Always On: Independent Republicans, Schills, and Lapdogs

Posted by Liberadio(!) on March 15, 2007 under Uncategorized |

The Always On series illustrates what we’d be talking about if we were on the air 5 days a week.

All the Senate who are independent, throw your hands up at me!
Tennessee state Sen. Mike Williams dropped his Republican Party allegiance Wednesday, choosing to become an independent. 16-16-1.

All the Sununus making statements, throw your hands up at me!
Republican Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire said in an interview yesterday, “I think the attorney general should be fired.”

All the media who compare Clinton, throw your hands up at me!
The media, and by media we mean Steve Gill, repeated the claim that President Bill Clinton’s dismissal of George H.W. Bush U.S. attorneys was no different than what Bush, Rove, and Gonzales did. Oh, but it is. According to Stuart M. Gerson, assistant attorney general in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, “It is customary for a President to replace U.S. attorneys at the beginning of a term.” Reagan did it, Clinton did it, Bush did it. What they didn’t do though is plot to fire some in the middle of their second term because the attorney’s didn’t exhibit enough loyalty to the monarch, er, president.

All the Fireman not for Giuliani, throw your hands up at me!
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani was glaringly absent from a meeting of all the candidates and the International Association of Firefighters union yesterday. Harold Schaitberger, the union’s president, said at a press conference: “I find it incredible that the foundation of his campaign for the presidency is built on the back of September 11.” Apparently the ex-Mayor of New York didn’t endear himself to firefighters when he decided to drastically scale down the search for human remains at the site of the World Trade Center in November 2001.

PoliticalCritic said,

Hopefully Sununu will not be the only Republican to stand up and call for Torture Boy’s head on a platter. Other GOP’ers have to do the same to get rid of this thug.