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Also, Rove is “shedding some duties.”
WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush’s administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet.
Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at the start a trip to Alabama, McClellan, who has parried especially fiercely with reporters on Iraq and on intelligence issues, told Bush: “I have given it my all sir and I have given you my all sir, and I will continue to do so as we transition to a new press secretary.”
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Also, a senior administration official revealed another move in the ongoing shakeup of Bush’s staff, saying that longtime confidant and adviser Karl Rove is giving up oversight of policy development to focus more on politics with the approach of the fall midterm elections.
Dubya had these idiotic words:
The fucking “good old days” — holy shit. Doesn’t that sound just bat-fucking-shit insane?
Yeah, remember those good old days where we raped the world for billions? How we lead the world to war on false pretenses? How we caught that guy, what’s his name, oh wait… we never did catch that what’s his name guy did we? How we killed the middle class of America? How we liberated all those Arabs? How we saved all those people during Hurricane Katrina? How we… what were we talking about? Oh yes, the “good old days” that’s right…
Tony Snow worked with Linda Tripp and the publisher, Goldberg?
Yep, that’s the one.
Other names that are floating around are former Pentagon spokesman Victoria Clark, and Dan Senor (aka Mr. Campbell Brown), the former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq who worked alongside Paul Bremer.
The show will go on then…
There is no conflict of interest between Faux and the Bush White House? Bulltacos.
Rats abandoning ship comes to mind.
The scariest part of this story? That Rove ever had any policy formulating responsibilities in the first place.
Maybe scary, but not surprising.
These folks have zero, zilch and no interest in policy whatsoever. None. Never have and at this late date, never will. They don’t even do nutjob, right-wing policy. They don’t even pretend.
Everything is political with these cretins. Everything.
Mere re-arranging of the deck chairs. Nothing to see here.
So…have you recovered from the sleepover? :<)
Too bad Rove couldn’t have walked the plank, too.
This is nothing less than window dressing.
I’m still waiting on slow but cautious Fitz to give us the word on Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rove. But that may not happen until the end of the summer, close on the commencement of the midterm elections.
Note: Bringing back Katrina stuff to the front burner coming in the next few days. Nobody’s talking about the election or anything. Yall should be shamed. End of semester coming though, so keep your shirts on.
Well Thinkprogress, points to a very intriquing and important aspect of this announcement, the hidden question:
Has Rove’s Security Clearance Been Revoked?
I did watch the debate, which only convinved me that I am unqualified to opine on the mayor’s race.
Is it just me, or did this comment:
“I have given it my all sir and I have given you my all sir, and I will continue to do so as we transition to a new press secretary.”
make you think of:
“[thwak] Thank you, sir! May I have another one, sir? [thwak]”
hmmm?
:<)
And these are frat boys, of course. Talk about takin’ wood!
Thank you for the much-needed laugh!!!
they get a press secretary with a personality? Scottie was O-so-bland, so monotone, so shallow. I’d enjoy seeing someone who gets pissed off and acts like an ass as the face of this administration; it would be appropriate.
Punching bag for White House Press Corps. Must be able to deliver convoluted and ridiculous statements deadpan. Must spin like a top. Blackmailable events in past a plus. Send list of friends and last 10 years political contributions (no resumes, please) to: Karl Rove, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Wow, knock me over with a feather. I never saw that one coming.
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It’s too bad we won’t have Scotty to kick around any more, but hey, maybe the fresh meat will actually slip up and tell us something of substance.
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As for Rove, I will believe his duties have lessened one iota when his security clearance is revoked and he’s wearing handcuffs in a cell somewhere.
This whole “new chief of staff/some jobs will be lost” bullshit?
Cosmetic changes.
Plastic surgery.
Still the same nasty motherfuckers underneath.
Will it work?
Buy them enough credit not to be landslided into a holding cell in November?
On past evidence…?
7 to 1 it WILL work.
So it goes.
Keep punching.
This is a long fight.
We have drawn blood.
Keep punching until the final bell.
AG
P.S. Don’t leave it to the judges. The fix is in. KO or lose.
Time to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
Actually…it’s more like time to go in there and tear them a new asshole.
Ain’t ABOUT “style” anymore. Marquis of Queensbury done been forgotten!!! They fight dirty. Gloves are off. No “sweet science” ABOUT it.
Not any more.
More like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Put them on the ground and apply some joint locks.
Submission holds.
Or…simply choke the motherfuckers out.
Time to FINISH THIS BOUT AND GO ON ABOUT OUR REAL BUSINESS!!!
Making sure that we do not so pollute and overpopulate this world that we can no longer live here. (“That restaurant is so busy, nobody goes there any more.” The revered enlghtened master and prophet Edward “Yogi” Berra. Yup.)
VAYA!!!
AG
Lawrence Peter Berra.
Duh.
Thank you, BooMan.
AG
How hard could it be to find another lying Republican in DC?
start swinging that dead cat around your head. i give it 1/4 of a revolution
“Scotty Beams Out”
I’ve actually felt kind of sorry for the little bugger…hope he’s already signed a good agent for his tell-all book…