Visiting Hours, Shhhh!

Visiting Hours


It seems there are more multiple versions of the serial visiting to former AG John Ashcroft's hospital room when he was still disabled due to gallstone pancreatitis.

Take your pick of whether you believe current AG Gonzales (when this occurred, AG/AG was the president's counsel) who went with POTUS chief of staff Andrew Card in tow at the time. To my knowledge,Card hasn't been heard from under oath.

But yesterday the head of the FBI Robert Mueller was testifying under oath and it seems he was cued to show up by acting AG Comey but was late for Act One featuring all the other players, Gonzo, Comey and Card.

However, Mr. Mueller had a heart to heart talk apparently, with Mr. Ashcroft directly after the main cast had taken their curtain call. And he says his recall does not match how Alberto is painting the scene. And further Mueller has notes he made to document what happened between he and Ashcroft.( Applause appropriate! )


Perhaps Ashcroft needed an increased dose of painkiller meds after this ordeal. The whole intrigue smells of another attempt at power grabbing by the Bushies. Seems to me they would be notified if Ashcroft had become competent enough to resume his duties.

This episode should be the highlight of a special prosecutor investigation, here is a link to an article detailing much of the hospital visitation events.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/washington/15cnd-attorneys.html?ex=1185681600&en=c446b837c0bf42d3&ei=5070

Summer television reruns are being upstaged by the catch-up oversight hearings the Democrat plurality Congress is holding. Better drama inside the beltway.


graysmoke