Democrat Henry Waxman to be named to chimp's cabinet? taxes to be raised?

[Ernesto]

..... BTW, this is from ABC News, not from a satire site.....(snip) 'everything' (is on the table) included possible tax increases, one Administration official said, 'Bush gets it now. He knows in his heart that taxes must be raised — it's just a question of how much.'
..............."The New York Times Rick Berke reports "Republican sources close to the White House say Mr. Card's replacement by Mr. Bolten is just the beginning. In the coming days, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld will be fired, and replaced by former Colorado Senator Gary Hart, a Democrat. In addition, Mr. Bush will further reach out to the opposition by replacing his Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with California Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a long-time critic."
....And the Wall Street Journal's Al Hunt scoops this, "Bush has told friends that Bolten's first assignment will be to come up with an exit strategy for getting 80% of American troops out of Iraq by September 1."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238

[elehhhhna]

1. bend over, lower & middle classes! Here it comes.

[Joe_VB]

22. BOHICA........

Bend Over Here It Comes Again......

[SteppingRazor]

2. Hart and Waxman should turn him down...

why jump onto a sinking ship? Especially guys like Hart and Waxman, who have been strident critics of Bush since Day 1.

[man4allcats]

35. Where Waxman is concerned, I disagree.

I have seen first hand the chronic failure of the U.S. long term care industry to provide even adequate, much less quality care for the elderly (click My Site for an all too frequent chronicle). Waxman has been a long-time critic of nursing home failings. A search for Henry Waxman on the web site of the National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (click NCCNHR) currently brings up eight references to Congressman Waxman's efforts.

Nursing home reform receives far too little attention in this country. It's much too easy to pack the elderly off to these places and assume thereafter that all will be well. Out of sight, out of mind as the saying goes. As with BushCo and all other bureaucracies these days, the long term care industry, though surely necessary, has neither effective oversight nor transparency. If Waxman can get into the Secretary slot for Health and Human Services, then I support that move. Maybe it will put him in a better position to try to clean up the deplorably managed national disgrace known as the nursing home industry. God knows there is little enough help coming from any other quarter.

[Sammy Pepys]

3. I'll believe it when it happens...n/t

...

[Roland99]

20. Same here.

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[Mass]

5. Early April's fool?

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. Damn, gotta be!

[HereSince1628]

6. Hmph, long time since we saw lead balloons being floated...

Must be a really slow news day. Aren't there stories of drowning polar bears they could run.

Last time it was Lieberman for Sec. Def. wasn't it?

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. When it comes to the repukes

why do I see this as a trap?

[unblock]

8. proving you don't have to be correct to be published....

[Mass]

9. Operationnal words: 750 redeployed Googling monkeys

But the fruits of the overnight labor of 750 redeployed Googling monkeys contain these must-read gems:

[mmonk]

10. Air traffic controllers need to be on the lookout

for flying pigs.

[AlCzervik]

11. Henry waxman is probably one of the hardest working people in congress

and the most underappreciated.

[warrens]

12. pffft

That would be pretty hilarious, I have to admit. Half of Washington would need the paddles of life.

[rodeodance]

13. more:

..The Washington Post's Ed Walsh has this: "White House aides say that on Thursday, Bush has invited the congressional leadership of both parties to a Rose Garden event at which he will announce a budget summit to commence on April 1 at the officers club at Andrews Air Force Base at which 'everything will be on the table' to reduce the deficit, according to sources who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak about the announcement. Asked if 'everything' included possible tax increases, one Administration official said, 'Bush gets it now. He knows in his heart that taxes must be raised — it's just a question of how much.'" LINK

Newsday's Susan Page says, "It was at a Georgetown dinner party that Mr. Bush secretly attended last week where he realized that a major shake-up was required. Guests, including the president, stayed up late into the night swapping Capitol Hill gossip and talking about the 2008 presidential campaign and the Sidwell Friends admissions process." LINK

Evans and Novak report, "Knowledgeable Republicans say that Mr. Rove will no longer play a role in policy decisions, but will simply coordinate the president's fall travel schedule on behalf of congressional candidates, primarily in the South, the only region in which Bush retains any of his popularity." LINK

Dana Hill of ABC News writes, "Mr. Bush's new spokesman will be Mike McCurry, who performed the same job for President Clinton and is close to White Houses Communications Director Nicolle Wallace." LINK

[rodeodance]

16. Rove demoted to a mere scheduler?

.Evans and Novak report, "Knowledgeable Republicans say that Mr. Rove will no longer play a role in policy decisions, but will simply coordinate the president's fall travel schedule on behalf of congressional candidates, primarily in the South, the only region in which Bush retains any of his popularity." LINK

[NV Whino]

36. Well, we know it's a hoax right there...

"Guests, including the president, stayed up late into the night."

W? Staying up late into the night? No way.

[shain from kane]

15. Of course, this is a bunch of bullshit. There are prominent "LINK"

designations at the end of some paragraphs, and none of them seem to work.

[RufusEarl]

19. BULLSHIT!!!

[htuttle]

17. Waxman in this cabinet?

That would be as likely as Sam Giancana hiring RFK to do his legal work.

Not going to happen.

[Norquist Nemesis]

18. Must be the Gridiron Dinner's postscript notes

It is pretty funny, though!

[rodeodance]

21. how does Karen Huges talking in Houston, TX improve our image abroad?

.Karen Hughes speaks at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston, TX.

[Norquist Nemesis]

26. ROFLMAO!!!!

That is positively hilarious!!!

Karen Hughes
(Condoleeza) Rice...a University bigwig on leave, now SOS which Hughes is part of
(James) Baker ...Bush's 'fixer' and special envoy to Iraq

Unfortunately, all of this really happens tonight at 6PM. :cry:

http://bakerinstitute.org/

Well, maybe Karen speaking in Houston is a cost-cutting budget control! She can walk from home.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

23. Somebody help me scrap this steaming crap off my shoe.

[rodeodance]

24. Folks--what if this is true? or at least some/most of it?

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. If it is, deal has been made to avoid imopeachment

here is the logic... Bush stays as "prsident" which has been his role all this time, and Dems take over the executive without going through the impeachment

Problem is... repukes will be able to claim they fixed the country... of course if you believe in the Powers that Be theory, an ultimatum was issued at some point

[wordpix]

41. exactly what I'm thinking---avoid impeachment. Still, hard to believe

[Mass]

27. Read. It is obvious it is NOT true, The links do not work

Introduction to this section of the Note:

But the fruits of the overnight labor of 750 redeployed Googling monkeys contain these must-read gems:

It seems quite a giveaway.

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. Well, the Hughes at Rice's Baker institute is real.

:shrug:

http://bakerinstitute.org/

She's speaking tonight at 6PM.

[elfin]

28. I agree April Fools AND

someone is busy adding up the "liberal" blogs that felll for it.

I smell The Onion hard at work.

[Rose Siding]

30. I'll have what that guy's having

...Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld will be fired, and replaced by former Colorado Senator Gary Hart, a Democrat. In addition, Mr. Bush will further reach out to the opposition by replacing his Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt with California Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a long-time critic."

[Oilwellian]

32. Or better yet....

I'll have what THAT GUY ON THE FLOOR is having. :D

[TexasLawyer]

31. 'everything will be on the table'

probably Social Security, MediCare, Medicaid, Head Start, FDA inspections, OSHA, ....

[leesa]

33. Hart? The seminary graduate? This is BS. Lieberman has been primed for

Rummie's spot. Gary Hart would be a problem, because he is smart and decent...needs to be someone from within the Crime Family.

[wordpix]

34. if this is true, * is handing over WH to Dems---but I doubt it.

[Ernesto]

37. ABC News still has the column up..............

What could be their motive? Self destruction or are they on to somthing? I'm sure that I don't know the answer!

[madokie]

38. Just can't believe any of that

[Batgirl]

39. looks like someone's Do-It-Yourself Fairy Tale Kit arrived in the mail

And after the good fairy released Prince George from the wicked enchantment by tricking him into eating the magic pie and kissing him on the lips they all lived happily ever after.

[yellowcanine]

40. Don't know about Hart but Waxman would turn him down flat imo.

And Bush would never ask him. Waxman has been one of the harshest critics of Bush. Lieberman for defense I could believe.

[Ernesto]

42. There's somthing screwy going on here.......... N-T