Did Andy Card resign in the middle of the night?

[CatWoman]

I heard about the resignation on this morning's Washington Journal, and the timing seemed so odd to me.

[babylonsister]

1. Per Snotty Scotty, he talked w/the blivet about it this weekend. nt

[mattclearing]

Didn't Bush say something last week about "I don't want to say anything

yet" when asked about staff changes?

[NYCGirl]

2. Supposedly he turned in the written resignation a couple of days ago. NT

[JackBeck]

3. From what i've gathered he handed in his resignation over the weekend

and President took a few days to think about whether or not he would accept it.

[spinbaby]

4. Three weeks ago

That's what they say.

[hang a left]

5. The story is that

he requested to resign 3 weeks ago. Over the weekend Card was with ** at Camp David and it was finalized.

[rpgamerd00d]

6. Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche, a resignation in the night

Yeah, I know the real lyrics, but this was funny.

:D

[unblock]

7. blinded by the right, wrecked up by a bush, a resignation in the night.

just in case you wanted the REAL lyrics ;)

[CatWoman]

8. maybe he was tired of getting cheeseburgers for Bush

From "Ron Suskind's as-told-to account of former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's stormy tenure, The Price of Loyalty, reports Billmon:

"Go get me Andy Card," Bush said to one of the Secret Service agents. Card, the designee as chief of staff, entered from an adjoining room . . . Bush looked impatiently at Card, hard-eyed. "You're the chief of staff. You think you're up to getting us some cheeseburgers?"

Card nodded. No one laughed. He all but raced out of the room.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/12/203922/44

[Booster]

9. Then he'll be kept on with an enormous salary just to fetch

hamburgers - nobody seems to go off the payroll when they leave this adminstration.

[malaise]

10. Just heard on MSNBC that

Witchbush i.e. Dumbya's mother is blaming Card and Rove for the declining polls :rofl: :rofl:

[radfringe]

11. about the timing

but first -- did he jump or was he pushed? "rumors" and blather have been circulating on the talkinghead shows about bush* needing to throw out card....

ok - the timing:

yeah, seems strange - this sort of thing is usually reserved for a friday night dump, as in "Card expected to resign" followed by talkinghead blather on the weekend and a formal announcement on a Monday

but look at what's going on and where attention needs to be diverted

-- It's-a-done-deal-attack-Iraq memos
-- Iraq has pretty much told us to get out today
-- immigration/guest worker program protests
-- two weeks of bush giving the same speech over and over again hasn't done anything substantial for his numbers
-- republicans are running for the hills to avoid photos with bush* at fund raisers

so what's ahead? talkinghead blather about whether or not Card's departure will help bush*, followed by weekend talkinghead blather about the same.... mental masturbation

meanwhile all the other stories fade into the woodwork

my opinion: so bush* dumps one croney for another. this is no shake-up, he's just reshuffling the deck. don't expect anything but "biddness" as usual

[CatWoman]

12. I never did buy into that "shake up" crap

as everyone he picks to administration positions are ALL THE SAME.

:hi: Rad.

how's Pookah? :D

[radfringe]

13. critters are all doing fine

poohkah is on a diet -- she's developed a buddha belly