Comments on: Gonzales Resigns http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381314 sleipner Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:34:34 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381314 I just hope Bush and Cheney both realize hardly anyone wants them in office any more and follow Gonzales's lead. Only then will we attain anything resembling a government that represents anything but corporations and rich people. Of course the phrase "President Pelosi" is most Republicans' worst nightmare ;) I just hope Bush and Cheney both realize hardly anyone wants them in office any more and follow Gonzales’s lead. Only then will we attain anything resembling a government that represents anything but corporations and rich people.

Of course the phrase “President Pelosi” is most Republicans’ worst nightmare ;)

]]> By: david http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381313 david Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:05:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381313 This Hagel bit is roughlt what I was thinking was going on. It can surely be no random coincidence that both Rove and Gonzles are resigning, though I wonder if this doesn't has more to do with distancing the President from scandals (Libby and the firings) than it does with putting a positive and constructive end on his term in office. This Hagel bit is roughlt what I was thinking was going on. It can surely be no random coincidence that both Rove and Gonzles are resigning, though I wonder if this doesn’t has more to do with distancing the President from scandals (Libby and the firings) than it does with putting a positive and constructive end on his term in office.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381312 Justin Gardner Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:47:33 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381312 Nice catch! Repost that info in some form if you want. I would. Nice catch! Repost that info in some form if you want. I would.

]]> By: Jeremy http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381306 Jeremy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:48:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381306 "Hagel also said that the administration year end strategy shift on Iraq was telegraphed by Gates on Meet The Press." Speaking of Robert Gates; ever heard of the SAIC corporation?: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/expose/episode204/watch.html “Hagel also said that the administration year end strategy shift on Iraq was telegraphed by Gates on Meet The Press.”

Speaking of Robert Gates; ever heard of the SAIC corporation?:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/expose/episode204/watch.html

]]> By: mw http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381299 mw Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:27:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381299 Justin, Just thought I would point out that Donklephant broke this story (sort of) a few weeks ago when Chuck Hagel predicted this resignation at a <a href="http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/hagel-gonzales-to-resign-bush-shifting-iraq-strategy-before-year-end/" rel="nofollow">Panetta Institute Lecture that I attended and reported</a>: <blockquote><em>"The news of the day was Karl Rove's resignation. Panetta wondered whether the resignation could have an effect rehabilitating the last year of the Bush presidency. Graham was dismissive, saying it is just too late for this President to salvage his legacy. Hagel was more sanguine, saying that Rove and Gonzales are lightning rods for criticism and their resignations would open a door. He spun a scenario where Gonzales also resigns, Bush shifts strategy on Iraq in the fall, and gets a major piece of bi-partisan legislation through congress next year. That, he asserts would elevate the Bush legacy."</em></blockquote> Hagel also said that the administration year end strategy shift on Iraq was telegraphed by Gates on Meet The Press. So, the answer to the timing, courtesy of Chuck Hagel: Rove resignation, Gonzales resignation, beginning the Iraq drawdown are all part of the <b>George W Bush Presidential Legacy Rehabilitation Surge</b>. GWB has surprised those who "misunderestimated" him before. Methinks that rumors of the death of this presidency and the Republican party have been greatly exaggerated. Justin,
Just thought I would point out that Donklephant broke this story (sort of) a few weeks ago when Chuck Hagel predicted this resignation at a Panetta Institute Lecture that I attended and reported:

“The news of the day was Karl Rove’s resignation. Panetta wondered whether the resignation could have an effect rehabilitating the last year of the Bush presidency. Graham was dismissive, saying it is just too late for this President to salvage his legacy. Hagel was more sanguine, saying that Rove and Gonzales are lightning rods for criticism and their resignations would open a door. He spun a scenario where Gonzales also resigns, Bush shifts strategy on Iraq in the fall, and gets a major piece of bi-partisan legislation through congress next year. That, he asserts would elevate the Bush legacy.”

Hagel also said that the administration year end strategy shift on Iraq was telegraphed by Gates on Meet The Press.

So, the answer to the timing, courtesy of Chuck Hagel: Rove resignation, Gonzales resignation, beginning the Iraq drawdown are all part of the George W Bush Presidential Legacy Rehabilitation Surge. GWB has surprised those who “misunderestimated” him before. Methinks that rumors of the death of this presidency and the Republican party have been greatly exaggerated.

]]> By: Jeremy http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-381298 Jeremy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:21:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/08/27/gonzales-resigns/#comment-381298 With this Democratic leadersheep okaying just about anyone Bush appoints, I'm guessing we are going to see yet another super-unqualified person hold the office of attorney general. And we as the American people can expect yet another long list of assaults on our constitutional rights. These Democratic sheep are BAAAAAAAD. I can't believe I voted for them. With this Democratic leadersheep okaying just about anyone Bush appoints, I’m guessing we are going to see yet another super-unqualified person hold the office of attorney general. And we as the American people can expect yet another long list of assaults on our constitutional rights. These Democratic sheep are BAAAAAAAD. I can’t believe I voted for them.

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