Whaddya gotta do to get fired here?!?

[brettdale]

Whaddya gotta do to get fired here?!?

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyhen194349517jul19,0,1993745.column?coll=ny-news-columnists


The context here, of course, is alleged CIA-leaker (and White House political guru) Rove. He stands as the chief suspect in a special counsel's probe into who outed agent Valerie Plame. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, had displeased the White House by speaking out against the war in Iraq.

Over the past couple of years, as the special counsel's investigation lumbered on, Bush spoke quite clearly about what would happen to anyone in his administration found to be involved in such a dastardly act.

[tk2kewl]

1. good piece

:thumbsup: read it this AM on the way to work

[against all enemies]

2. Tell the truth.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. exactly

and this is why nobody gets fired.

[against all enemies]

6. Paul O'neil and Richard Clarke and the Faith Based Initiative guy

were all fired for telling the truth. No one tells the truth and and stays. Also General Shiniski was also fired for telling the truth. Powell could have told the truth and been fired but he chose to lie his ass off and quit.

[Canuckistanian]

8. John DiIulio...

[Canuckistanian]

4. Rove will end up with the Congressional Medal of Honor

Isn't that what usually happens when they fuck up?

[orpupilofnature57]

5. And Shrub will tie it in with the Troops or the Economy!Geees what a

Legacy it will be.

[against all enemies]

11. No, Medal of Freedom

[JuniperLea]

7. excellent story!

do many here do as i do and email the columnist with a pat on the back? here is my email to ellis henican:

Subject: Loved your story today - "Whaddya gotta do to get fired here?!?"

Keep it up! If the administration can tell lies over and over again in order for them to ring true in the minds of the people, then it’s about time journalists started stating the truth over and over again to obtain the same desired effect.

[Peace Patriot]

9. Bush acts the way he does because his buds own the election system.

My husband said this to me before the election. Bush and Cheney were acting just too like they didn't have a care in the world.

If you own the election system, what do you care what the majority of the people think? What do you care if your chief political strategist is a felon and a traitor, or your vice president is guilty of massive theft and worse? If your buds--your major donors, your very campaign chairmen--run the voting machine companies and tabulate all the votes with secret, proprietary programming code, what do ethics or good government or honesty and integrity matter to you?

And if you permit this to happen--if you permit others to steal elections for you, and wage unjust war for you, and destroy honest gov't agents for you, and lie for you all day long--what are you but a soulless little tyrant who thinks that you will always have a cushy meal ticket, no matter what you do, no matter whom you make others kill, no matter what laws others violate on your behalf, and no matter how empty and alone you are inside, with nothing to believe in or love but your own hellish little ego?

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The answer to the stink in Washington DC is restoring our right to vote, by throwing Bushite electronic voting machine companies--Diebold, ES&S and brethren--out of the election business NOW--or, at the least, achieving some measure of election transparency with paper ballot backups, strict auditing, and no secret, proprietary programming code owned and controlled by major Bush donors and campaign chairs! The only place where we can get this done is in state/local jurisdictions, where the authority over election systems still resides, and where ordinary people still have some say. The bipartisan corruption in the electronic voting business at the state/local level is daunting, but it is nothing compared to the bipartisan corruption in Washington DC, and it is local and therefore much more fixable. See the DU Forum "2004 Election Results and Discussion" for information and action ideas:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

[Rebellious Republican]

10. Could not have said it better myself, my thoughts exactly PP. N/T

:applause: