Gotta like Steve clemons' take on Card's resigning

Mom Bush is SPRING CLEANING

[..]Card, of course, was the staff member to first inform President Bush of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York while the President was reading, or pretending to read (since the book was upside down), to an elementary school class in Florida.

Now, what about Rumsfeld? what about Rove? what about Addington? and what about neutralizing or retiring Cheney?[..]

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

I don't know, of course, but it seems to me that perhaps the emails that Rove gave to Fitzgerald might have led higher than Cheney's office, indicating that Bush or his "people" were in the loop.  If such were the case, it would seem that Bush would be reasonably expected to know what was happening --  unless, as with Reagan on some issues, his staffers decided he didn't need to..  

Logically, then, Fitzgerald would start looking higher, possibly after making some sort of deal with Rove (or not, except I can't see Rove turning otherwise) and blood pressures would go up in the Oval Office back rooms and possibly the office itself.

In response, Card might resign, to take the heat off Bush himself (and I saw somewhere that he's actually been longer in the CoS position than most, so he may well be very tired of dealing with it) and, if he's indicted, stall the issue until after the mid-Terms and then fall on his sword - possibly right next to Scooter Libby who would be playing the same role in the lower office.

The criminal acts are white-collar issues which do not involve pharmaceuticals or Democrats having sex, so Card and Libby will do at most a few weeks or months at Club Fed somewhere with their financial needs doubtless taken care of by Bushco loyalists or prospective/future employers.

Sometime in 07, maybe early 08, they could both be declared "rehabilitated" and eased back into  nice comfy slots in the K Street Revolving Door.

Okay, they'd be  convicted felons, but so what?  They're bureaucrats, not elected officials -- nobody'll notice. In recent GOP administrations, that's kind of a union card for front-line staffers.  It'd also be possible that Bush would pardon them at some time... and in the meantime, Bush/Rove and Cheney got off the hook, Card and Libby are much more employable since it's proven they'll take one for the team, and everyone goes home happy and healthy and well-paid.

Until Abu Gonzales invokes one of the secret laws to indict Fitzgerald.  (Note to DHS/NSA:  I don't have any idea whether there IS anything in the secret laws which would permit this and as I have no actual ties to the case, I have no way of determining whether there IS such a law... but it'd make sense, no?  "Make an example of him" historically has been one of the US Government's favorite tactics when dealing with rebels, dissidents, opposition of any sort, and Bushco has raised it to an art form.)

Every third American devotes himself to improving and uplifting his fellow citizen, usually by force. -- H.L. Mencken

I don't think Josh Bolton is the seasoned "senior adviser" the old-line conservatives were hoping for. Bush has promoted another crony from within, another ego-stroker to stand between him and reality.

At least this is tangible evidence of Bush's uncertainty.  Nobody really resigns, their previously signed resignations are simply pulled from the file drawer.  

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

I just wrote a diary about this. Maybe you should delete mine, seeing you have front paged this.

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.

Though it may be wishful thinking, maybe the press finally covering implicating memos is a sign of a change of season in the media.