Comments (26)

morgan wrote on May 3, 2007 12:20 PM:

To be sure, it was thoughtful-a calculated,premeditated plan to politicize the Department of Justice. Is Mr. Cannon an attorney? Regardless he fails or declines to see issues extneding to integrity and other core values which have been a tradition of DOJ.

mayan wrote on May 3, 2007 12:27 PM:

After watching about two minutes of Chris Cannon, it's my considered opinion that he is a jowly carbuncle on the hindside of existence.

mayan wrote on May 3, 2007 12:32 PM:

BTW, wikipedia states that Cannon is hip-deep with David Safavian. AND he's an attorney, yes. And he's received a 100% rating from the American Conservative Union. Don't get much carbuncular than that!

Security code "after - as in "after me, the deluge"

parrot wrote on May 3, 2007 12:35 PM:

Stonewalling and, maybe, there are emails between the White House and Cannon that aren't pretty because of their illegality?

color as under color

Bushrod McCorkle wrote on May 3, 2007 12:38 PM:

"a fairly thoughtful, competent process."
It's just that nobody involved in the process can remember anything about it.

MarkusQ wrote on May 3, 2007 12:44 PM:

Slightly off-topic, but what's with all the "Security code: 'hot dog' as in 'what I eat with mustard'" type tag lines? I suspect it's an in-joke of some sort that came up a few weeks back while I was busy in meat-space, but I don't know what it is. Is it just a play off the anti-robot CAPTCHA, or is there more to it?

Clues for the clueless, anyone?

--MarkusQ

Richard L. Adlof wrote on May 3, 2007 1:03 PM:

MarkusQ,

Our fine friends find pleasure in the ironic co-winky-dinks o' their 'Security Code' bear even an iota relationship to their potential post or the topic under discusion.

It's a fad that waxes and wanes and someday will fade into memory dust only to burst forth like a Phoenix again just as the rest of us are lulled into bliss by its lack. Sigh.

Oooo Security Code = "AnnCoulterhasanAdam'sapple" mirroring my little rant is sooth. Sigh, Part II.

Crust wrote on May 3, 2007 1:06 PM:

Paul, perhaps you could call up Cannon's office and ask for an interview to expand on his comments?

MarkusQ wrote on May 3, 2007 1:10 PM:

Thanks. I suspected that was all it was, but just in case it was some ironic play on a juicy tidbit I hadn't caught from one of the document dumps or something, I thought I'd ask. With all the braided scandals bobbing and weaving in and out of the limelight the chance of missing something is very real.

--MarkusQ

freepatriot wrote on May 3, 2007 1:21 PM:

if it "has been shown to be "a fairly thoughtful, competent process.", why is it that we can't get a single simple answer about why these people were fired

if it's so thoughtful and competent, how come NOBODY can provide a simple straight answer ???

sisyphus wrote on May 3, 2007 1:21 PM:

One runs out of words to describe guys like Cannon.

Poltroon, buffoon, clown, court jester.

Who would ever aspire to Cannon's, Gonzalez's, Cornyn's, Delay's, et al place in history?
To paraphrase Mencken, they would endorse something as repulsive as cannibalism if it suited their agendas.

mayan wrote on May 3, 2007 1:25 PM:

Apparently, the party line is that they were so busy being competent and thoughtful, they didn't have time to remember what they were being competent and thoughtful about.

"so many thoughtful and competent meetings, phone calls, directives and e-mails...why, we can't remember any of 'em. And it's unAmerican to insist that we should."

Bush LIPS sink ships. wrote on May 3, 2007 1:28 PM:

Da lady doth protesth too much.

When.

Jillian wrote on May 3, 2007 1:40 PM:

Cannon was one of the thirteen House 'managers' in the Clinton impeachment. One of about five still in Congress. (Chabot and Sensenbrenner maybe leaving us next election. *sob*)

He'll know all about thoughtful, competent, and unbiased process.

Yes, some of us keep score.

Distaste For Dissent wrote on May 3, 2007 1:46 PM:

I wish someone on the committee would say to him, "The gentleman from Utah needs to quit talking out of his ass."

Rusty Austin wrote on May 3, 2007 1:49 PM:

Here is an example of the Utah Republican Party at work:

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Convention ends with Satan and immigrants

CALEB WARNOCK - Daily Herald, Central Utah's Newspaper

Utah County Republicans ended their convention on Saturday by debating
Satan's influence on illegal immigrants.

The group was unable to take official action because not enough members
stuck around long enough to vote, despite the pleadings of party
officials. The convention was held at Canyon View Junior High School.

Don Larsen, chairman of legislative District 65 for the Utah County
Republican Party, had submitted a resolution warning that Satan's
minions want to eliminate national borders and do away with sovereignty.

In a speech at the convention, Larsen told those gathered that illegal
immigrants "hate American people" and "are determined to destroy this
country, and there is nothing they won't do."
Illegal aliens are in control of the media, and working in tandem with
Democrats, are trying to "destroy Christian America" and replace it with
"a godless new world order -- and that is not extremism, that is fact,"
Larsen said.

At the end of his speech, Larsen began to cry, saying illegal immigrants
were trying to bring about the destruction of the U.S. "by self
invasion."

Republican officials then allowed speakers to defend and refute the
resolution. One speaker, who was identified as "Joe," said illegal
immigrants were Marxist and under the influence of the devil. Another,
who declined to give her name to the Daily Herald, said illegal
immigrants should not be allowed because "they are not going to become
Republicans and stop flying the flag upside down. ... If they want to be
Americans, they should learn to speak English and fly their flag like we
do."

Senator Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, spoke against the resolution,
saying Larsen, whom he called a "true patriot and a close friend," was
embarrassing the Republican Party.

"I agree with 95 percent of this resolution but it has some language
that is divisive and not inspiring other people to its vision," he said.
"This only gives fodder to the liberal media to give negative attention
to the Republican Party."

Joel Wright, a member of the Cedar Hills City Council, was booed as he
opposed the resolution.

"This might be the most divisive issue in the Republican Party," he
said. "I support President Bush but he needs to support this issue
harder."

When Wright said "the economic benefit (of illegal immigration)
outweighs the downside" he was jeered. He warned that the Republican
Party of California had "killed themselves" by taking a hostile stance
against illegal aliens.

He also said the LDS Church has studied the issue and tried to determine
whether illegal aliens could be given temple recommends and allowed to
serve missions but "gave up" because the issue was too complex. He ended
by saying "President Bush needs to fix this now" and was booed again.

Larsen was allowed to finish the debate with a one-minute speech.

"If the Democrats take over the country, we will be dead, and we will
have abortion and partial-birth abortion and the Republican Party will
go into extinction," he said. "Nancy Pelosi and the ACLU would oppose
this (resolution)."

A member of the audience moved that the convention suspend its rules to
allow the "objectionable part" of Larsen's resolution to be stricken,
retaining only the final paragraphs of the resolution, which condemn
illegal immigration. Eventually party officials counted all delegates in
attendance, only to discover that, with 299, they were about 30 short of
a quorum and could take no action.

"I did ask people to stay so we could have this discussion," said
Senator Curt Bramble, R-Provo, who chaired the convention. Bramble had
earlier asked those gathered not to thwart a discussion on the
resolution, saying it would be "good for the party."

In other business, those gathered voted against removing some of the
party's leadership.

Letters supporting the re-election of party chairwoman Marian Monnahan
and secretary Susan Bramble were mailed in envelopes bearing the party's
return address, causing delegate Russell Sias to demand they be removed
from office. A spokesperson for Alexander's Print Advantage, which
handled the mailing, spoke at the convention, saying employees had
mistaken put the address on the envelopes and the company took full
responsibility for the snafu.

In a speech, Enid Greene, state Republican Party chair, announced to
applause that she will remarry in a few months. Greene's first marriage
came to an infamous end during her tenure in the U.S. House of
Representatives when her husband, Joe Waldholtz, who was her campaign
manager, was charged with embezzling. He eventually pled guilty to
campaign fraud and other charges.

Greene said she was disappointed in BYU professors who protested Dick
Cheney's visit to campus, calling them "self-appointed intellectuals."

"I'm not calling for BYU to fire them but if no one signs up for their
classes ..." she said. "If they say the Vice President doesn't have
anything to say we want to hear, I'm not interested in having my
daughter learn from them."

All of the speakers praised those gathered. Lt. Governor Gary Herbert
said Utah County Republicans are "guided by correct principles" and are
the "best of the best" of the Republican Party.

Bramble assailed those who would called the local Republican Party
"broken," saying the party was accountable and accomplishing good work,
including the approval of school vouchers and granting UVSC university
status.

Congressman Chris Cannon and Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff both
received a standing ovation from some members of the audience. Cannon
said Democrats have just as many corrupt party members as the
Republicans but the media does not report Democratic ethics violations.

Shurtleff said that while Americans are divided on the war in Iraq, Salt
Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson should not refer to President Bush as a war
criminal.

justadood wrote on May 3, 2007 1:51 PM:

Somebody needs to tell Cannon that he needs to hide the WH letterhead on his scripted talking points better.....it's visible from the TV cam...
;-)

that and, to quit talking out of his ass....quick, somebody got a match?

RandyR wrote on May 3, 2007 1:53 PM:

Markus Q

I look at the security code as a little stress reliever. These issues we see on TPM are huge. The subversion of justice at the highest levels, a war that has run since 1991 and killed over a million people for the posession of another countries oil, this is true tragedy. As an American I feel a burden of the government's action and finding an expression of my feelings through a random security word provides some relief.

Security Code: again If you don't like your security code work hit the refresh button again.

RW wrote on May 3, 2007 2:29 PM:

W-T-F??????

Thoughtful and careful at doing what? Expanding the authoritarians.....well we know another one don't we?

hope another shoe (code word) doesn't drop

drational wrote on May 3, 2007 2:31 PM:

Cannon had a face-to-face meeting with Will Moschella on 3/6/2007 from 11:30 to noon, immediately before Moschella testified in front of the HJC.
http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/DAG2294-2519.pdf
Page 159.
Cannon is to the HJC as Gannon was to the Oval office Press Room.
A tool.

Jim Jordan (R, Ohio), also on the HJC, was also invited to the meeting.

Doug Bostrom wrote on May 3, 2007 4:17 PM:

I'm sure somebody else has pointed it out, but that "thousands of documents" number is only reached if you count all of many, many redundant copies of emails, transcripts of testimony, etc. provided by the metastatic cancer at the heart of DoJ, aka Rove's surrogates in the AG office. Who can doubt that this useless fluff was provided specifically to bolster a talking point about "thousands of pages of documents"? If you bother to go through the mound of PDFs so kindly provided by the Senate, you'll find far fewer pages of unique information.

the truth will out wrote on May 3, 2007 8:54 PM:

Randy R

I'm with you

"Regret" is what I got.

mikem wrote on May 4, 2007 1:19 PM:

Then perhaps we can take a break and have him explain this "fairly competent and thoughtful" process to the rest of us dimwits, so that we can all understand it to the degree that he does.

Richard L. Adlof wrote on May 5, 2007 3:13 PM:

Cannon gives King Geogre a HANDJOB!

News at eleven.

Pissed Off American wrote on May 6, 2007 1:01 PM:

The attractive upside to comments like Cannon's is that they are a window into a politician's personal ethical and moral standards. Here, in just one short interview, Cannon has exposed himself as a posturing partisan piece of shit, untrustworthy and willing to say anything in order to abet the crimes of this Administration. What a wonderful gauge of his integrity he has supplied us with. It is truly a shame that so many of the other scumbags in Washington are so much more adept at concealing their true characters.

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