Comments on: Gonzales has no ‘regret’ over pressuring a sick Ashcroft. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:21:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: marlow http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3950254 marlow Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:29:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3950254 I wouldn't have any regrets pulling the lever on Gonzales at the gallows. I wouldn’t have any regrets pulling the lever on Gonzales at the gallows.

]]> By: tr http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3950011 tr Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:07:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3950011 sociopaths feel no regret. when he goes to prison, he will say he was railroaded. guilt-regret, these are foreign concepts. sociopaths feel no regret. when he goes to prison, he will say he was railroaded. guilt-regret, these are foreign concepts.

]]> By: The Oracle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949995 The Oracle Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:57:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949995 Ashcroft wasn't the only sick person in that hospital room that night. Gonzales is one sick, sick individual. Ashcroft wasn’t the only sick person in that hospital room that night.

Gonzales is one sick, sick individual.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949894 JPark Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:41:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949894 Who likes Gonzalez? The guy is a creepy little torture-loving bastard. Is that you, 29%ers? You losers would be KGB supporters in the USSR (hell, you would be turning in your neighbors) and you would do the same with the Gestapo. Cowardly murderers. Who likes Gonzalez? The guy is a creepy little torture-loving bastard. Is that you, 29%ers? You losers would be KGB supporters in the USSR (hell, you would be turning in your neighbors) and you would do the same with the Gestapo. Cowardly murderers.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949872 JPark Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:33:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949872 Is it a Karl Rove rule that trolls must have the most incredibly boring and generic names? Jim? Unmemorable is good, eh? You do know the market was in GREAT shape in September of 1929 (a very similar era to what we have now). You do know what I mean, right, Corky? Is it a Karl Rove rule that trolls must have the most incredibly boring and generic names? Jim? Unmemorable is good, eh?

You do know the market was in GREAT shape in September of 1929 (a very similar era to what we have now). You do know what I mean, right, Corky?

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949842 tom baker Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:19:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949842 ...it's east when you have no conscience or integrity (like yer average righty) …it’s east when you have no conscience or integrity (like yer average righty)

]]> By: Kyle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949763 Kyle Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:34:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949763 Gonzales actually manages to make Ashcroft look like a human being and not like a bible thumping thug who bears the Constitution little love himself. I salute you Gonzo, I had no idea you could come off less human than Grand Inquisitor Ashcroft. Gonzales actually manages to make Ashcroft look like a human being and not like a bible thumping thug who bears the Constitution little love himself. I salute you Gonzo, I had no idea you could come off less human than Grand Inquisitor Ashcroft.

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949743 TripMaster Monkey Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:18:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949743 Jim sez: <blockquote><em>Dow hits 14000! The Bush boom continues. {pop}</em></blockquote> Yes...it's unfortunate that the dollar's continued slide against the euro counteracts all that and then some, so in reality, were doing more poorly in regards to the rest of the world than before... But go ahead and keep crowing "14,000!" if it makes you feel better... Jim sez:

Dow hits 14000!

The Bush boom continues. {pop}

Yes…it’s unfortunate that the dollar’s continued slide against the euro counteracts all that and then some, so in reality, were doing more poorly in regards to the rest of the world than before…

But go ahead and keep crowing “14,000!” if it makes you feel better…

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949739 TripMaster Monkey Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:16:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949739 Of course Gonzo has 'no regret'. Regret is a <i>human</i> emotion...one needs to possess a <i>soul</i> to be capable of it. Of course Gonzo has ‘no regret’. Regret is a human emotion…one needs to possess a soul to be capable of it.

]]> By: the economist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949711 the economist Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949711 <i>Dow hits 14000! The Bush boom continues. {pop} Comment by Jim — July 19, 2007 @ 5:23 pm</i> Actually, this is a good marker of inflation. The 2% have to put all those petro-dollars that Bernake is printing someplace. With hyperinflation hitting us now, I wouldn't be surprised if it goes to 20,000 in the next two years. Meanwhile, jobs are fewer and pay less and less. Dow hits 14000!

The Bush boom continues. {pop}

Comment by Jim — July 19, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

Actually, this is a good marker of inflation. The 2% have to put all those petro-dollars that Bernake is printing someplace. With hyperinflation hitting us now, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes to 20,000 in the next two years. Meanwhile, jobs are fewer and pay less and less.

]]> By: Larry from C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949649 Larry from C Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:24:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949649 This is my standard anti-troll post: <strong>The trolls are paid to come here and be a speed bump or spider’s web. Their job is to tie you up in endless arguement and waste your time and energy. Don’t play their game. Use your precious skills, time and energy to write editorials for newspapers and call your representatives. Its easy to fall into troll quicksand. Be smarter and avoid the trap.</strong> This is my standard anti-troll post:

The trolls are paid to come here and be a speed bump or spider’s web. Their job is to tie you up in endless arguement and waste your time and energy. Don’t play their game. Use your precious skills, time and energy to write editorials for newspapers and call your representatives. Its easy to fall into troll quicksand. Be smarter and avoid the trap.

]]> By: Buch Fush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949616 Buch Fush Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:02:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949616 Katie - I have been trying for a long time with the IGNORE THE TROLLS campaign, and people kept responding to the scum anyway, I am considering just dropping this site because the Trolls are out of control and I believe ones like Mr. Pres & CT_V1 should be banned for sure. Although as of late I have been slamming the Trolls big time, just for fun, but soon tired of it, and am trying to just ignore them again. Ignore the trolls - Read 111 Katie, she is so right about this, it has gotten out of hand. Katie – I have been trying for a long time with the IGNORE THE TROLLS campaign, and people kept responding to the scum anyway, I am considering just dropping this site because the Trolls are out of control and I believe ones like Mr. Pres & CT_V1 should be banned for sure. Although as of late I have been slamming the Trolls big time, just for fun, but soon tired of it, and am trying to just ignore them again.

Ignore the trolls – Read 111 Katie, she is so right about this, it has gotten out of hand.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949598 Marie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:51:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949598 It is positively astonishing that the person who embodies the attorney for the United States has such disdain and disrespect, let alone understanding of the law. It is positively astonishing that the person who embodies the attorney for the United States has such disdain and disrespect, let alone understanding of the law.

]]> By: Katie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949594 Katie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:50:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949594 Ok, 108 posts and 18 were by Jim and 13 were by people responding to Jim. That's about 28% of the posts being trolls and troll feeders. I had such high hopes that you had finally learned and were going to ignore the troll, and you all did up until about post 60. Then in the next 40 posts 14 people responded to Jim. So, Jim still wins this one. Congratulations Jim, you are the troll winner of this thread. PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS. You were doing so well but then you just couldn't resist. Responding to the trolls is letting them take over this site. BARTLEBEE seems to think that if we don't respond to the trolls we are losing something. I completely disagree. I think that by responding to the trolls we are losing because they are taking over threads and driving away good people who have something to contribute to this site. Ok, 108 posts and 18 were by Jim and 13 were by people responding to Jim. That’s about 28% of the posts being trolls and troll feeders.

I had such high hopes that you had finally learned and were going to ignore the troll, and you all did up until about post 60. Then in the next 40 posts 14 people responded to Jim. So, Jim still wins this one.

Congratulations Jim, you are the troll winner of this thread.

PLEASE DON’T FEED THE TROLLS. You were doing so well but then you just couldn’t resist. Responding to the trolls is letting them take over this site. BARTLEBEE seems to think that if we don’t respond to the trolls we are losing something. I completely disagree. I think that by responding to the trolls we are losing because they are taking over threads and driving away good people who have something to contribute to this site.

]]> By: missmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949590 missmolly Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:49:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949590 I'm not sure if the Bushies hire people without souls or consciences, or if they hire people who believe they have the opportunity to do good and then suck any moral values right out of them. Either way, anybody who serves in this administration winds up a soulless automaton, capable only of adhering to the "agenda" -- regardless of who dies or who gets hurt. The fact that Gonzo would badger a very sick man to accomplish a sordid objective isn't surprising -- it's typical. Colin Powell managed to escape before he was drained completely, but it will take awhile even for him to get his moral compass on track. I’m not sure if the Bushies hire people without souls or consciences, or if they hire people who believe they have the opportunity to do good and then suck any moral values right out of them.

Either way, anybody who serves in this administration winds up a soulless automaton, capable only of adhering to the “agenda” — regardless of who dies or who gets hurt. The fact that Gonzo would badger a very sick man to accomplish a sordid objective isn’t surprising — it’s typical.

Colin Powell managed to escape before he was drained completely, but it will take awhile even for him to get his moral compass on track.

]]> By: Buch Fush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949588 Buch Fush Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:48:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949588 Hey, asswipe JIM, I mistakingly read one of your off topic repukian talking points posts. Mistakingly.....when I see Jim on the sign off, I skip it, as everyone else should. Ignore the repukian trolls - and no the dow is not helping the average Joe - only the super rich profit at the cost of the rest of us. Hey, asswipe JIM, I mistakingly read one of your off topic repukian talking points posts. Mistakingly…..when I see Jim on the sign off, I skip it, as everyone else should.

Ignore the repukian trolls – and no the dow is not helping the average Joe – only the super rich profit at the cost of the rest of us.

]]> By: Katie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949573 Katie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:41:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949573 So, please tell me why this was a CLOSED DOOR session? Congress needs to interview everyone in the light of day and under oath. No more closed sessions. And of course Gonzales has no regrets. He has no conscience and he has no soul, so there can never be anything there for him to regret. So, please tell me why this was a CLOSED DOOR session? Congress needs to interview everyone in the light of day and under oath. No more closed sessions.

And of course Gonzales has no regrets. He has no conscience and he has no soul, so there can never be anything there for him to regret.

]]> By: Buch Fush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949565 Buch Fush Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:38:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949565 First you have to have compasion, morals, ethics to show regret, and Gonzo has none of those qualities, so he doesn't have a problem torturing, murdering, stealing, lieing, enabling criminal activity, etc. He is a perfect fit for the Repukian Mafia. First you have to have compasion, morals, ethics to show regret, and Gonzo has none of those qualities, so he doesn’t have a problem torturing, murdering, stealing, lieing, enabling criminal activity, etc. He is a perfect fit for the Repukian Mafia.

]]> By: Carmikl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949528 Carmikl Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:20:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949528 Ashcroft was barely conscious and under medication. It is amazing that he understood what he was being asked to do. The moral and legal implications go way beyond Gonzos lack of conscience. No one expects Gonzo to have a conscience. Major pieces of legislation should not be signed by officials who are blitzed out with pain medication. That's why there's a transfer of power in those situations. Maybe Ashcroft's real objection was that he knew that he was in no shape to make such a decision. Remember, Gonzo also believes in confessions obtained by torture. Ashcroft was barely conscious and under medication. It is amazing that he understood what he was being asked to do. The moral and legal implications go way beyond Gonzos lack of conscience. No one expects Gonzo to have a conscience. Major pieces of legislation should not be signed by officials who are blitzed out with pain medication. That’s why there’s a transfer of power in those situations. Maybe Ashcroft’s real objection was that he knew that he was in no shape to make such a decision.

Remember, Gonzo also believes in confessions obtained by torture.

]]> By: Larry from C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/comment-page-3/#comment-3949526 Larry from C Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:20:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/19/gonzales-has-no-regret-over-pressuring-a-sick-ashcroft/#comment-3949526 Why hasn’t Harriet Miers been charged with INHERENT CONTEMPT yet? She ignored a Congressional subpoena last week. If you and I did that we’d be in jail. INHERENT CONTEMPT is a little used, little known Constitutionally approved tool of the Congress. When charged she will be handcuffed and dragged to the House of Representatives by the Capitol Hill Police and Sergeant at Arms. SHE WILL THEN GO ON TRIAL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE HOUSE. Depending on what she says or refuses to say she can be IMPRISONED IMMEDIATELY until the end of the Congress term expires. Ordinary Criminal Contempt is a Dead End. The case will be handed to the US Attorney in DC who is a Bush lackey. He will most likely decline to follow through. This is the course Bush, Rove etc. want Democrats to take. The Dems. would be fools and cowards to take this route. This is urgent. Here’s the phone number of all the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. Call all of them even if they’re not your reps. Be relentless! John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126 Howard L. Berman (D) California 1-202-225-3196 Rick Boucher (D) Virginia 1-202-225-3861 Jerrold Nadler (D) New York 1-202-225-5635 Robert C. Scott (D) Virginia 1-202-225-8351 Melvin Watt (D) North Carolina 1-202-225-1510 Zoe Lofgren (D) California 1-202-225-3072 Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Texas 1-202-225-3816 Maxine Waters (D) California 1-202-225-2201 Martin Meehan (D) Massachusetts 1-202-225-3411 Bill Delahunt (D) Massachusetts 1-202-225-3111 Robert Wexler (D) Florida 1-202-225-3001 Loretta Sánchez, (D) California 1-202-225-6676 Steve Cohen (D) Tennessee 1-202-225-3265 Hank Johnson (D) Georgia 1-202-225-1605 Luis Gutierrez (D) Illinois 1-202-225-8203 Brad Sherman (D) California 1-202-225-5911 Anthony Weiner (D) New York 1-202-225-6616 Adam Schiff (D) California 1-202-225-4176 Artur Davis (D) Alabama 1-202-225-2665 Debby Wasserman Schultz (D) Florida 1-202-225-7931 Keith Ellison (D) Minnesota 1-202-225-4755 Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin 1-202-225-2906 Why hasn’t Harriet Miers been charged with INHERENT CONTEMPT yet? She ignored a Congressional subpoena last week. If you and I did that we’d be in jail.

INHERENT CONTEMPT is a little used, little known Constitutionally approved tool of the Congress. When charged she will be handcuffed and dragged to the House of Representatives by the Capitol Hill Police and Sergeant at Arms. SHE WILL THEN GO ON TRIAL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE HOUSE. Depending on what she says or refuses to say she can be IMPRISONED IMMEDIATELY until the end of the Congress term expires.

Ordinary Criminal Contempt is a Dead End. The case will be handed to the US Attorney in DC who is a Bush lackey. He will most likely decline to follow through. This is the course Bush, Rove etc. want Democrats to take. The Dems. would be fools and cowards to take this route.

This is urgent. Here’s the phone number of all the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee. Call all of them even if they’re not your reps. Be relentless!

John Conyers: 1-202-225-5126
Howard L. Berman (D) California 1-202-225-3196
Rick Boucher (D) Virginia 1-202-225-3861
Jerrold Nadler (D) New York 1-202-225-5635
Robert C. Scott (D) Virginia 1-202-225-8351
Melvin Watt (D) North Carolina 1-202-225-1510
Zoe Lofgren (D) California 1-202-225-3072
Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Texas 1-202-225-3816
Maxine Waters (D) California 1-202-225-2201
Martin Meehan (D) Massachusetts 1-202-225-3411
Bill Delahunt (D) Massachusetts 1-202-225-3111
Robert Wexler (D) Florida 1-202-225-3001
Loretta Sánchez, (D) California 1-202-225-6676
Steve Cohen (D) Tennessee 1-202-225-3265
Hank Johnson (D) Georgia 1-202-225-1605
Luis Gutierrez (D) Illinois 1-202-225-8203
Brad Sherman (D) California 1-202-225-5911
Anthony Weiner (D) New York 1-202-225-6616
Adam Schiff (D) California 1-202-225-4176
Artur Davis (D) Alabama 1-202-225-2665
Debby Wasserman Schultz (D) Florida 1-202-225-7931
Keith Ellison (D) Minnesota 1-202-225-4755
Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin 1-202-225-2906

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