THE PRESIDENT'S MEN IN DIRE STRAITS (AFP)

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23/04/07 04h09 GMT+1
by Laurent Lozano

The president's men have fallen on hard times.

With US President George W. Bush already facing a tough second term with a dismal approval rating hovering around 30 percent, his inner circle has been hit hard by scandals and a chorus of calls for resignations.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has faced a barrage of criticism and calls for him to step down over his handling of the firing of top prosecutors.

Bush's political guru Karl Rove, a White House aide once dubbed "Bush's Brain," has consistently been the target of animosity from the administration's harshest critics who see his hand in many scandals.

Even leaving the administration doesn't leave one safe. World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, the former Pentagon deputy chief, is hanging on to his job by a thread amid a favoritism scandal over a hefty pay raise to his girlfriend, a bank employee.

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070422230605.7hl33gx7&cat=null

[WillyT]

1. Link Please...

:shrug:

[cliss]

2. This is how they're going to do it.

I just figured it out, after the weekend's grilling of Mr. Charming Abu Gonzales.
They must have decided that they will eliminate them, one by one, until they have weakened the presidency beyond repair.

Check Mate, George.

[Hekate]

3. One step at a time. Just hope they can get Karl Rove soon. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I think you are right

[Faux pas]

5. I doubt that boosh cares about his 'approval rating'. His master

plan still goes on.

[Swamp Rat]

6. I believe they no longer have a master plan...

Now THAT'S scary! :hide:

[Faux pas]

7. OMG you're probably be right! Now I'll never get to sleep tonight....

just kidding, I don't sleep anyway. Can we do a class action suit against bush, et al, for stress?

[Swamp Rat]

8. He owes the Earth at least a few trillion in damages.

I want him out from under my cyberbed too! It's hard to sleep with Big Brother always spying!

[Faux pas]

10. Yes, at LEAST a few trillion. After he pays restitution to Iraq and

all of our military who he's used as fodder, I'd be happy to see him do the rest of his life in solitary, writing condolence letters to all the families he's destroyed....Then maybe I can catch up on my sleep.

I l-o-v-e your artwork btw, seen it a lot around here.

[Swamp Rat]

13. He definately owes us in New Orleans

Thanks :hi:

[Faux pas]

14. He owes you guys plenty. I haven't forgotten NO, I can't believe

how the people there got screwed twice, once by mother nature and then again by the government who's supposed to be looking out for you. Hope you and your's didn't fare too badly there. HECKOFAJOBBUSHIE.

You're welcome, for sure. :hi: back attcha.

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9. Intentional Infliction of emotional distress?

He's done some outrageously stress-provoking things; maybe our DU lawyers might wish to comment?

[Faux pas]

12. That's the ticket. I bet even the die hard pubs would join in on that

suit. Not b/c they've done any suffering, just to cash in, in that little mercenary way that they have. Think the ACLU might be interested? Our civil liberties have truly been tampered with.

[Skidmore]

11. Ooooh, Swampy. That picture is a truly dark one.

Well done. It's downright creepy.

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