NYT/IHT: Lawmakers From Both Parties Call for White House Shakeup

[DeepModem Mom]

Lawmakers From Both Parties Call for White House Shakeup
By BRIAN KNOWLTON,
International Herald Tribune
Published: October 30, 2005


WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - Senior lawmakers from both major political parties called today for a White House shakeup in the wake of the C.I.A. leak case, and some urged an internal investigation into any involvement by Vice President Dick Cheney.

Democrats called on both President Bush and Mr. Cheney to apologize to the American people for the affair that led to the indictment on Friday of Mr. Cheney's top aide, I. Lewis Libby Jr. Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, remains under investigation by the special federal prosecutor.

Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney "should come clean with the American public," the Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, said. "The president, I guess, is still being driven by Karl Rove," he said on ABC's "This Week." Later, on CNN, he added, "He should be let go."...

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Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi, a former Senate majority leader, urged Mr. Bush to bring "new blood" into the White House. Asked whether he expected Mr. Bush to forcefully address his problems, Mr. Lott replied: "I think he is a man that knows when there's a time to make moves and take actions. He will do that."...

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As the White House digested Mr. Libby's departure and sought to map a recovery from that and other recent setbacks, Mr. Bush met with advisers at his Camp David retreat, and senior administration officials stayed away from the Sunday morning news programs. But some Republicans who did venture into the spotlight sought to give the Libby matter the narrowest possible focus and to turn the page quickly....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/politics/30cnd-policy.html?hp&ex=1130734800&en=bb5bfa526f75f1a4&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[merwin]

1. How about congress appointing an independant special investigator?

Yes, Fitz is there as well, but he's not affiliated with congress :-)

If they're so worried about it, why not do something?

[fshrink]

2. Supports my earlier post.

"(Apologizing) logically amounts to endorsing, again, the policies of this administration. The problem is not a malfunctioning in the White House. It is, on the contrary, that it functions very well, from top to bottom on a demented agenda. Asking for apologies reduces everything, including Fitzgerald's investigation, to a glitch limited to a few individuals and takes the culprits off the hook. Which amounts to priming their evasive job. Again, banal pussy-footing is elevated to a savvy political strategy."

[Hissyspit]

3. I have a White House shake-up for you: IMPEACH BUSH!

They impeached Clinton, for god's sake! What a joke that was. Especially in light of what has happened since.

[PurpleChez]

4. And then turn them over to the Hague.

Although I remain opposed to capital punishment in any form I can't help thinking that Cheney-bush's crimes more than qualify them for an early morning's spa treatment on the chimp's beloved lethal injection gurney in Texas. The only way for them to return honor and integrity to the white house now, Anjin-san, is ritual sepuku. I'll donate the tatami mats.

[Roland99]

5. That would be admitting to failure. We know *'s Yes-Men can do no wrong!

[goforit]

6. Treasonists!!! Anti-American!!! Traitors!! Murderers!! Money launderers!!

And as Chris Rock says......

GANSTERS!!!!

[jazzjunkysue]

7. Regime change in the white house.

[Dunvegan]

8. Agreed.