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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:49 PM
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White House can't get story straight
The White House on Friday backed off its earlier contention that then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers first raised the idea of firing U.S. attorneys — an act that led to a firestorm of criticism of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"It has been described as her idea but ... I don't want to try to vouch for origination," said White House press secretary Tony Snow, who previously had asserted Miers was the person who came up with the idea. "At this juncture, people have hazy memories."

Snow's comments came as e-mails surfaced Thursday night pulling the White House further into the intensifying probe over the firings of eight federal prosecutors. The e-mails raised new questions about top political adviser Karl Rove's role in the dismissals, and came amid eroding GOP support for Gonzales that put his job at risk.

Snow said it was not immediately clear who first floated the more dramatic idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys shortly after
President Bush was re-elected to a second term.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070316/ap_on_go_co/congress_prosecutors
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POAS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:52 PM
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1. people have hazy memories
Not very original. Is a hazy memory required for GOP membership?
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:52 PM
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4. when it gets near court time....
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:52 PM
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2. unclear is it? Yeah well, that's the sort of idea you tend to forget, like did I wash
the bowls first or the plates?
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:52 PM
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3. Not exactly. They cant keep their LIES straight.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 01:54 PM
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5. The only good Republican president had something interesting to say about memory and lies.
"No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar." - Abraham Lincoln
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 02:17 PM
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6. Amazing how the TRUTH is so VIVID and EASY and how "hard" & "fuzzy" LIES are...
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 02:25 PM
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7. Even their lying is incompetent
With as much practice spinning bullshit as they've all had over the years, one would think they could come up with a more coherent pack of lies.
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