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LP wrote on March 13, 2007 1:37 PM:

Not only that, he was apparently not even on the list to be 'pressured out' until Domenici made a call to Bush.

Hmm.

According to these documents, he was on the favorable list as of January of 2006. But where are the documents throughout the summer? Are they going to release them?

Carl Nyberg wrote on March 13, 2007 1:45 PM:

This isn't terribly damning.

Many an employer would make the quid pro quo of giving a good reference in exchange for an amicable parting with someone s/he wanted gone.

tom wrote on March 13, 2007 1:55 PM:

Bit of a stretch there Carl. Gonzales is a bit more than his "employer." The AG is not going to allow his name to be used as a reference for just any ASA. Your argument makes sense if it were Battle who was asked for the reference.

connski wrote on March 13, 2007 2:03 PM:

If he was fired for poor performance, why would his boss commend him? Unless "poor performance" was just window dressing by the AG?

Iglesias' email doesn't sound miffed or offended by
his having been asked to resign. That could mean that when he wrote it he just thought he was being replaced "at the pleasure of
the President". Did he learn about the performance rationalization later?

connski

mestizo wrote on March 13, 2007 2:04 PM:

why was he looking for a job? he knew he was being replaced?huh?

connski wrote on March 13, 2007 2:06 PM:

If he was fired for poor performance, why would his boss commend him? Unless "poor performance" was just window dressing by the AG?

Iglesias' email doesn't sound miffed or offended by
his having been asked to resign. That could mean that when he wrote it he just thought he was being replaced "at the pleasure of the President". Did he learn about the performance rationalization later and then get angry because his reputation was being destroyed?

connski

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:18 PM:

Press conference is on.

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:19 PM:

he's not resigning

Punchy wrote on March 13, 2007 2:24 PM:

"he's not resigning"

wow, THERE'S a surprise. Unless this guy is found in the shower with dead hookers, he ain't resigning. Nobody except Democrats take any blame in THIS Administration.

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:26 PM:

He's starting to repeat himself. Cynically, I'd say he's programmed for talking points but the message is that he's responsible and the questions stop there. He's maintaining that Sampson resigned because he bungled the firings, and that the USA's are swept up in the 110,000 other DOJ employees.

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:27 PM:

...aaaaaaaaaaaaand he cuts it short and makes his getaway.

gonzales wrote on March 13, 2007 2:41 PM:

wow, look at the time. my wife's gonna kill me. bye!

terry wrote on March 13, 2007 2:44 PM:

What a sorry excuse for a human being, let alone AG. I'm thinking of cutting and running like Halliburton but my dollar has been devalued by these chumps to such an extent it is worthless. We have to have regime change very soon.

MRO wrote on March 13, 2007 2:49 PM:

Libby covered ffor Cheney, and resigned.
Sampson covered for Gonzales, and resigned.

Ahem...Mr. Spector??? We are waiting.

bibimimi wrote on March 13, 2007 3:18 PM:

They hired you to do a job. Just don't be any good at it.

Like everybody else in this cornhole admin...

Ranger Jay wrote on March 13, 2007 5:41 PM:

If I were a betting person, I'd give you odds that Rove would know how to get rid of any dead hookers found in showers.

They would have to be Republican showers, of course.

Bill wrote on May 31, 2007 11:27 AM:

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Bill wrote on May 31, 2007 11:27 AM:

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