Cue the dramatic organ music!
From the Barre Montpelier Times Argus:
The eavesdropping program was scheduled to expire on March 11, 2004, unless Ashcroft agreed to its extension. But at that time the attorney general was seriously ill with pancreatitis, so Comey was serving as acting attorney general. Believing the program to be illegal, Comey advised the White House he would refuse to sign off on it, and so Card and Gonzales were dispatched (it’s not clear who sent them, but highly unlikely they acted on their own) to Ashcroft’s bedside.
Wowza! This is gonna be a fun episode!!!
Original movie poster.
6 Comments
May 21, 2007 at 4:58 am
Hi Nonnie!!
, only Nonnie would see the potential of converting “Raising Helen” (widescreen) into “Rousing Ashcroft” (widescreen) 
This one is a real chuckle
Is it me, or is Gonzo getting younger and younger??
May 21, 2007 at 6:42 am
don’t even ask me how i got to ‘raising helen’ for this one. i googled something or other, ‘raising helen’ came up, and i thought it had possibilities. as for gonzo looking younger, i think it’s love that is taking the years off. his crush, chimpy, standing up for him makes him glow!
May 21, 2007 at 8:25 pm
The Chronicles of Electrode Al have been one entertainment-filled episode after another.
I can hardly wait for the Epilogue-”Electrode Al in ‘I Set It Up-But I Never Thought I’d Get Sentenced to Live Here!’ “
May 21, 2007 at 8:52 pm
is it wrong to be grateful to gonzo? even if it is just for the entertainment value? “gonzo in gitmo”–can you think of a better sitcom title?
May 28, 2007 at 12:21 am
[...] Degree of Indignation Jump to Comments Andrew Card, having no gravely ill Attorney General in Intensive Care to intrude on, went to UMass Amherst on Friday to pick up an honorary degree. Not so fast, Andy! [...]
July 25, 2007 at 9:33 am
[...] mostly obfuscated and tried to dodge the questions. One area that the senators delved into was the Gonzales/Andrew Card visit to former Attorney General John “Make-the-Eagle-Sore” Ashcroft when he was [...]