Just back in town, and catching up with much that we’ve been unable to keep up with. That process will likely continue for several days, even as we’ve got a “biggie” coming tomorrow.
In the meantime, today’s “biggie” news comes out of The Albuquerque Journal indicating that the order to fire New Mexico’s U.S. Attorney David Iglesias seems to have come directly from George W. Bush after Sen. Pete Domenici’s (R-NM) attempts to get the prosecutor to either bring “voter fraud” cases or be removed had otherwise failed.
Domenici’s attempts preceded the Nov. 2006 election between Rep. Heather Wilson (R) and NM’s former Democratic Attorney General Patricia Madrid, who ended up being reported as the loser by fewer than 900 votes.
Talking Points Memo distills the Journal piece, we distill TPM’s distillation…
It was Sen. Domenici’s (R-NM) call to David Iglesias to get him to game the November election with an election-timed indictment that got this scandal really rolling. And it’s always been the key question just how and whether Domenici’s failed play to get Iglesias to tamper with the November election led to his firing on December 7th.
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No one disputes that Domenici’s call to Iglesias was at best inappropriate. But there’s been a lack of direct evidence that Iglesias’s refusal to bow to political pressure led directly to his firing. Now we have that evidence. And it’s not Kyle Sampson or even Alberto Gonzales whom Domenici went to to get sign off for Iglesias’s ouster. It was right to the president. And the available evidence now points strongly to the conclusion that the final decision to fire David Iglesias came from the President of the United States.
A TPM followup to the piece notes that it’s “curious” the White House has yet to comment — at all — on the report…
The vindictive little brat wouldn’t do that, would he?
Time to slow down those wheels of justice again…
It’s starting to sound a lot like Christmas!
I smell Watergate!
Sharks circling,
Can impeachment be his fate?
There’s a Trojan Horse in America . . .
That would be obstruction of justice, a violation of Senate ethics, and a nail in the coffin.
Dead man walkin’ …
This story knocked the Imus story right out of the headlines!!! (just kidding)
Hey JOJ
Too bad the Eugenics Society didn’t have her sterilized!
http://tarpley.net/bush3.htm
Idiotboy sure fits their qualifications!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a major story, and someone should phone it in to MSNBC right away. Keith lives for this stuff. 🙂
I can’t wait until Tuesday, when the panel asks Gonzo, “You said that you would not fire any attorneys unless authorized by the President, is that correct?”
It’s a question Gonzo can’t answer “yes” or “no” to; in either case, he KNEW about the illegal firings.
And if Bush authorized them?
Well, we all know what happens next. Probably a very huge Al-Qaeda attack to keep America complacent for 2 more years. 🙁
If we look to the people who went before the US Attorneys went we will find General Zinni and a whole host of people who were not afraid to tell Bush the truth.
Their problem is that Bush “can’t handle the truth” and does a knee jerk attack when anyone presents him with it. Tell the truth and you exit this regime pronto.
Zinni is now saying that global climate change is a national security issue, and war is a very likely result if it is ignored much longer. Remember Kyoto.
So do y’all think Gonzo will eventually take the fall for this, or just keep tossing subordinates under the train? Is he loyal enough to fall on his sword? Personally I hope he fights to the bitter end, because the harder he pushes, the longer the story stays on thr front burner (okay well at least until there’s another dead or missing blonde, or another idiot on radio saying the same kind of stuff he’s been saying for years)
I hope Goodling and a few others take an immunity deal, they did some really stupid things that should cost them a career, but they’re really small potatoes in this big ol’ tater fry.
All paths lead to Rove, and thanks to the evidence in the last document dump, and now beyond (no surprises there)
PATRICK FITZGERALD FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL!!
Scribes Unlimited, I happened to catch Blow-Your-Face-Off on Sunday morning trying to mislead (or should I just say lying) to their conservative audience that Gonzo would be testifying on Wednesday. What do you think, his testimony is on Tuesday, was that just an innocent mistake? Do ya think Keith might mention it so they don’t miss the fun? I certainly would like to see all their faces during his testimony!
Why tho did Sen Leahy’s office ignore information on how to retrieve this e-mails?
We all know why these Prosecutors were fired, they were doing their job and in Bush’s Whitehouse that is reason to be fired.
We have Border Agents in jail for 10 years for doing their job. Another Agent recently released after a year for shooting at a drug smuggler’s van that was trying to run over him. The Agent got the jail time.
Guess who was the Prosecutor in both cases, long time Bush crony Johnny Sutton. Guess who won’t be fired.
When will Americans have enough of this White House?
KBE #9
It ends up that another kook who feels that weapons and violence is the way to solve all problems has now killed scores of people at a Virginia university.
The US noted for violence world wide because our government at the moment feels that more weapons and more violence is the solution to our problems.
Some people obviously share that belief system.
I just watched “Yellow Submarine.” A cartoon based on the Beatles. The “Blue Meanies” are determined to destroy all joy. Of course this was a movie made in 1968, (the, so called, “summer of love”.) Of course it was nothing of the sort, but it was worth hoping for!
When are they going to produce a cartoon of Hannity and Limbaugh……….
PPLLLTTTTT…..Fart…..