Conservative support for Gonzales ‘tepid.’
By on Mar 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Conservative support for Gonzales ‘tepid.’
“Even among some Senate Judiciary Republicans, backing for Gonzales was tepid,” CQ reports:
“Appearances are troubling. This has not been handled well,” said John Cornyn, R-Texas. “But in Texas we believe in having a fair trial and then the hanging.”
Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions said he has had “a great relationship with the attorney general. But he’ll have to answer for this just like he does on other matters before us.”
Even more cryptic was Tom Coburn, R-Okla., when asked if he supports the attorney general. “I think we’ve got to have one.” This one? he was asked. “I didn’t answer that.”
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WOW!! The Repugs are starting to eat their own! Must be some concern about the 08 elections looming, ya think?
March 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pmi just can't feature gonzales voluntarily resigning... as one of the charter members of bush's true inner circle, his departure would be way too close to home for bush's comfort... bush could pull it off with rummy... it was just after the election, and, well, a change needed to be made, dontcha know... but gonzo has been one of the solid bricks in the wall around george, karl, and dick... if he goes, their vulnerability increases dramatically... the blood in the water will attract the piranhas from all quarters, not that that would seriously distress me, i might add...
And, yes, I DO take it personally
March 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pm“But in Texas we believe in having a fair trial and then the hanging.â€
Sounds like a job for FAUX Noose.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:43 pmI think this administration's appointees have already had thier trial. When's the hanging, electrocution, death by lethal injection or whatever the sentence du jour is, these days? I'd love to attend. Consider this my RSVP.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:44 pmFRENZY-FEEDING TIME! I smell blood and taste urine in the drinking water. Gonzo gotta go! Gonzo gotta go!
March 13th, 2007 at 5:48 pmwhatever the sentence du jour is -R
Female bovine hormone scented underwear a corral and a randy steer.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:50 pmTexas? Alabama? Oklahoma?
March 13th, 2007 at 5:50 pmWhoa nelly, thats'a pretty close to home, wouldn'tcha' say Al-ber-to?
This is pretty interesting reading [from http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/13/153640/487 ]
...If it was just a runaway Kyle Sampson acting on his own, then the matter would have dropped. The "target list" of U.S. Attorneys wouldn't have been forced out. The Patriot Act provisions would not have been used. And yet, they were forced out, and yet, the Patriot Act was used. By Gonzales himself.
This is one of those things so basic, so absolutely incapable of being spun away that it boggles the mind to be required to explain it. The issue here is not that some guy named Kyle Sampson wrote a note about how to force out politically uncooperative U.S. Attorneys by using a tucked-away political provision of the godforsaken "Patriot Act", the single most unpatriotic piece of legislation passed in the last sixty years. The issue is that the White House and the Attorney General of the United States then did it. They, you know, "acted upon that plan in a coordinated fashion" is I guess what the hip kids today would be calling it. It's res ipsa loquitur on a planetary scale.
They came up with a plan. Then they executed the plan. Then they lied about the plan. Alberto Gonzales' Chief of Staff may have suggested it. But Gonzales and Miers and other elements of the White House political apparatus then did it.
Alberto Gonzales is attempting to spin this such that he didn't use the Patriot Act provisions he himself used to replace the Attorneys he himself replaced, or that he somehow didn't realize he was doing it. That's ridiculous. It's inane...
This is one part of why ReichWingNuts Cheerleaders are backing away from Gitmo Abu Gonzo. This is one part of why Harriet Meyers walked away from her single source of power, Emperor George Willy Bush the Dumber.
ITMFA!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 5:54 pmPI COT HORI,
A steer can't be randy, by definition, they have been cut.
But I like the way you are thinking. How about rolling the bastard in rotten salmon and introducing him to an Alaskan Brown awakened from hibernation?
March 13th, 2007 at 5:57 pmI say burry him face down in the dirt with only his ass sticking out, then use his crack for a bicycle stand.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:03 pmNew vodka ad for the Republic party:
Absolut Corruption
March 13th, 2007 at 6:04 pmFrom where I stand it seems that Texans have no ethics whatsoever. Just look around the Bush administration, there are crooks and liars everywhere.
I would support a bill that would make it impossible for Texans to ever again obtain national office. If fact, maybe we should give Texas back to Mexico.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:04 pmA steer can’t be randy, by definition, they have been cut.
Oh Ox Bullocks. Heh.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:05 pmHow about rolling the bastard in rotten salmon and introducing him to an Alaskan Brown awakened from hibernation?
Comment by nanlichi
lmao =o)
March 13th, 2007 at 6:07 pm#10 .
March 13th, 2007 at 6:13 pmROFLMAO!!!!
Faster just to throw him in the polar bear habitat at the zoo.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:15 pmAmusement for the bear and spectators.
How bout on a melting ice floe with a starving polar bear?
March 13th, 2007 at 6:17 pmFor more on the White House connection and all the latest news, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
March 13th, 2007 at 6:21 pm"The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents."
I think Gonzales should receive a fair trial and then be water boarded. Hee, hee.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:23 pmGee this morning the Bush suck-ups and Kool-Aid swillers were out in full force but all is quiet suddenly. I wish I could say they figured out they can't win but that would be too easy.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:25 pm“Appearances are troubling. This has not been handled well,†said John Cornyn, R-Texas. “But in Texas we believe in having a fair trial and then the hanging.â€
When a Repuke is calling for a necktie party for one of their own, you know it has gotten bad. hahahaha
March 13th, 2007 at 6:27 pmface down in the dirt with only his ass sticking out, then use his crack for a bicycle stand.
Comment by .
Hey I think I saw one of them in use, 'cept it was at a monster truck competition, and every tractor tire had a turn at the muddy rut.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:28 pmYes, Gonzales must go--Rove, too--but lets remember who they work for. Impeach Bush & Cheney.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:35 pmGoing out on a limb here, but all this talk about things ramming into Gonzo's butt crack....you think he wouldn't enjoy that?
Take a good look at that guy. He's probably maneuvering himself into a four year sentence as someone's bitch in the slammer.
"Please don't throw me in that briar patch! Those big guys will have their way with me!"
March 13th, 2007 at 6:35 pmThe Faux Nooz meme is officially "Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys when he came into office in 1993 and nobody cared about those political mass firings! HYPOCRITES!"
Of course, Clinton didn't do that in the middle of his term after having his party sneak a provision into the Patriot Act saying they could replace USAs without Senate approval, then had Janet Reno lie under oath about it, either.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:38 pm#
Faster just to throw him in the polar bear habitat at the zoo.
Amusement for the bear and spectators.
Comment by Shane
How bout on a melting ice floe with a starving polar bear?
Comment by RUCerious
You two obviously missed the memo. Do not mention the polar bears. Sheesh.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:41 pmYou two obviously missed the memo. Do not mention the polar bears. Sheesh.
Comment by gummitch
OK. That's really funny. Good one.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:47 pm:)
Bye Gonzales...
March 13th, 2007 at 6:49 pmHe should be given a lifetime appointment as a public defense attorney in East LA.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:49 pmYou know Gonzo should be worried about his survival when John Cornyn, who's essentially Bush's little wind-up toy in the Senate, is lukewarm at best about him. And Coburn sounded rather ominous there.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:52 pmWasn't Gonzales the person who thought torture could be legally justified? I think we should use him as a teaching dummy in a hands on course of "Torture 101, as approved by the White House".
Its lucky that bears have very strong digestive systems and are not at all picky about their food, or the previous ideas wouldn't work. The bears would go on strike for a more appetizing meal.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:55 pmAl Gonzales "Chupame hoto!!!"
March 13th, 2007 at 7:02 pm97% that polled through CNN they want gonzo to resign....Send him to Dubi along with bush and cheney, now.. Then order up US warrent's for prison if any of them return to the states, that would be a good quick fix......Blessings
March 13th, 2007 at 7:03 pmRats. Ship. >
March 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm.
Just got back in town. Anything going on today...?
Heh. :D
March 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pmnanlichi PENDEJO
March 13th, 2007 at 7:09 pmAcknowledging mistakes is nto enough. These guys hold positions too high to have so-called mistakes like this. These are deliberate acitons no matter what excuse he gives. And if he claims ignorance, he still doesn't belong in place.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:12 pmHe must go.
Sampson's resignation is insufficient - Gonzales works for us.
At the pleasure of the president is a meaningless phrase in this case because we'd like to fire the president too.
Fire the whole g.d. bunch of them.
As an American citizen and his employer - I demand he leave office.
Andrea Mitchell has announced new polling that indicates broad and strong public support for Alberto Gonzales:
From CNN.com:
Do you believe Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign?
Yes 97%
7517 votes
No 3%
271 votes
Total: 7788 votes
March 13th, 2007 at 7:15 pmAs an American citizen and his employer - I demand he leave office.
Comment by Marie
I join you in that demand, Marie.
As Attorney General, Abu Gonzales has only ever had one client -- George W. Bush. He has never represented the interests of any other American.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:19 pmMarie, #37, I'm with you 100%. None of Bush's hand-picked buddies would last more than a couple of weeks at a real job due to their lack of competence and integrity. I'm sick of paying their salaries. Hell, I'm sick of looking at them and hearing their voices--so condescending and full of themselves.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:24 pmThese losers are caught redhanded and they are forced to admit, I accept responsibility — that is not enough. They think that absolves them from repercussions for their acts. They are sadly mistaken.
This cabal of miscreants and thieves, criminals and liars have to go. They are a scourge on America.
They are a scourge on democracy.
They should be exiled.
Comment by Marie — March 13, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
Actually, they should be tried and confined at The Hague for all to come visit and throw sh!t at them and laugh our a$$es off at the little moron creatures, they actually are, behind bars!!!
March 13th, 2007 at 7:27 pmnanlichi PENDEJO
Comment by Flaco
Hey Whaco, what took you so long so start spoutin your nonsense in here?
March 13th, 2007 at 7:34 pmFlaco, my little maricón buddy. Do you even know what a pendejo is?
And if you answer dental floss for Alberto, go to the head of the class.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:36 pmnanlichi,
You trying to steal away my troll?
Ok, fine. :P
March 13th, 2007 at 7:39 pmSi,nanlichi cavaron
March 13th, 2007 at 7:42 pmDo you even know what a pendejo is?
Yes, pinche cabron nanlichi.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:48 pmYou can have that one, and Michael, Firehead, Patrick1, and Darryl. Those are the incorrigibles.
Hacker Bob and Roger_Roger at least make a stab at engaging in dialogue, though they tend to slip back to the talking points memo when challenged.
MA, or VV or whatever the newest incarnation is just a shit stirrer. Drops a load when the boss isn't watching then Toodles....
I am afraid the 30% is a pretty solid backstop for Bushco, but we have made some headway with the middle 40% over the last year or two.
Appreciate your comments and the effort.
Later.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:53 pm[...] tip: Think Progress) posted 03/13/07 at 4:57 pm View blog reactions [print ] [email [...]
March 13th, 2007 at 7:57 pmDo you even know what a pendejo is?
Yes, pinche cabron nanlichi.
Comment by Flaco — March 13, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
If you look in the mirror, we're sure you can find one.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:02 pmI just wonder which Golden Boy they will appoint after Bedtime for Gonzo.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:12 pmDo you even know what a pendejo is?
Yes, pinche cabron nanlichi.
Comment by Flaco
Equa su mamalones!
March 13th, 2007 at 8:23 pmI am surprised there is any support for him at all - tepid or not.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:24 pmAnyone with any sense of integrity - even for republicans - should be outraged at this blatant flauting of the law.
#10, that is funny!! I can visualize many members of Bush&Co in such position.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:25 pmCoburn, Cornyn and Sessions...
...are among the most seditious of right wing fascist TRAITORS...
...spitting at a politically dead Abu Gonzales (thanks VVGFU for the great moniker)...
...will not absolve them of their rotten Karma and cursed existences...
...they (like their racist conned'self-servative constituencies) have a lot of HELL to experience...
...and believe me...
...they won't back calls for firing Abu G...
March 13th, 2007 at 8:25 pmComment by Marie #50
Marie,
Remember...
...you're talking about U.S. Senators...
...who supported Gonzales' repeal of...
....habaeus corpus...
...inserting signing statements into Bushiva's signature box on legislation...
...and spying on U.S. citizens...
...these are TREASONOUS dogs...
who have NO concept of "integrity"...
March 13th, 2007 at 8:46 pmThe Senate never should have confirmed Gonzales to be Attorney General, because they knew he was/is just a Bush butt kisser only.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:51 pm#53, bigpapa
(Slapping my forehead) Of course! I had a brain cramp for a minute there. Even saying integrity and republican in the same sentence is an oxymoron.
I have made more than one error tonight - I have been at the keyboard too long, watching too much tv this afternoon, and way too occupied with my real life. I think I should say g'nite.
March 13th, 2007 at 9:06 pmFrom "The President's Counselor" by Bill Minutaglio (Harper Collins 2006):
March 13th, 2007 at 9:36 pm[...]Bush and Karl Rove, in turn, orchestrated Gonzales’s rise, making him state secretary, then a Texas State Supreme Court justice, even though he had no judicial experience. This taught Bush, Minutaglio says, that he could appoint anyone he pleased to the bench. The appointment also appealed to his anti-intellectual streak.
#51 Marie, I think Sharon was the originator of that particular position, a couple of months ago. Just tryin to give credit where due..How'ya doin?
March 13th, 2007 at 11:00 pmI think it's time we tortured Alberto Gonzales so we can get to the Truth.
(What's good for the goose is good for the gander.)
Wink wink - nudge nudge
March 13th, 2007 at 11:03 pmMarie, I think Sharon was the originator of that particular position, a couple of months ago. Just tryin to give credit where due..How’ya doin?
Comment by RUCerious
I thought it was ForTruth -- the bike rack at the Bush Lie-berry. Something about a fountain, too. It escapes me...
March 13th, 2007 at 11:06 pmYou two obviously missed the memo. Do not mention the polar bears. Sheesh.
Comment by gummitch — March 13, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
We're such rebels. We can't live by them WH rules.
March 13th, 2007 at 11:32 pmAlberto VO5 Gonzales IS NEXT TO BE MADE TO WALK THE PLANK, THEN Torticola Cheney, WHO WILL "RESIGN" FOR HEALTH REASONS, THEN Karl Miss Piggy Rove WHO WILL BE SQUEALING ALL THE WAY TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE--AND THERE WAS ONE--CHIMPya, BEADY LITTLE EYES BLINKING TEARS OUT OF HIS EYES, SOBS WRACKING HIS UGLY LINED FACE, JUG-EARS TWITCHING IN PAIN, AS HE GRITS HIS TEETH AND FOLLOWS IN Der Fuhrer's FOOTSTEPS AND PUTS A PARABELLUM TO HIS CEREBELLUM AND PULLS THE TRIGGER!!!! AND IT'S HI-O-SILVER(Bullet)! AWAY!!!!!
March 14th, 2007 at 12:30 amGONZALEZ DID NOT BREAK THE LAW. THOSE US ATTORNEYS WORK AT THE PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT AND IF HE WANTS THEM GONE FOR ANY REASON, OUT THEY GO. SAME WITH ANY OTHER CABINET MEMBER!!
March 14th, 2007 at 5:07 am