Miers withdrawing is about Plamegate!

[whosinpower]

Here is my theory.....

In the yahoo story covering the Miers withdrawing her name - she stated that she was convinced that senators would continue to push hard for internal white house documents about her counsel to the president. And she remains counsel to Bush.
What if there was sensitive internal documents pertaining to plamegate that she does not want to go public? Maybe some counseling she gave Bush in this regard that might indicate he had a much more active role in Plame's outing than any one had initially thought.....

Think I am nuts? Oh well - a walk with tinfoil on head is fun sometimes.......

[abluelady]

1. I Don't Know if That's It, but

This is a tremendous blow to Bush, so there has to be some very extenuating circumstances for this to have happened. Your reason sounds as plausible as any.

[Leopolds Ghost]

10. Blow to Bush???

He ordered her to get out. He sacrificed her like a chess piece. Rove ordered him to do it and if I were Rove I would've counseled the same thing. Now they will find someone ultra conservative for the Dems to Bork and sacrifice him/her so they can demonize the Dems (and quietly strangle Fitzmas by quietly resigning) instead of splitting apart their own base forcing Rove to go in fact, not just in theory, allowing Fitzmas to fester for the Republicans.

With a unified GOP spin control machine back in operation, executing drills it's been preparing for for decades, for the Republicans this is the equivalent to WWII jumpstarting the economy after the Depression.

[abluelady]

14. You Know That

And I know that. But the average Repug thinks Bush is god and this will be looked at as a failure by him. The average repug doesn't understand the dynamics going on.

[Leopolds Ghost]

15. Mind you, I'm

I'm not saying this was planned all along. I think that's unrealistic. Bush merely slipped his noose and cut a deal with Harry Ried while Rove was preoccupied.

I wonder if Ried sold Bush any sightseeing guides while he was at it -- perhaps offered to tell Bush where he got his shoes -- before Rove dragged him away from the scene of the crime. ;-)

"But Unca Rove, he offered to play three-card monte with me!!"

"Enough! Uncle Rove is very angry, George. Uncle Rove has enough on his plate. I told you to go straight to the Federalist Society and pick up a judge -- no talking with strange Democrats on your way back from the store! Don't make me come back there!"

On edit: That said, having made the decision, Rove regarded Miers as expendable. Dems were smart not to flush themselves out against a weak nominee, and call their own bluff.

[hlthe2b]

2. I think more likely Bush* didn't want the lotto dealings to come out

The Senate committee had already indicated an intent to call the guy she fired, over the crony payoff to Ben Barne's company (quid pro quo, apparently to keep him silent on Bush's Nat. Guard "issues.."

I think this and other little corruption tidbits from Bush's governship were going to come out...

[ed murrow]

6. Plamegate

Pretty interesting theory

I think she definitely could not handle the scrutiny

Third rail is when the snears turn to genuine laughter...people were laughing at the Miers nomination

[Leopolds Ghost]

11. Yes, and now with Meiers gone, the facts won't ever come out.

Gosh, what a huge blow this is for Bush! :rolleyes:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Yes, but B** made the decision yesterday not to allow the release

of any documents. This, I believe, was his set up, his way out. What I don't get is why did he nominate her to begin with? Because Reid and Leahy pre-approved her? Even if that were true, he (or rather the people who think for him) would have had to know that she would have no paper trail to substantiate her as a choice. Hell, maybe it was just plain stupid. Maybe he said, "He he he, can I make the choice, please, can I? "

[hang a left]

13. Isn't if funny. Repugnuts demand documents, * withdraws nomination.

Dems demand documents, Bolton gets recessed. Someone put this in their file. Something tells me we could use it later.

[elehhhhna]

4. Mister Fitz, subpeona that woman!

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

5. The timing is all about politics

It diverts attention away from the indictments coming, Look for a replacement named on Monday. It's soooo obvious.

[FreedomAngel82]

9. I think so too

He had to find some reason to get the talking heads away from the indictments so I wonder if Karl told him he should withdraw her name. Now all the networks are talking about this. Plus he still has all his secrets from his national guard days (lack thereof) to Iraq.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. I think everyone knew that Miers would be toast if Rove got indicted.

My guess is they decided to do it before, instead of after.

I know now that Rove is getting indicted tomorrow, because of this action.

[FreedomAngel82]

8. I don't know if she would keep records of that

:shrug: But there's all types of secrets that they could've found out. From 9/11 to Iraq.

[madokie]

12. Sounds good to me, lets get it in print and get it out, then move on

if he keeps trying this he'll bruise what little bit of brain he has left.