Comments on: Specter: Administration Should Not Be ‘Celebrating’ Gonzales’s ‘Very, Very Damaging’ Testimony http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ethan olivia http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3767400 ethan olivia Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:39:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3767400 Here's a related video from GovGap - GOVGAP slams DOJ in humiliating video: http://www.govgap.com It's on the home page right now. Ethan Here’s a related video from GovGap -
GOVGAP slams DOJ in humiliating video:
http://www.govgap.com

It’s on the home page right now.
Ethan

]]> By: pre-Amerikkkan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3765840 pre-Amerikkkan Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:43:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3765840 Can someone get the tape and read the lips of those guys sitting behind Fredo during the hearing? They must have come up with this while watching the unraveling of their boss by the looks of their faces. Who <em>were</em> those guys anyway? I'd like to know what they were saying, any lip readers interested in a fun project they'd like to share with us when they're done? I could use a good laugh amid all this criminality, laughable incompetence is kinda funny. Can someone get the tape and read the lips of those guys sitting behind Fredo during the hearing? They must have come up with this while watching the unraveling of their boss by the looks of their faces. Who were those guys anyway?

I’d like to know what they were saying, any lip readers interested in a fun project they’d like to share with us when they’re done?

I could use a good laugh amid all this criminality, laughable incompetence is kinda funny.

]]> By: nolo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3765191 nolo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:06:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3765191 <a href="http://indictdickcheney.blogspot.com/2007/04/sen-sheldon-whitehouse-on-white-house.html" rel="nofollow">dag! here is theat link to the sheldon whitehouse queestioning</a>. . . dag! here is theat link to the
sheldon whitehouse queestioning. . .

]]> By: nolo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3765190 nolo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:05:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3765190 christy hardin smith at firedoglake pointed out, astutely, this morning that alberto gonzales admitted to "serious improprieties" in his testi- mony on april 19, in answer to a line of questioning late in the day by sen. sheldon whitehouse. . . so -- i went out and baked up the highlights! okay — here is a <a href="" rel="nofollow">condensed, edited, pan-and-scan (w/graphic-cutaways) youtube’d video/flashplayer snippet — about 3:10 running time, total</a>, of sen. sheldon whitehouse eviscerating the attorney general over the astonishingly inappropriate access low-level white house staffers (some 447 of ‘em!) have to criminal cases and investigations via the alberto gonzales/george bush formulation of DoJ — white house access policies. whew! — take a look! — i’ve been bakin’ da’ pixels all afternoon long, on this. . . christy hardin smith at firedoglake
pointed out, astutely, this morning
that alberto gonzales admitted to
“serious improprieties” in his testi-
mony on april 19, in answer to a line
of questioning late in the day by sen.
sheldon whitehouse. . . so — i went
out and baked up the highlights!

okay — here is a condensed, edited,
pan-and-scan (w/graphic-cutaways)
youtube’d video/flashplayer
snippet — about 3:10 running
time, total, of sen. sheldon
whitehouse eviscerating the
attorney general over the
astonishingly inappropriate
access low-level white house
staffers (some 447 of ‘em!)
have to criminal cases and
investigations via the alberto
gonzales/george bush formulation
of DoJ — white house access policies.

whew! — take a look! — i’ve been bakin’
da’ pixels all afternoon long, on this. . .

]]> By: nightslider http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3764488 nightslider Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:33:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3764488 Arlene Spectator! just added a new profile to the three monkeys that we are all accustomed too. 1. see no evil 2. speak no evil 3. hear no evil 4. don't think no evil. Is this individual capable of independent thought? That would be the 64.000 dollar question if the question were asked of a contestant back on the original show that produced that concept, The answer would be of course I don't know, does he know? Odiously he hasn't produced anything remotely approaching the requisite check and balance's demanded of his position, why should we start expecting it now? ain't going to happen with this sock monkey. Besides the democrats coouldnt find a better foil for their 2008 campaigns than this corrupt son of a Be!tch,and his cohorts of mindless sock monkeys, keep em I say, makes it easier for us to use the Claim of incompetence with real meaning, and keeping Gonzo only reinforces that notion with vigor. Arlene Spectator! just added a new profile to the three monkeys that we are all accustomed too.

1. see no evil
2. speak no evil
3. hear no evil
4. don’t think no evil.

Is this individual capable of independent thought?

That would be the 64.000 dollar question if the question were asked of a contestant back on the original show that produced that concept,

The answer would be of course I don’t know, does he know?

Odiously he hasn’t produced anything remotely approaching the requisite check and balance’s demanded of his position, why should we start expecting it now? ain’t going to happen with this sock monkey.

Besides the democrats coouldnt find a better foil for their 2008 campaigns than this corrupt son of a Be!tch,and his cohorts of mindless sock monkeys, keep em I say, makes it easier for us to use the Claim of incompetence with real meaning, and keeping Gonzo only reinforces that notion with vigor.

]]> By: Karim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763640 Karim Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:53:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763640 Gonzales needs to go. The entire Whit House needs to go. Gonzales needs to go. The entire Whit House needs to go.

]]> By: kasinca http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763619 kasinca Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:26:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763619 I don't want him to resign...I want them to continue to drag his lying ass before the committee to allow him to continue to lie and cover up for KKKarl Rove and company until we get that weasel sob in jail where he belongs. The longer this incompetent bastard stays in office, to more obvious how incompetent, crooked, and corrupt this administration is and the greater the chance the GOP will not be in the majority for the rest of my life. That is a good thing. I don’t want him to resign…I want them to continue to drag his lying ass before the committee to allow him to continue to lie and cover up for KKKarl Rove and company until we get that weasel sob in jail where he belongs. The longer this incompetent bastard stays in office, to more obvious how incompetent, crooked, and corrupt this administration is and the greater the chance the GOP will not be in the majority for the rest of my life. That is a good thing.

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763452 theswan Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:44:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763452 Arlen, yes it is time to turn the screw the other way. Stay "your present" twist. Arlen, yes it is time to turn the screw the other way. Stay “your present” twist.

]]> By: waydot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763431 waydot Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:25:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763431 Always amazing. Arlen Specter will always be properly outraged at injustice. Will he ever take action? Never in this lifetime! You have to hand it to him, though. He is consistent. Always amazing. Arlen Specter will always be properly outraged at injustice. Will he ever take action? Never in this lifetime! You have to hand it to him, though. He is consistent.

]]> By: pre-Amerikkkan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763422 pre-Amerikkkan Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:18:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763422 There IS no plan. It is all ad-hoc now (especially since "the plan") and designed to <strong>stall </strong>as long as possible until critical parties can get out of harm's way. Fielding will have a flawed plan for his charges, but he does have experience and he will find a way to stonewall if he can. Fredo had weeks to prepare, yet for all that, his handlers could not train him to hide his essential stupidity and his inflated sense of entitlement. Is that a Texas thing? Stupid and yet so sure they are smarter than the average doorknob?! Whatever, cynicism is beginning to creep in, <strong>WE</strong> (MSM will not help the average citizen) have to revolutionize our approach to political participation. It IS up to us, and we deserve everything we get if we sit by like we usually do. There IS no plan. It is all ad-hoc now (especially since “the plan”) and designed to stall as long as possible until critical parties can get out of harm’s way. Fielding will have a flawed plan for his charges, but he does have experience and he will find a way to stonewall if he can.

Fredo had weeks to prepare, yet for all that, his handlers could not train him to hide his essential stupidity and his inflated sense of entitlement. Is that a Texas thing? Stupid and yet so sure they are smarter than the average doorknob?!

Whatever, cynicism is beginning to creep in, WE (MSM will not help the average citizen) have to revolutionize our approach to political participation. It IS up to us, and we deserve everything we get if we sit by like we usually do.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763365 MapleStreet Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:16:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763365 Be careful here. In my opinion, what the Great Gonzo has done to the Constitution should get him disbarred. Thats even before we consider the effects of politicizing the AGs office (can we trust the AG now ? Or do they protect the criminals that do their bidding and use enforcement against the innocent to bring others into submission ?) But pragmatically, if Gonzo resigns, many will try to stamp that as "case closed" and a way to stifle any further investigation. Better for Shrub to keep supporting Gonzo so that we can find out about those missing emails. Be careful here. In my opinion, what the Great Gonzo has done to the Constitution should get him disbarred. Thats even before we consider the effects of politicizing the AGs office (can we trust the AG now ? Or do they protect the criminals that do their bidding and use enforcement against the innocent to bring others into submission ?)

But pragmatically, if Gonzo resigns, many will try to stamp that as “case closed” and a way to stifle any further investigation. Better for Shrub to keep supporting Gonzo so that we can find out about those missing emails.

]]> By: ataloss http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763320 ataloss Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:33:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763320 That is quite a statement,. Spector is going to leave it all up to the liar Bush, and the liar Gonzales. Is that not funny? Where has he been for the past six years? Does he recognize corruption when he sees it but prefers to leave the big decisions up to the corrupted? That is quite a statement,. Spector is going to leave it all up to the liar Bush, and the liar Gonzales. Is that not funny? Where has he been for the past six years? Does he recognize corruption when he sees it but prefers to leave the big decisions up to the corrupted?

]]> By: Mr. Bush Goes To Hell http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763258 Mr. Bush Goes To Hell Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:43:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763258 Abu Gonzo needs to go!!! <strong>Don't WORRY about his REPLACEMENT.</strong> THIS time, whoever the AWOL TraitorBoy submits will HAVE to represent the Unites States of America, and not just act as Bush's personal lawyer. AND they will be under OVERSIGHT from REAL Americans, not Bush's Nazis. See you in hell Abu Gonzo (cause I'LL be THERE), <strong> Mr. Bush MURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL COXUCKER PUNK TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM)</strong> Abu Gonzo needs to go!!!

Don’t WORRY about his REPLACEMENT.

THIS time, whoever the AWOL TraitorBoy submits will HAVE to represent the Unites States of America, and not just act as Bush’s personal lawyer.

AND they will be under OVERSIGHT from REAL Americans, not Bush’s Nazis.

See you in hell Abu Gonzo (cause I’LL be THERE),


Mr. Bush
MURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COXUCKER PUNK TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM)

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763199 had enough Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:05:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763199 I wonder if that will change after ‘08? Comment by chris L It is ridiculous.. we are STILL seeing republican domination on the cable news talk shows. It is like '84 and watching the teleprompt. How can this continue after '08... or maybe it can if the American public are dumbed down enlugh. I wonder if that will change after ‘08?

Comment by chris L

It is ridiculous.. we are STILL seeing republican domination on the cable news talk shows. It is like ‘84 and watching the teleprompt. How can this continue after ‘08… or maybe it can if the American public are dumbed down enlugh.

]]> By: chris L http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763174 chris L Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:42:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763174 Comment by had enough — April 22, 2007 @ 3:38 pm I wonder if that will change after '08? Comment by had enough — April 22, 2007 @ 3:38 pm

I wonder if that will change after ‘08?

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763170 had enough Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:38:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763170 Why are we not seeing more Democrats on these talk shows? Oh, I forgot, it is faux and also, we still have a neocon fascist republican corporate controlled media in spite of the fact the Dems have control of congress. Why are we not seeing more Democrats on these talk shows? Oh, I forgot, it is faux and also, we still have a neocon fascist republican corporate controlled media in spite of the fact the Dems have control of congress.

]]> By: Annie B. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763168 Annie B. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:36:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763168 Mr. Specter often wants to do the right thing (my opinion), but party loyalty keeps him from making that small step from tough talk to even tougher action. The man is afraid of losing his senior position on various committees if he actually votes against the administration. I keep hoping that he will act honorably and add his name to the many senators demanding Gonzales' resignation. Mr. Specter often wants to do the right thing (my opinion), but party loyalty keeps him from making that small step from tough talk to even tougher action. The man is afraid of losing his senior position on various committees if he actually votes against the administration.
I keep hoping that he will act honorably and add his name to the many senators demanding Gonzales’ resignation.

]]> By: chris L http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763161 chris L Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:29:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763161 Comment by Uncle Ho — April 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm One thing I have learned from republicans, just when you think things can't get any worse ... they're just getting started. There are still several extreme right-wing political maneuvers thay have yet to push forth in the next year, and a new AG yes-man would be just what the doctor ordered. Comment by Uncle Ho — April 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm

One thing I have learned from republicans, just when you think things can’t get any worse … they’re just getting started.

There are still several extreme right-wing political maneuvers thay have yet to push forth in the next year, and a new AG yes-man would be just what the doctor ordered.

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763154 impeachcheneythenbush Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:23:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763154 <em>“He’s done something I didn’t think possible. He’s lost the confidence of almost all the Republicans in Congress,” </em> Pray this happens to Bush. Then impeachment is not only "back on the table," it's a "slam dunk." “He’s done something I didn’t think possible. He’s lost the confidence of almost all the Republicans in Congress,”

Pray this happens to Bush. Then impeachment is not only “back on the table,” it’s a “slam dunk.”

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/comment-page-1/#comment-3763152 Uncle Ho Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:21:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/22/specter-gonzales/#comment-3763152 Chris, how worse can a replacement get? It was Gonzo who said that the Geneva conventions about prisoners was "quaint". Gonzo also maintains that as "war president", Bush can rip up the Constitution and the Bill of Rights at will. Just how much "worse" could that be? Chris, how worse can a replacement get? It was Gonzo who said that the Geneva conventions about prisoners was “quaint”. Gonzo also maintains that as “war president”, Bush can rip up the Constitution and the Bill of Rights at will. Just how much “worse” could that be?

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