Comments on: President Clinton: Gonzales Should ‘Step Aside’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bill Clinton - Should Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resign? http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-4697858 Bill Clinton - Should Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resign? Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:57:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-4697858 [...] Is Step Aside" Posted on 4/20/2007 9:13 AM by brianrApprove (6) | Reject (0) | My vote: None  Think Progress You can watch the video as well through the link. In an interview with CNN’s Larry King [...] [...] Is Step Aside” Posted on 4/20/2007 9:13 AM by brianrApprove (6) | Reject (0) | My vote: None  Think Progress You can watch the video as well through the link. In an interview with CNN’s Larry King [...]

]]> By: Shag http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3762864 Shag Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:15:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3762864 I still fume when I think about cowards like him, Bush and Cheney, slyly condone torture. They are slimely caricatures of human beings. I think they all must belong to some sadistic, paganistic society, that caters to the lowest wrung of human nature. I still fume when I think about cowards like him, Bush and Cheney, slyly condone torture. They are slimely caricatures of human beings. I think they all must belong to some sadistic, paganistic society, that caters to the lowest wrung of human nature.

]]> By: KINGOFANATION http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3761746 KINGOFANATION Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:40:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3761746 WHAT THE @#%. WE ALL KNOW GONZALES IS A BOY LOVER FROM TEXAS. HIS TRAIL IN THE TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION IS BREAKING WIDE OPEN HERE IN TEXAS. OVER 100 ARE FACING CHARGES THE WHOLE LEADERSHIP HAS RESIGNED. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT IN THE ATTORNEY BS. THEY WERE SACRIFICED BY BUSH AND LITTLE AL IS THE FALL GUY. THIS YO YO WAS ALL "I DO NOT RECALL" OVER 100 TIMES. HE NEEDS TO THROWN OUT NOWWWWWWWWWWW. I AM SO TIRED OF AMERICAN POLITICS BEING SO TAINTED AND SEXUALLY MOLESTED. SAVE US FROM WHAT IS TO COME. WHAT THE @#%. WE ALL KNOW GONZALES IS A BOY LOVER FROM TEXAS. HIS TRAIL IN THE TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION IS BREAKING WIDE OPEN HERE IN TEXAS. OVER 100 ARE FACING CHARGES THE WHOLE LEADERSHIP HAS RESIGNED. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT IN THE ATTORNEY BS. THEY WERE SACRIFICED BY BUSH AND LITTLE AL IS THE FALL GUY. THIS YO YO WAS ALL “I DO NOT RECALL” OVER 100 TIMES. HE NEEDS TO THROWN OUT NOWWWWWWWWWWW. I AM SO TIRED OF AMERICAN POLITICS BEING SO TAINTED AND SEXUALLY MOLESTED. SAVE US FROM WHAT IS TO COME.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3761233 Zooey Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:02:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3761233 <em>If you believe “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” lets you off the hook from answering “real troubling questions” I guess that’s what you will have to resort to. Comment by michael </em> Jake, Troll Alert is the name of a commenter. Stop being an ass, and use your own name. If you believe “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” lets you off the hook from answering “real troubling questions” I guess that’s what you will have to resort to.
Comment by michael

Jake,

Troll Alert is the name of a commenter. Stop being an ass, and use your own name.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3760044 michael Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:48:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3760044 Zooey and B.Fly: If you believe “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” lets you off the hook from answering "real troubling questions" I guess that's what you will have to resort to. Zooey and B.Fly:

If you believe “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” “Troll Alert” lets you off the hook from answering “real troubling questions” I guess that’s what you will have to resort to.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3760041 michael Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:46:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3760041 The full transcript from Larry King (who did not ask Harvey's real troubling question): KING: Welcome back to LARRY KING LIVE. My guest is America's 42nd president, Bill Clinton. Today, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a very contentious hearing. I asked President Clinton, should the attorney general keep his job? B. CLINTON: I think he ought to resign. I noticed several of our prominent leaders in both -- at least the Democrats, including Hillary, have asked him to resign. I think that, you know, he obviously loves the president and he has tried to serve him faithfully. Sometimes the worst thing you can do for a president is to tell them what they want to hear. And, you know, I always -- I told people when I was president that no one would ever be fired, demoted or exiled for telling me something I didn't want to hear. If all I needed was what I wanted to hear, I could govern by computer. You need people that give you the whole deal. But I think he's been loyal to President Bush. And I understand why President Bush is reluctant to let him go. I don't think he ought to force the president to fire him. I think he ought to -- he's a long and good run here. And if what I saw coming out of Senator Specter today and others is right, and there is a lot of opposition to him in the Congress, and these cases raise real troubling questions -- these U.S. attorney firings -- the best thing he could do for this president that he serves so loyally is to step aside. The full transcript from Larry King (who did not ask Harvey’s real troubling question):

KING: Welcome back to LARRY KING LIVE.

My guest is America’s 42nd president, Bill Clinton.

Today, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a very contentious hearing.

I asked President Clinton, should the attorney general keep his job?

B. CLINTON: I think he ought to resign. I noticed several of our prominent leaders in both — at least the Democrats, including Hillary, have asked him to resign.

I think that, you know, he obviously loves the president and he has tried to serve him faithfully. Sometimes the worst thing you can do for a president is to tell them what they want to hear. And, you know, I always — I told people when I was president that no one would ever be fired, demoted or exiled for telling me something I didn’t want to hear. If all I needed was what I wanted to hear, I could govern by computer. You need people that give you the whole deal.

But I think he’s been loyal to President Bush. And I understand why President Bush is reluctant to let him go. I don’t think he ought to force the president to fire him. I think he ought to — he’s a long and good run here.

And if what I saw coming out of Senator Specter today and others is right, and there is a lot of opposition to him in the Congress, and these cases raise real troubling questions — these U.S. attorney firings — the best thing he could do for this president that he serves so loyally is to step aside.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3760026 michael Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:34:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3760026 Good points, j.j. Good points, j.j.

]]> By: j.j. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759931 j.j. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:27:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759931 Clinton talking abougt corruption and stepping down? oh man classic and then the Democrats wonder why conservatives keep on talking about this worthless human being. If he interjects himself in the debates he is fair game. ridiculous Clinton who said over 200 times, "I do not recall..." Clinton talking abougt corruption and stepping down? oh man classic and then the Democrats wonder why conservatives keep on talking about this worthless human being. If he interjects himself in the debates he is fair game.

ridiculous Clinton who said over 200 times, “I do not recall…”

]]> By: Criminal Clinton http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759796 Criminal Clinton Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:22:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759796 Letting your partner in crime go, Mr Bill Clinton?? You were involved in the drug deals everywhere......It was you who wanted Gonzales to cover up the drug crimes!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letting your partner in crime go, Mr Bill Clinton??

You were involved in the drug deals everywhere……It was you who wanted Gonzales to cover up the drug crimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Madame Defarge http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759795 Madame Defarge Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:07:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759795 I agree with those who think that Bush will hang on to Gonzales for as long as he possibly can, Gonzales being irreplaceable. Who else could Bush turn to for a legal cover for torture? Who else would fire US Attorney's to keep them from investigating Republicans? Ever notice how so many of the people that surround Bush, Karl Rove, Harriet Meirs, Brownie, Gonzales, etc. are third rate? Unlike Bill Clinton, Bush obviously feels threatened by smart, competent, honest people, because they make him look bad in comparison. Things will have to get a lot worse before AG walks the plank. I agree with those who think that Bush will hang on to Gonzales for as long as he possibly can, Gonzales being irreplaceable.

Who else could Bush turn to for a legal cover for torture? Who else would fire US Attorney’s to keep them from investigating Republicans?

Ever notice how so many of the people that surround Bush, Karl Rove, Harriet Meirs, Brownie, Gonzales, etc. are third rate? Unlike Bill Clinton, Bush obviously feels threatened by smart, competent, honest people, because they make him look bad in comparison.

Things will have to get a lot worse before AG walks the plank.

]]> By: B.Fly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759758 B.Fly Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:22:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759758 <i>Rachel also has a definite pattern, and that’s not her. </i> Comment by Zooey — April 19, 2007 @ 11:21 pm We''ll see. If "Troll Alert" suddenly pops up, posting everywhere, we'll know it's Rache. Rachel also has a definite pattern, and that’s not her.

Comment by Zooey — April 19, 2007 @ 11:21 pm

We”ll see. If “Troll Alert” suddenly pops up, posting everywhere, we’ll know it’s Rache.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759753 Zooey Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:03:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759753 Caption Contest: Larry, did I hear that right? Did you just ask to see the Clenis? Caption Contest:

Larry, did I hear that right? Did you just ask to see the Clenis?

]]> By: Jake's Weenie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759720 Jake's Weenie Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:08:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759720 <em>it’s unnatural to hate sex so much… Comment by unbelievable</em> Tell that to my wife... it’s unnatural to hate sex so much…

Comment by unbelievable

Tell that to my wife…

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759706 Zooey Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:57:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759706 <em>But you can tell them when you see them, like art… or porn… The List ™ Does seem to still be in effect! : ) Comment by SKdeA </em> Thank goodness, I got on that list early. Although Jake <em>et al</em> ignores his list with his "For the record...." statements. But you can tell them when you see them, like art… or porn…
The List â„¢ Does seem to still be in effect! : )
Comment by SKdeA

Thank goodness, I got on that list early. Although Jake et al ignores his list with his “For the record….” statements.

]]> By: SKdeA http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759700 SKdeA Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:54:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759700 But you can tell them when you see them, like art... or porn... <strong>The List â„¢</strong> Does seem to still be in effect! : ) But you can tell them when you see them, like art… or porn…

The List â„¢ Does seem to still be in effect! : )

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759649 Zooey Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:21:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759649 <em>Proof? If Harvey’s Rachel, and by your inference, Jake … well, you do the math. Comment by B.Fly</em> Same pattern and style as yesterday's "Elizabeth," who was also Jake. Sorry, I guess that's not proof, but he's not exactly hiding it. Rachel also has a definite pattern, and that's not her. Please don't ask me to explain the patterns, because I don't think I could. :) Proof?
If Harvey’s Rachel, and by your inference, Jake … well, you do the math.
Comment by B.Fly

Same pattern and style as yesterday’s “Elizabeth,” who was also Jake.

Sorry, I guess that’s not proof, but he’s not exactly hiding it.

Rachel also has a definite pattern, and that’s not her.

Please don’t ask me to explain the patterns, because I don’t think I could. :)

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759623 Jay Randal Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:04:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759623 Bill Clinton needs to call for VP Cheney to resign and he needs to tell Hillary to stop backing the Iraq Fiasco War. Bill Clinton needs to call for VP Cheney to resign and he needs to tell Hillary to stop backing the Iraq Fiasco War.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759592 Phoenix Woman Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:49:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759592 Very cunning of President Clinton to do this. Notice how his appearance just draws the whirling wingnuts out of the woodwork? They just go berzerk every time they see him. Which is, of course, why he: a) gave Bush excellent advice (because he knows that Bush and his wingnut base oppose anything President Clinton favors, out of sheer lizard-brain reflex) and -- b) subtly and repeatedly referred to Gonzales' "loyalty" to Bush -- NOT to the government or the American people, but to BUSH. This reminds everyone of how Bush and his minions have stuffed the government fro stem to stern with purely political hacks and buddies whose biggest (and in many case only) qualification was strapping on the kneepads for Bush. Very cunning of President Clinton to do this.

Notice how his appearance just draws the whirling wingnuts out of the woodwork? They just go berzerk every time they see him.

Which is, of course, why he:

a) gave Bush excellent advice (because he knows that Bush and his wingnut base oppose anything President Clinton favors, out of sheer lizard-brain reflex) and –

b) subtly and repeatedly referred to Gonzales’ “loyalty” to Bush — NOT to the government or the American people, but to BUSH. This reminds everyone of how Bush and his minions have stuffed the government fro stem to stern with purely political hacks and buddies whose biggest (and in many case only) qualification was strapping on the kneepads for Bush.

]]> By: Shane http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759571 Shane Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:35:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759571 Wow, this is a response from a man who fraternized, committed adultery and lied under oath? He’s full of hypocrisy. Clinton, why didn’t you step down after your incident? Comment by Daryll — April 19, 2007 @ 10:18 pm Harvey Mc Kanna = Jake Ooooh, Clinton got a blow job and Daryll's still freaked out about it. Why don't you idiot neocons get your own life and maybe you won't be so obsessed with somebody else having a good time. Wow, this is a response from a man who fraternized, committed adultery and lied under oath? He’s full of hypocrisy. Clinton, why didn’t you step down after your incident?

Comment by Daryll — April 19, 2007 @ 10:18 pm

Harvey Mc Kanna = Jake

Ooooh, Clinton got a blow job and Daryll’s still freaked out about it. Why don’t you idiot neocons get your own life and maybe you won’t be so obsessed with somebody else having a good time.

]]> By: B.Fly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/comment-page-2/#comment-3759561 B.Fly Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:26:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/bill-clinton-gonzo/#comment-3759561 Did Mann Coulter refuse to cooperate in an investigation about whether she voted in the wrong precinct last year? Comment by Harvey Mc Kanna — April 19, 2007 @ 6:28 pm Have any of Jake/Harvey's posts been similar to this one? I don't think I've read any where Jake called his hero "Mann," so I think perhaps we're seeing another name-morphing meltdown by Rachel, the Dr. Who of trolls. Did Mann Coulter refuse to cooperate in an investigation about whether she voted in the wrong precinct last year?

Comment by Harvey Mc Kanna — April 19, 2007 @ 6:28 pm

Have any of Jake/Harvey’s posts been similar to this one? I don’t think I’ve read any where Jake called his hero “Mann,” so I think perhaps we’re seeing another name-morphing meltdown by Rachel, the Dr. Who of trolls.

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