This is the Bremer link again.
- jim 9-04-2007 6:03 pm

fixed.
- dave 9-04-2007 6:05 pm

I'm still seeing the Bremer link.
- jim 9-04-2007 6:13 pm

if it doesnt work now im quitting.
- dave 9-04-2007 7:02 pm

Holy crap, I might have been better off not reading that one. What a fine bunch of chaps we have running this country.
- jim 9-04-2007 7:10 pm

And the only way you can write honestly about Bush is to pledge the book proceeds to charity. (Coming soon--"He only wrote this to fund his pet charity.")
- tom moody 9-04-2007 7:14 pm

hes just a smart lawyer preempting wingnut talking points. he just hasnt taken into account that truth is for pussies and theyll attack him anyway. sadly, hes generally onboard with their beliefs, just not their tactics. obversely, if its true that theyve ultimately weakened the executive, as he maintains, then their overreaching may well be have a positive impact in the end. im not so sure about that, especially in light of congressional prostration.
- dave 9-04-2007 7:39 pm

if you didnt read the times magazine piece, heres the bit on ashcrofts wife.

Suddenly, Gonzales and Card came in [Ashcroft's hospital] room and announced that they were there in connection with the classified program. "Ashcroft, who looked like he was near death, sort of puffed up his chest," Goldsmith recalls. "All of a sudden, energy and color came into his face, and he said that he didn't appreciate them coming to visit him under those circumstances, that he had concerns about the matter they were asking about and that, in any event, he wasn't the attorney general at the moment; Jim Comey was. He actually gave a two-minute speech, and I was sure at the end of it he was going to die. It was the most amazing scene I’ve ever witnessed."

After a bit of silence, Goldsmith told me, Gonzales thanked Ashcroft, and he and Card walked out of the room. "At that moment," Goldsmith recalled, "Mrs. Ashcroft, who obviously couldn't believe what she saw happening to her sick husband, looked at Gonzales and Card as they walked out of the room and stuck her tongue out at them. She had no idea what we were discussing, but this sweet-looking woman sticking out her tongue was the ultimate expression of disapproval. It captured the feeling in the room perfectly."