Right-wing blogosphere drops Gonzales.
By on Mar 25th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Right-wing blogosphere drops Gonzales.
The Carpetbagger Report looks at conservative blogs, who, like conservative lawmakers, no longer support Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
UPDATE: Flashback: Right-wing blogs initially dismissed the prosecutor purge as an “alleged scandal” and a “silly little, manufactured kerfluffle.”
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It’s taking a while, but Torture Boy will be gone very shortly. The GOP is abondoning him.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:39 pmtheyve all ditched gonzo, but nobodys told bush yet.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:40 pmI’m actually starting to feel embarrassed for Gonzo.
Feeling that way pisses me off, frankly. :P
March 25th, 2007 at 12:42 pmOuch! That’s gotta hurt the trolls.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pmIt’s pretty much down to Dumbya and Barney.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:45 pmFor the latest news, email archives, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
March 25th, 2007 at 12:47 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
We’re left with a trifecta: Rove-Dick-Bush.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:49 pmWonder if Barney goes for Berto’s leg when he visits, either to bite or hump..?
March 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pmI would like to know how this group feels now:
Hispanic Group Puts Weight Behind Gonzales
Rights Organization Wants to Work More Closely With Bush
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 9, 2005; Page A03
March 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
The freeps and LGF goons don’t care about him. After all, he’s a Mexican.
Bring it on, trolls. Bring it on.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:56 pmMeanwhile, back at the “surge”;
Clashes erupt in central Baghdad; 2 dead By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 14 minutes ago
More proof that Bush is implementing an effective strategy for stabilizing Iraq – NOT.
I say, let Bush veto the spending bill, or let the Republicans filibuster it. And don’t bring it back for any further debate.
No bill=no funds.
No funds=no war.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:00 pmGonzo is toast. Sayonara. Rove will be next. Scums.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:05 pmThe three articles of impeachment drawn up against President Nixon in 1974 were 1. Obstruction of Justice 2. Abuse of Power 3. Contempt of Congress.
Congress could save some legal fees by simply cutting and pasting the wording into a new document. For example:
Article 1, No. 4: Interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States.
Article 2, No. 3: Engaged in covert and unlawful activities, and attempted to prejudice the constitutional right of an accused to a fair trial.
And it looks like we may be able to use this one soon:
Article 3: Interposed the powers of the Presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:33 pmWhen wingers use words like “kerfluffle,” you know things are going well.
March 25th, 2007 at 1:57 pmGonzo has been “dismissed for performance related reasons”
Or will he be? Which is more important, the number of bodies Gonzo knows that are buried and where they are and the fact that he’s on his last inch of rope and has nothing left to lose, or the number Rove knows and the fact that keeping Gonzo around risks the Turdblossom?
March 25th, 2007 at 1:58 pmEven the guy running a blog called the “Right Wing Nut House” says:
I will brook no excuses by commenters that Gonzalez “misspoke,†or “forgot,†or “got a note from his mother†that gave him permission to lie, or other excuses from the ever dwindling number of Bush diehards who visit this site.
This latest development puts the trolls who visit this site, and post comments defending Gonzales, squarely in the father figure seeking, authoritarian personality loving, boot licking, Bush personality cult following category.
March 25th, 2007 at 2:07 pmComment by Gregor Samsa — March 25, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Either that, or
* they’ve been promised a reduced sentence for every day they troll here;
*they were fired from their jobs as Wal-Mart greeters and it was either troll here or join the army; or
* they suffer from Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Symptoms of ODD may include:
Eery how this seems to describe the entire Bush Administration, isn’t it?
March 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pmah ha! we already knew that gregor…
the comment by jim source reminded me of something i heard on AAR…
March 25th, 2007 at 2:32 pmseems the time it took to investigate and then draw up those articles was only a few months, december to february, i think…
anyone know?
i’m wondering why we hear about the too long process to go for it now… sure seems to be the only and best thing to do for posterity’s sake, at the least… or what will the children say?…
…
Briseadh na Faire,
Good points. In two of your your explanations, the trolls at least are getting something in exchange.
I wonder how long before they come here, in full fledge and full force, to defend their Dear (mis)Leader’s henchman, and accuse the “liberal” media of “fabricating” the scandal.
(Although there is someone already in the Feinstein thread trying to change the subject to Clinton -how predictable)
March 25th, 2007 at 2:38 pmah ha! we already knew that gregor…
Comment by katy — March 25, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
I meant to say “In case there was any doubt left…” -not that the regulars in this board had any doubt left whatsoever.
The Right Wing Nut House calls them “diehards”; I have long called them “the cultists” or “the blind followers”.
March 25th, 2007 at 2:42 pmFor the record, I never try to change the subject to Clinton — on this topic, for instance, I was against the right-wing blogs over the Dubai ports deal — see how “Independent” I am?
March 25th, 2007 at 2:51 pmThese facists are second rate. Dont they know that real fascists never EVER turn their backs on the big lie? You are supposed to pick an enemy and no matter what is done to them… no matter how vile… you ALWAYS support the people that are on your side that did it to them.
They need to spend more time studying the nazis if they are going to take over America.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pm#
I was against the right-wing blogs over the Dubai ports deal — see how “Independent†I am?
Comment by Jake — March 25, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
#
So, how do you feel about Halliburton moving their operations to Dubai?
March 25th, 2007 at 3:09 pmThis is just a temporary setback. We need to dump him because he would just make it harder for us to steal the next election. Thing will get back on track. The Dems are bowing to us as I speak.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pmThese facists
Things aren’t always what they seem. Appearances can be deceiving. The Hydra has many heads…
The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism
Behind Closed Doors: Who Is The Council For National Policy And What Are They Up To? And Why Don’t They Want You To Know?
March 25th, 2007 at 3:25 pmA sure sign that a Republican male is in the closet is if he uses the term “kerfuffle”.
-GSD
March 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pmHeh-heh.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pmWhats amazing is you watch shows like Mclaughlin or Inside Washington and you see guys like Pat Robertson and Tony Blankley arguing that he did nothing wrong in firing the US Attorneys.
What guys like Tony Blankley, seem to be completely oblivious to is that Gonzales told Congress, and the American people that he wasn’t involved in the firings.
But the evidence shows he was LYING.
Get a clue Tony Blankley.
He LIED.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:54 pmI would love to debate Tony Blankley.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:00 pmJake sez:
Izzat so?
Time for another installment of “Jake’s Biggest Lies”
The following are all direct quotes from Shakey Jake:
Sheesh…Too easy, Shakey. Too easy by half.
Remember, you inept little liar: your vaunted “ignore list” doesn’t work both ways. I reserves the right to continue calling you on your outrageous lies.
All the best. ^_^
March 25th, 2007 at 4:14 pm37 Republican investigations
262 Democratic investigations,
Time to get politics out of DOJ.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:30 pmI would love to debate Tony Blankley.
Comment by I WORFEUS #28
I’d love to interrogate his fat a*s…
…just for the fun of it…
March 25th, 2007 at 4:37 pmI’d love to interrogate his fat a*s…
…just for the fun of it…
Comment by big papa — March 25, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
Assuming we could restrain ourselves from pounding his big fat head in.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:57 pmIt is now confirmed why Bush never took an oath during the 911 commission interview; and why he never uses Emails.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:52 pmI heard that there is a network email system in the White house and everyone has an account — except Bushie and Gonzo never use it. Rove has his own private email account.
The rightwingers are backing away from Gonzo today because it is evident that he lied under oath, and lies often when speaking extemporaneously.
An AG who lies is untenable. Not only must he resign; he must face charges.
When worfeus and big papa mix it up with that jerk, Tony Blankley, I want to attend!
March 25th, 2007 at 5:54 pmme too! … i was just thinking the same thing, marie…
and your comment is right on, as usual…
March 25th, 2007 at 6:11 pm…
Krauthammer ’s column this morning says to dump Alberto, not because he did anything wrong with the USA’s, but because he fumbled the very simple explanation of why he did nothing wrong and has made things awkward for The Decider.
And beat that tired drum about how, absent any evidence of obstruction of justice, this is all just a kerfluffle. (Is that the right word? Not being a closeted Republican, it’s difficult to know.) Leaving aside in his weasely manner, that the White House isn’t doing much to help determine whether or not there has been any obstruction.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pmI can’t read Krauthammer in the morning unless I have had at least two cups of coffee to steel myself. He is a jerk of the first order.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:47 pmZOMG! A conservative did something wrong/illegal and conservatives are actually going to hold them accountable?
Sweet.
March 25th, 2007 at 8:04 pmRight-wingers were for Gonzales before they were against him.
March 25th, 2007 at 8:55 pmEVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND(tm), NATCH!!!!!
March 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pmEVERYBODY HATES HATES HATES LOATHES DESPISES CAN’T STAND THE LITTLE GREASER HATES HATES HATES Alberto VO5 GONZOales!!!
Jake3988 – Never fear. The conservatives have not developed a sense of ethics or anything drastic like that. They are just afraid that they are running the risk of no one calling themselves a Repub will ever be elected again and they haven’t gone to the trouble of thinking of a new name yet.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:37 pmJust like Iraq–those guys had no “Plan B” when they cooked up this whole transparent “Pemanent Republican Majority” scheme. They just asumed they wouldn’t get caught, or, at the very least, could talk their way out of it. In that bubble, they can’t take the pulse of the American people, and I think they’d better watch it. Soon there may be vigorous calls for impeachment. A weak President should not stonewall congress on this issue. To the average American, Bush looks untrustworthy now, and he will look even more so if he stonewalls. Many people don’t give a crap about executive privilege or executive unitary theory. All they’ll think is: “They’re hiding something.”
March 25th, 2007 at 9:49 pmNow you know how we felt after Clinton’s Senate acquittal. Once you get Bush lying under oath, let me know.
Isn’t swearing to uphold the US constitution part of the oath of office?
QED
March 25th, 2007 at 11:01 pmTrue blue
March 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pmThat’s what I think too.
Only news junkies like us are fully informed of details, etc. Most people will develop a vague sense of unease that will tell them that Bush&Co are hiding something – they are dishonest. They have to go.
Bush has painted himself into a corner.
But cornered animals are vicious.
Marie – I think even the dullest amongst us understands being ripped off and I think that we might have better luck by framing it in those terms. For instance, what percentage of this latest “war†appropriations bill is being paid to cronies of this regime to do jobs that we have already paid for them to complete? Plan A has always been profit and plan B is to profit even if it is unpopular.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:57 amBush looks untrustworthy now, and he will look even more so if he stonewalls. Many people don’t give a crap about executive privilege or executive unitary theory. All they’ll think is: “They’re hiding something.â€
Comment by midwestblue
Yep.
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March 26th, 2007 at 10:35 am“kerfluffle”????
Is that like saying the Civil War in Iraq is just a little “boo boo”?
March 26th, 2007 at 11:11 am