Bush to speak @ 5:45pm (ET) about attorney purge...

[Cooley Hurd]

Anyone wanna bet he announces Gonzo's resignation?

On edit: There was this cryptic exchange w/ Tony Snow today...

<snip>
Q Is the President determined to insist that Gonzales stay on, even as his support on Capitol Hill erodes even among Republicans?
MR. SNOW: Well, I think you need to take a look at what happens over the rest of the day. You're asking yesterday's question, not tomorrow's question. And the point is, you've had two Republicans who have spoken publicly, but now you also have data available. You have evidence available. You have people who have an opportunity to take a good, hard look at the documentary record. Let's see where it goes from there....

Q All the documents that have been released suggest that whatever mistakes the President has admitted were made were confined to subordinates to Gonzales -- or does the President hold the Attorney General responsible for those mistakes?

MR. SNOW: I think I'm going to let you read the documents rather than having me characterize 3,000 pages. I've not had an opportunity to read them all.

</snip>

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Damn you might be right

and with gonzo gone... we are just beggining there is so much blood in that water already... adn the chum is thick

[NightWatcher]

2. I hope so, but he'll probably just blame KSM for 9/11 and say that the dems

arent being supportive of our troops.

Plus, I had Wednesday in the Gonzo-pool

[cali]

23. I had today on underpants' thread but

I did say a.m.

[originalpckelly]

3. No, this will be the actual RKOD: Republican Kiss Of Death...

Heckuva job Gonzo!

[waiting for hope]

4. But it must be on a Friday!

He wouldn't be true to form if he did it earlier...or - they are so mired in their own shit that they are beginning to really fuck up and forget their political playbook in regards to news dumps.

[NightWatcher]

7. nobody can wait til friday

They have to hope that if they cut Al loose, the shitstorm will die down. I say "sic em" No retreat, no surrender

[waiting for hope]

15. The sooner the better -

but, I had picked Friday and was hoping that my prediction was true. Damn - Can't have everything!

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Rummy was gone on a Thursday...

:shrug:

[Monkeyman]

5. Here comes the fight

[dave29]

6. not after he called to support him "strongly"

this AM. This is to reinforce the image of Gonzo as the best AG ever.

[Cooley Hurd]

12. He also told Rummy he had a job until the end of his admin...

...two days later, Rummy was gone.:)

[Cha]

33. As If!

The World needed anymore bushlies to cement his record in history.

[tridim]

8. But Rush just said Gonzo wont be fired.

And that junkie is never wrong. :eyes:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

10. I wish, but I expect this instead:

"We have bent over backwards trying to work with the congress in a bipartisan fashion, but the other side is just bein unreasonable. These were political appointments, serving at my pleasure. I mean the pleasure of the president. And they did not please me, so they were legally and properly let gone. We are in good hands in the Dept. of Justice. Alberto Gonzales is a concerned, hardworking and extremely capable Attorney Admiral. We are at war, and we need people of his calibers dessicating his time to the service of the county and the countstitutional.

[yardwork]

18. That will be the message, but he won't use such long words

There are way too many multiple syllables. The chimp can't handle that. Here, I've translated your message into chimp-ese:

"The Democrat Party caused 9/11 and now yur helping terrists win."

[originalpckelly]

20. He's the pleasurationater.

He was unpleased with their disperformance.

[karlrschneider]

22. "desiccate" is one of those damn words that always looks like it's spelled wrong.

:D

[cali]

24. bravo. that is so pitch perfect. n/t

[WinkyDink]

11. I think he's going to explain how "reasonable" the latest offer has been.

The BEST thing is that the Democrats are determining Bush's actions today.

Who's your DECIDER, Bushie?! Hee!

[mod mom]

13. No I believe they will stretch this out until Good Friday. It deflects

attention about all the other criminal activity they are involved in, imho.

[NightWatcher]

14. Holy Shit, This is Getting Good

I love my political wonki-ness
Is there a place where we can wager on political outcomes?

[Beetwasher]

16. Bush Is Going To Try To Get Out AHEAD Of This Scandal

At least that's what HE thinks. :rofl:

[Sir Jeffrey]

17. No way...

here is the speech:

1. "Ive offered to have two of my staff members testify to congresspeoples about the atternies I farrd"

2. "Atternies serve at the pleasure of the prezdent"

3. "Ive provided the committees over 3000 pages of documents about the farr-ins"

4. "Atternies serve at the pleasure of the prezdent"

This latest "offer" is a last ditch effort to keep everyone in place. They are calling the Dems out for a battle. The last thing they will do is fire Gonzo, because that would give them motivation to keep digging at Rove and Miers.

Everyone stays in place until the subpoenas are issued or the Dems cave. I think the Dems are gearing up for a tough battle.

[Hubert Flottz]

19. I'm afraid of how this is going to play out...

The Demander in Chief will fire Gonzo in the end...The dems in congress will turn down a couple of crooks and cronies he sends up on the hill...he will wait until the Easter break and shit in America's Easter Basket and recess appoint JD Hayworth or Jeb or James Bakkker for AG. It's too bad this all didn't happen closer to Fitzmas recess.

Bill Clinton needs a job!

EDIT...Bush will say..."I Am Not A Crook!"

[global1]

21. I Still Say The Deal Is * Giving Up Gonzo To Save Rove......

he'll announce Gonzo's resignation - which he received from him this afternoon. Gonzo will say he is stepping down because this is a big distraction to the job at hand and that is to win the war in Iraq - so I'm stepping down so that we could get the country back to work.

* will say I believe Gonzo is a good man and an exceptional AG - but I have to go along with his wishes. Even though I still stand behind him - I regretfully accept his resignation. There is too much going on in this country to have this partisan hearing go on - we need to put it behind us.

Gonzo will go.

The deal is that if Gonzo goes - the Dems will end the hearings and Rove is saved.

The Dems will be pounding their chests saying that they took out Gonzo.

Leaving Rove to be working up his next plan to attack the Dems.

[WinkyDink]

25. There is not, and will not be, ANY DEAL.

The guy with the Royal flush doesn't need to make any DEALS with deuce-high!

[loudsue]

30. The Dems need to keep persuing this, even if Gonzo leaves!!!!

There has already been obstruction of justice in some of these cases of dismissal, and that needs to be investigated!!

And it needs to go all the way up the food chain until something is done.

Dems can't just walk away from this mess. It's STILL the bush administration's doing, and it's STILL subverting justice! I want Ms. Lam reinstated!

:kick::kick::kick:

[Bluebear]

26. "Alberto serves at my pleasure. He is a wartime AG & 9/11 changed everything.

Therefore I am announcing that I stand behind him 100 percent as he is doing a heck of a job."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

38. you got that reich.

Take a gander at Keith O tonight.

[EST]

27. After watching the conservative koffee klatch, this morning

on cspan2, with their born again constitutional scholars, decrying the horrid condition America has sunken to, I suspect the pressure is on. It was truly amazing and, of course, my hypocrisy meter was off scale, but the republicker stampede to get in front of this parade was gratifying.

Of course, they had to fu*k it up by continually referring to the "democrat" party and the "democrat" majority--faux patriots, they.

[kath]

34. "born-again constitutional scholars" - you've got that one right!

suddenly they are all worried about the Constitution, when they think about what a President H. Clinton or Obama (etc) might do with all that unbridled power.

Bastids.

[Oreo]

28. MSNBC just said "no bombshells"

Said he is only supposed to express his support for Gonzo

[gratuitous]

29. If that's true

And I'm not saying it isn't, but if MSNBC is right that there will be no bombshells in Chimpy's appearance this afternoon, that will just ratchet up the pressure for something to happen. The way it's going right now, Little Lord Pissypants is approaching the time when he has to shit or get off the pot, dictator-wise. He's got to either throw up his hands and concede defeat by reality, or he pulls an achtung, baby and declares martial law with the goons to back it up. If he comes out, blinks like a mole for five minutes, and mouths some smirking crapulosity about his faith and confidence in Gonzales, there won't be any stopping the shitstorm.

People are combing through last night's document dump, and have already noticed significant gaps. The Bush administration will have to address these gaps and that right soon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Boy have we ever....

but firing Gonzo at this point would not be a bombshell

[Oreo]

32. Agreed

I think Bush is going to show his stubbornness on this one. Gonzo is his boy... they executed lots of people together and he's not going to fire him over a couple USA's.

[kath]

35. "If he comes out, blinks like a mole for five minutes, and mouths some smirking crapulosity about

faith and confidence in Gonzales" BWAH!!

Gee, when have we ever heard him give a speech like that before???

[yardwork]

39. "comes out, blinks like a mole for five minutes...

and mouths some smirking crapulosity..."

BRILLIANT! lol!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

41. and accurate. Notice how he ran

when the questioners started in on him with no deference?

he HATES that, and if rumors be accurate, he will rage and binge and scream and break things tonight. Ah, to be a fly on the wall. so long as cheney is unarmed and bush has no fly swatter.

[yardwork]

42. Yes, and your prediction up thread was right on target

(Unlike Cheney's gun.)

It is amusing to think about him hurling himself around the White House tonight...until we remember that he has his finger on the button.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

43. yikes.

At least the military people having possession of the football don't care to pass, punt or kick.

[yardwork]

45. Good poitn! I imagine that they keep it safely away from the chimperor these days

[ChairmanAgnostic]

36. AHHAH! Exactly WHAT I PREDICTED, you shitheel.

The boy who would be king :
first, I am the president, and they serve at my pleasure.
B)
turd, I reconize dat da framers oh da consitushun wanned me to perceive averice. I'll allow memmers a congress to innerview key memmers of the white house staffs.
we won't go along with a fishin exhibition. It would be regretable if they issue subpeonas and seek show trials.

as we cut thru the partisan rhetorics it was appropriated to discuss whether to replace all 93 US attorneys.

I thank all those whose asses I fired for their services.


- -

damn he looks scared, unhappy, and nervous.
GOOD!

[Bluebear]

37. As did I upthread.

:toast:

[Robbien]

40. So he used the talking points in the memo included in the email dump?

The email in the email dump which listed the talking points GOPers are supposed to use. He actually used them? He knows we have them; the media knows we have them; but he used them anyway?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

44. seems to be the case.

It is a faint hope, but I am beginning to see signs of a pulse, even respiration, within that moribound, walking dead, syncophantic group of bootlickers known as the White House Press Corpse.