish his "My Pet Goat" book on 9/11?

Betya' old * never told Andy how it turned out. But it does not mater who stays
or goes this is just moving the deck chairs around on the Titanic.



How come we never hear the "good news" about the Titanic?

"Andy Card plans to spend more time with his family." :rofl:

[CJCRANE]

99. What kind of idiot

says "America is under attack" then does nothing about it?

Card should've gone Sept 12th 2001.

[Catchawave]

36. Chicago Tribune (Link)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-060328whitehouse,1,1411060.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[flamingpie2500]

38. There MUST be an indictment coming!! No other reason. Friday anyone?

[Jersey Devil]

40. was my first thought

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2192457#2192479

[Trevelyan]

42. Where is Larissa's article -- I'm still waiting for Fitzmas... eom

[C_U_L8R]

43. Things are much worse than we know

inside the Bush Administration....
and it's funny as hell.

No group of people ever deserved so much disfortune
than these jerks.

[Renew Deal]

45. Well, OK

Can't wait to see him pushing his tell all on the Daily Show. :hi:

[derby378]

47. THE TODAY SHOW just reported Card's resignation - 30 minutes later

Live broadcast by Nero from the WH now.

[DoYouEverWonder]

48. Andy Card was on the trip to Africa

with other members of the WHIGS group, that Fitzgerald is focusing on. Hopefully, this will be just one of the first of many resignations and indictments.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

52. I love the smell of a Cabinet resignation in the morning...

[stop the bleeding]

59. it smells like victory ... mmmmmmaaaahhhhhh

:patriot:

[coalition_unwilling]

161. LMAO -- that's great! (n/t)

[leveymg]

132. I just love that photo. Its so Kiplingesque. "Hail. Great White Gods"

I think that's Andy with his back to the camera on the tarmac, followed by Powell and Condi.

It's not quite clear to me what in the hell Card really does, except stand around. Somehow, I doubt he'll end up going down as one of the lead conspirators. We'll find out, hopefully sooner rather than later.

[DoYouEverWonder]

134. Yes, he is the one with Rice and Powell

with his back to the camera.

You are right, he does seem like the useless sort?

[goclark]

138. Wasn't he the"My Pet Goat Guy?"

The one that came up to "surprise" * with the news that NY was under attack and to just sit tight 'cause we wouldn't want to scare the kids.

[DoYouEverWonder]

147. The one and only

[goclark]

158. He sure knows a lot, just that photo alone

is worth a best selling book to learn the real story.

[demdiva]

50. Bush Live on NBC

He submitted his resignation three weeks ago.
Doesn't that seem like a long time to wait to announce it?
I guess they wanted to name a replacement first???

[demdiva]

54. OK ... they actually knew the replacement earlier too.

He hung around "to train" Bolten.
Typical Bush media maneuvering.

[tanyev]

73. Gee, and just a couple days ago he was shooting down all the

calls for him to shake up his staff. "Complete confidence"...blah, blah, blah.

[DoYouEverWonder]

56. Card - To everything there is a season

and it is time for a new season.

Damn right it's time. Now when is the rest of BushCo retiring?

[maddezmom]

61. interesting choice of a citation...here is the full verse

For Everything There Is a Season
For every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace.
From Ecclesiastes
http://www.essentia.com/book/poems/A_season.htm

[DoYouEverWonder]

64. Now we know who writes the religious bs

for Bush to stick in his speeches.

[maddezmom]

66. reminds me a bit of Libby/Millers aspens are turning

I'm sure it's a sign for someone :D

[sofa king]

109. See also Roger McGuinn

http://www.thebyrds.com/

Turned! Turned! Turned!

(Edit: I should explain. In 1965, Roger McGuinn, front-man of The Byrds, re-did a Pete Seeger folk tune about that Ecclesiastes line, and turned it into a hit song. The song and the album were entitled Turn! Turn! Turn!

"Turn" has a very special and important meaning in spy vernacular. It means transforming an agent into a double agent, usually through coercion.

And since our neoconservative friends are all fans of the great bullshit artist Leo Strauss, this should be recognized as the second "turning" reference, behind Scooter Libby's "Aspens turning" warning to his partner in crime.

It's a cinch that Card is going to be indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald within a matter of days or weeks for the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson.)

[Patsy Stone]

57. To spend more time with his family?

To pursue other business interests?

Bye, bye, Andy!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

60. Huge Chimp lie in the article:

“I’ve got a staff of people that have, first of all, placed their country above their self-interests,” he said at the time.

:eyes:

[formercia]

63. Another Road Kill on the Information Superhighway.

thump! thump! as he goes under the wheels of progress.... :evilgrin:

[Evergreen Emerald]

65. Diversion attempt

Change in staff gives the appearance of making changes when it is really the equivalent of just moving papers around on a desk.

This is an attempt to divert attention from Bush and his administration's failings and shortcomings. The problems remain. The ideology and immoral actions remain.

Watch the media give all sorts of attributes to this "change" and watch his poll numbers go up.

[coalition_unwilling]

162. I prefer "Shuffling chairs on the deck of the Titanic" as the

controlling metaphor.

[Evergreen Emerald]

176. Well, there ya go!

Much more fitting!

[DainBramaged]

67. Out with the old, in with the old

Suits me just fine. May the rug be bunched up wherever Bolton walks and he fails flat on his face.

[mmonk]

70. That's what he gets for not cleaning the email servers.

[formercia]

72. And leaving the backup tapes laying around... n/t

[rocktivity]

71. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

:woohoo:
We done bagged us another one!

But I can't help but wonder if there's a connection between this and these two stories yesterday...

Rove cooperating in CIA leak inquiry

Plame Investigation: Rove and Libby in Deadly Dog Fight

Card has become the designated scapegoat, perhaps? Stay tuned...

:headbang:
rocknation

[chelsea0011]

74. I laughed in Treasurer Neil's book about Bush sending

Card out to get coffee and O'Neil taken aback about the Chief-Of-Staff doing a coffee run. Not that there is anything wrong with doing a coffee run.:rofl:

[rateyes]

75. Now, exactly when did Bush know this?

Sorry if this has already been posted, but here is a piece written one week ago. It looks like the administration was setting the table for the announcement today, as well as making it look like Bush didn't know any such thing about Card resigning.

http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2006/03/22/news/news/news04.txt

[maddezmom]

77. one of the talking heads mentioned Card first asked a month ago

to resign and * finally accepted over the weekend. :shrug:

[lovuian]

78. I personally think Andy Card is the leak...

He has been disgruntled...

[Marie26]

135. He was a friend of Bush, Sr.

And I agree that he was a leak to the media. He always seemed more "old-school," compared to the neocons & corporatists that ran rampant in the Shrub Administration. I'm a little worried that this new guy may be part of that wacko/neocon contingent, so I'm not sure Card's retirement is a good thing. Why can't Rumsfeld or John Bolton retire?

[seafan]

79. Maybe he'll go to work for Katherine Harris? She has lots of vacancies.

:toast:

[soup]

93. TOO FUNNY!

:rofl:

thanks, I needed that.

[WatchWhatISay]

80. Everytime in the past few months when anyone, Republican or

Blitzer-Zahn-Dobbs-Matthews-Russert-Foxguys media types mentioned the need for a shakeup in the administration, Card was always the first name out of their mouths. Not Cheney, or Rumsfeldt, or John Bolton, or Rice, or any of the other Neoncons. Why? Because he's harmless, he's extremely loyal and not likely to talk and he's totally expendable. And probably had nothing to do with their criminal mischief. I just thought it was hiliarious that whenever the word "shakeup" was used Cards name almost always followed soon after.

And sorry if you can't stand the thought of "fresh start" but that's exactly how this will be billed, even though it will not have one iota of effect on their policy or operations.

[colorado_ufo]

98. You nailed it.

[sallyseven]

117. I think your right. Card stands head and shoulders

over that mess of idiots that w has around him If you look at the video you will see a rat or squirrel on the tree leaving town. I laughed so hard over that. My daughter was the first to see it. Prophecy do you think????? Rats deserting the ship. Andy Card was the only saving grace in the bush administration. I liked him and had for a long time he comes from MASSACHUSETTS so he cannot be all bad.

[Marie26]

140. Agree - Card interview

I kind of liked him too. He seemed to be sticking w/the Bushies more out of loyalty than anything else. I do remember an Esquire interview where he stressed out about countering the evil force of Rove. He came across as a loyal, worried, maybe dumb, guy; but not a bad person.

OK, here's the Esquire article (written after Karen Hughes' departure):

"The key balance around here," he says, "has been between Karen and Karl Rove," the president's right hand and his left. Rove is much more the ideologue, a darling of the Right, who often swings a sharp sword of partisanship on matters of policy and politics. Hughes, always more pragmatic, mindful of how to draw the most support across a balkanized political terrain, somehow figures how to beat that sword into a plowshare."

"That's what I've been doing from the start of this administration. Standing on the middle of the seesaw, with Karen on one side, Karl on the other, trying to keep it in balance. One of them just jumped off." He throws himself onto the couch to demonstrate, then he exhales again and talks about how he might restore balance, a balance that he knows will be needed if this presidency is not to suffer.

"I'll need designees, people trusted by the president that I can elevate for various needs to balance against Karl." And then he ticks off a few—like Tucker Eskew, Dan Bartlett, Mary Matalin, Ari Fleischer, speechwriter Michael Gerson. "They are going to have to really step up, but it won't be easy. Karl is a formidable adversary."

http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2002/020701_mfe_hughes_10.html

It doesn't look like he ever suceeded in decreasing Rove's power. Instead, the Rove types have completely taken over.

[BlueManDude]

123. Card was Bush's designated cheeseburger fetcher

I think it was the former Treasury Secs (the name escapes me)who wrote how Bush treated Card like a valet "can get a damn cheeseburger!!"

Card always was an incompetent hack hired for loyalty as opposed to talents.

[BrklynLiberal]

128. O'Neill

[zippy890]

81. get nabbed shoplifting?

check the police reports in DC area
;-)

[jamesinca]

83. So who is taking Bolton's place

Card is out, it makes good speculation as to why, but who is replacing Bolton? Maybe Wolfowitz will come back. I got it Joe Lieberman, or John McCain will take Bolton's place.

[npincus]

84. Chimpy is accepting a Cabinet staff resignation?*

*sarcasm

What about Rumsfeld's?

[WatchWhatISay]

85. Now * will have to get his own cheeseburgers?

[underpants]

89. Oh from the wayback machine LOL

From O'Neill's first meeting with Cheney (Bush cowering behind him) in a darkened room in a DC hotel.

Good one.

[AngryOldDem]

87. Why does The Who song come to mind?

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..."

So frickin' what? Did Andy also begin to see that the emperor has no clothes, or is this just a sop to the GOP? Get back to me when Rove gets thrown out on his ass.

When I first heard Bolten's name, I thought...Christ, don't tell me he's any relation to John. That wouldn't have surprised me in the least. Then I saw the difference in the spelling.

[54anickel]

88. Transcript: Text of Bush's Announcement

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2006/03/28/ap2626841.html

BUSH: Earlier this month, Andy Card came to me and raised the possibility of stepping down as chief of staff. After five and a half years, he thought it might be time to return to private life. And this past weekend, I accepted Andy's resignation.

Andy Card has served me and our country in historic times: on a terrible day when America was attacked, during economic recession and recovery, through storms of unprecedented destructive power, in peace and in war.

Andy has overseen legislative achievements on issues from education to Medicare. He helped confirm two justices to the Supreme Court, including a new chief justice.

In all these challenges and accomplishments, I have relied on Andy's wise counsel, his calm in crisis, his absolute integrity, and his tireless commitment to public service.

....

[Roland99]

96. Yeah, on that "terrible day" Card told your sorry ass we were under attack

and yet you sat there like a deer in headlights.

[shadowknows69]

90. Another chink in the armor?

How many more will fall on their swords before we can get to the King?

[amb123]

95. Now if the rest of the Bush staff resigns, we might get somewhere.

:nopity:

[sabra]

97. no surprise, the rumors were brewing for awhile now...

Rove is next :-)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

100. They predicted this on the Majority Report a couple of days ago.

[yellowcanine]

102. Titanic deck chairs rearranged; one chair tossed overboard; Still taking

on water.

[AlCzervik]

103. I think Andy Card has been the leaker of much negative stories about Rove

and Rumsfeld.

[BlueManDude]

124. You're giving Card too much credit.

There is nothing of substance inside his head. He's too stupid to engage in internecine intrigue.

[AlCzervik]

137. i don't believe that for a minute, he's been a loyal soldier to the Bush

family for years, especially to HW. I think he and rove hate each other and seeing how Rove isn't going anywhere i think he finally gave up and quit.

[superconnected]

105. What's he being indited for?

Guess we'll find out in the next few days.

[adarling]

108. Love waking up to this

been sick for two weeks and i wake up looking for relief, now i have that relief :). Happy Tuesday everyone. Hopefully this is the start of many resignations ;)

[Roon]

114. That's funny you should say that

A couple of freepers were saying that this is NOT the news they wanted to wake up to! LOL

[debbierlus]

116. Does this have to do with the coming Fitzgerald Indictments?

Heading it off at the pass, so to speak...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

This isn't a staff shake-up or a publicity stunt. Card is a virtual unknown to most. Replacing Rumsfeld, Rove...THAT would be a political move, if they were going to pull such a stunt. I am going on record that there will be a illicit reason for the resignation within the week. Adding it to my journal for posterity!

[ClintonTyree]

121. Like firing Barry Bonds, because he's used steroids......

then immediately hiring Sammy Sosa. :eyes: BIG "shake up" in the White House here, isn't there? :rofl: bush is a clueless moron unable to see past anything 3 feet in front of his face. Stupid is as stupid does, and THIS was stupid. But why should I expect anything else out of this bone-headed retard?

[The Wizard]

126. degrees of separation

Spending more time with the family: Isn't that that same thing Charles Manson said?

[madrchsod]

127. great --a guy that thinks trillions of dollars

in debt is a good thing.now that is creditability!

[mnhtnbb]

130. CNN Poll: Will dumping Card help Bush poll numbers?

I can't believe CNN is actually doing this poll!

About 92% of 29,666 voters recognize it won't help Bush's numbers.

www.cnn.com

[Marie26]

131. NY Times: In 1st Major Shift of 2nd Term, Bush Looks to Inner Circle

WASHINGTON, March 28 — President Bush today announced the resignation of his chief of staff, Andrew H. Card Jr., in the first major staffing change of his troubled second term.

Mr. Card will be replaced by Joshua Bolten, a long-time Bush adviser who is now the budget director.

At a brief, televised Oval Office ceremony, Mr. Bush said that Mr. Card had approached him "and raised the possibility of stepping down.

"He thought it might be time to return to private life," Mr. Bush said, adding that he had decided last weekend to accept Mr. Card's resignation. Mr. Bush has come under increasing pressure in recent months from members of his own party to shake up his staff as a way of turning around his decline in popularity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/politics/28cnd-bush.html?hp&ex=1143608400&en=8a72077229615c20&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[southwestpaw]

136. adios, andy

one less wingnut in the west wing.

[Marie26]

139. Not sure about that.

Bolten seems pretty wingnutty himself.

[Patsy Stone]

142. Return to private life

where he can steal as much money as he can carry.

[confludemocrat]

143. Tired of facilitating war crimes, profiteering & fraud w/o his own cut

of it. No other reason likely, given how far he has come with this syndicate. OR Mysterious death to follow?

[confludemocrat]

154. Prediction: MYSTERIOUS DEATH to follow... happens to CAPOs sometimes

if he's not quitting to skim off some of the cream he and his cabal have managed to milk steal
you can never really leave a crime syndicate

[kerry-is-my-prez]

144. I think we were better off w/Card.

n/t

[Marie26]

146. Me too, sadly. nt

[Joey Liberal]

148. I'll bet Card needs a good lawyer.......... n.t

[antonialee839]

149. Looks like George will have to get his own coffee now.

When Rove, Dick and Rummy are kicked to the curb, that will be news worthy.

[johnlal]

150. Poorly chosen crony

So Bolten was the head of the Office of Management and Budget during the time that David Safavian was arrested for his role in a cover-up in an investigation of Jack Abramoff? He certainly sounds qualified to be WH Chief of Staff.

[fryguy]

151. was he recently arrested for shoplifting also?

or will some other, nefarious and embarrassing reason for his resignation come to light in a month or two?

[allisonthegreat]

153. what does this remind you of???

Next...when things are going your way. Mix things up to save the day, but it is a little to late...

[mvd]

159. And he was supposedly almost as big a Bush mastermind as..

Rove. I think Card saw the trouble ahead for * and bailed.

[Roland99]

169. Bush administration: Fake news is A-OK (Bolten supported FAKE NEWS)

http://archive.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/03/15/fakenews/index.html

Remember those fake video news reports the Bush administration has been distributing to local television stations? Back in February, the Government Accountability Office warned federal agencies to stop pushing the phony news reports on the grounds that continuing to do so would amount to the distribution of domestic propaganda in violation of federal law.

That might have been the end of the matter, but the Bush administration has other ideas. Last week, budget director Josh Bolten and a Justice Department lawyer named Steven Bradbury issued their own opinion about the fake news stories. Their conclusion: The GAO is wrong, and the fake news reports are perfectly legal. Moreover, as the Washington Post reports today, Bolten and Bradbury said that legal advice for the executive branch is supposed to come not from the Government Accountability Office but from the Justice's Office of Legal Counsel.

That would be the same Office of Legal Counsel that issued a legal memorandum in August 2002 defining torture out of existence and opining that the president's commander-in-chief power gives him authority to defy federal law in the name of national security -- and the same Office of Legal Counsel that retracted that memo in December 2004, just in time for Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearings.

[K8-EEE]

170. He's Such A Card! He Needed To Be Dealt With....

Rats a jumpin', glub glub!!

[Roland99]

171. That's two weeks of detention for that pun!

[K8-EEE]

173. Yes, Sir

Although I consider it an excellent pun!

[WhiteTara]

174. Very Punny! n/t

[rpannier]

175. Shake up my ass.

I'm betting Card is one of the two senior administration officials that FitzGerald is looking at in the Plame case.