Comments (28)

Anonymous wrote on December 6, 2007 1:33 PM:

Maybe a personal visit to Buzzy's "Torch Hill" Estate up in Towson, Maryland might be in order.

It's quite a nice spread, I hear.

Slippery Slope wrote on December 6, 2007 1:47 PM:

Anonymous,

It is likely that BillO over at Fox has already got his crack roving NEWS staff on this. I'm sure they're camped outside his residence right now.

They'll get to the bottom of this, I'm sure.

chabuka wrote on December 6, 2007 1:51 PM:

More and more, I think....the "role" that the Democratic leaders have chosen to "show" to the American people is a charade....pretending to be honest brokers of the American people and our Constitution...and all the while "looking (reaching) across the aisle" with nods, winks and friendly nudges...co-conspirators in the ill gotten war-profiteering of the Defence Department, The Defence Contractors (Halliburton, etc.) the Pentagon and of course AIPAC...like Dianne Feinstein..I wonder how many other Dems are getting a free "reach-around"

Leslie wrote on December 6, 2007 2:15 PM:

I'm glad that this is not going forward.
I am a strong supporter of family values and I'd rather not cause tension in this family for political points.

Bcre8ve wrote on December 6, 2007 2:57 PM:

"I'd rather not cause tension in this family for political points."

What a great case for nepotism in the highest branches of government. Just hire all family members (Bush's administration is close, but not quite), and you will never be called to account because we wouldn't want it to be awkward around the dinner table.

We must all remember that this is the same group that during the Reagan "Just Say No" years told children that they should turn in their parents "for their own good", and then proceeded to bust those families up when the deed was done.

Well, I think that Buzzy should tell the truth about Cookie for his own good.

Fair is fair.

And, of course their is the issue of Cookie being an IG. And just as in the DOJ, the rule B.B (Before Bush)was that, because of their oversight and enforcement role in society, that they be above even the appearance of impropriety.

Just because our leader's standards have fallen so low doesn't mean that we have to tolerate their venality.

It's a shame that Cookie decided to lie about his brother's involvement with Blackwater, but HE made that choice. He should have thought about his family arrangements BEFORE he lied to Congress, not afterwards as a method to avoid accountability for his actions.

And you can be damn well sure that if the shoe were on the other foot, that these same people wouldn't give a rat's a** if you were called to testify on a family member.

The administration should not be protected just because they draw their "best and brightest" from a limited, inferior gene pool.

Bcre8ve wrote on December 6, 2007 2:58 PM:

"I'd rather not cause tension in this family for political points."

What a great case for nepotism in the highest branches of government. Just hire all family members (Bush's administration is close, but not quite), and you will never be called to account because we wouldn't want it to be awkward around the dinner table.

We must all remember that this is the same group that during the Reagan "Just Say No" years told children that they should turn in their parents "for their own good", and then proceeded to bust those families up when the deed was done.

Well, I think that Buzzy should tell the truth about Cookie for his own good.

Fair is fair.

And, of course their is the issue of Cookie being an IG. And just as in the DOJ, the rule B.B (Before Bush)was that, because of their oversight and enforcement role in society, that they be above even the appearance of impropriety.

Just because our leader's standards have fallen so low doesn't mean that we have to tolerate their venality.

It's a shame that Cookie decided to lie about his brother's involvement with Blackwater, but HE made that choice. He should have thought about his family arrangements BEFORE he lied to Congress, not afterwards as a method to avoid accountability for his actions.

And you can be damn well sure that if the shoe were on the other foot, that these same people wouldn't give a rat's a** if you were called to testify on a family member.

The administration should not be protected just because they draw their "best and brightest" from a limited, inferior gene pool.

EH wrote on December 6, 2007 4:01 PM:

Uh, I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be a joke.

jimijazz wrote on December 6, 2007 4:15 PM:

Of course Krongard thinks he can weather the storm. He's seen how Waxman and the democrats in congress have allowed these scoundrels of the Bush administration to slip thru their fingers deliberately. If Waxman screws this up, there is not much left of objective principled democratic leadership. He's being told by somebody to lay off.

misterc wrote on December 6, 2007 4:34 PM:

It is unbelievable that the Dem congress would rather offend the people who voted for them than take a stand against the people who hate, despise and slander their party. We needed leaders who would kick ass. Not Reid or Pelosi. The pressure on this admin needs to be cranked up 1000%. Time is running out.

JA wrote on December 6, 2007 4:35 PM:

Again, gotta say, who the hell names their kids "Buzzy" and "Cookie"? And who the hell would continue to use those silly nick names once they reached adulthood or hell even high school?

DickTater wrote on December 6, 2007 4:45 PM:

The armtwisting going on must be leading to record "dislocated shoulders" injuries around DCTown.

This whole admin has been about "stepping on the neck" of the latest NIE by TheCHeney. Or squelching this, squelching that. Silencing this warming report, silencing an old admin worker about to blow the whistle. Shredding documents about leaving the texas air national guard, hiding DUIs, sealing off records, classifying everything in sight.

Like to be a special practioner in DC specializing in dislocated shoulders.

theWalrus wrote on December 6, 2007 4:55 PM:

"It would be pretty surprising if Waxman backed off his path to pursuing a perjury investigation."

Boy, you surprise easily.

What happened to Laurita Doan?
What happened to the Schloz?
What happened to Ms. Taylor?
What happened to Gonzales?
What happened to ?

See, nothing happens. Why break a losing streak?

PJ wrote on December 6, 2007 5:28 PM:

We no longer have a government of the people. We now have a government for the people or GOP.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

tinfoil topper wrote on December 6, 2007 5:55 PM:

Man, you guys sound like conspiracy nuts. Next you'll be saying Buzzy was involved in insider trading before 9-11 or something.

tbhull wrote on December 6, 2007 6:54 PM:

Waxman is a little small cocked bucktoothed poor excuse of a man so why would we be surprised that that this little weasel, emblematic of the current gaggle of dem pussies whose bark far exceeds their bite, is backing down?

This and many other liked minded blogs post the videos of the strong words and posturing of the the dems, while waxing tough philosophic as if real and meaningful results will follow from the various committtee's headed by wordy whimp dems, but each time nothing. and you really act surprised? What a fucking joke. Why even waste server space posting this garbage? As David Byrne repeats "same as it ever was, same as it ever was".

cjop wrote on December 6, 2007 7:38 PM:

Thanks tbhull. Wanted to say the same thing. Have so on other occasions. Glad I scrolled down before commenting. Watch out though because there are trolls out there that still think the Democrats still have a spine and are just waiting for the right opportunity to bounce. I keep waiting to TPM to change their position to one of "Waxman barks again. More inaction promised." "Waxman, "We'll never get to the bottom of this if it takes me a lifetime." "Waxman Smells Something Fishy. Reaches for Tartar Sauce." The whole lot of them should be voted out.

Bob wrote on December 6, 2007 8:01 PM:

Waxman doesn't chair an Intelligence committee. That may be part of his problem.

tbhull wrote on December 6, 2007 8:06 PM:

cjop wrote on December 6, 2007 7:38 PM:

At this point in a line of continued failures, anyone praising and/or writing that Waxman will produce results is a member of BushCo trying to obfuscate and create a degree of hope when there is none.

RectalCranialLoopback wrote on December 6, 2007 9:44 PM:

The problem is you are mistaking the Democrats for a party that gives a shit. All bark, no bite, all the time.

Take Pelosi off the table in 2008.
Drown out support for Feinstein.

tbhull wrote on December 6, 2007 10:17 PM:

RectalCranialLoopback wrote on December 6, 2007 9:44 PM:

Nailed it!

Effective change necessarily means dem primaries or independent cadidates that resultin in:

Reid - gone whenever he is up for reelaection.
Schumer - gone
Pelosi - gone
Emanuael -gone
Feinstein - gone
Boxer - gone
Waxman - gone
Conyers - gone
All repubs - gone

JubleJohnson wrote on December 6, 2007 10:50 PM:

tbhull wrote on December 6, 2007 10:17 PM:
RectalCranialLoopback wrote on December 6, 2007 9:44 PM:

Nailed it!

Effective change necessarily means dem primaries or independent cadidates that resultin in:

Reid - gone whenever he is up for reelaection.
Schumer - gone
Pelosi - gone
Emanuael -gone
Feinstein - gone
Boxer - gone
Waxman - gone
Conyers - gone
All repubs - gone

*******Good list to see gone but I can tolerate Boxer & Waxman until the next election cycle.But Pelosi & Reid must be gotten rid of.It seems like they(Dem laedership)think they are in the 90's remember how they demorlized the base of the party with the Triangulating crap.We truly need change if this country is going to belong to us,the people.

cal1942 wrote on December 7, 2007 12:46 AM:

"Leslie wrote

I'm glad that this is not going forward.
I am a strong supporter of family values and I'd rather not cause tension in this family for political points."

I'm sure we all support 'family values' (depending on how you want to define those 'values') but this is a matter of serious public concern and bypassing this is a diservice to the nation.

If Krongard A violated his obligation to the nation because of the involvement of Krongard B the nation has been ill served and deserves to know about it and act on it accordingly.

Doctor Jay wrote on December 7, 2007 8:26 AM:

The primary power of Congressional oversight lies in political embarrassment. Congress is not a law enforcement agency. Usually, when they uncover lawbreaking, they turn it over to the Justice Department, which at the moment is completely compromised.

As long as the votes to convict the President and the Vice President both are not there in the Senate, impeachment proceedings would probably make things worse, not better.

Don't blame Henry Waxman, keep your hostility on the actual wrongdoers.

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infoguy wrote on December 7, 2007 2:05 PM:

Krongard resigns effective 1/15/08

v. popvli wrote on December 7, 2007 5:41 PM:

hey TPM,

please delete the phishy comment from Prince Sekou. somehow i doubt that the real son of mobutu sese sekou wants us to have 12% of his fortune, or that he cares about the State department's soon-to-be former IG

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