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Richard P. wrote on March 13, 2007 12:24 PM:

...to announce a breakthrough in the Niger uranium forgeries....?

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 12:27 PM:

Maybe they've caught Osama?

Allsburg wrote on March 13, 2007 12:27 PM:

Maybe he will announce menu changes at the DOJ cafeteria...

urkel wrote on March 13, 2007 12:29 PM:

He will discuss 70's hairstyles.

1970cs wrote on March 13, 2007 12:31 PM:

To recieve his Medal of Freedom(corruption)

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 12:31 PM:

I really do not think he's getting out of this one. He hasn't had long enough to come up with a resignation speech, so this should be good. Who's got the presser?

johnny a. wrote on March 13, 2007 12:31 PM:

They're putting the drapes back over the breasts of the statues at the Great Hall of the Department of Justice.

thomas c wrote on March 13, 2007 12:31 PM:

We haven't had a good terra alert in a while. Maybe they've interdicted another big terra plot!

nonplussed wrote on March 13, 2007 12:32 PM:

Something about how Josh Marshall would not have broken this story were in not for his wife... who works for the CIA.

oppositionradio wrote on March 13, 2007 12:33 PM:

He caught the anthrax culprit? how about the fact we almost ended up with the reptilian Miers on the supreme court?

Old Larry wrote on March 13, 2007 12:33 PM:

We can only hope the AJ announces his immediate resignation at the scheluled press conference. Then Bush sends a lap dog replacement to the Senate for confirmation. The Senate delays the confirmation seemingly forever. NO AJ IS BETTER THAN ANY BUSH APPOINTEE.

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 12:34 PM:

Spector becomes the next AG?

Englischlehrer wrote on March 13, 2007 12:35 PM:

My interest in politics has increased so much in the past 6 months that I know that the Attorney General is going to give a press conference in 2.5 hours and I have an idea or rather ideas of what he might say.

Would he still be eligible for arrest and indictment if he quits today?

Ignignokt wrote on March 13, 2007 12:35 PM:

He's discovered a connection between the recent Boston terrorist bomb incident and the 80's Korean-based cult of Sun Myung Moon

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on March 13, 2007 12:35 PM:

Curt Weldon and Conrad Burns indicted for laundering money through Belarus?

Punchy wrote on March 13, 2007 12:38 PM:

No way he lays down. This will be typical smug, arrogant, and pompous AG defending his role, or even more ludicrously, "pledging to get all the answers"...

No chance this is a resignation speech. Nada.

Dem-agog wrote on March 13, 2007 12:38 PM:

There can be only two reasons for the press conference:

1] To Resign.
2] To Lie.

My money's on #2.

1970cs wrote on March 13, 2007 12:39 PM:

That the Federal Election Commission has discovered what Lieberman did with $387,000 in petty cash from his campaign and the Justice Department will now indict?

Garry wrote on March 13, 2007 12:39 PM:

He's going to announce that Leahy is an enemy combatant and has been taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

Ottoe wrote on March 13, 2007 12:44 PM:

Announcing that he will reveal all in a special exclusive one-on-one interview with Jay Carney to air on ABC January 21st 2009

az5762 wrote on March 13, 2007 12:44 PM:

None of the above. He's entering the Republican race for President . . .

SJH wrote on March 13, 2007 12:45 PM:

Insiders tell me he´s going to announce that he has once again modified the Constitution to make lying to Congress and politically motivated firings of USAs legal for the Attorney General.

Joe Buck wrote on March 13, 2007 12:45 PM:

I hope someone brings up the Saturday Night Massacre of 1973. Yes, Richard Nixon had the legal authority to fire Archibald Cox, just as Gonzales will claim the legal authority to fire US attorneys. But this act was the beginning of the end for Nixon.

Gonzales is the main man whispering in Bush's ear that he is a king, that he can do anything. If he won't resign, then Congress needs to remove him, by impeachment if necessary.

Dreggas wrote on March 13, 2007 12:46 PM:

He will declare our outrage as "quiant" with regard to Attorneygate...

Mad Dog Rackham wrote on March 13, 2007 12:47 PM:

He's going to announce a "thorough investigation" into how Bill Clinton caused all this to happen.

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 12:47 PM:

David Addington will soon have his Gonzales moment as well.

All of the respective houses of cards built on shaky legal foundations are beginning to quake.

melior wrote on March 13, 2007 12:50 PM:

He's going to announce Libby's pardon, along with pre-emptive pardons of Rove, Cheney, Armitage, and Meiers.

Mooninite79 wrote on March 13, 2007 12:50 PM:

That is also not a hair question.

DoubleD wrote on March 13, 2007 12:51 PM:

"Mr. Attorney General, stand up!"
"I AM standing up."

World's shortest AG announces his retirement...

Carl Nyberg wrote on March 13, 2007 12:54 PM:

Abu Gonzales will announce that Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is considering a run for POTUS.

porgy tirebiter wrote on March 13, 2007 12:55 PM:

Terror alert!

Anne wrote on March 13, 2007 12:56 PM:

Well, he's either going to announce the break-up of a big child-porn ring to take our attention off this mess, or he's going to continue to muddy the water, deny WH involvement, etc.

The lies are accumulating, the liars are falling all over themselves, Leahy's sharpening his knives, and looking for blood. I want a front-row seat for that show - it's long overdue.

Total Disarray wrote on March 13, 2007 12:57 PM:

To remind everyone that requiring the Attorney General to testify truthfully under oath to Congress demoralizes our troops and plays into the hands of the al Qaeda types.

crow wrote on March 13, 2007 12:57 PM:

He will announce that Michael Moore is fat.

Earl wrote on March 13, 2007 12:59 PM:

He is going to announce that henceforth he wishes to be known as "Speedy".

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 1:00 PM:

I have a feeling we are about to learn what this administration considers to be sacrifice. I doubt he's going to resign, unless there would be a legal benefit to doing so, and I imagine Bush would be headed back from wherever he's escaped to if it were so.

If he's not resigning, he's got to mention Sampson somehow though, doesn't he? I wonder how he'll spin it.

jawbone wrote on March 13, 2007 1:01 PM:

he will say that he cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.

Even it is of himself.

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 1:02 PM:

Furthermore, if there is no huge announcement of catching Osama or whatever, that something like that will never happen as a distraction. They would have dropped that news by now if they had it waiting in the wings.

Lindsey wrote on March 13, 2007 1:05 PM:

I'm with Punchy and dem-a-gog.

And I love that my security code word for this is collar.

Vin wrote on March 13, 2007 1:07 PM:

He's gonna announce that he just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to GEICO.

calling all toasters wrote on March 13, 2007 1:07 PM:

He'll announce that he's taking full responsibility for the scandal. Press coverage should therefore end.

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 1:14 PM:

To think Ashcroft may have been better...

KeithOK wrote on March 13, 2007 1:16 PM:

He's going to announce that, at this time, Chuck Hagel is not running for President in 2008.

Gus wrote on March 13, 2007 1:18 PM:

He will announce a special prosecutor to look into the US Attorney's scandal. I give you special prosecutor John Yoo.

Marquee Mark wrote on March 13, 2007 1:18 PM:

He is announcing that he is relocating to Dubai....

fwiffo wrote on March 13, 2007 1:21 PM:

What's the over-under on this? I know I'm gonna be in the minority on this, but I'm going with resignation. This thing is like a Cat 4 over the gulf-loop current.

Tom wrote on March 13, 2007 1:24 PM:

Announcing that they're bringing back Ashcroft.

MB wrote on March 13, 2007 1:31 PM:

I'll take that bet, fwiffo. You can pay me tomorrow.

pecos wrote on March 13, 2007 1:33 PM:

He will announce that, as of this very moment, all 93 US Attorneys are fired and that, in the interests of efficiency and justice, all of their offices are being consolidated into a single office to be run by Harriet Miers.

TheraP wrote on March 13, 2007 1:33 PM:

What about Harriet Miers for special prosecutor?

egg-may wrote on March 13, 2007 1:35 PM:

He'll announce that he's going into rehab.

Anonymous wrote on March 13, 2007 1:36 PM:

hes starting a committee to look into whats wrong with his office...and then will proceed to ignore the findings, par usual.

jen wrote on March 13, 2007 1:37 PM:

he's found the missing 17 minutes of Nixon tape!
hallelujah!

melior wrote on March 13, 2007 1:38 PM:

Hey, it's working so well that they brought back the rest of the team.

Is John Mitchell still alive?

calling all toasters wrote on March 13, 2007 1:40 PM:

He's indicting Joe Wilson.

Ann in AZ wrote on March 13, 2007 1:42 PM:

He's announcing they're dropping the term "Freedom Fries" and we can all go back to calling them French Fries.

obsolete wrote on March 13, 2007 1:44 PM:

He's finally going to answer questions about all those photos of him getting out of cars without panties on.

Joel wrote on March 13, 2007 1:46 PM:

ummm...hes gonna announce his resident status?

Ayup wrote on March 13, 2007 1:47 PM:

"I am the father of Lyndie England's baby. And yes, I make it wear a hood."

Joel wrote on March 13, 2007 1:47 PM:

...FBI is to blame?

Ro wrote on March 13, 2007 1:49 PM:

None of the above. He's going to announce that he and Laura have a lovechild in Texas who is about to announce to the world who his parents are. Then he will announce that the younbg man already 30 years old will be coming to the DOJ to work for him as an Executive Assistant. You heard it here first.

Mr. Larry wrote on March 13, 2007 1:50 PM:

This gets better and better. (or worser and worswer) The DOJ/USAO has been sliding downhill for a long time. Meese's pieces wanted litmus tests for USA's, and AUSA's; GHW Bush replaced competence with political hacks; WJC fired all of the USA's save a four or five with powerful Senator friends and then signed on a bunch of amateurs; and now, this.

Tom Betz wrote on March 13, 2007 1:52 PM:

Ottoe: Jay Carney is publicly enjoying the taste of crow right now.

Gotta give him a little credit.

Let's hope he learned something from this experience.

Tom Betz wrote on March 13, 2007 1:53 PM:

Argh! The HTML was stripped outta my comment.

Click on my name for Jay Carney's Swampland posting giving credit where credit is due.

RandyH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:00 PM:

Maybe he'll announce charges of Teason against all the dastardly reporters including those at TPM Muckraker for exposing State Secrets about his activities. Or maybe he'll raise the terror alert level...

Shado wrote on March 13, 2007 2:07 PM:

He's going to announce a new provision to the Patriot Act, which will not requiring Congressional rubber-stamping and will be retro-active back to 1783. "No person named Bush shall ever be held civially or criminally liable for anything, in perpetuity. Oh, and by the way, Martial Law has been declared. And your fiat currency is now officially worthless. Thank you very much!"

Amerikagulag wrote on March 13, 2007 2:16 PM:

Maybe he'll annouince that because of the increasing 'nuculer' threat posed by Iran, the president has declared martial law and will invade that country immediately.

EH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:21 PM:

He's firewalling.

Geoff wrote on March 13, 2007 2:23 PM:

He looks like a scared little puppy. This press conference could not be going worse. "I don't know all the things that go on in this building" is the message.

Can we start calling him Attorney General Alberto "I know nothing! NOTHING!" Gonzalez?

FerretChick wrote on March 13, 2007 2:25 PM:

"I take full responsibility" so why is he still talking?

quinn wrote on March 13, 2007 2:29 PM:

great, "we have 110,000 employees....." we are talking about his own chief of staff, not someone far removed from him. What kind of moron is Gonzales to trot that line out there multiple times??!!

RandyH wrote on March 13, 2007 2:31 PM:

Abu "I take full responsibilty" Gonzales seems to be indicating that it must have been some "low-level bad apples." He'll be investigating it himself. Nothing to see here. Move along, people.

Dem-agog wrote on March 13, 2007 2:34 PM:

OK, pay up! :-)

What a display!!!

Please, dear god of all things small, don't let the Dems buy this horseshit! This could be the scandal that brings BushCo down. Stay on it, Josh! There's gold in them thar hills.....

Tortoise wrote on March 13, 2007 2:36 PM:

Hey, C.A. Toasters, nice call!

Geoff wrote on March 13, 2007 2:42 PM:

Between the Sergeants and Privates who bear full and sole responsibility for Abu Ghraib, and the degenerates previously staffing the USA offices, Albie Gonzalez sure seems to attract a lot of "low-level bad apples".

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