BREAKING: Alberto Gonzales Resigns
BREAKING: Alberto Gonzales Resigns
The New York Times reports Alberto Gonzales will announce his resignation later this morning:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not announced immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.
U.S. News reported this weekend, “The buzz among top Bushies is that beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally plans to depart and will be replaced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Why Chertoff? Officials say he’s got fans on Capitol Hill, is untouched by the Justice prosecutor scandal, and has more experience than Gonzales did, having served as a federal judge and assistant attorney general.”
UPDATE: In March, Gonzales said, “I’m not going to resign. I’m going to stay focused on protecting our kids.” In June, he promised to “sprint to the finish line” to “accomplish all the goals that are important to me.”
UPDATE II: In April, Gonzales said he would stay as long as he felt he could be effective:
I will stay as long as I feel I can be effective, and I believe I can be effective. Obviously, we’ll be working with the Congress to reassure them that we’ve identified the mistakes that have been made here and that we are taking steps to address them. But I can’t just be focused on the U.S. Attorney situation. I’ve also got to be focused on what’s really important for the American people.
UPDATE III: CNN’s John King: “This is the last of the Texans who came with President Bush to Washington in the close White House circle to have a senior job. Karen Hughes, of course, still at the State Department — she left and came back. But Karl Rove leaving recently, now Alberto Gonzales leaving as well. This President does not have the old Texas posse around him anymore.”
UPDATE IV: The AP reports, “A senior Justice Department official said that a likely temporary replacement for Gonzales is Solicitor General Paul Clement, who would take over until a permanent replacement is found.” FDL has some background on Clement.
UPDATE V: Gonzales will be reading a statement at 10:30 a.m. ET. President Bush is expected to make a statement about Gonzales at 11:30 a.m. from his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
UPDATE VI: Gonzales said, “Yesterday I met with President Bush and informed him of my decision to conclude my government service as attorney general of the United States effective as of September 17th, 2007.” He offered no reason for his departure.
UPDATE VII: Gonzales’s resignation letter HERE.
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Hello Mr. Chertoff???
Ughhh.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:13 amOffer the job to Rick Santorum.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:13 amHow about Attorney General Dr. William Dog? My understanding is that he holds a law degree as well as 2 other doctorates.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:16 amuhm. But what about the children?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:17 amAnother recess appointment?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:17 amI wonder if his replacement will faithfully uphold the laws of our nation, or will continue to buckle under to the egregious excesses of Pres. Bush in the same fashion as AG Gonzales has done???
I won’t hold my breath.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:19 amUm…does this mean Gonzales has accomplished all his goals?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:19 amOffer the job to Rick Santorum.
Comment by Sonny Red —
Brilliant idea! As a former senator, he should be appoved easily. He’s also of sound mind and character.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:19 amAnother victory for Bush!!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:20 amHow about Attorney General Dr. William Dog? My understanding is that he holds a law degree as well as 2 other doctorates.
Comment by Sonny Red
I believe Dr. Dog said he holds a PHD, MD and JD. So you are correct.
I don’t think he’d have the votes in the senate. ;)
It’d be a very entertaining committee hearing, though. Send me a fax Sen. Leahy!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:21 amIt’s all smoke and mirrors, folks.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:21 amAny guesses on who will lead Homeland Security if Chertoff gets the AG job? I’m sure there are still some Bushney stooges out there who need a job…
August 27th, 2007 at 8:22 am#8 – “Brilliant idea! As a former senator, he should be appoved easily. He’s also of sound mind and character.” Comment by Brassmask — August 27, 2007 @ 8:19 am
Hah! Thanks for the early morning, Monday laugh! ‘Ol mister “man-on-dog-sex” himself being of “sound mind and character”!
Brassmask, I don’t care what anyone says about you, you’ve got a great sense of humor!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:22 amVictory? Surely you jest. All the snakes are slinking back to Texas.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:22 amI see the nutter is awake and answering his own posts
August 27th, 2007 at 8:23 amHey–the Politico was right after all!!! (perhaps a bit early)
August 27th, 2007 at 8:24 amSantorum?? hahaha! Don’t you guys get it yet? Your days of politicizing our beloved system of laws are over. What we need is a Republican like John Dean, not that he’d be offered the job since he loves the Constitution and law so much.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:25 amSurely I jest.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:26 amPresident Bush,
Call Rick Santorum. He should get this job. Sonny Red is right.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:27 amThis is a departure from the norm — usually people depart on Friday afternoons. Gonzo even submitted his resignation at the proper time. Was there a reason Bush delayed the announcement by having lunch with him?
My guess is that Bush WANTS Gonzo’s departure to be conspicuous. In an effort to save his own butt, he wants everyone to think that “the problem is gone, folks — everything is hunky-dory now!”
As good as it is to get rid of Gonzales, there are plenty of problems remaining.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:27 amThe wheels on the bus go around and around.
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August 27th, 2007 at 8:28 amBrilliant idea! As a former senator, he should be appoved easily. He’s also of sound mind and character.
Comment by Brassmask
Santorum is an expert on Constitutional law. I’d love to see him shread a drunk Ted Kennedy on the merits of the law.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:29 amI believe Dr. Dog said he holds a PHD, MD and JD. So you are correct.
I don’t think he’d have the votes in the senate. ;)
It’d be a very entertaining committee hearing, though. Send me a fax Sen. Leahy!
Comment by Brassmask
Lehey would probably call Wayne as a witness, and he wouldn’t show up.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:30 amYeah, that’s good. Rick “fetus in a jar” Santorum would be highly entertaining for sure.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:30 amPresident Bush,
Call Rick Santorum. He should get this job. Sonny Red is right.
Comment by Brassmask
Thank you.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:31 amWho is going to protect us now that Chertoff is leaving Homeland Security? O’ my!
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August 27th, 2007 at 8:31 amI would have expected this to have happened on Friday night not Monday morning. Internet rumors began over the weekend.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:33 amGood Riddance!
Next Presidential rubberstamp to scare the Dem-controlled (until Liebermann jumps ship) US Senate into confirming!
You know, “Not confirming our nominated rubber stamp AG is leaving Americans vulnerable to terrorists attacks” and et cetera.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:33 amuntil after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.
What? Bush thinks he’s the Godfather of Texas?
“GÅna be hard work, but I’ll eenvite Gonzo to lunch `n if he don’ praise th’ ol’ lady’s vittles `n cry `n kiss m’ feet, I’m gÅna ask `at he git on down de road!”
August 27th, 2007 at 8:34 amHahahaha. Which one of the trolls was it that was insisting Gonzales woudlnt resign? Anyone remember? Was it muckdog or Hendler? Probably Hender, he the real anti-psychic around here.. if he beleives it, it probably isnt going to come true..
ps. I think I figured out a good way to cause mr. P some serious serious unhappiness in his online life.. I need some help though, can some regular who posts here please give me a link to a blog or website or something where I can private message them and tell them of my plans?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:35 amIn June, he promised to “sprint to the finish line†to “accomplish all the goals that are important to me.â€
Assist in destroying parts of the Constitution…..check.
Help in defending and abetting a criminal president….check.
On direction from the Vice-Prez, badger a drugged CIA-Chief into okaying an illegal spying program…..check.
Damage the reuputation of the Justice Department for years to come…check.
Ok, where’s his medal?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:35 amhahahahah. suck on that trolls!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:35 amTaking bets:
August 27th, 2007 at 8:36 amFamily reasons 100 to 1
thepoetryman – I just read that in Jon Stewart’s voice! hahahaha! Well done.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:37 amCongress, I hope you’re happy…You could have been on record as ousting this skunk. Instead, he slinks away, never again to answer one of your supoenas.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:38 amTaking bets:
Family reasons 100 to 1
Comment by Fred
Going quail hunting with Karl.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:38 amAIPAC laughs in your general direction.
Keep that dual-citizenship, Mossad agent OUT of our AG office!
Chertoff is deep, deep in the Mossads pocket. He’s their ace.
Keep dual-citizenship holders OUT of office. We don’t need any split loyalties.
Muck things up badly in the US, and then when the police come knocking on his door, he’ll magically depart to Israel, never to be able to be touched by US law again.
Israel is a terrorist nation. They should be treated as such.
But no. We’re rather give them jobs in our government.
Heck of a job, Georgie.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:38 amBut it doesn’t mean anything. Flip one out, put one in. What does it matter? You know he is not going to pay for his crimes. None of them will. The Dems are just the force keeping the proles from losing hope and marching on DC. They aren’t meant to DO anything. And they won’t. Justice has fled America.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:38 amAs has been noted, this took place at an odd time. Usually you do this at the end of the news cycle (typically Friday afternoon) so that you have the usually talking heads on Saturday and Sunday spinning this in the best possible light so that by Monday, the message has been crafted and will be fed to the masses.
But resigning on a Monday, now that speaks of something a little unusual. And unless Bush moves fast, he can’t even think about a recess appointment.
Something’s very fishy here…..
August 27th, 2007 at 8:39 amAny guesses on who will lead Homeland Security if Chertoff gets the AG job? I’m sure there are still some Bushney stooges out there who need a job…
Comment by missmolly
Probably Gonzales.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:39 amI wonder if Bush and Cheney think the whole U.S. Attorney mess will go away now?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:41 amholy living f*ck! I honestly thought he was gonna ride this out until Jan. 09…
August 27th, 2007 at 8:42 amplease give me a link to a blog or website or something where I can private message them and tell them of my plans?
Comment by Null and aVoid Chocolate Jesus
If you must: Go back to almost any thread of late and click on-
“Makarios”.
(I’m feeling sick now)
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August 27th, 2007 at 8:42 amComment by raynman — August 27, 2007 @ 8:39 am
‘rayman’ sees it as clear as day!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:43 amProbably Gonzales.
Comment by dlet — August 27, 2007 @ 8:39 am
You know, the American attention span has been shortened to the length of a gnat f*rt, so this wouldn’t surprise me. After Chertoff takes the reins as AG, Gonzales could be tapped to head HS, with Bush citing his “record of bold leadership”.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:44 ami heard a frightening commercial today on the radio as it woke me up. I warned that if I was unsure about the rights I have as a gun owner, I should contact the government to make sure the let me know.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:44 am> My understanding is that he holds a law degree
Ah yes, a law degree, the fictitious intellectual credential of trolls around here… Mighty Hermahpodite Megan started that trend around here…
August 27th, 2007 at 8:44 amAny guesses as to the next rat off the ship?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:45 amOMG I need coffee. Sorry about all the typos in above posts.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:45 amby Null and aVoid Chocolate Jesus
Probably from Stanford too. You know, like half the trolls here.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:46 amOMG I need coffee. Sorry about all the typos in above posts.
Comment by Bluedahlia — August 27, 2007 @ 8:45 am
That’s OK — it’s Monday morning. I understand completely.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:46 amThe resignations of Rove and Gonzo certainly feel anticlimactic. But at least they are gone and can’t do further damage. I’ll take that, whether they are ever prosecuted or not.
What I find to be the interesting question, with the Posse all gone now, is who will be advising W? He’s really floundering out there by himself now, having ignored or scoffed at those who tried to give him good counsel from his own party. Cheney certainly is no wise counsel. And we know Bush can’t think on his own.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:46 amlike rats leaving a sinking ship, eh?
August 27th, 2007 at 8:46 amInteresting…very interesting. :)
August 27th, 2007 at 8:50 amComment by missmolly — August 27, 2007 @ 8:45 am
US HOUSE IMPEACHES BUSH AND CHENEY AND PELOSI BECOMES PRESIDENT.
That sould get rid of the rest of the rats. There are no longer well-worthy Captains left on the ship!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:50 amGeorge W. Bush will be getting advice from Satan himself. Al of the middle men have been fired or quit.
So long Scumberto Bagzales, I hope you enjoy working at 7/11.
-GSD
August 27th, 2007 at 8:52 am“Squeek” “squeek”…
“SPLASH”
August 27th, 2007 at 8:52 amnah, nah, nah, nah….hey, hey, hey…..good bye! Good riddance to a liar.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:53 amthis is the power of the Lefty Blogosphere at work. Gonzo runs away because his treason and incometence was exposed by the patriots on the left. Bush will continue to be pounded into a bloody pulp by the Good citizens of Liberal am erica, wjile the rightards whine and stamp their cowardly little feet.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:54 amWhat a fine way to start the week!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:55 amComment by ronjazz — August 27, 2007 @ 8:54 am
Here, here!
August 27th, 2007 at 8:56 am> Probably from Stanford too.
right, amazing how they are unable to answer questions even a lawyer who graduated from a public university in oklahoma could answer..
August 27th, 2007 at 8:57 amThe resignations of Rove and Gonzo certainly feel anticlimactic. But at least they are gone and can’t do further damage. I’ll take that, whether they are ever prosecuted or not.
What I find to be the interesting question, with the Posse all gone now, is who will be advising W? He’s really floundering out there by himself now, having ignored or scoffed at those who tried to give him good counsel from his own party. Cheney certainly is no wise counsel. And we know Bush can’t think on his own.
DICK CHENEY is ruling behind the curtain.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:57 amWonder if Brassasshat and Sonny Red Bono’s posts are coming from the same IP address…
August 27th, 2007 at 8:58 amAnother member of the Bush crime family exits stage right to enter the private sector where he’ll clean up even more. No accountability from the Democratic leadersheep.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:59 amWhat I don’t understand is how incredibly loyal everyone connected to the Bush-Cheney machine has been. So far, everyone has obfuscated on command, defended the BA without question, and jumped ship when deemed necessary. You would think that at least ONE of these people who’ve been thrown under the bus would do a John Dean, but it hasn’t happened. Not even Nixon had that degree of allegiance from his people.
So what’s going on here? Is it that the Bush-Cheney operation has been completely legal, above-board, and concerned only with the interests of the American people — and there’s nothing to tell? I suppose that’s possible, but if that’s the case, why are people so resistant to respond to subpoenas and tell the truth?
Is it that the Bush team has been so good to their people, and has been so inspiring that any one of them would gladly take one for the team? This has some merit — we’ve seen that they do take care of their own, in the case of Scooter Libby.
Or is it possible that blackmail is running rampant and everybody is afraid to “turn” on the BA — so afraid that a ruined career, trashed reputation, or even prison is preferable to betrayal. I’d love to know what was discussed at the Bush-Gonzo lunch.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:01 amWonder if Brassasshat and Sonny Red Bono’s posts are coming from the same IP address…
Comment by drew_ill — August 27, 2007 @ 8:58 am
What does is matter? Treasonous farts in the wind. sonny Red is a fake anyway, and assmask hasn’t posted a single relevant fact since Al Gore invented the intertubes. All the wingtard trolls have been shredded into bloody little bits over the past few days, and have turned into jibbering idiots with psychotic breaks every 15 minutes. This will bury them deep.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:03 am–GSD
Is this the you of old?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:05 amComment by missmolly — August 27, 2007 @ 9:01 am
KR and Gonzo’s hands are so deep in all of it that they would be nailed harder than the 43rd POTUS himself.
Talk? What would you do in their shoes?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:06 amDrudge still has nothing… how will he spin?
Alberto bows out?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:08 amLehey would probably call Wayne as a witness, and he wouldn’t show up.
Comment by Sonny Red
Wayne would show and would be calling Dr. Dog/MrPee a wimp and coward.
Too bad you didn’t plan on people calling Bruce’s to verify who was there or to page Dog when it claimed it was at the airport, eh Mr. Pee?
Twist and lie trolls, but troll who is behind the Dog sockpuppet knows and will have to live with the fact he is a coward and an honorless fool the rest of it’s flea-bitten life.
Dr. Dog only exists as a cowardly troll’s sockpuppet.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:08 amWonder if Brassasshat and Sonny Red Bono’s posts are coming from the same IP address…
Comment by drew_ill
Both are Mr.Pee sockpuppetry.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:12 amGonzo reisigning does not allow him to get away with perjury and obstruction in the congressional hearings.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:14 amLook up Noahide Laws and Chertoff if you want to know why there are guillitines in the Halliburton Detention Camps.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:15 amThe only drawback to his resignation is that we wont get to watch great Daily Show clips like this one anymore:
VIDEO – Daily Show Alberto Gonzalez
August 27th, 2007 at 9:16 amhttp://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=c77d717a-0e62-4f5e-be77-219ef330ba4f
I’m sure Gonzo will make plenty of money on the lecture circuit. Republicans love to pay money to hear their fallen idols speak. Maybe he and Rove can go on tour together. UGH.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:16 amDemocrats and Republicans, this is a departure full of mixed emotions (happiness and sadness). Please leave a farewell message at http://whitehouse.gov. The AG has done so much to enhance and fix the laws in our country. Please thank him for his service. Please leave all partisan issues out of this message. Thank you, and have a blessed day.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:16 amAny guesses as to the next rat off the ship?
Comment by missmolly — August 27, 2007 @ 8:45 am
The one that REALLY scares me is John Yoo, the a$$Klown who would make Gonzo look like a Boy Scout. Yoo is so NeoCon and anti-constitution, he could finish the job of destroying our Rule of Law in about 6 months.
Look him up on Wiki and then go to any of the other places referenced. He is currently a Law professor at Cal.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:17 amLooking at some of the right wing blogs, apparently Chertoff wouldn’t have an easy time of it with right wing conservatives either, due to what they perceive as his liberal immigration policies. The other name I saw knocked around this morning is Orrin Hatch, which I find astounding.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:17 amNa Na Na Na….
August 27th, 2007 at 9:19 amNa Na Na Na…
Hey Hey Hey….
G O O D B Y E !
I’m watching Gonzo shaking everyones hand as he’s saying bye bye. Yeah sure, no hard feelings right?
Screw Civility.
This bum corrupted our LAW, our Justice Department and our Country. He gave the ok for torture and perjured himself repeatedly to Congress and the American people. This disgrace worked his ass off to give Bush all the powers of a despotic king.
No Democrat should be shakiing this bastards hand. He should be berated and shunned wherever the hell he goes right up until he goes on trial for his crimes.
This is not the end.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:19 amThe AG has done so much to enhance and fix the laws in our country. Please thank him for his service. Please leave all partisan issues out of this message. Thank you, and have a blessed day.
Comment by Daryll
This AG has turned the Justice Dept into a Republican tool corrupting Justice.
Go f*ck yourself, Daryll, you 2-bit, lying piece of neocon trash.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:20 amUm…does this mean Gonzales has accomplished all his goals?
Comment by missmolly — August 27, 2007 @ 8:19 am
Exactly my thoughts. While this is good news, the damage is done. Only with a Dem in the WH will there be a chance of undoing what he has done; Lord knows the pussies in Congress wouldn’t kick him out.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:20 amThe AG has done so much to enhance and fix the laws in our country. Please thank him for his service. Please leave all partisan issues out of this message. Thank you, and have a blessed day.
Comment by Daryll — August 27, 2007 @ 9:16 am
Daryll has now surpassed all the other posts he has made here with that pile of BushCo Love feces. I can tell, even HE doesn’t believe that statement.
I will say, Daryll, you do have a wry sense of humor!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:20 amComment by troqua — August 27, 2007 @ 9:17 am
Whoa! That’s a really scary thought. With all due respect to the folks of the fine state of UT, Orrin Hatch invented the word ‘Partisan’. And we were all concerned that Gonzo was threatening not to enforce Congressional subpoenas.
Better to leave Gonzo in office than the harrowing prospect of Orrin Hatch as AG.
Shivers!!!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:24 amYeah, but what about Linsay Lohan?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:26 am#86 why go to half measures?
Go ALL the way, to….
Harriet Meirs
August 27th, 2007 at 9:29 amAnd now wait for the recess appointment. Get back to Washington Democrats. If you stay on your vacation and give George Bush the ability to fill Gonzales shoes with a recess appointment, you will be royally screwing this country!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:29 amAwww, look at the poor widdle troll talking to itself like one of those drunken parkbench psycho babblers.
Yet they still back the corrupt value voter moral majority, Kahrazy!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:30 amYes please put Harriet Miers into ths position. PLEASE!
The trolls would go nuts.. nuts I say… nuts!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:32 amThis should be interesting. The next AG will have to be confirmed by the Senate. Reject Chertoff, Cornyn, and any other crony of the Bushits.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:33 amForce the chymp to actually put someone in that high office who is worthy of the responsibility and understands the RULE OF LAW.
Comment by bilbogaggins — August 27, 2007 @ 9:29 am
Maybe we should stop talking about this. Do not want to give the GOPrs ideas. Unless we can trust Harry Reid to call up a special meeting of the Senate to circumvent further executing power abuse by the 43rd.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:33 amWhen he heads back to his motherland,do you think he’ll ?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:35 amA- climb over the fence
B- crawl under the fence
C- swim the Rio Grande
D- hide in a car trunk
Comment by missmolly — August 27, 2007 @ 9:01 am
I’d say a combo of the last two explanations you mention.
Remember…Bush was not a 30-something politician still wet behind his ears with maybe one term as governor or mayor or Congressman under his belt (OK…2 terms as governor).
With his Daddy’s extensive political experience and friends, added to Cheney’s, he has had YEARS to make connections and find out who is loyal, and who is not. The loyalty-to-Bush test, like we saw with the US Attys, was not something dreamed up in the first weeks of Bush’s first term. Seeing as how members of the Secret Service will, without question, take a bullet for the President, no matter what party he is affiliated with nor what the SS members think of him as a President, pledging loyalty to cover the Pres’ ass by lying or “not remembering” key facts about certain things is a walk in the park in comparison.
Cheney, for a brief, shining moment, appeared to have a little bit of humanity and smarts in him when he spoke against going into Baghdad in the first Gulf War, and when he supported cuts in the military due to the reduced worldwide threat to the US, brought on by the end of the Cold War. But it didn’t last long.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:35 amNo surprise, it has to be a recess appointment of a successor, Bush could never get one of his cronies thru the Senate confirmation. Bush can not afford a REAL AG who will tell him he has been violating the Constitution for the past 6 years, thus a recess appointment and kick the can down the road at Justice just as he is successfully kicking the can down the road in Baghdad.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:36 amHe doesn’t have daddy to bail him out of a failed presidency as he did repeatedly in the private sector so his only recourse is to honker down and ride it out so it becomes someone else’s problem in January ‘09. A true American Patriot!!!
He’ll be teaching Con Law at TSU.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:37 amPlease leave a farewell message at http://whitehouse.gov. The AG has done so much to enhance and fix the laws in our country. Please thank him for his service
Here’s my farewell message, Daryll.
Don’t let the door hit your ass on your way back to Tejas.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:46 amHe’ll be teaching Con Law at TSU.
Comment by troqua
I’d rather see him teaching basketweaving at Leavenworth, for the next 30 years.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:47 amHe timed his resignation to coincide with the two-week Daily Show/Colbert Report hiatus. Basturd!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:49 amPersonally I would like to see Gonzo subjected to everything HE “declared legal” at gitmo until he “remembers the truth”….and is willing to testify HONESTLY in front of congress.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:50 amyou do know daryll is just a parody who makes contradictory posts just to get a rise out of bloggers.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:50 amGonzalez can be replaced by an inanimate rod.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:52 amCrap!
Why does the White House wait for The Daily Show to go on vacation to make these huge announcements?
August 27th, 2007 at 9:54 amOf course…
Michael Chertoff…
becacuse he had done such a wonderful job responding to the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the break of the levees in New Orleans.
We need that kind of professionalism and competence in the Attorney General’s office.
Come to think of it… it would be a step up from what they had.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:54 amhow many want to bet NO criminal (perjury) charges will be filed….
LOOT & SCOOT, the Amerikkkan way!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:54 amHe’s leaving “to spend more time with his family”. :)
August 27th, 2007 at 9:54 amCall Rick Santorum. He should get this job. Sonny Red is right.
Comment by Brassmask — August 27, 2007 @ 8:27 am
Li’l Ricky “Man-Dog Love” Santorum?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Hey, next time you’re talking to “Dr Dog”, ask That Dawg how the Neuticlesâ„¢ are workin’ out fer him, after he got, ya know, “tutored’ here.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:57 amIn the words of Animal:
“GWB, is fresh out of friends.”
August 27th, 2007 at 9:57 amIf Reid was smart, he’d hold a press conference immediately after the Prez to announce the Senate is coming back early.
Don’t let this slippery bastard slide another one under the door. Make them have those confirmation hearings.
For everyone thinking the damage done is now over, remember the laws this creep brought are still on the books. Unless the Dems start reversing them, the potential and likelihood of abuse remains.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:57 amComment by Daryll — August 27, 2007 @ 9:16 am
I would be happy to leave Gonzales an e-mail thanking him for his having “done so much to enhance and fix the laws in our country” — if only I knew what that was. Do you have a list of his accomplishments in this area that were NOT carrying water for his bosses whose objective was to corrupt and circumvent the laws in our country?
Please post a detailed list. Thanks.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:57 amHe’ll be teaching Con Law at TSU.
Comment by troqua
And appearing on Fox Noise from time to time giving his “legal advice.”
August 27th, 2007 at 9:58 amhe will be teaching law in iraq….. i love irony.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:58 amTP UPDATE IV: The AP reports, “A senior Justice Department official said that a likely temporary replacement for Gonzales is Solicitor General Paul Clement, who would take over until a permanent replacement is found.†FDL has some background on Clement.
The same guy that argued for all of Bush’s executive overeach cases. Here’s the name of the new recess AG rubberstamp.
Wake up, ‘Leader’ Reid and put a stop to it, pronto!
TP UPDATE IV: The AP reports, “A senior Justice Department official said that a likely temporary replacement for Gonzales is Solicitor General Paul Clement, who would take over until a permanent replacement is found.†FDL has some background on Clement.
August 27th, 2007 at 9:59 amGonzo never made a single move without being told exactly what to do by the WH. They’ll just put another puppet in there and nothing will change. Bush and Cheney need to be IMPEACHED!
-B
August 27th, 2007 at 10:00 amSo he FINALLY, though BELATEDLY, does the “Gonzo shuffle”?
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/08/breaking-news-us-attorney-general.html#links
August 27th, 2007 at 10:00 amHahahahahahah!!!!! THE GOOD GUYS WIN AGAIN!
This is almost as sweet as the November 2006 election spanking we delivered to the Republicans!
Goodbye to an unqualified, incompetent Bushie. Back to practicing real estate law for the law firm that OK’ed the Enron crimes!
August 27th, 2007 at 10:02 amBye Gonzo, you worthless waste of skin!! :-)
August 27th, 2007 at 10:05 amWhat I find to be the interesting question, with the Posse all gone now, is who will be advising W? He’s really floundering out there by himself now, having ignored or scoffed at those who tried to give him good counsel from his own party. Cheney certainly is no wise counsel. And we know Bush can’t think on his own.
Comment by troqua — August 27, 2007 @ 8:46 am
Oh, they’ll find a way to keep in touch. Resigning didn’t stop Karen Hughes. From CBS.com:
One of Mr. Bush’s closest confidantes both politically and socially, Hughes resigned her position as White House communications director in the summer of 2002 to spend more time with her family in Texas. But she did not cede her influence with the president– she’s been in daily contact with his reelection campaign by either phone or e-mail and has spoken to Mr. Bush several times weekly.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:05 am0wN€D!!!!
August 27th, 2007 at 10:05 amMistress Z, I missed all the action friday night. Damn. I’ve been so busy on my new work assignment that I forgot to check my mail.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:06 amCan’t anyone Torquemada it?
“The Inquisition, what a show..
August 27th, 2007 at 10:10 amThe Inquisition, here we go”
continue to ‘investigate’ for a year.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:11 amcharge the bastard with treason but wait until after the chimp has left so he doesn’t abuse his pardon powers again
Mistress Z, I missed all the action friday night. Damn. I’ve been so busy on my new work assignment that I forgot to check my mail.
Comment by RUCerious — August 27, 2007 @ 10:06 am
If you are talking about mr. p’s nuclear meltdowns, they are coming earlier in the day and now the rants are even more juvenile, if that is possible.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:13 amThere are too many Ric Santorum nuts on this post! Santorum was the most easily bribed (ah -influenced!) senator of the decade. Remember he wanted to give the weather service to Accucheck Weather for only a $25,000 bribe (ah-donation!) from them! Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:14 amMistress Z ~ Yeah, I just checked my hotmail for the first time in about a week…
August 27th, 2007 at 10:17 amMistress Z, I missed all the action friday night. Damn. I’ve been so busy on my new work assignment that I forgot to check my mail.
Comment by RUCerious — August 27, 2007 @ 10:06 am
RUC, trashing Pee’s blog was truly satisfying. I was rather amazed at how he couldn’t take even a fraction of what he dishes out on TP.
Pathetic.
:-D
August 27th, 2007 at 10:19 amMistress Z ~ Yeah, I just checked my hotmail for the first time in about a week…
Comment by RUCerious — August 27, 2007 @ 10:17 am
Read that “invitation” thread on FB. It’s pretty informative about what was going on, until we veer off topic. Imagine that…. :D
August 27th, 2007 at 10:20 amZ~
August 27th, 2007 at 10:22 amI’d better be checking my mail more often
:}
I’d better be checking my mail more often
:}
Comment by RUCerious — August 27, 2007 @ 10:22 am
Get your priorities straight, man!! :-)
August 27th, 2007 at 10:25 amGood Morning all, Let’s see if this make’s it through the dreaded filter with out crashing my puter once again.
Gonzo leaving now is well timed for the reich..bull shit has a week to sneak in the walking skeleton (Israel’s best) chertoff and it is doubtful to me the dem’s will do what they should do and come back from vacation early..
Bull shit still keep’s his councel’s on the retirement pay roll and they are still in the wing’s doeing his much needed bidding…No matter, him or cheney and the rest of this rogue bunch are not gone untill they are impeached and sadly I don’t see that happening any time soon…Great post’s all….Blessings
August 27th, 2007 at 10:28 amRUC, trashing Pee’s blog was truly satisfying. I was rather amazed at how he couldn’t take even a fraction of what he dishes out on TP.
Pathetic.
:-D
Comment by Zooey
Oh, I missed out on that. LOL
August 27th, 2007 at 10:35 amMornin Sharon! Lot’s a poppin on this fine Monday AM!
August 27th, 2007 at 10:40 amWell that was short and sweet!
Ba Bye tortureboy!
August 27th, 2007 at 10:42 amBack at ya RUCerious…Puter crashed after last post, can’t stay here…Blessings to you and your family..Please give a big hug to Amber for me…Can you email me.? Need some puter advise and lost your email add….Thank’s..
August 27th, 2007 at 10:47 amOh, I missed out on that. LOL
Comment by Wayne — August 27, 2007 @ 10:35 am
It was premeditated, with malice aforethought. :)
August 27th, 2007 at 10:48 amhey Wayne your a regular on here.. I’ve got some interesting dirt on Mr Pee Dog…..you got a blog or a fax or somethign I can private message you at?
August 27th, 2007 at 10:51 amSharon, will do when I get home from work tonight…
August 27th, 2007 at 10:51 amCongress should make him testify before his resignation.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:58 amIt was premeditated, with malice aforethought. :)
Comment by Zooey — August 27, 2007 @ 10:48 am
You little devil, you! Love it when you talk sexee!
August 27th, 2007 at 11:02 amAnd all our trolltards predicted that Gonzo would never leave….as usual they were wrong….again….as always.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:04 amhey Wayne your a regular on here.. I’ve got some interesting dirt on Mr Pee Dog…..you got a blog or a fax or somethign I can private message you at?
Comment by Null and aVoid Chocolate Jesus — August 27, 2007 @ 10:51 am
Hey Null,
I have been battling this feces-tosser since he first showed up. Don’t leave the rest of us out!
August 27th, 2007 at 11:04 amGoodnight, sweet lying bag of excrement.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:14 amCongress should make him testify before his resignation.
Comment by Karim — August 27, 2007 @ 10:58 am
Mebbe a little waterboarding would make Gonzo talkative… ;-D!!!
August 27th, 2007 at 11:20 amGonzales may be gone, but his crimes are not forgotten.
Here’s a look back at The Top 10 Reasons Gonzales Had to Go:
August 27th, 2007 at 11:28 am1. Lying Under Oath
2. Purging Prosecutors
3. Misusing the Patriot Act’s National Security Letters
4. Authorizing Illegal NSA Domestic Surveillance
5. Enabling John Yoo and Unchecked Presidential War Powers
6. Rendering the Geneva Conventions “Quaint”
7. Supporting Military Commissions and the End of Habeas Corpus
8. Blessing Unprecedented Expansion of Presidential Signing Statements
9. Facilitating a CIA Leak Cover-Up
10. Gutting Minority Voting Rights
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
August 27th, 2007 at 11:29 amComment by The Geneva Conventions — August 27, 2007 @ 11:29 am
Aren’t you quaint?
Heh.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:35 amHey Gonzo !! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out !!
August 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am> Hey Null,
> I have been battling this feces-tosser since he first showed up. Don’t
> leave the rest of us out!
If he knows what I’m planning he may try and circumvent it. Don’t know if it would work, heck, im not even sure if my plan will work in the first place, but I definitely would prefer the element of surprise.
I need to send a message regarding my idea to someone I know is a friendly TP regular off this site, maybe on private blog or someones webpage (or even fax). I have myspace so someone’s myspace would work too..
I’d rather no one post there email, as it would probably get spammed by the P-ananator…
August 27th, 2007 at 11:51 amDefinitely include upside00 in on the P’eeing fun. Sometimes I wonder if he’s not schizoid. It’s a rare talent who can throw scat with the best of them, and still post articulate arguments to the trolls on another level.
My bet is Mr. P is a freshman at some loser university, and has been busted several times for exposing himself in truckstop bathrooms.
Do I win a prize?
August 27th, 2007 at 11:51 am>Do I win a prize?
Sorry no.. its nothing scandalous or dramatic at all, but it could cause him to get in a small bit of trouble.. while P is incredibility immature, I beleive he almost certainly is smarter than most elementary school kids..
August 27th, 2007 at 11:55 amBREAKING: Alberto Gonzales Resigns
It’s Clinton’s fault.
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On the bright side, it’s harder to envoke Executive Priviledge on a civilian.
August 27th, 2007 at 12:20 pmIs Harriet Meyers locked up yet?
It’s a rare talent who [Mr P] can throw scat with the best of them , and still post articulate arguments to the trolls on another level.
Plenty of intelligent people are nuts. Mr P is an asperger who can write a bunch of hooey [Like Jeff Goldstein] and make it seem like they know what they are talking about when really they just have good memories and spout whatever they read. The little proffesors.
August 27th, 2007 at 2:34 pmAnother one bite’s the dust, another one bite’s the dust. Sing it! And another bite’s and another one bite’s, another one bite’s the dust. Hey, hey hey, another one bite’s the dust.
August 27th, 2007 at 2:44 pmYou have to respect Mr. Gonzales’ decision to resign. After all, he did protect our country from terrorists, foreign (like alkaida), and domestic (like al-Leahy).
August 27th, 2007 at 3:16 pmGone-zo cut ‘n ran before the mission was accompished.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:26 pmYou can go on and pick sides…this one is better than that one and such but in my opinion, and everybody’s got one, they (the pols) are all the same. It doesn’t matter which party. Shit in shit out. That’s it.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:14 pm