Gonzales reviews are in: ‘Like clubbing a baby seal.’
CNN’s Dana Bash:
Loyal Republican after loyal Republican in this hearing room, and more specifically, in private to CNN today have made it clear that they are frankly flabbergasted by how poorly they think the attorney general has done in this hearing. … During the lunch break, in private, several very loyal Republicans made it clear to CNN that they were really dripping with disappointment.
CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux:
[White House officials] believe Gonzales is in trouble. … Two senior White House aides here describing the situation, Gonzales’ testimony, as “going down in flames.” That he was “not doing himself any favors.” One prominent Republican describing watching his testimony as “clubbing a baby seal.”
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April 19th, 2007 at 4:35 pmgood job gonzo !
April 19th, 2007 at 4:36 pmNo offense intended to baby seals.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:37 pma shark in a baby seals skin……………
April 19th, 2007 at 4:37 pmAnd still Bush hasn’t told him to resign. Gonzo must have some good stuff on Preznumnutz.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:37 pmWOf course a Republican would compare it with clubbing a baby seal. He could have said “It’s like running head on into a wall” or a million other things, but had to go with killing an innocent animal.
Typical.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:38 pmBloody that baby seal baby.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pmFredo isn’t a baby seal - - he’s more like the remora that attached itself to the shark-like Bush.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pmit’s quite obvious the GOP strategy is to cauterize this wound by sacrificing the AG. the real key will be when Rove & Meiers testify.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pmWhen will the Attorney General stops acting like a baby seal and start demonstrating some accountability for his actions?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pm“And still Bush hasn’t told him to resign. Gonzo must have some good stuff on Preznumnutz.”
like the time he was so drunk that a pretzel almost made cheney the president
April 19th, 2007 at 4:40 pmAn asshat in baby seal skin.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:41 pmStop the Lies.
Dana Bash is SO hot
April 19th, 2007 at 4:42 pm“And still Bush hasn’t told him to resign. Gonzo must have some good stuff on Preznumnutz.”
The problem is that the next AG will have to be approved by congress. They’re going to have a hell of a time getting a “loyal bushie” through that process. And they didn’t manage to extend the Patriot Act to cover that circumstance yet…
April 19th, 2007 at 4:42 pmAnd still Bush hasn’t told him to resign. Gonzo must have some good stuff on Preznumnutz.
GDumbya is still awaiting instructions from the real president, Darth Cheney.
Darth will likely drop the hammer on Gonzo this evening. After all, he is sweating bullets over the possible production of those 5 million RNC email messages and the revelation of the operations of his shadow government.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pmPatrick Fitzgerald for Attorney General
April 19th, 2007 at 4:44 pmTypical Bushite doctrine…
April 19th, 2007 at 4:44 pmStay on course dude..don’t give in, no matter the consequences…..
These “people” should be expelled of planet earth….
Clubbing baby seals.. isn’t that one of the things Rove said he gets off on just before his MC Rove performance?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:46 pmCan the senate revoke their confirmation of the AG? What power do they really have over him?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:46 pmi thought he was gonna cry during Schumer.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pmWhy didn’t he just get up, flip off the committee and go back to work. The knuckle draggers would have rallied, and Bush wouldn’t fire him. That’s right up The Decider’s alley.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pmGonzo will not resign. . . . this is a nice distraction from the email mess, Iraq and zillions of borrowed dollars going to cheney/bush pals. The only question. . .can they make it last until 2009?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pmIn his testimony regarding the U.S. attorneys scandal before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales once again offered his Sgt. Schultz defense. Like the bumbling German guard in Hogan’s Heroes, Gonzales essentially claimed “I know nothing, nothing!” Sadly, his own recent statements show that while Gonzales may be similarly stupid, he is not ignorant.
The Attorney General’s recent op-eds show his dilemma. While claiming to have played no role in the evaluation of the fired attorneys, Gonzales claimed they lost his confidence nonetheless…
For the details, see:
“Gonzales’ Sgt. Schultz Defense.”
For the latest news, document dumps, email archives, hearing transcripts and other essential materials in the firings of U.S. attorneys, see:
April 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
It would be interesting if someone on the Committee asked the AG what he would do, as Attorney General of the United States, if an arm of the Administration violated the Hatch Act by wilfully withholding and destroying documents in the form of e-mails.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pm“Gonzo will not resign. . .can they make it last until 2009?”
if they did this every week in the form of a reality tv show, it could definitely last until 2009.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pmDripping with Disappointment? Is that like Oozing with failure or drenched in stupidity?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pmDarth will likely drop the hammer on Gonzo this evening. After all, he is sweating bullets over the possible production of those 5 million RNC email messages and the revelation of the operations of his shadow government.
Comment by Tom
Actually the 5 million missing emails are from the WH servers. No telling how many RNC emails there are.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:52 pmLike clubbing baby seals? Sounds like a session with Roger_Roger, michael and the rest! Poor st*pid little pieces of sh*t though, don’t even know they’re getting clubbed - just like Gonzo!
April 19th, 2007 at 4:52 pmAnd yet look at the coverage cnn is giving this on the web… just two sidebar links..
GOP senator urges Gonzales to quit
and
Navarrette: No sign of fairness for Gonzales
Navarrette paints this as all a witchhunt by the mean Dems and the media and blasts “weak-kneed conservatives” for “giving in”
article here: http://www.cnn.com/ 2007/ US/ 04/ 19/ navarrette/ index.html
what is with cnn ?
April 19th, 2007 at 4:52 pmNo, that was “I like to pull the heads off small animals.” and I like to go hunting.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:53 pmThe forecast for Gonzales is heavy on the storm front, light on clear skies any time soon. In other words, he’s done for—except for GWB. GWB will hang on to Gonzales for as long as he can, just like he did with Remsfeld. And we all know how that ended, right? The question isn’t that Gonzales screw-up, he’s been that since Texas with GWB, this duet from the American wet dream has been given one pass after another for years. The American people, not the justice dept or Congress, will have the final say to removed Gonzales. As it was with Remsfeld, after Democrats won Congress so it will be Gonzales. It’s the American people who put Gonzales up and it will them who will bring him down. In short, it isn’t Congress or GWB who will have the last word, it will be us. It up to us, no ifs, ands, or buts.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:54 pm#16: Patrick Fitzgerald for Attorney General - - According to BushCo, Fitz doesn’t measure up as a U.S. Attorney. He’s not sycophant-ish.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pmBaby seals are innocent creatures; Gonzales is not a baby and is no innocent. Comparing this hearing - WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE AND WELL JUSTIFIED - to the barbaric slaughter of baby seals is hyperbole at its worst.
Republicans make me sick. What a bunch of crybabies.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pmI am just dreaming of a fair and balanced judicial system, Badmoodman….:)
April 19th, 2007 at 4:58 pmgonzalez will be gone by 11pm frinight. thats the way they roll under gwb43.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pmIf the baby seals had guns, they could fight back.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pmWhy didn’t he just get up, flip off the committee and go back to work. The knuckle draggers would have rallied, and Bush wouldn’t fire him. That’s right up The Decider’s alley.
Comment by Crump’s Brother — April 19, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
I think Gonzo might have been afraid of the “peanut gallery” they didn’t seem like his biggest fans.
When he was finished they were singing, nahnahnahnah, nahnahnahnah, heyhey, goodbye.
If he’d flipped off the committee he might have had said appendage put some place undesirable.
April 19th, 2007 at 4:59 pmDRIPPING WITH DISAPPOINTMENT?
April 19th, 2007 at 5:00 pmsounds like Gonzo’s a bad flavor of ice cream…;
With Gonzales’ level of confidence and arrogance, and Bush’s refusal to fire him, Gonzales must have something on Bush from his past that gives him the confidence that he won’t be booted. I can’t believe he is still there..
April 19th, 2007 at 5:00 pmThe next nominee for AG will be Senator Hatch, since good old boys will go for him… and it’s a nice way to finish out his public service - unless nominated for next SCOTUS vanancy, then he’s in for 15 more years….
April 19th, 2007 at 5:00 pmRove said he likes to pull the tops off of small animals.
Get it straight people.
As for baby seals, they do grow up to be penguin killers.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:01 pmOnly the sub-100 IQ’s stayed in the administration after 2004.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm.
Hey . . . where’s Jake?
April 19th, 2007 at 5:06 pmRight about that time people,
a fur trapper,
who was strictly commercial,
came up from behind my igloo,
and a started whoppin’ on the head
of my favorite pet baby seal
with a lead, with a lead filled,
with a lead filled snowshoe………….
(Frank Zappa (rip)
April 19th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIf Bush (or, more likely, Darth Cheney) were smart OR concerned with the view of the American public OR interested in restoring faith in the rule of law, he’d appoint someone like John Danforth as AG.
My guess is he won’t. He’s never showed anything but petulance and stubbornness before when he feels under attack, and he’s got too many bodies buried too close to the surface to risk appointing someone who will actually serve the people and the Constitution. No, he needs another crony. But preferably one smarter than Abu G this time.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:07 pmJake got pulled off of internet troll duty and has been in the RNC fluffer room taking care of the Gonzales murder board squad.
-GSD
April 19th, 2007 at 5:09 pmAny bets that Gonzales’ resignation doesn’t take place until just before the next Congressional recess…. so that our commander in chief can make a recess appointment and appoint Harriet Meiers to the position???
April 19th, 2007 at 5:10 pmGSD-
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!
that sounds almost as fun as clubbing baby seals…
April 19th, 2007 at 5:10 pmGonzales knows where George hides the blow.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:11 pmYikes, that baby seal metaphor is gruesome.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:12 pmAs an American, I, for one, am grateful that the AG spent the last month intensively preparing for this beating instead of screwing up the Consitution any more than he has already.
I’d say that’s money well spent, under the circumstances.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:13 pmAny bets that Gonzales’ resignation doesn’t take place until just before the next Congressional recess…. so that our commander in chief can make a recess appointment and appoint Harriet Meiers to the position???
Comment by raynman — April 19, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
Oh, please do it, George. Go ahead. I dare ya. I double-dog dare ya. Karl says it would be a good idea. He says it could get your approval ratings back up in the upper thirties.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:14 pmGonzales needs to be asked about the case against the perverts who took child inmates of Texas Correctional Institute repeatedly for sex parties and why gonzales stopped the prosecution of these cases - gonzo should not be allowed the lie that he cares about children and pornography.
The MSM has barely focused on this and it should be
questioned during gonzales “reconfirmation” hearing.This question needs to be asked now……..
Nora cuts to MSNBC’s Chris Jansing… (…says well get to Alberto in just a moment…
..but first Dan Abrams has switched us back to a report from West Virginia… too bad…
…Now we are onto the weather…. Dan Abrams still hasn’t been able to squeeze in the Gonzales hearing… too bad…
Oh now we are in Pittsburg with a fake bomb scare…
…Kennedy hits contradiction Involvement limited, how can you say decision should stand?
…WTF? “I now understand there was a conversation with myself and the president,” he said at one point.
Nah, it was between him and the Easter bunny. Geez, what, he was asleep or drugged out?
April 19th, 2007 at 5:15 pmThese Bush appointees aren’t picked for their ability to do their job, their picked based on their loyalty to the potentate - our chimpy.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:16 pmThese Senators (both sides) are no Perry Masons when it comes to hearings or are they? After watching all of that I have come to the conclusion that, “We the silly gutter slime” had better get it together and rush these bums before we all get nuked.
Bomb, bomb, bomb…IRAN is the other Freudian slip of the day; if acted on this will get us a date with Russia & China & (Insert any country that also hates us here).
We watch the Senate and see a whole bunch of “nothing is going to change” while the plans to expand into Iran are solidifying.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:18 pmJohn McCain Sings ‘Bomb, Bomb Iran’
John McCain at a recent engagement responds to a question by singing ‘Bomb Iran’ to the Beach Boys song ‘Barbara Ann.’
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7c7_1176993322
and trolls complain about being liberal . Huh At least we dont laugh about murdering civillians
April 19th, 2007 at 5:28 pm… that headline is so harsh…
still, it made me chuckle, just knowing the context…
i’m beginning to feel a bit of pride in the repugs
that are seeing the light… … just a bit…
i’m also the kind that can hold grudges…
but open to amends…
keep it up, righties… it’s ok to “change your minds”…
April 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pm…
Jake got pulled off of internet troll duty and has been in the RNC fluffer room taking care of the Gonzales murder board squad.
Comment by GSD — April 19, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
I thought he’d put on a dress and was calling himself Elizabeth. Probably after we threatened to slam his genital in his bible. ouch.
Anc CNN only has eyes for VT. Can’t tear themselves away from the tragedy for a second.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pmIt’s funny to demand Gonzo’s resignation when we all know who’s lap-dog he is. If all of this is evidence of anything it is that BUSH should resign.
I think it’s the other way around. If Gonzo resigns, HIS troubles are over. The longer he sticks around, the worse it is for him. Bush must have something on Gonzo to keep him in the crosshairs so long. That’s why Bush isn’t saying anything about it. He’s hiding behind the distraction. While the country is focused on this, what is Bush doing in the background where we can’t see?
April 19th, 2007 at 5:31 pmSaywho;
Therein lies the problem, congress isn’t doing nearly enough to truncate this dysfunctional administration. So, you can impeach a president for lying about a blow job, but being responsible for 3,500 needless american deaths? No. For effectively giving up trying to capture or kill OBL? No, not that either. How about all of our tax dollars going to Cheney/Halliburton AND allowing them to move to Dubai. Not that either.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:34 pmRove said he likes to pull the tops off of small animals.
Comment by ForTruth — April 19, 2007 @ 5:01 pm
Is that better or worse than shooting the face of attorneys?
April 19th, 2007 at 5:35 pmI’m sorry their flabber is so ghasted, but what kind of defense do they think could possibly be offered for such a gargantuan fuck-up? One of many, I might add.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:37 pmIraq is not part of war on terror, says top UK diplomat
April 19: Controversy was raging in Australia today over an assertion by Britain’s high commissioner that the invasion of Iraq was not part of the ‘war on terror’.
Guardian front page
April 19th, 2007 at 5:40 pm#13, somebody on TP once said Dana Bash looks just like Joe Camel!
April 19th, 2007 at 5:40 pmI thought it was interesting that Greasy Gonzales shook the hands of the few senators that were there at the end of the hearing. It reminded me of the practice of tipping the executioner to make the execution as quick and painless as possible.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:44 pmStop the Lies.
I do not recall ever seeing anything this disasterous in my lifetime.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:53 pmMan, isn’t it nice to have a day off (more or less) from trolls?
I could get used to this.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:55 pmIf the baby seals had guns, they could fight back.
Comment by Jake-obin
Very good, excellent. Keep up the good parody.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:58 pmIf he had any honor or integrity at all he would resign immediately. Look for BushCO to drag this out for another month or better.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:00 pm#13, somebody on TP once said Dana Bash looks just like Joe Camel!
Comment by Amy — April 19, 2007 @ 5:40 pm
Every time we (my husband and I) see Dana, we automatically think of the Genie (Robin Williams) in Disney’s Alladin saying “Look out, (s)he spits!”
April 19th, 2007 at 6:08 pmGonzales: “Look, I didn’t mislead Congress because I am incompetent, but I want to work with you on that.â€
April 19th, 2007 at 6:11 pmWe now know the Attorney General is dumb and not qualified. He was appointed to sign what he’s told to sign. The fired lawyers are qualified for Gonzales’s job. Now we know that the DOJ has a dumbest leader and even when studying he can’t pass the test. Gonzales did as he was told and signed what was given to him. Now if Bush keeps him in the job, all the convicted criminals can file appeals as lying under oath is now legal.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:15 pmIf the Attorney General can lie under oath and it’s not a crime, look for Libby to add that to his appeal. Nice move by the Administration that supports morals and family values. Now kids can lie and say ” Mom lying is ok now because the President and the Attorney General lie all the time”.
“several very loyal Republicans made it clear to CNN that they were really dripping with disappointment.”
THEY’RE dripping with disappointment???? Welcome to the party, pal!!!
April 19th, 2007 at 6:25 pmThey say the Clinton thing gave teenagers the go-ahead to have sex, or oral sex.
Well the Bush thing is giving kids the go-ahead to lie their assess off.
Which is worse?
I guess we have sexualized kids who would lie about it.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:26 pmI have a feeling Dana Bash wouldn’t be that good looking when all the makeup is washed off. Or peeled off.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:26 pm“dripping with disappointment”
Reminds me of a time when she said “no” at the last second.
(blue balls)
April 19th, 2007 at 6:29 pm*
April 19th, 2007 at 6:44 pmif this is how poorly he performed after all the preparation he’s had,
“imagine the state he was in in march.†- dahlia lithwick,
on rachel maddow/AirAmericaRadio…
.
Gonzales:
“Look, I didn’t mislead Congress because I am incompetent . . . . but I want to work with you on that.â€
Gonzales:
“No what I meant to say is I am not incompetent and I didn’t mean to mislead Congress and only did so because I didn’t prepare (which sounds like I am incompetent but I’m not . . . really). What I’m really trying to say is I want to work with you on that.â€
April 19th, 2007 at 6:46 pmHey . . . where’s Jake?
Jake has morphed in to Elizabeth who “wears Lacey things” under her? robe. Aren’t trolls grand ?
April 19th, 2007 at 6:52 pmI guess we have sexualized kids who would lie about it.
Comment by ForTruth — April 19, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
yea, ’cause WE never lied about such things! …*cough*…
… i can’t even think about commenting on your next comment…
April 19th, 2007 at 6:53 pm:-]
fortruth - the bash/makeup comment wasn’t there when i posted…
April 19th, 2007 at 6:55 pmf.y.i…
Gonzales:
“OK OK, I am a little incompetent and I did mislead Congress a little bit, but I can assure you that I will work with you on that. I don’t think resigning will solve this problem, Senator Coburn. I need to work on this problem whether I resign or not.”
April 19th, 2007 at 6:55 pmSo there is no list of names to replace Gonzales… Senator Schumer stated that no one knows who put the list of names together for the attorneys that Gonzales dismissed. It’s amazing… these list appear out of nowhere. I’ll bet there’s a list hidden in traitor Rove’s drawer with names of bushies to replace Gonzales.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:57 pmGonzales reviews are in: ‘Like clubbing a baby seal.’
Baby seals are innocent. Gonzales is not.
April 19th, 2007 at 7:12 pmHere we are watching oversight at work and then we open our eyes and see a large room full of lawyers. I’m sure that this is how Rome looked moments before Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BC.
April 19th, 2007 at 7:17 pmThey say the Clinton thing gave teenagers the go-ahead to have sex, or oral sex.
Well the Bush thing is giving kids the go-ahead to lie their assess off.
Which is worse?
I guess we have sexualized kids who would lie about it.
Comment by ForTruth — April 19, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
As you know, a blow J*B is not sex! Only sex is sex! You also know that using a cigar like that is only lending a helping hand and can not fall under the definition of sex. Sure I smoked it but I never inhaled….
Clinton honesty would be so refreshing at this point. Instead we have what looks like the “pedophile party” in full swing.
By the way kids have been going at it since Cave Boy Bob saw Cave Girl Jane’s butt. LOL
April 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pmBaby Seals are innocent until they grow up to be Penguin killers.
April 19th, 2007 at 7:34 pmPut that baby seal through the wood chipper.
April 19th, 2007 at 8:22 pmThen we should give the penguins guns.
Besides, aren’t penguins gay?
/sarcasm = stupid fu*king right wing retard
April 19th, 2007 at 8:36 pmA little rough on the baby seals, aren’t we…? :D
Now I know who summoned Jake….
April 19th, 2007 at 9:37 pmNo, “Dripping with disappointment” is how you feel the day after your drunken suare with the not-so-ethical tramp from the boss’ office, right before you wind up in the STD clinic. I’m sure that’s exactly how the repugs are feeling right now.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:44 amClubbing seals? No! No!
Try blowing frogs up with firecrackers.
John
April 20th, 2007 at 8:11 amAlberto,
Good job!
You have George Bush’s S-E-A-L of approval.
You aced the testimony. Ha! Ha!
Celebrate! Go C-L-U-B-B-I-N-G! Have a few drinks at a few Washington watering holes and celebrate.
John
April 20th, 2007 at 8:24 amGonzalez had 2 weeks to prepare for this meeting. Gonzalez could not answer the basic question “Who created the list?” Methinks that that was something he should have anticipated being asked. So, WTF did he study?
April 20th, 2007 at 9:53 am#44 and watch out where the huskys go and don’t you eat that yellow snow.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:21 pmWe in the car business talk about our customers like that. When we get a high gross profit on a deal, we say that we “clubbed the customer like a baby seal”. Or Seal the Deal!!!!!!!!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm