Comments on: A Visit to the Hospital http://poliblogger.com/?p=11969 A rough draft of my thoughts... Thu, 04 Oct 2024 20:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: james http://poliblogger.com/?p=11969#comment-1362569 Wed, 23 May 2024 10:45:13 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=11969#comment-1362569 Certainly wouldn't put anything past this Admin. The current AG was clearly at least the messenger: who sent him there? Did he act on his own initiative or was he under orders? I would almost ask "who is accountable for all this?" but it seems that that question would be anachronistic. What is most worrying to me - perhaps a reflection of the influence of America in the world, or perhaps just a result of modern times - is that elsewhere (I see it most clearly in Portugal) politicians seem to stay on under circumstances which 10 or 15 years ago would have led to an immediate resignation. They just take it all in their stride... Certainly wouldn’t put anything past this Admin.

The current AG was clearly at least the messenger: who sent him there? Did he act on his own initiative or was he under orders?

I would almost ask “who is accountable for all this?” but it seems that that question would be anachronistic.

What is most worrying to me - perhaps a reflection of the influence of America in the world, or perhaps just a result of modern times - is that elsewhere (I see it most clearly in Portugal) politicians seem to stay on under circumstances which 10 or 15 years ago would have led to an immediate resignation. They just take it all in their stride…

]]> by: Ratoe http://poliblogger.com/?p=11969#comment-1362548 Mon, 21 May 2024 13:55:46 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=11969#comment-1362548 <i>It really is a pretty sad scene: the President sending two of his top aides to try and get a man in intensive care, who was not even fully in the loop at the time, to sign off on the program.</i> Given the recent shenanegans that Putin's henchmen have played with poisoning Litvinenko, it makes one wonder exactly what caused Ashcroft's "pancreatitis." Ashcroft has been curiously quiet on the matter of Comey's testimony. Given the deplorable behavior of Bush and Gonzalez in this instance, I don't think that it is unreasonable to ask more pointed questions about how Ashcroft contracted his illness. The fact that he was struck ill at such a portentous time might suggest some type of foul play. It really is a pretty sad scene: the President sending two of his top aides to try and get a man in intensive care, who was not even fully in the loop at the time, to sign off on the program.

Given the recent shenanegans that Putin’s henchmen have played with poisoning Litvinenko, it makes one wonder exactly what caused Ashcroft’s “pancreatitis.”

Ashcroft has been curiously quiet on the matter of Comey’s testimony. Given the deplorable behavior of Bush and Gonzalez in this instance, I don’t think that it is unreasonable to ask more pointed questions about how Ashcroft contracted his illness.

The fact that he was struck ill at such a portentous time might suggest some type of foul play.

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