PLACE YOUR BETS: Scottie McClellan resignation watch

[Walt Starr]

I say he'll leave to spend more time with his escor ... er ... um ... family, yeah family, on February 21, 2005.

[Ian David]

1. He'll get a medal

[Catch22Dem]

3. Don't all the bush criminals get medals?

I think they wear it as a badge of honor. FUCKERS

[Renew Deal]

54. A Medal Of Honor

Though it's going to be questionable how it got through congress.

[Swamp Rat]

2. Scotty and Jeffie sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G!

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

4. He's talked himself into a corner.

I would say he's halfway out the door already.

[Vinca]

5. Is there a line on this in Las Vegas??? nt

[MadisonProgressive]

6. Based on what we know today, I agree

Based on what we will know tomorrow, I'd say February 16th.

[Walt Starr]

7. I figured one more Sunday Whorefest to change the subject

before they force Scottie to resign. :evilgrin:

[DearAbby]

11. Bwahahahaha you guys are baaaaaaad,,,I give it to the end of the Month

Have to find another willing stooge to fill his shoes. Now the next question...who would that be? Someone with squeeky clean past. hummmmmmm :evilgrin:

[i miss america]

41. I'm with you on this one. Feb. 28 - Scotty is outta there

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Has to be the 18th...

Friday news-dump day, don't you know? ;)

[blondeatlast]

36. That's where my money is too. 3 pm; DC time. nt

[lapislzi]

51. I'll see your dump and raise you

4.00? 4.30?

[NC_Nurse]

8. He's pathetic...

he's not even GOOD at covering up this administration's lack of credibility and he's SOOOO annoying! I'm sure they'll find someone equally obtuse if he leaves tho...so whatever....:eyes:

[Goldmund]

9. I'm with you

February 21st is a Monday, though. This Friday, February 18th, in the late afternoon is my bet.

[shraby]

14. Problem with Scotty is he

isn't a good liar. That's why he'll repeat an answer to a question in the press conferences no matter how the question is phrased...or call on another person.

[fooj]

18. Good call...shit, my chips are already on the table!

Peace!

[applegrove]

10. Didn't they have a hard time finding someone to replace Ari?

I am such a creampuff. Scott M gets up and lies every day - and I feel guilty that he may want to loose his job.

The neocons are right - there is something wrong with my Liberal ass. I am too compassionate. (but only this time)

[Cooley Hurd]

12. Did Guckert gain his WH access around the same time Ari left?

Does anyone have a date for either?

[tgnyc]

52. Guckert was in place about a couple of months before Ari quit

Guckert claimed he was "surprised" to see Ari go. He was so sad, he took this photo of Ari's goodbye cake, posted on the website probush.com.

http://www.probush.com/farewell_cake.htm

[fooj]

13. Oh goody...now there will be a job opening for boy-toy Guckert!

Walt- I'll put my chips on Feb 21st! They've overplayed their hand.
Score one more for our team! The MS...who? BWAHAHAHAHA!

[MichaelHarris]

15. The party of

family values strikes again. Man these guys get alot of medals. Maybe that Queer Eye show should do a medal episode, dress some straight guy in bush medals or something.

[DearAbby]

20. Maybe Simple Scottie will pull a Jimmy Swaggart ..."Aye Have Sinned..."

they'll eat it up by the shovelful....A repentant sinner



But then maybe not...I wished the late night comedy shows have the dancing gay journalists chorus line...like the Dancing Ito's of Simpson fame...hahahaha

[musette_sf]

17. Hurry! We must find

the stain on the blue Dockers!!!!!

[fooj]

21. Ken Starr to the rescue! He'll save us...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Sparkle]

19. Oh great!

Then Ari will come back.:eyes:

[goodhue]

22. Feb 25th

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. No way, he won't leave....

These guys never leave when the pressure is on. They wait till it blows over and continue on as if nothing happened. Case in point: Rumsfailed.

[DearAbby]

25. Dang...you know how to throw a damper on the roasting party

[Nothing Without Hope]

39. Nah, Rumsfailed is a central planner in the blivet**'s schemes

while lil Scottie is just a schmuck who lies every day and isn't good at it at all. He can be replaced without nearly as much neocon angst. Maybe next time they can find someone who is a better liar.

[jdj]

24. he'll go into the private sector like Ari.

oh, and he sure as hell seems like a bottom to me.

And we all know by now Gannon is a top who doesn't leave marks, just impressions.

[DearAbby]

26. Spews coffee :::cleans monitor::: nt

[troubleinwinter]

27. "Yes, Jeff..."

[KharmaTrain]

28. The "Tweety" Threshold

So far not a word about this latest "revelation" on CNNservative...or any "Gannon" story for that matter. They consider this just some "blog war".


We'll know this is getting some "legs" if Tweety hits this thing. Remember, he's somehow tied up in the Plame outting as one of the "journalists" contacted. We can assume "Gannon" was the one who took the call.

This scandal burns to close to the bird cage. But it's also the stuff this guy lives for...lots of personal dirt and sleeze. Which way will he go? Will he ignore it, or will the moth be drawn to the flame?

[babylonsister]

34. All last week, when this Gannon scandal broke,

Tweety was absolutely mum to my knowledge. Very disappointing because I was waiting for him to attack or defend, to do something!

[mtnester]

29. There is always the "spend more time with my family" reason

it has worked so well for the rest of em that have left.

My guess is sometime on a given Friday within the next 30 days.

[Nothing Without Hope]

37. I agree - some Friday during the next 30 days, maybe this next Friday

They may speed Scottys resignation up if the potential evidence trail to higher levels looks threatening enough and is picked up by the corporate media. So far, Blitzer's efforts at damage control haven't been very successful. Scotty would be asked to take the fall to keep any investigation from reaching those higher levels of the administration, maybe even the blivet** himself. Pressure will be brought to stifle any investigation past their chosen fall guy.

There were high levels involved in the 1989 male prostitution spy ring in the Bush I White House, too, and that investigation also was not allowed to proceed to the ends of the evidence trails.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php

edited to add: The homosexual prostitution angle is significant because of the security risk angle and the possible blackmail angle. But we can't lose sight of the BIG questions: WHO allowed "Gannon" access to top secret Plame info? WHO arranged for security clearance to be waived for him? And WHO arranged for this paid shill with fake credentials to be given precedence in questioning periods along with planted questions for him to ask?

Little Scottie could NOT have done all of that.

[American Tragedy]

46. Is it coincidental that gay prostitution rings have been associated

in some way with both Bush administrations?

It just seems too obscure and bizarre.

Incidentally, you ask excellent questions at the end. The use of the passive voice in the Hoyers article drove me crazy. "He was given access". Who gave him access? Whoever it is, they must be pretty desperate by now, realizing that they've committed a federal offense that essentially guarantees prison time.

Furthermore, nobody has said yet when he saw this top-secret information. Was it before the Novak column? Was he one of the journalists who had been informed along with Novak?

[asjr]

30. Wasn't Scottie's brother just named to a cabinet post--Mark

McLelland. I think their mother is big, big, big in Texas politics.

[arcos]

42. I saw a post earlier... she's considering a run for Gov.... nt

[cmd]

31. The Ides of March

There will be someone else that will go as well.

[deadparrot]

32. Will ** accept his resignation?

George has gotta keep plenty of scapegoats aruond him to protect him from any sort of smudge on his person.

[merh]

33. Does Scotties resignation in shame harm mommy's chance for

Texas gov? :shrug: I sure hope so! :bounce:

[blondeatlast]

35. 2/18/05; 3PM, DC time. The Friday factor.

Guaranteed.

[NV Whino]

38. Never on Monday, Walt

I'll go for the 25th.

[Walt Starr]

45. I figure a Monday to give it that "ain't no thang" air n/t

[rehema]

40. McClellan got married the same year Gannon appeared 2003

is this just a coincidence?

[Bouncy Ball]

43. $ 1200 for a weekend with "Gannon!" What a bargain, eh?

But if Scottie resigns, where's he gonna get the money for the weekends with JimmyJeff?

[jburton]

44. Betcha it's a Friday after 5pm

They always do the bad news then.

[UTUSN]

47. Really? He's Got a Powerful Mama in TX, & the Governor Ain't That Straigh

[Walt Starr]

48. And I'm still saying Scottie resigns on Monday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3116843

[Norquist Nemesis]

49. What? No openings in a higher position?

Like Secretary of Communications and Propagand...err ..Public Relations

[Walt Starr]

50. MAN-GATE!

:evilgrin:

[LondonReign2]

53. Never

This regime is unable to admit any mistake of any sort. The greater the incompetence, the greater the reward. (see "Kindauseless Rice"). He will be promted.

[Walt Starr]

55. After today'e revelations, this thread is even more timely

:evilgrin:

[LondonReign2]

56. Yes, but I still say never

Scottie mearly "mispoke", or "didn't have all the facts".

Rule number 1 for these fuckwits is "never, ever admit to anything."

[Walt Starr]

57. If Scottie resigned now

they could make the story go away as he would eb the fall guy.

[Pithy Cherub]

59. nope, the story has jumped the shark...

he was there BEFORE Scotty was in charge and if that pass is a hard pass that means the Secret Service could be willingly or unwillingly complicit. And from there you have a circular firing squad which they are trying to not let form right now... :evilgrin:

A financial review of how did Jeff get paid and nagging questions remain whether Dina Powell exerted any influence...

[SmokingJacket]

58. Hey, nice thought!

I like it.

[Walt Starr]

60. Will it be today?

:evilgrin:

[goodhue]

61. I'm still sticking with next Friday, the 25th