What finally drove “cookie” Krongard to quit? Under normal circumstances being credibly accused of actively covering up departmental abuses that range from ordinary contracting fraud to slavery would do it. If that didn’t work his, how should we say, innovative personnel policies would finish the job.
Bot no, that didn’t do it. Even being caught lying to Congress didn’t have the impact that it usually would, although the certainty that his own brother planned to sell Cookie down the river no doubt made a dignified exit look more appealing.
Anyhow, almost every time a DC figure resigns in disgrace some spokesman insists that he/she plans to spend more time with the family. In Cookie’s case that seems unlikely.
Notorious P.A.T.
Medal of Freedom or World Bank appointment?
jake
Tim, Tim, Tim. I’m shocked. I’m saddened. The title of this blog should be “Say Goodbye Cookie,” and filed under Another Friday Night Flight.
Sheesh.
I’m glad his ass is out but it pisses me off that these clowns are allowed to resign.
Yes, it wasn’t the fact that you’re a lying fuck, its the fact that people asked you questions, you lied like a dog and then those oafs who dared to ask you questions got a bit annoyed when they caught you in your fib. And that dreadful media dared to noise the story about! O, where is that fainting couch?
Dickhead.
But I’m sure Cookie will be a good little Republican and refuse his government funded pension and benefits. Now if you’ll excuse me, the cows have come home, the moon is blue and there are pigs flying out of my ass.
Haltelcere
What, did he think he was building a bridge?
Cindrella Ferret
Indeed. Another Republican Bridge to Nowhere.
The Democrats should waterboard this pig fucker and get to the bottom of this steaming pile of shit festering in the State Department. Whoa! That language is a little strong. But we are talking about Bush Administratin officials so its not like they don’t deserve it.
What? Its only legal when Republicans do it? Damn! Why do they get to have all the fun? I recommend the Democrats claim the bastinado and use it on Cookie as a way to send a message to the other War Criminals. Seems fair to me. Besides, it doesn’t waste as much water. Wouldn’t you hate to be called a hypocrite for wasting precious water resources when we’re always bitching about the environment?
Sound environmental policy AND we get the answers necessary to put all these criminals in Leavenworth. Can you feel the love?
myiq2xu
I say we have him waterboarded with the Abner Louima Not-so-Happy ending.
I don’t mean as a way to get information, I mean just for fun. It should be the standard severance package for kool-aid drinking zombies.
myiq2xu
Wow! I bet that stings a little bit. Is there a link to YouTube? I wanna watch.
Robert Johnston
Or? You really think Bush feels he has to choose?
Medal of Freedom, World Bank appointment, a lifetime supply of Turtle Wax, and a pony!
canuckistani
Great Inspector General or Greatest Inspector General?
TenguPhule
At this point, I would approve CIA sanctions of practically the entire Republican Party.
If they’re not skullfucking baby kittens for Jeus, they’re playing Lord of the Tapdance with Illegal Gay War Profiteers with a side order of Batshit Insane Malkin Burgers.
The gameplan seems to be, if every fucking Republican does something wrong, none of them will get into real trouble because they overload the court system which will just give up in digust.
Anne Laurie
As a progressive, I believe that violence is never the answer. However, the Repubs have made it explicit that “If the President does it, that is not a crime”, so I’m looking forward to watching President H. Clinton/Dodd/Edwards/Obama implement your thoughtful and sensitive fact-finding policy!
skip
A sinecure with CACI. All the same people. Same money, plus the same agenda. Same foreign ties. Minor shift to neoliberalism may be in his mid-term interest.
grumpy realist
Considering the comments above, it’s no surprise that Joe Kline and all the other dead-tree “reporters” and “pundits” get in a twist over the blogosphere. Snarky, disrepectful, witty, and hilarious–that’s us. Sure, there’s a lot of crap in accordance with Sturgeon’s Law (“90% of anything is crap”), but I’ve seen analyses of issues posted on the Net which are far more in-depth, intelligent, *sourced*, and nuanced than any of the standard bird-liner produced by our regular “expert pundits.” No wonder they’re panicking. We simply write *better than they do* and we’re eating their lunch.
Johnny Pez
I’d feel a lot better about this if I thought his replacement would be any better.
Redhand
Still, there is a certain kabuki-like charm to these formulaic exiting words. It’s reassuring to know that nothing will disturb the sense of blamelessness and self-pity that every disgraced member of this Administration shows when exiting. My expectations would have been dashed if Cookie, or Gonzo, or Rummy, or any of them had displayed the slightest acceptance of real responsibility for their words or actions. But then, when has any senior official in this Administration ever done so?
vera fembotti
Trust me, I’ve been there and this kind of lack of bi-partisan, politically driven independence is rampant among the political appointees. Just go to whitehouse.gov and see how many groupees get appointed. The State Dept. is only the tip of the iceberg–it is the “spoils of war”, political appointee system that has failed–and especially true at the crucial agencies like State.This particular agency has especially been corrupted, and you should have seen the guy they had before Krongard! The Senate couldn’t confirm him, even after the administration tried to move him to another agency where he continued to screw up–so he today is trying to make a buck “consulting.” If the taxpayers only knew how they corrupted and disrupted government, and how we pay for the raping! As the Volpe Commission pointed out, they come for 2-3 years of experience and find out where to park their cars and the right places to have lunch. And that is just about all they do but to make the professionals’ lives miserable. And to tell you the truth, the Bsuh II regime has sent us the worse possible! Let’s try to correct the system that allows it, rather than concentrate on just one more hack who will come and go routinely. Political appointees in the cabinet, certainly, but do we really want every little guy from Texas whose mae a political contribution or owned a few shares of the ranger put in a position where he actually might have to show us some talent.
Bob In Pacifica
Thankfully, the federal courts are taking care of real problems in America, like black athletes. Thirty years for Barry Bonds fibbing about steroids? By the way, has anyone found out what federal penitentiary they’re hiding Don Seigelman in?
Johnny Pez
I guess that’s the way the Cookie crumbles.
(I can’t believe nobody else has said that yet.)