Bush Press Conference: Changes in Administration??

[JayZ750]

Bush about to hold a press conference per NBC news. Likely to see Colin Powell and Tom Ridge leave the administration. Looking for links...

[JayZ750]

Bush just said "we have a doodie, a solemn doodie"

a little childish, don't you think.

[mulletman]

maybe john "i got beat by a dead guy" ashcroft will leave.

[Mulder]

Originally posted by JayZ750
Bush just said "we have a doodie, a solemn doodie"

a little childish, don't you think.

Do you sit next to me in torts? The dude next to me kept laughing last night and saying "he he, doodie" when we were talking about no duty this, duty that, duty to rescue. (I could just see mr. hankey flying around "Doodie to the rescue, hidey ho!"

[JayZ750]

Originally posted by Mulder
Do you sit next to me in torts? The dude next to me kept laughing last night and saying "he he, doodie" when we were talking about no duty this, duty that, duty to rescue. (I could just see mr. hankey flying around "Doodie to the rescue, hidey ho!"

That wasn't me, but you just can't help but notice the way he says it.

[Mulder]

CNN front page: "Bush said he had a duty..." he he...

[SWTsig]

Originally posted by mulletman
maybe john "i got beat by a dead guy" ashcroft will leave.

please God, let this be the case.

that guy is so out of touch w/ reality, it truely blows my mind that he's our Attorney General. the man would outlaw dancing if given the chance.

[Deckard]

Originally posted by SWTsig
please God, let this be the case.

that guy is so out of touch w/ reality, it truely blows my mind that he's our Attorney General. the man would outlaw dancing if given the chance.
He'll probably leave... and join the Supreme Court.



Keep D&D Civil!!

[SWTsig]

Attorney General John Ashcroft could be one of the first Cabinet members to leave the administration.

Sources close to Ashcroft told CNN on Thursday that they believe it is most likely the attorney general will submit his resignation in the near future, possibly within the next two weeks.

Private signals from Justice Department sources have indicated for some months that the attorney general has no plans to serve a second term.

Some sources have said that Ashcroft's health is a factor in his decision. The attorney general suffered from pancreatitis earlier this year


great news!

link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/04/election.main/index.html

Specter warns Bush over justices
Moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter cautioned Wednesday that President Bush did not earn "a mandate" in his election victory and said the president should be "mindful" of potential confirmation problems should he have the opportunity to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court. ( Specter urges caution for Bush)

"If you have a race which is decided by a percent or two, if you have a very narrowly divided country -- that does not qualify for the traditional mandate and ... to govern, we have to bring the country together," he said. "I believe that President Bush will have that very much in mind."

The youngest Supreme Court justice is 56 years old, the oldest is 83, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who revealed last week that he is being treated for thyroid cancer, is 80. Specter described Rehnquist as "gravely ill," but did not elaborate.

Specter told reporters he doesn't believe Bush would make issues like abortion into tests of nominees.

"We start off with the basic fact that the Democrats have filibustered and you can expect them to filibuster if the nominees are not within the broad range of acceptability," Specter said. "And I think there is a very broad range of presidential discretion. But there is a range."

Noting that Bush said during the third campaign debate that he would "not impose a litmus test" for Supreme Court nominees, Specter said he "would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations I've mentioned."

He added that he thought the chance of overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, was "unlikely."

The Senator from Pennsylvania is next in line to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee, but he stressed that it would not be certain that he would succeed Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah until the committee meets and votes in January.


and even better news! when i was voting, the justices worried me the most. i dont mind having conservative policy makers (in fact i lean more conservative on many issues), but i feel more comfortable w/ a more liberal judicial members.