Here's the deal: if Bushco wants to appoint you to a position in government, you're
unfit to serve. These guys apparently don't deal with
any ethical, honest, decent people. It seems as if they are
looking for the sleaziest fuckwads available...seeking them out...
The Bush administration's choice to be deputy attorney general has withdrawn his nomination, which had been delayed amid questions over his dealings with indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, officials said today.
Timothy E. Flanigan wrote in a letter to President Bush yesterday that he was withdrawing as a candidate because of "uncertainty concerning the timing of my confirmation."
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Flanigan, a former deputy White House counsel who has served as general counsel at Tyco International Ltd. since 2002, was first nominated in May but his appointment has been held up because of a variety of objections. The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote on his nomination last month after Democrats demanded answers to questions about Flanigan's supervision of Abramoff as an outside lobbyist for Tyco.
Flanigan said in a statement to the committee last month that Abramoff's lobbying firm initially boasted that Abramoff could help Tyco fend off a special liability tax because he "had good relationships with members of Congress," including then-House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.).
Abramoff later said "he had contact with Mr. Karl Rove" about the issue, according to the statement by Flanigan.
In addition to questions over Abramoff, Flanigan had been dogged by complaints about his role at the White House in setting controversial policies related to torture of U.S. detainees and about his lack of direct prosecutorial experience.
So the President looks at a candidate for Deputy Attorney General, sees ties to Abramoff, an indicted lobbyist whose name is becoming synomymous with
crook. OK, no problem there; what else? Let's see, he helped shape our torture policy, which has become a huge scandal. Looks good so far. What about experience as a prosecutor? Not much, huh? I think we've found our man!
Hey boy -
Still having a hard time getting the Kool-Aid Drinkers to See The
Light....I really thought that the obvious Katrina gaffs would make The Sheep Look Up...but so far, they seem to prefer blaming it on Blanco & Nagin... what's it gonna take, I wonder? Does Bush himself have to come to your house and shit in your shoes before you say, "Hey, cut that out you moron?"
Seems to be the case...but I do see signs that our Sen. Vitter may be waking up. After they finally got some money out of Congress last Friday (so the police and firemen could keep getting paid while we Gots No Sales Taxes), Mary Landrieu was so digusted she got on the radio and just wailed on them. Louisiana has to pay it all back, while no other state has been asked to do so since 1974. I've seen Vitter on tv complaining (MILDLY, of course) that having the Corps of Engineers re-build the St. Bernard levees to simply the same as they were before "seems short-sighted"... well DUH, David, but thanks for the minimal whine....
In the Chinese sense, these are "interesting times" my friend...oooh, I can't WAIT to graduate. But I do have the chance to intern in Vitter's office - maybe I could pass him a nice cup of coffee to counteract the Kool-Aid...whaddya think?
JoAnn
Posted by joann1957 | 6:53 AM
He also nominated the least qualified candidate for the Supreme Court in the history of the USA. This man is not paying attention.
Posted by Joe | 10:32 AM