Alberto Speaks
By John Amato Sunday Aug 26, 2007 12:45pm
Talk about making a fast getaway:
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Gonzo: I've made a point as AG to personally meet as many of them as possible.
But can he remember....Oh, never mind...And Cornyn is a major league hack..On CNN he was crying for Gonzo. Poor Alberto, he was never proved to have been a bad little Bushie. He just didn't have enough experience to get through a hearing...or something to that effect.
And the unchallenged notion that hacks like Cornyn are putting forward — that it was never “proven” that Gonzales did anything wrong — just defy credulity. Gonzales lied outright before Congress, and his story was contradicted by Pelosi, Daschle, Harman and Rockefeller. The revisionist history involved here is pretty gobsmacking.
UPDATE: Here's Cornyn via CNN. No video neccessary:
SEN. JOHN CORNYN, (R) TEXAS: Well, I think it's a sad day and it's a commentary -- a sad commentary on the hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, D.C. where a good man and somebody who's the highest level Hispanic who's ever served in government resigned for basically unproven charges of politicization of the Justice Department. There's absolutely no evidence after all of the hearings that we've had that any U.S. attorney was terminated in an effort to interfere with a prosecution or an investigation. (full transcript below the fold)
And I think ultimately it was the drip, drip, drip that caused him to -- finally wore him down. And I think this is perhaps a day when Senator Schumer, head of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, is exulting. But I think it's a sad day for the country.
KEILAR: Now you said about a week ago in the "Austin American Statesman" that you thought that when -- if the correct conclusion was reached that Al were to leave, there would be even more chaos when a new successor attorney general would be nominated. And that nominee would be a political football during the confirmation process and in the end the clock would probably run out for Bush's term. Now that this hypothetical has become a reality, what do you think about -- is that exactly what you're predicting?
CORNYN: That's exactly what I'm predicting. This Congress has sunk to one of the lowest approval ratings in recent American history. And I think the reason is because people feel like it's not working. It's become too partisan. Too much focus on the next election and not enough focus on getting the job done for the American people. And I think this hounding of Al Gonzales from office is symptomatic of that underlying, chronic problem. And so I do think this is not going to bring peace. This will bring more chaos.
KEILAR: SO let's talk about that because some people have predicted that if the number one name that's being floated for his replacement, Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, that while he's been in the trenches, he also is a very controversial figure. How do you think that would go from your viewpoint there in Congress?
CORNYN: I like Michael Chertoff and I think he's done a good job at the positions he has served in, in the past. Frankly, I don't know why he would want it. Sixteen months of being used -- we've used the analogy of a political football. You can think of the tumultuous confirmation process, how the new majority, the Democratic majority, Senator Schumer and others, will use this as a way to continue to try to bash the Bush administration. And I think it's not going to lead to the kind of peace that some have predicted. It's going to lead to more controversy, more partisan posturing, and I think that's a bad thing.
KEILAR: So you've talked about the political nature, pointing a finger at the Democrats, and then some critics have also said -- but some critics have said that Alberto Gonzales never really was the people's lawyer. That really he was President Bush's lawyer. Do those people have an accurate point?
CORNYN: Well, I've known Al Gonzales for a long time and he's a good man. I think he was thrust into a very difficult job in a time in our history when politics seemed to reign supreme and not enough people are thinking about what's in the long-term best interests of our country. That's just my opinion.
And I think he found it to be a very difficult environment in which to get his sea legs. I think if he had had a chance to stay on perhaps in a environment that was less partisan, less political, that he would have been able to adjust to the job better. But clearly trying to deal with this environment -- the political nature of the hearings, the accusations without foundation with regard to the reasons for terminating U.S. attorneys, all of that I think was a little bit disorienting for him, as it probably would be for most people. And that's why I think this is not a high water mark for the Congress or for Washington, D.C.
KEILAR: All right, Senator Cornyn, thanks so much for making time to speak with us. We appreciate it.
CORNYN: Thank you very much.
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No Fristing!
Good bye and good riddance to this vile, hypocritical scum. Your legacy will be to be remembered as the worst AG ever. Nice job, Speedy.
If someone robs a bank, and is never apprehended, then they did nothing wrong, right?
I am very sorry that Alberto Gonzales is from Texas.
Gee, and Bush is expected to recess appoint Chertoff. Didn't Bush strike a deal with Congress for NO recess appointments this month?? Hmmmm, me thinks the timing of this "sudden and shocking resignation" stinks of suspicion!
"Why are you leaving?...................."
"I dunno"
He's leaving before the Dems grow a set of balls and actually do something.
I think he mis-spoke. He must have meant pubic (not public) service.
Don't let the door hit ya!
d @ 6:
I don't recall.
So another crook gets away without so much as a slap on the wrist. Yipee!
When does he get his Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Did he forget his speech?
It's abscess appointment time!
not sure... but why does this news seem so anti-climatic?
anyone?
Weaseldog @ 4:
I'm not. It's quite fitting.
"it was an honor for the opportunity to lead the DoJ"..........
His 'honor' turned into a dishonor to the country. There no leadership involved. He merely occupied the position and twisted the rule of law for his bosses Cheney and Bush. So can his ass still be nailed to the nearest wall?
If all these crooks get blanket pardons by the head crook (Bush0 I hope the next democratic President sends the lot of them to the Hague.
david @ 15:
Are you suggesting we light up now?
Even the FBI director Mueller definently contradicted him...and his "memory"....unfair treatment???
In the 1980s an EPA administrator Rita Lavalley LIED TO CONGRESS and she went to Prison, for Lying to Congress....
Republicans and the "Red Ruby Slippers" defense.
If they close their eyes, click their heels three times and say "There's no crime that took place, there's no crime that took place" then it was all just a bad dream.
Dr. Matt @ 16:
I'm not.
I'll be very sorry if he returns.
wow..even his hairline leans to the right.
Somebody should put a tube of Preparation H on Cornyn's head a see what happens ..
ChicagoJoe @ 5:
Abu is staying on until 10/17. Can GW make a recess appointment in advance of his departure?
ysbaddaden @ 14:
ys, no recess appointment. gonzo's departure date is September 17. Congress will be back in session by then. That is why dumya appointed Paul Clement to serve as interim AG. But you can bet your boots, there is some conniving going on behind the scenes. We shall be seeing another shyster so-called lawyer, when the time comes. That's the only kind these people know.
these guys are running scared...they won't even stick around to answer a few questions...the big one is almost here
Everything is suspicious about this administration.
You can believe his resignation is about something else other
than what the people have been demanding.
No trust here for the prick and his boss...
It's not me, the congress was really mean and they made me cry, they hurt my feelings.
Sorry, make that 9/17 instead of 10/17.
does resigning mean you don't face charges? seems all these eople who fae criminal charges just resign and story closed.
"Did nothing wrong?" Sorry, but with the Administration as a whole 'accidentally' losing key e-mails; and the clown car act as to who, exactly, made the decision to fire the attorneys, I'm having trouble seeing Alberto as the One Innocent Man Amongst Thieves. But I think that's going to be the GOP line, just like 'the SEC says there was no case' became Bush's mantra during the 2000 Election.
He's such a cut-and-runner(tm).
david @ 15:
Because, again, the Dems have not balls/guts. Just like with Rove: we wanted to see Al marched away in chains. All we got is him and the president giving that nice speech about how he served his country, blah blah.
We wanted blood and all we got pat on the back.
"regrets, I've had a few, . . . . "
Bush's ability to promote minorities to positions of authority only to have them discarded as damaged goods with reputations in tatters is uncanny. Collin Powell went into office as a potential Presidential candidate, someday, to a disgraced man who went against his own rule about wars without an exit policy and did a dog and pony show for the world to make a false case for war.
While Berto didn't have the chops Collin, did his exit is even more disgraceful.
Diogenes @ 26:
Geez you can't make a gross joke now and then on this site.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,G...
"Public service is honorable." True, but too bad you never did us a public service. Until today. Thank you for that.
When does he get his Presidential Medal of Freedom?
:) :) :)
"One of the best attorneys in the country". - GWB 8/27/07
Does it really take that long to transfer all of his Haliburton money to Swiss bank accounts and to get the visa to a country without an extradition treaty?
Alberto Flop Sweat Gonzales is going to spend more time with the Manson Family.
-GSD
The problem with many first's is that they don't distinguish themselves and they didn't get to be the "First" based on merit. It would have been nice if the first "Latino Attorney General" wasn't incompetent, dishonest and was actually qualified for the job. Gonzo didn't accomplish anything on his own. He was appointed to every single significant job on his resume by George W. Bush. I can't see the Latino community pointing to Alberto Gonzales with any pride at all.
I suppose now the taxpayers must pay gonzo a pension for his months of hard lying.
ysbaddaden @ 37:
Gonzo was definitely one of the good 'ol boils.
ysbaddaden @ 37:
'UPDATE: Here’s Cornyn via CNN. No video neccessary: "
I want to see video
The Neo-Cons will not be able to recall this day nor Al Gonzo name in a couple of weeks. The only thing they remember vividly is President Bill Clintons 8 years in office.
"Who's Next" meet the new AG same as the old AG. JCB
Ding dong the wicked witch is dead! But I regret he never got impeached. And I am sorry Gonzo and Cornyn are from Texas.
Krab...krab (drool).
Oh, a young neophyte thrust into a nasty political environment! That's a laugh. Gonzo has been covering up for Bushie since Texas days, getting him off jury duty so Bushie wouldn't have to admit to a DUI citation. Then he covered Bushie's ass as White House counsel, vis a vis illegal spying, extraordinary rendition, etc. The poor little Hispanic who never got a chance to do his thing because of all those mean Democrats out there! What palpable bullshit that is.
Of course, if Cornyn's characterization were accurate, then Bush is guilty of appointing someone Attorney General who wasn't capable to begin with. Nobody's fooled, Cornyn.
"I want to thank them for their service to
the GOPour nation."The same thing about the wrongdoing not being "proven" was on NPR this morning. The host guy made this up and Jeffrey Rosen affirmed it. I am not sure what "proven" means anymore. I suppose the testimony from AG's that were ostensibly fired for performance reasons but really had great performance records is not proof. I hate republicans.
"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale."
-- Alberto Gonzales
Give him a good kick in the ass on the way out
and let him hang from the gallows back in Texas!
Congress still can and still will charge him with perjury, right?
"And I think ultimately it was the drip, drip, drip that caused him to — finally wore him down."
Finally, an example where torture works!
ysbaddaden @ 14:
Do you mean abscess anointment time?
EVERYTHING Clinton did was WRONG.
EVERYTHING Bushco does is RIGHT.
Got that everyone???!!!!
hadenuf @ 59:
Abscess OINTMENT?
Dr. Matt @ 16:
Because Bush is a Yankee?
Fredo will now head for Dubai to work for the Carlyle Group as a reward for his loyalty to the Bush Family.
Dr. Acula @ 61:
I'm a positivist and say YESMENT.
How many gonz inthe last month? How many cut and runners from this administration in the last year? They are adding up.
Gen.Dailey to U.S. Embassies around the world,Chertoff to the Justice Dpt. and U.S. Soldiers and Taxpayers to Iran
in my humble opinion and pardon my grammar ,lets put the next A.G. in perspective:
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Cornyn is a putz. There's plenty of evidence, the only issue is whether there's enough evidence.
Considering that the
Roach MotelWhite House and the not-dear not-yet-departed Gonzales have been stonewalling like the Mason's Union, the evidence we have so far is really compelling.I wouldn't mind working for this Carlisle group.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://imagecache2.allposters.com...
Maybe, like Snow & Rove, he's quitting to spend more time with his money.
And who created that hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, D.C.? Yep, you guessed it... the neocon bu$shites who control the White House, that's who. Cornyn... it's assholes like you who took the partisan road and keep it up. Now STFU!
Weaseldog @ 62:
Chimpy was born in Texass. Hiz daddy wuz a carpetbagger from one of the yankee states.
Cornyn is just upset because now that Abu G is gone, he is again the stupidest person in DC. Dont worry John, Inhofe is still around and gunning for your title.
myiq2xu @ 71:
He was born in New Haven, Conneticut.
Perhaps the only way to shut them up is to impeach him based on the evidence showing what a lying sack of shit he is. To let him just resign and continue without having to be held accountable is not enough. He will always say, as will those criminals who support him, that he didn't do anything wrong. Show him we all know he is a criminal, he lied to congress, he should spend time in prison.
myiq2xu @ 71:
myiq2xu @ 71:
Doesn't that make him an anchor baby?
Weaseldog @ 62:
Not a single person on this planet seriously considers herr dubyah a "Yankee".
Dr. Matt @ 16:
I kind of agree, being a Dem in this goddam Redass State...and of course the first
prick to come to Gonzo's defense is another dumbass Texa..Repig Sen. John Cornhole.
Oh to have Ann Richards back. But, those like me continue to fight the good fight,
tho unfortunately substantially outnumbered by those conservative, right wing, religious
idiots in Dallas/Houston and West Texas.
What IS it with Texas and useless lying sacks of shit anyway???
Here's the definition of "not proven," in a Gonzales context.
"Wherever questions are asked by members of Congress, the honest answers to which could shed light on possible illegal conduct, and the person questioned 'can't recall' the circumstances being asked about, and wherever an administration functionary refuses to appear before a committee whose mandate is to obtain answers to these questions, that constitutes an 'unproven' allegation."
In other words, when someone won't answer questions for whatever reason, or fails to remember past events that put him in a negative light, he is presumed innocent because nothing has been proven because of his non-cooperation. On that basis, nobody would ever be convicted of anything in a court of law.
Chimpy was born in Connecticut, just like Joseph Liebermann, Benedict Arnold, and PT Barnum. I'm not sure how old he was when he moved to Texas, I want to say 14. Then he went to Yale, on his daddy's coat tail which is a Yankee school.
Clinton got to Yale and Oxford on his own gumption, where he then chased tail.
JohnnyChimpo @ 50:
DITTO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doggiebobo @ 77:
You're preaching to the choir. But, it's amusing to hear these texass reich-wingers on a near daily basis state, "I'm a republican, but I can't stand boosh either".
gonzo came in as a piece of shit and left as a pile of stinking shit.
it's about time and now to remove the two biggest piles of shit left
bush and cheney.
Outside of us DFH's here in Left Blogistan, who has "accused" Fredo Gonzales of anything?
He has been questioned about a number of things, and his answers (well, non-answers mostly) have provoked a strong reaction, but the Democrats and the media have been pretty timid about stating the obvious: Gonzales is a liar and has tried to corrupt the DOJ.
The problem with "spin" is that after a while it makes people puke.
I remember years ago listening to the National Lampoon's Missing White House Tapes. It was a comedy extravaganza on the Watergate saga. At the end of impeachment process (or in Nixon's case, resignation) there was a 'swearing out ceremony' which was really funny.
A big official voice calls out, "Richard Nixon, you son of a bitch!"
Whenever one of Bush's evil clown posse goes down, I always think of the 'swearing out ceremony'. This might not be enough though, I think that we need a national exorcism to rid us of the evil these guys have given us.
Alberto Gonzales you son of a bitch! F**k Off!
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Dr. Matt @ 76:
He's a "tugjob"
Terrible @ 78:
Forgive us our recent transgressions.....once upon a time we DID send people proudly representative of TX to DC: Rep. Martin Frost, Speaker Jim Wright, LBJ (who knew when to leave when Vietnam got the best of him), and 2 of our finest (God rest their souls), Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Rep. Barbara Jordan. Note I didn't mention Reagan soulmate Phil Gramm.
Could he have left that press conference any faster? He almost left a Gonzo-shaped hole in the wall.
However little good it does, I'm glad he's gone. Good riddance.
I thought his resignation speech would have been a lot shorter...like "I do not recall" or "I do not recollect my resigning" or "I can't discuss my possible resignation because of an ongoing investigation." I'm really surprised is all...
My real question is, why September 17th? Anything going to happen just before then, Al?
Memo to Gone-zo and Cornholio:
[cough! blough mee!!! cough! cough! blough mee!!! cough!]
(repeats as long as they speak)
End-of-line
anyone else smelling a recess appointment?
yes!
asked and answered.
omg....they are playing the race card regarding gonzo???
the guy is a fucking lackey, who got to where he did because he helped the chimp cover up his dwi conviction
he met with everyone in justice....yet doesnt recall any of those that were fired, or why they were fired
white, black, hispanic, asian....a crook, is a crook, is a crook
and all the while, gonzo will be crying right into his nice high 7 figure corporate job payoff
thepoetryman @ 92:
Mexican Independence Day is September 16th?
thepoetryman @ 92:
I think I heard that Gonzo had something like 123 days of accumulated vacation and
sick leave, so that would keep him on the taxpayers payroll thru 12/31/07, even tho
no longer AG, and would allow he and his family to be covered by the Gov. health
insurance program thru year end....then it's off to Dubia to become lead counsel for
Halliburton...
hey alberto, what is it, "need to spend more time with my family."
at one point he made an impassioned statement as to whatever he did he only wanted to make his mother and "his people" proud. well, how really proud is his mother today, knowing as she must that this son of hers subjugated himself to the bush altar of worship. as far as making his people proud, "he did as much harm to the image of the Mexican people as the bulllshit immigration issues and blame and penny ante solutions that conservative america has come up with. good job, brownie, Gonzo. hellofa effort.
Please post the links to video of senator Cornyn lamenting the hyper-political, personally destructive atmosphere that lead to the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
if you are ever charged with a crime, just stone wall the hell out of the investigation and then use the bush co defence.."There’s absolutely no evidence "
seriously, i dont recommend you try this because the rest of america is not above the law like the administration thinks/appears to be.
i yell evrytime i hear a repube use this as a way to say nothing is wrong... allow all the evidence to be seen and then say that.
i think gonzo should be disbared for impersonating an attorny after his inability to get out of the way of the simplist questions asked by the senate and congress. no wonder the boy king loves him so much, gonzo make bush look smart.
no longer a proud american @ 98:
Gonzo's a Republican, he meant, "...more time to feel up my family."
Ha, y'all hear that guy who asked "Why are you leaving?" You're right, he made a helluva fast getaway. Oh well, better late than never, I guess.
Goodbye, Gonzo! Ain't gonna miss ya one...fuckin'...bit!!!
The Champ is out.
thepoetryman @ 92:
Hey, did some further checking and find that the annual Austin City Limits Musical
Festival is being held here on September 14th thru September 16th, and rumor has
it that Gonzo is going to attend and try out for one of 5 bands looking for a high-pitched
vocal singer; the bands being: "The Killers", "The Little One", "Zap Mama", "The New
World Invaders" and " The Heartless Bastards"...so since those bands are scheduled
for Sept. 16th, he cannot return to D.C. until next day to turn in his official resignation.
I honestly don't understand how if a person is a minority, a person of color, or a homosexual and that person affiliates himself with the republican party, how can any trust be placed in that person's good judgment since that party is antithetical to the plight and travails of that person's being? i guess there are factors in play: gain at any cost, forsake principles for position, wealth, power. someone needs to ask gonzo or for that matter, condoleeza or colin what was their drive to join this party that is so devoid of ethics and morals. why???
Gonzales Resigns to Spend More Time Not Recalling his Family.
http://themproject.blogspot.com/
Gonzales = Mega Hack
Theres a kind of smug detachment here that I find quite grating.This display reminds me of Delay's mug shot where he's grinning confidently into the camera as if to say "fuck you-you've got NOTHING ON ME".I sincerely hope the Dems continue to go after this sub normal ego monster and all the rest of the brown shirt mutants in the Bush regime.
Weaseldog @ 62:
That is correct. The "ranch" is a prop. The cattle is rented. All a fantasy.
The King of Dragging People's Names through the mud (Kerry, Richards, McCain, Wilson, and on, and on, and, on...) talks about how sad this type of activity is?!
Is that the height of hypocrisy?
Bush is the supreme a-hole.
I agree with many of the above characterizations of the soon to be departed AG. Just one other thing: this guy was wholly and completely incompetent. He was incapable of cogent thought, by his own admission a managerial nightmare, and without spine.
He couldn't keep his lies straight nor could he tell the truth without sounding like he was lying. These friends of Bush couldn't run a donut shop at a police convention.
Good riddance.
He did it for the children.
"my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father’s best days.”
Gonzo's dad must be one serious fuck up.
I Am A Banana @ 7:
It would be nice if that could possibly be the reason, but we all know better.
Harley @ 108:
Cattle whores?
thepoetryman @ 92:
He's auditioning to be a Dixie Chick.
Methinks he wouldn't make a good Dixie Cup.
Too many leaks.
PurplePatriot @ 99:
cornholio is NOT worth the listening time. the transcript says it all. next stop: a crying bo(eh)ner!
he has to resign early enough to get that pardon, I surmise. That will go along with the 'recess appointment' of some shill.
eric @ 18:
It´s tiresome to read this over and over and over again here in the comment section.
There is no way to bring Gonzales to Den Haag.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
However, a number of states, including China, India and the United States, are critical of the Court and have not joined.
The Court can generally exercise jurisdiction only in cases where the accused is a national of a state party, the alleged crime took place on the territory of a state party, or a situation is referred to the Court by the United Nations Security Council.The Court is designed to complement existing national judicial systems: it can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute such crimes. Primary responsibility to punish crimes is therefore left to individual states.
Again: The Court is intended as a court of last resort, investigating and prosecuting only where national courts have failed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court
Get it? It´s your (the USAmericans´) job to hold your criminal administration accountable!
ysbaddaden @ 114:
There are no cattle on the Crawford Ranch, which clearly makes G-Dub fit the Texas expression:
"All hat, no cattle."
BTW - 20 demerits for anyone who asks "What about Jenna?"
waterboarding for jesus @ 85:
I remember National Lampoon writing an article in their magazine after Nixon resigned with the title "They fired the shit heard round the world---Nixon resigns."
Just substitute Gonzo for Nixon and you have the fact of the matter. So long, Gonzo, you were about as popular as a turd in a punchbowl.
Alberto Speaks
Wark wark, boof boof.
The ship is going down, down, down... Cheney will be next and then the chimp will dictate alone.
for an interesting take on what latinos are saying about this ignoble end to one of their own -- a perspective absent even in non-MSM outlets -- check this out...
http://brownstate.typepad.com/ken_burns_hates_mexicans/2007/04/you_can_c...
As for Cornyn's nonsense there's plenty of evidence that he obstructed an investigation merely by refusing to turn over the relevant documents.
Odds are he would've been damaged but keep his job.
And as for Gonzo's ethnicity
Being brown gets you killed in Iraq
Courtesy of boosh.
Worst.. Lawyer.. Ever!
There was nothing "homourable or noble" about his service. Securer of civil rights????? Huh!! Yeah, right. The worst Attorney General ever, and a sycophant to Bush/Cheney, and part of the axis-of-evil. Good riddance torture boy. You sure aren't going to "heaven".
Yep...Just as long as they have the people fooled and thinking about something else.
We'd much rather go after and get the 15 year old pot smokers out of the community rather than the rapists and murderers.
gempei @ 90:
Yeah, I noticed that. He barely got "good morning" out of his mouth, and it was over. Maybe he felt humiliated. Poor poor little baby. Humiliation is nothing to the torture you've made legal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what I'll remember about him: the day he made torture legal and "acceptable" in the once great USA (now a banana republic), but I doubt he "recalls" that.
It's really beyond disheartening to hear ridiculous crap like this. It sickens the soul.
I find it very odd that they keep pointing out that he's hispanic.
first of all, he's resigning because his criminal acts are catching up with him, that's nothing to be proud of so why bring the whole race down with him?
second, they never mentioned race when rove, rumsfeld, wolfowitz or anyone else resigned, i don't remember any "he's a credit to the white race" kind of statements.
Ahh, yes, Senator Cornyn, start pointin' the finger at the Senate Dems now.
" And I think the reason is because people feel like it’s not working. It’s become too partisan."
Yeah. That wouldn't have anything to do with the Republicans in the White House or Senate though, would it? Because AGAG & Harriet Meiers were just the most qualified candidates fer the job, as Chertoff will be. Spotless records, all,nothin' disagreeable on their resumes?
Okay, Senator, ya don't want any ugly fights over Stupor Mundi's nominees? Here's what ya don't do: Don't throw down the gauntlet, don't challenge the majority so brazenly. Because ya wanna avoid conflict, right? Right?
Didn't think so.
I think that these guys(rove, gonzales) leaving now is very suspicious.. does anyone besides me wonder what, exactly, these criminals are up to now?
I'll bet his father's worst days were more honestly and nobly spent than all of Gonzo's days. Gonzo said that he lived the American dream i.e. the American dream of thugs and gangsters. Push people around, intimidate, lie, torture, and serve your master well. This is not the same American dream that I remember. I think that attempted murder of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights is a crime too severe to allow the perpetrator just to walk. What about the detainess in Gitmo? The innocent ones there never be let go. Does Gonzo get some kind of pension paid for by us for his service? We don't want revenge, we want justice like anybody eles would get.
In a party full of scumbags, Cornyn is one of the worst, willing to lie blatantly over anything.
As for Gonzales, he showed he's a true conservative with the line about his worst day being better than the best day of his father - he's talking about privilege, not honor or character.
We knew he was a disaster going in.
What a piece of sh*t. Major damage to our justice system.
...
I say we waterboard the SOB until he tells us the truth. It is not like it is torture or anything and the treasonous prick deserves it.
The constitution allows the President of the United States to choose his cabinet members for the duration of his presidency for the reason, the buck stops at the white house doors, under their leadership and it would not be right to hold our president accountable and not allow him or her to choose the very best people they can find to assist him or her in their efforts.
Now if we are going to continue allowing the President to choose his cabinet members to run this country, it is going to be necessary for Congress to demand accountability from the President, for his choice of leadership.
We cannot continue to allow any President, not just Bush to humiliate the American people in the eye's of the entire world with the kind of incompetent, corrupt and dishonest people he has installed into the highest federal positions of authority in our government, for his own political reasons and then embarrass the people of this country by making statements like he did today.
People all of the world are watching the actions of what was once known as the greatest country in the world, with clear horror and disdain, as we have allowed Bush and this merry gang of criminals to completely take over this country and run it into the ground.
And worse yet this evil, stupid bastard is still getting up each morning, getting dressed in his thousand dollar suits and presenting himself as President of the United States of America.
How sad.
Right, Shared!
"And worse yet this evil, stupid bastard is still getting up each morning, getting dressed in his thousand dollar suits and presenting himself as President of the United States of America.
How sad."
Two down, two to go.
Gonzales LOST his integrity, credibility and respect from the people when HE made it a point to display his loyalty first to the Lawless President over the People of United States. He affirmed this by his actions and inactions and by his public testimonies.
Many AMERICAN who had the opportunity to see the lies in action through the 21st century technology of TIVO and Home video recorder and through You Tube. It is undisputable. If only they (Politicians) would recognize it, they would be deterred to lie in public....for it will come to haunt them and catch up to them sooner or later.
Cheney is NEXT............He may have had the opportunity to destroy evidences and paper trail before the law catches up to him, BUT again......TIVO, Under-cover agents and past Recorded televison films and interviews and whistleblowers will soon develop.
FOLLOW THE MONEY......Follow the associates.......Keep the Magnifying glass over him and a thousand watts lightbulb over him.......
These people are sooooo out to lunch! I can't believe there are still people who defend this whole failed administration! Are they really that dumb or do they believe that the people are really that dumb?
Cornyn lies almost as easily as Gonzales does.
Maybe it's genetic? A neo-con Republican thing? An ethical deficiency, as well as a vitamin deficiency that somehow adversely affected their moral fiber? Something in their childhood that caused all of them to choose partisan hackery over our nation's democracy? Who knows?
Oracle,
I most definately agree with you on Cornyn. For him to play the race card as well was a Rev Haggard 3 days siminar rehab from gay to straight moment.
But, Gonzo saying "he has the upmost respect for those who work in the Justice Dept is inane. Is that what he thought of all the Atty's he was allowing to be fired by Rove to ensure political power enhancement of the Republican Party?
It would be interesting to hear from Caorl Lamm or Englasias.
WTF!!! He remembered his wife's and kid's names just fucking amazing for mr. I don't recall !!!!!!
Shared Humanity @ 137:
Amen brother!
I didn't think I had it in me to be suprised anymore but I have to admit, I was pretty stunned when I read comments on a few sites that Dems were targeting Alberto because he's Hispanic.
That really stoppled me in my tracks. I had no reply.
How the hell does THAT work?
Wow.
Really.
So glad he's leaving...good riddance!
baby jesus, baby jesus, baby jesus
Chaos? This den of thieves not only deserves to have 'chaos' thrown into it, it is only the natural end of lies and deceit. They have striven to sow discord and strife in America just to rape and plunder their most vulnerable people. When a man like Cornyn takes up for a crook, it is absolute proof to me that he is ALSO a crook, and deserves an investigation himself. Hmmm....wonder what we can dig up on him?
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