tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post5373781825671033103..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Aside: The Justice Department, Libby and Patrick Fitzgerald.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-51566201024942354182007-03-22T07:41:11.000-05:002007-03-22T07:41:11.000-05:00Yeah, I guess the toilet fixer in the gulf war tha...Yeah, I guess the toilet fixer in the gulf war that personally knows the prime-minister of the country that he is supposed to be investigating is the perfect person to send....Lovie's Leathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-18325367523318710042007-03-21T21:34:42.000-05:002007-03-21T21:34:42.000-05:00When I search Libby's past I find very little ...When I search Libby's past I find very little that is CONSERVATIVE. I DO find however that he was involved with Marc Rich who was pardoned by Bill Clinton. Hey readers study Marc Rich..... GOOGLE him and read about his background. His pardon by Clinton was very questionable at best!!!!!! Then look at Scooter's long time involvement with Marc Rich.... OR DON'T YOU CARE! So come on Tom Roeser, again put that Weekly Standard rag down and do your OWN research on Scooter... Study his connection with Marc Rich.......<br>What you find is someone who certainly was NOT involved in your Social conservative causes.<br><br>I think that ole Scooter was one of those who played us all for SUCKERS!<br><br>Sadly Bush surrounded himself with the WRONG PEOPLE...people with a narrow agenda set in place BEFORE 911. but then he like others who are easily duped was probably impressed by glib intellectual banter that waltzed us all into an action that was far from CONSERVATIVE in IRAQ!!! A CAKEWALK TOM? Hmnnnnnnn?<br><br>Maybe these "smart" people created the greater PERSIA .... a worse menace than Saadam. (Blessed Democracy brings in the Shiite Majority aligned with IRAN). But then these glib Chicken Hawks now have so many like you under their spell and in the process are ruining the Conservative movement and the Republican Party!Louisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-13198756998039258982007-03-21T17:01:40.000-05:002007-03-21T17:01:40.000-05:00What has Fitzgerald really accomplished anyway? H...What has Fitzgerald really accomplished anyway? He has convicted a few small fry in the Daley administration -- but so has every U.S. Attorney in the last 18 years. He convicted Ryan but we shall see if he stays convicted -- that fact that he was allowed to remain freed on appeal speaks volumes about what the appeals court thinks of the evidence. Tom, you think convicting Libby is an accomplishment? I don't know if Libby lied or not but I do know no underlying crime was charged. This was Fitzgerald trying to get publicity and favor of the media elite so that he can be Attorney General in a future Democratic adminstration.<br>This U.S. Attorney dustup in nothing but politics. I had lunch two weeks ago with one of the fired U.S. Attorneys -- Paul Charlton -- U.S. Attorney for Arizona until last month. I asked him why he was fired. He told me he had long standing disagreements with the Justice Department over the federal application of the death penalty. Now whether you agree with Justice or agree with Charlton on that topic it certainly is a non-political reason to fire a U.S. Attorney who is supposed to carry out policy of the the President and the Justice Department.matt nelsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-69516328465762375462007-03-21T13:37:02.000-05:002007-03-21T13:37:02.000-05:00JT, I shared the reaction you posted earlier: &qu...JT, I shared the reaction you posted earlier: "As I recall former President Clinton fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys when he became President in 1993. So I think this investigation is a Democratic 'witch hunt.'"<br><br>This afternoon I heard that incoming presidents typically request current US Attorneys to resign so they can appoint their own. In an interview on Democracy Now, Adam Cohen -- a lawyer and NY Times editorial writer (a member of conservative's favorite demographic group) said, "Whats unusual about this is that eight were fired in the middle of the Bush administration, six on one day. That just, you know, has not happened. And the Congressional Research Service has looked into this issue and shown that its incredibly unprecedented."<br><br>More at http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/21/1340200Bob in PFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-74867824727617547752007-03-21T12:58:58.000-05:002007-03-21T12:58:58.000-05:00Have you actually read Wilson's CV? Speaks Fen...Have you actually read Wilson's CV? Speaks Fench, Head of African Desk at NSA, personally knew the Prime Minister of Niger, was Ambassador in another regional African country, intimately knew how the government of Iraq worked and was a hero as Ambassador-in-Charge of Iraq during 1st Gulf War when he stood up to Saddam and saved more than 100 lives -- who would have been a better representative for the Niger mission? Lets not forget that he accepted this "junket" to the armpit of Africa when his country asked him to go and he accepted the job for no pay. When you criticize such a man, you speak volumes about yourself. Let's also not for get that his findings were consistant with what the CIA and State Departments plus the Ambassador to Niger had believed. So tell me again, who's lying?Drew Phillipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-43361462963737949432007-03-21T10:07:38.000-05:002007-03-21T10:07:38.000-05:00Great analysis, but thought provoking. The implic...Great analysis, but thought provoking. The implications are staggering.<br><br>We have been urged to be good conservatives and support President Bush. Yet now we find that Bush 1) didn't like our Peter Fitzgerald, 2) doesn't like our Patrick Fitzgerald, 3) is protecting Gonzalez who is out for Patrick Fitzgerald, and 4) is protecting Karl Rove who is protecting Bill Kjellander.<br><br>Don't ask me to explain where the President comes down on Scooter Libby. He promised to fire anyone in his administration who leaked, then stuck Patrick Fitzgerald on him, and now is protecting him from being fired.<br><br>(I won't even mention Bush's, and thereby our, support of expanded government, undeclared wars and huge debts.)<br><br>But back to the implications--is GWB part of the Combine and we have been led by conservative leaders to support him, and therefore the Combine?<br><br>Did we do Peter Fitzgerald in ourselves?<br><br>Did our conservative leaders do this knowingly or merely ignorantly?Soonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-62614287446551014352007-03-21T08:33:31.000-05:002007-03-21T08:33:31.000-05:00Tom-I agree with your observations, especially con...Tom-<br>I agree with your observations, especially concerning Gonzales. I may be getting dimmmer, but in all this long hurricane of blather I have never heard the precise "lie" that Libby told. Can someone help me on this?Frank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-29487968460404310162007-03-21T05:55:15.000-05:002007-03-21T05:55:15.000-05:00Without evaluating the cridentials of anyone, it s...Without evaluating the cridentials of anyone, it seems U.S. Attorneys serve at the good pleasure of the President of the United States. As I recall former President Clinton fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys when he became President in 1993. So I think this investigation is a Democratic "witch hunt."<br><br>As for your evaluation of the Bush White house and current Attorney General, I agree.<br><br>As For Patrick Fitzgerald, the evaluation reflects the views of "The Combine."J. T. Mc Geeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-89090211936186768062007-03-21T03:15:01.000-05:002007-03-21T03:15:01.000-05:00I have got to tell you, that is probably the smart...I have got to tell you, that is probably the smartest thing I have ever read from you. As a Republican, this administration drives me absolutely crazy when it comes to how weak they are. First, Bush was cocky, then he lost his spine. There seems to be no middle ground. Plus, when you leave a prominent democrat like George Tenent as the director of the CIA, why wouldn't you expect the CIA and the Clinton cronies to be against you? All of the Clinton people stole the W's off the computer keyboards. That alone should have told you they can't be trusted.Lovie's Leathernoreply@blogger.com