WH: "We Are Not Negotiating"

[kpete]

White House Backs AG As Support Wanes
55 mins ago White House Backs AG As Support Wanes


Three key Republican senators sharply questioned his truthfulness over the firings last fall of eight federal prosecutors. Two more Democrats on Sunday joined the list of lawmakers calling for Gonzales' ouster.

Several Republicans also urged President Bush to allow sworn testimony from his top aides about their role in dismissing the U.S. attorneys - a standoff threatening to result in Capitol Hill subpoenas of White House officials.

"We are not negotiating," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "We are where we are, which is where we were last week. ... I can understand why people would think we have not made the right decision, but we think we have.'"

http://www.examiner.com/a-639347~White_House_Backs_AG_As_Support_Wanes.html?cid=rss-Politics

[rodeodance]

1. guess they are not listening to Specter, nor Cornyn who have publicly

said they have talked with Felding.

[blogslut]

3. I know!

Cornyn of all people. That's a sign to me.

[blogslut]

2. "We are where we are,

...which is where we were last week."

Which is where were the week before and the month before and the year before...

[bdamomma]

4. again they are giving all of us the middle finger salute.

they are so ignorant and arrogant I hate it.

can they be held for contempt of congress???? there is such a thing.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_Congress

[cali]

11. Yeah, but it's great!

They're playing right into Senator Leahy's and Representative Conyers' hands. As I understand it, this refusal to negotiate strengthens the subpoenas.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

5. is she having a press conference today?

[melody]

6. What do we expect from the overaged frat boy administration? n/t

[Botany]

7. Stick w/ that plan guys ..... it worked out well for Wiley E Coyote

[TahitiNut]

12. According to many receipts found on file at the Acme Dynamite Company,

... his legal name is "Wile E. Coyote."

http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/stars_of_the_show/wile_roadrunner/wile_story.html

(The Acme Dynamite Company, aka Acme TNT, is now a subsidary of Halliburton Co.)

[tridim]

13. Wile E Coyote is a perfect metaphor for BushCo!

Rove.. Suuuuper gen-ius!

I hope it all ends like a Road Runner cartoon.. With BushCo going over the cliff hitting the ground with a distant THUD. That's all Folks!

[RufusTFirefly]

8. The next step for the White House...

Although sources close to the President say he is secretly lobbying the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against a defiant Congress, the President has publicly stated that he has "no war plans on my desk."

[malaise]

9. I dare the WH to place bets on this

Gonzo is a goner. They can stall all they like.

[alfredo]

10. Let's see what kind of bargaining he will do when he is

up for war crime charges.

[lpbk2713]

14. Of course they're not negotiating. They're like rats back up in a corner.

They know they have too much to lose. They are at the point of desperation.