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BREAKING: Deputy Attorney General McNulty to resign

thinkprogress.org — Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said Monday he will resign, the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of U.S. attorneys

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guardianx, on 10/11/2007, -28/+1cool
- z00k, on 10/11/2007, -3/+25*Insert complaints about using Breaking in titles*
  *Insert Rebuttals about using breaking in titles*
  *Insert getting absolutely no where... Again.*
- jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2*Insert comment in the wrong place* FTW!!!
- thewaz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14Bush and Gonzales should be the ones to go! they probably bribed this guy with a nice severance package to take the blame hoping it will stop at him. don't let it stop..
- krebcycle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3He's not resigning and taking the blame. He's resigning to distance himself from it. He said a while back he would resign, but remain in position until they could find a replacement.
- HyperJack, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3This isn't breaking. Just count the number of people who give a ***** what is going on with the "bush administration".
  Nearly everyone on here hates the "bush administration", even the Americans among us.
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3"He's not resigning and taking the blame."
  
  True. But Gonzales is giving it to him anyway:
  
  http://www.digg.com/politics/Gonzales_Throws_McNulty_Under_The_Bus_Video
  http://www.digg.com/politics/NOT_BREAKING_or_bending_Gonzales_Blames_Firings_on_Departing_McNulty
- Alphabet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Ugh, resigning won't do a thing. He'll probably just be given another cushy job elsewhere. I want his ass to go to jail as well as all the other criminals.
- tekz0r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@HyperJack
  
  Especially the Americans among us, and with good reason, might I add. And this ploy is another to tack up on the wall of shame.
thenativeraver, on 10/11/2007, -17/+11Stop using BREAKING: in your headlines.
- jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -16/+4@thenativeraver,
  
  Stop telling people what to do. This isn't thenativeraver.com, it's digg.com. If you don't like it then buy a domain from namecheap, (thenativeraver.com is a good one), upload and install pligg, submit your story (w/out breaking in the title) and enjoy how fast the page loads because you're the only visitor.
  
  There, problem solved.
- dshPls, on 10/11/2007, -13/+3AMAZING: Jsearch is an idiot.
- jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3@dshpls,
  
  I totally disagree.
- TheKMan, on 10/11/2007, -6/+10The thing that bugs me when people use "Breaking" in the title is that by the time people start noticing, the article is already 20 hours old and far from being breaking news.
- GTPilot, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2wrong reply oops.
- dattaway, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1And in this case, "breaking" means its fixed. Breaking is broken in this case.
scurrilous1, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17Is he going to be spending more time with his family?
- scurrilous1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15McNulty: I did it for my kids.
  
  http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/14/mcnulty-i-did-it-for-my-kids
  
  "NBC News chief Justice correspondent Pete Williams reported that McNulty wrote a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in which he explains, “I intend to step down sometime this summer. The financial realities of college-aged children and two decades of public service lead me to a long-overdue transition in my career.”
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -6/+14"McNulty: I did it for my kids."
  (aka The "Domestic Rehab" Exit)
  
  Translation: I didn't want my kids growing up thinking I was a crook, like my bosses.
  
  However, I don't know if this will save him that much in legal expenses.
- polymath22, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3it was either going to be the kids,
  or to pursue opportunities in the private sector
- kushed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"I need to spent more time with my family" = Please don't sent me to jail, think of my children.
shawnfassett, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9Does Gonzo have some family that he could spend extra time with???
CaptainNoPants, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Not really breaking at this point, is it?
- jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -11/+4It was "breaking" when it was submitted. The submitter doesn't know when YOU are going to read it, nor do they know when it's going to make the front page. Use your head.
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3In fact, it's been sitting near or at the top of the upcoming queue for a very long time. Only six hours to go before it dies on the vine and the fools who bury any URL with the word 'progress' in it get their way.
  
  Digg really needs to fix this limbo land. Stories reach the top of the queue, sit there for half a day, and then disappear. At least put them on a "didn't make the front page" page for posterity sake. Currently, the only way to find interesting stories that got buried by 'the brigade' is see what friends have clicked on. Kind of hit and miss.
- Jaymoon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1@EntropyMan
  
  If you want to see the SPAM that got buried...
  
  Digg has put it all on one convenient page: http://digg.com/users/pitviper/news/submitted
- meltingrobot, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1@jsearch
  Well then, with that knowledge, the submitter should stop putting "Breaking" in the title if he/she knows it is going to no longer be just released news when it hits the front page.
- jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0@meltingrobot,
  
  Every story at some point is "breaking" and every story at some point becomes old news. When the story was submitted it was breaking news. Not everyone waits to read stories that only make the front page. If you are, you're sometimes a day or two behind. So don't be so surprised when you see breaking and sometimes it happened a little while ago.
tsoldrin, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1The criminal house of cards is falling apart. Every neocon is scurrying away like rats from a sinking ship.
- thewaz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"paul mcnulty" leaving is hardly a sign of them crumbling.. rove is cracking though, and hopefully if the dems step it up a notch the house of cards will fall
jsearch, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1My favorite color is grey, so really, you're just doing me a favor.
Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2McNulty's good police! Just reinstate the warrant for the wire, and he'll bring down Marlo!
- thewaz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2he wanted to spend more time with beady.
PirateChaOS, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3If only he would take his boss and the other cronies with him...
ronito, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Headline should read: BREAKING: Bush Administration finds Fall Guy for Attorney Gate.
- krebcycle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2He's not the fall guy, he's resigning to distance himself from the scandal. He wants nothing to do with it.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3There's no reason why you both can't be right.
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1You *are* both right. See my links above for the video and another article on what Gonzales is now saying...
  
  We shall see, krebcycle, if McNulty takes the scapegoating quietly, or defends himself.
- krebcycle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Thanks entropyman, I hadn't seen that stuff. I saw that he was resigning last night, and nobody had blamed him yet. I can't believe I wasn't cynical enough to believe that yet.
- edrift101, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3It would be interesting if McNulty came forward to clear his name.
  
  Hey McNulty, if you're reading Digg - do it for the American people! We want these bastards to be held accountable for their illegal actions.
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@kreb, it's better not to be too cynical. Blind cynicism is just as dangerous as blind faith.
- krebcycle, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm just surprised to find I'm not as cynical as I thought I was.
jimmy72, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's a lot like a pack of roaches right as the kitchen light comes on. Has someone coined the term, "cut and run conservatives?"
postophaguser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Those who say everything is going fine and dandy in the Bush administration don't know *****.
runbmd, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1BREAKING: Man lands on the Moon!
Chetan7, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Hopefully Bush is next...
postophaguser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Those who say everything is fine and dandy in the Bush administration don't know *****.
lukehh, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1no, we want Gonzales!
Dustin00, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2This is a distraction and not news (thus not being announced on Friday) -- no digg. Apparently Rove gave Gonzo the nod to try throwing an underling under the bus.

FIRE GONZO NOW!
mlock2k, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1This was yesterday.

Buried as not relivant anyomore
- EntropyMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Gonzo is still in office. So how is it not relevant?
- polyGone, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2He means buried as 'bad publicity for the party I hold so dear'.
Wartz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1am I just a sicko or did anyone else read "General McNudity" in the title?
mlvassallo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I wish his name was "McNutley".

One typo away from Comedy Gold.
edrift101, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Just was listening to Gonzales while he shuffled all the blame over to this guy. I hope he got paid well to take the fall for the criminals in charge.
Orderplex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0...who?
wheresjim, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2And this is why you don't put "Breaking" in your title, it took 21 hours for this to reach the front page, and the story is pretty well broke. You are not Matt Drudge!
ichbinladen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1BREAKING: Farts stink.
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