Poor David. Another casualty of the war on terror.

I would imagine most firms are reluctant to take on a new partner who can't work internationally because he might be arrested for war crimes if he leaves the country.

Maybe he should get with Fredo and form a new firm! Gonzalez, Addington and Yoo, your torture specialists!!

All together now: "Dwwwaaaaaawwwwwww!"

Oh look! It's the tiniest violin in the world, playing a sad song for David Addington.

I know, let's start a collection for him.

To buy him a one-way ticket to The Hague. First Class, if that's what it takes.

Perhaps he should buy a partnership - Then, the receptionist can answer "Crooks, Liars, Addington, and Warmongers".

Would he be classified as another of Bush/Cheney's "toxic assets"?

As suggested by others here, it's clear that his new "job" should be making license plates while wearing an orange jumpsuit. If not that then I'm sure we could find some other honest and productive work for him.

Out here in Oregon we have prisoners making very beautiful and sturdy furniture for the state government. Perhaps Addington would like to try his hand at woodworking? I'm sure he could at least operate a sander...

What were they thinking that they wouldn't remember their own American jurisprudence? And now, Addington and his fellow travellers find themselves up against their own American jurisprudence. Poor lowly ol'creature! How I have no sympathy for thee! -Kevo

So far as I am concerned, there is nothing "too bad" that can happen to this scummy piece of dog excrement.

Dying alone in excruciating pain in the cold and the dark of a socially-unacceptable disease would be an excellent end.

I suppose there's just not a big market these days for smart ass eggheads with a Masters in Pretzel Logic.

Give it time -- he will be an adjunct at the Hoover Institution, Cato, AEI, or someother winger think-tank once the dust settles. These guys look out for their own.

He can paint my house, but he needs to bring his own ladder.

Bush & Cheney used their control of government to enrich their families and friends. The overreaching opinions of their lawyer-goons were important elements in the plot. Did Addington, Yoo, Gonzales, Miers, and the rest of the Dark Side legal team really fail to take care of themselves while sucking our blood and picking our pockets?

What, no one wants to hire a condescending, unapologetic lawbreaker? This country really has gone to hell in a handbasket.

As he has dual Israeli & Amerikan citizenships, I suggest that he return to Israel.

He can write legal opinions for the IDF 'legalizing' their war crimes.

I would imagine most firms are reluctant to take on a new partner who can't work internationally because he might be arrested for war crimes if he leaves the country.

They're also reluctant to see their name in the the first line of the newspaper article when Addington goes down: "David Addington, formerly of the Bush White House and currently a partner at Dewey Cheatham & Howe, was indicted today on war crimes charges...." That's just not good publicity.

Still, I'm a little surprised he hasn't been picked up by one of the wingnut welfare outfits.

Give it time -- he will be an adjunct at the Hoover Institution, Cato, AEI, or someother winger think-tank once the dust settles. These guys look out for their own.

I wonder how the wingnut welfare is these days. A number of the crazy billionaires have taken quite a bath in the last six months or so. Heaven forfend that money might be a little tight and he might actually have to get a straight job.

Can't we get him a job as a candy-striper at Walter Reed?

Let him deal with the wounds of soldiers 40 hours a week, that sounds like a suitable job to me.

Everybody on unemployment says they're "actively looking for work."

and this has been another episode of "actions have consequences"..........

I am really surprised some scum bag law firm hasn't snatched him up. If you can argue (with a straight face) that the Vice President is actually in two branches of government, then you can argue anything.

I suspect no law firm wants to be associated with what is going to be the largest legal battle in US history.

I also suspect Addington thinks he is above most jobs and that he deserves partnership with a prestigious firm.

Waitaminute,

What about all those ultra-RW neocon/facist think tanks lining up to give David his due? I'm sure they're just loaded with cash.

Oh, yeah, right . . .

The wingnut welfare gravy train isn't what it used to be. While Addington, Gonzales and the other members of the Volksgericht, er, Office of Legal Counsel, might land the occasional speaking gig, I think their prospects for long term employment (at least the non-tenured ones, cf. Yoo) are not looking good. And it couldn't have happened to a better bunch of folks.

Lawyers are certified and regulated by their own guild, the American Bar Assoc. The American Bar Assoc. does a very poor job regulating is ranks, as the continued certification to practice law by the likes of Addington, Yoo and Gonzalez demonstrates. The regulation and certification of those practicing the law needs to be taken away from the trade group's guild and institutionally replaced with a governmental supervised board. This board should be composed of lawyers and nonlawyers, with the nonlawyers in the majority, to monitor the unethical conduct of lawyers with the authority to decertify.

I don't see this as a major problem. He just needs to remove the last 8 years from his resume. Hasn't Michael Steele recently declared that working for the government is NOT a job.

Of course he may need to be creative in explaining that large gap.

If McCain had won, Addington would have immediately secured a good private sector job. Crazy and illegal policy will not get you shunned -- losing an election will.

Perhaps there's an opening for punditry at Fox News.... but seriously, Addington is the worst of the worst. Not only are his legal opinions suspect, by all accounts his personality isn't all that endearing either.

Addington is from my hometown, where I currently live, Albuquerque. I'd be happy to give him a job cleaning my apartment twice a month.

I'm afraid I'd have to be present, however, Couldn't trust him in my apartment alone.

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Honestly? Why would anyone expect a strong market for an international trade lawyer with no credibility overseas? Plus, he's not really going to be able to trade on his connections in the government like before, I doubt anyone in the current administration would take his calls.

David Addington will go down in legal history as a co-conspirator in crimes against our Constitution, a thuggish attorney with no moral compass, employed by his two criminal co-conspirators much like a mob lawyer, to dream up legal theories to help them avoid liability for a multitude of heinous crimes. He should rot in hell.

Maybe he's turned down offers. Looking for something he can, you know, really feel good about. And I really can't imagine what that might be.

Happiness:

David Addington standing on sidewalk's edge in Dupont Circle, bearing a 2-day stubble and holding a large, poorly-lettered sign announcing, "Will rationalize crimes against humanity for food."