Roll Call: Olson Seen as Frontrunner; Hatch Interested in becoming Attorney General

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http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_23/news/19890-1.html

AG Pick May Face Delay
Olson Seen as Frontrunner; Hatch Interested


As the White House appearing to be focused on former Solicitor General Ted Olson as the next attorney general, Senate Democrats are expected to delay President Bush’s nominee in the hopes of forcing the administration to produce thousands of pages of documents on a variety of issues, including the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year.

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1. Why would Orin Hatch want a job that at the most

would only last a little over a year. Is he ready to retire.

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2. Jeeze I hope so.

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3. GREAT! ANOTHER liar and the man who gave us the psycho-in-chief? Bush v. Gore! NO THANKS!

paulthompson (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Sep-08-07 02:03 PM
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In 2002, Likely Attorney General Nominee Ted Olson Said It's Okay to Lie to US Public!

Edited on Sat Sep-08-07 02:04 PM by paulthompson
Check this out. From a Sydney Morning Herald article in 2002:

The United States Government's top lawyer has said that officials have the right to lie to American citizens, telling the US Supreme Court that misleading statements are sometimes needed to protect foreign policy interests.

"It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information," the Solicitor-General, Theodore Olson, told the court on Monday.

"It's an unfortunate reality that the issuance of incomplete information and even misinformation by government may sometimes be perceived as necessary to protect vital interests."


Lying to the public is all right, says Washington's chief lawyer
By Mark Helm
Sydney Morning Herald
March 20, 2002
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/mar_2002/lying_to_th...


After Attorney General Gonzales, isn't this the last thing we need? Please help spread this through the blogosphere. We need to make sure this comment of his should come back and bite him in the ass. A lot of politicians lie, but Olson is quite unique in freely admitting that he would lie when asked to.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1763299

HATCH is just as bad! Anita Hill...pubic hair...coke can...Senator Orrin G. Hatch. Are you kidding me?!