First Thing Harriet Miers Recommended, Let’s Fire All the Lawyers
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Ok, so the White House fired eight US Attorneys for sketchy political reasons. Everyone caught up? It seems, in hindsight, like a remarkably stupid decision, especially now that the congressional Dems are firing up the subpoenas and calling for Alberto Gonzales’ head. (Justifying torture? We’ll let that slide. Fire a lawyer, though, and you’re in deep shit, Mister.) MORE »
Ok, so the White House fired eight US Attorneys for sketchy political reasons. Everyone caught up? It seems, in hindsight, like a remarkably stupid decision, especially now that the congressional Dems are firing up the subpoenas and calling for Alberto Gonzales’ head. (Justifying torture? We’ll let that slide. Fire a lawyer, though, and you’re in deep shit, Mister.) MORE »
Another Nixon-Reagan Corpse Dug Up For Dubya
Monday, January 8th, 2007
Fred F. Fielding, who helped a lot of Reagan Administration criminals not go to prison forever, is the new White House counsel. MORE »
Fred F. Fielding, who helped a lot of Reagan Administration criminals not go to prison forever, is the new White House counsel. MORE »
Daily Briefing: No Nancy Boy
Friday, January 5th, 2007
* Democrats bring their families and boisterous energy to the Capitol as Nancy Pelosi cracks the “marble ceiling” with the swearing in of the 110th Congress. [WP, WP, NYT]
* Jim Webb tolerates Dick Cheney long enough to formally become a Senator. [WP]
* “White House scrambles to complete its new war policy package in time for the president to unveil it in a speech to the nation next week.” [WP, NYT, WSJ, USAT]
* Sweet, sweet Rick Santorum abandons Senate “Candy Desk.” [WSJ]
* Harriet Miers gets out before the investigations begin. [WP, NYT]
* Civil liberties groups have panties in a bunch over warrantless mail opening provision. [WP, NYT]
* Joe Biden still supports the terrorists, still hates America. [WP]
* William “Renton” Rehnquist spent most of 1981 having drug-induced paranoid freakouts. [WP, NYT]
* DC voting rights legislation will be addressed after the 100 hours, so basically it’s back to never. [WP]
* Democrats bring their families and boisterous energy to the Capitol as Nancy Pelosi cracks the “marble ceiling” with the swearing in of the 110th Congress. [WP, WP, NYT]
* Jim Webb tolerates Dick Cheney long enough to formally become a Senator. [WP]
* “White House scrambles to complete its new war policy package in time for the president to unveil it in a speech to the nation next week.” [WP, NYT, WSJ, USAT]
* Sweet, sweet Rick Santorum abandons Senate “Candy Desk.” [WSJ]
* Harriet Miers gets out before the investigations begin. [WP, NYT]
* Civil liberties groups have panties in a bunch over warrantless mail opening provision. [WP, NYT]
* Joe Biden still supports the terrorists, still hates America. [WP]
* William “Renton” Rehnquist spent most of 1981 having drug-induced paranoid freakouts. [WP, NYT]
* DC voting rights legislation will be addressed after the 100 hours, so basically it’s back to never. [WP]
Rumors On The Internets: If You Threw a Party
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
* Harriet Miers looks forward to spending time with her friends Rose, Blanche, and Sophia. [Think Progress]
* Some say “improper social ties.” Others say, “Oil companies get geeky GS-12s laid in exchange for over-lucrative government mineral rights.” [TPM Muckraker]
* Charlie Rangel takes his office back from that “son of a bitch” Dick Cheney. [Raw Story]
* “By next week we must start preparing the nation and our military for war with Iran.” [Blogs for Bush]
* 6,000-year-old remains of world’s first politician discovered. [Q and O]
* CQ in COI! Totally on the take from pro-business CoC! [The Tortellini]
* Tonight’s list of parties you really want to crash and send us pictures from. [National Journal]
* Harriet Miers looks forward to spending time with her friends Rose, Blanche, and Sophia. [Think Progress]
* Some say “improper social ties.” Others say, “Oil companies get geeky GS-12s laid in exchange for over-lucrative government mineral rights.” [TPM Muckraker]
* Charlie Rangel takes his office back from that “son of a bitch” Dick Cheney. [Raw Story]
* “By next week we must start preparing the nation and our military for war with Iran.” [Blogs for Bush]
* 6,000-year-old remains of world’s first politician discovered. [Q and O]
* CQ in COI! Totally on the take from pro-business CoC! [The Tortellini]
* Tonight’s list of parties you really want to crash and send us pictures from. [National Journal]
Scatology: 2001-2007 (Harriet Miers Resigns)
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the second-most incompetent person ever nominated for the Supreme Court (this isn’t Clarence Thomas, people, have some perspective), has resigned. This is shocking news to the people who remember that she still had a job of relative power and importance. MORE »
White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the second-most incompetent person ever nominated for the Supreme Court (this isn’t Clarence Thomas, people, have some perspective), has resigned. This is shocking news to the people who remember that she still had a job of relative power and importance. MORE »
The Real News In Vanity Fair’s Neo-Con Confessions
Saturday, November 4th, 2006
Yes, the “remorseful proponents” of the Iraq Invasion are finally aware of the Hell they’ve helped create — except for David Frum, who’s been on talk radio all day whining about his quotes being “out of context” — but who are the neo-cons really blaming for the atrocities? MORE »
Yes, the “remorseful proponents” of the Iraq Invasion are finally aware of the Hell they’ve helped create — except for David Frum, who’s been on talk radio all day whining about his quotes being “out of context” — but who are the neo-cons really blaming for the atrocities? MORE »
Wonk’d: If a Playful Moment Turns Into the Right Moment, You’ll Be Ready
Friday, October 20th, 2006
We were going to write a scathing intro about the importance of Wonk’d and our deep sadness at the paltry sightings we’ve been getting lately, until someone sent a nice juicy George Bush tip this morning. So there’s that, plus a haggard Ken Mehlman, an indiscreet Harriet Miers, a myopic (in more ways than one) Tom Friedman, Mr. Mayor-for-Life, and your favorite “member” of Congress, below the fold.
We were going to write a scathing intro about the importance of Wonk’d and our deep sadness at the paltry sightings we’ve been getting lately, until someone sent a nice juicy George Bush tip this morning. So there’s that, plus a haggard Ken Mehlman, an indiscreet Harriet Miers, a myopic (in more ways than one) Tom Friedman, Mr. Mayor-for-Life, and your favorite “member” of Congress, below the fold.
Wonk’d: Connecticut Avenue’s 136 Minutes of Fame
Friday, September 15th, 2006
New York, LA, New York, LA — no one gives a shit about DC until their tangentially-related-to-public-service movie has to premiere, then all of a sudden Cleveland Park is where it’s at. At least a solid Demi Moore sighting came out of the screening of The Guardian last week, but she’s not even in it. And while Demi is gone already, some people just never leave, as evidenced by the above photo of (the back of) Tom DeLay duck-walking down H St. Others that were Wonk’d this week: Marion Barry needs his ride pimped, Harriet Miers shops for pimp threads, and the prince of darkness is overheard on his cell phone asking, “Is Bob Novak gonna have to choke a bitch?” All these and your third favorite Ghostbuster, after the jump.
New York, LA, New York, LA — no one gives a shit about DC until their tangentially-related-to-public-service movie has to premiere, then all of a sudden Cleveland Park is where it’s at. At least a solid Demi Moore sighting came out of the screening of The Guardian last week, but she’s not even in it. And while Demi is gone already, some people just never leave, as evidenced by the above photo of (the back of) Tom DeLay duck-walking down H St. Others that were Wonk’d this week: Marion Barry needs his ride pimped, Harriet Miers shops for pimp threads, and the prince of darkness is overheard on his cell phone asking, “Is Bob Novak gonna have to choke a bitch?” All these and your third favorite Ghostbuster, after the jump.
Is Chivalry Dead in Texas?
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
Forget Kansas — what’s the matter with Texas?
Most guys get in trouble for talking smack about their ex-girlfriends. But down in the Lone Star State, if you say a few nice things about your ex-girlfriend, you can get in trouble too. This is most likely to happen if you’re a judge, you said those things in 120 interviews with the media, and your ex-girlfriend was seeking an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court at the time.
Remember Nathan L. Hecht, the Texas Supreme Court justice who rushed to the aid of his erstwhile paramour, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, during her disastrous SCOTUS nomination? Well, now he’s being dragged before the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission is tsk-tsking him for trying to be a good ex-boyfriend, claiming that his public statements about Miers violated the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, which forbids judges from “advanc[ing] the private interests of the judge or others.”
More details, after the jump.
Forget Kansas — what’s the matter with Texas?
Most guys get in trouble for talking smack about their ex-girlfriends. But down in the Lone Star State, if you say a few nice things about your ex-girlfriend, you can get in trouble too. This is most likely to happen if you’re a judge, you said those things in 120 interviews with the media, and your ex-girlfriend was seeking an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court at the time.
Remember Nathan L. Hecht, the Texas Supreme Court justice who rushed to the aid of his erstwhile paramour, White House Counsel Harriet Miers, during her disastrous SCOTUS nomination? Well, now he’s being dragged before the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission is tsk-tsking him for trying to be a good ex-boyfriend, claiming that his public statements about Miers violated the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, which forbids judges from “advanc[ing] the private interests of the judge or others.”
More details, after the jump.
Guessing Game Results: We Almost Forgot About This One
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
…mostly because the response was so unthrilling. Here’s the passage, from yet another SHAKE-UP-A-THON ‘06 story:
“It’s really weird right now,” says another senior White House official who likewise asked for anonymity. “People are worried about their jobs.”
Three of you responded. Two of you with “George W. Bush.” Here’s the more substantial guess:
The key to this is the phrase “senior White House official”. Some reporters will use this to describe the cleaning staff if they think it makes their story sound good, however, it usually applies to the President, VP, or an official who is titled as an “Assistant to the President”. Deputy Assistants and Special Assistants are usually “White House officials” or “Administration officials”.
Who is an “Assistant to the President”? … [It] can vary as the President wishes but the following is a pretty good first cut: Chief of Staff, VP’s Chief of Staff, Deputy Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and his deputy, communication director, press secretary, staff secretary, head speechwriter, White House Counsel, director of personnel, and advisers for domestic policy and homeland security.
I am fairly certain Bush and Cheney are not going to fire themselves. Let’s also assume that Josh Bolten is not going to fire himself, that Joel Kaplan is not complaining about a promotion, and that no one can fire Karl Rove. The press secretary can’t be worried about getting fired since he already got the boot. Given all that, as Wonkette first postulated, Miers is a good guess. However, I’ll go with Frances Townsend, the homeland security adviser. This is in keeping with my desire to see the hot chicks in the administration get more blog exposure, not due to any actual knowledge.
And hey, we’ll drink to that. If you have another, better guess, go ahead and send it our way, though no guarantee we’ll still care tomorrow. The other two responses, cheeky though they are, after the jump.
…mostly because the response was so unthrilling. Here’s the passage, from yet another SHAKE-UP-A-THON ‘06 story:
“It’s really weird right now,” says another senior White House official who likewise asked for anonymity. “People are worried about their jobs.”
Three of you responded. Two of you with “George W. Bush.” Here’s the more substantial guess:
The key to this is the phrase “senior White House official”. Some reporters will use this to describe the cleaning staff if they think it makes their story sound good, however, it usually applies to the President, VP, or an official who is titled as an “Assistant to the President”. Deputy Assistants and Special Assistants are usually “White House officials” or “Administration officials”.
Who is an “Assistant to the President”? … [It] can vary as the President wishes but the following is a pretty good first cut: Chief of Staff, VP’s Chief of Staff, Deputy Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and his deputy, communication director, press secretary, staff secretary, head speechwriter, White House Counsel, director of personnel, and advisers for domestic policy and homeland security.
I am fairly certain Bush and Cheney are not going to fire themselves. Let’s also assume that Josh Bolten is not going to fire himself, that Joel Kaplan is not complaining about a promotion, and that no one can fire Karl Rove. The press secretary can’t be worried about getting fired since he already got the boot. Given all that, as Wonkette first postulated, Miers is a good guess. However, I’ll go with Frances Townsend, the homeland security adviser. This is in keeping with my desire to see the hot chicks in the administration get more blog exposure, not due to any actual knowledge.
And hey, we’ll drink to that. If you have another, better guess, go ahead and send it our way, though no guarantee we’ll still care tomorrow. The other two responses, cheeky though they are, after the jump.
