Gonzales: ‘What Is It That I Did That Is So Fundamentally Wrong?’
Gonzales: ‘What Is It That I Did That Is So Fundamentally Wrong?’
Alberto Gonzales’s legal career at the White House and the Justice Department was a stain even for the Bush administration. Gonzales left office with a 28 percent approval rating, with over 40 percent of the country saying he should resign.
Yet, Gonzales is puzzled to this day why the public frowns upon his tenure in government. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gonzales asks, “What is it that I did that is so fundamentally wrong, that deserves this kind of response to my service?” He added, “For some reason, I am portrayed as the one who is evil in formulating policies that people disagree with. I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.”
Fortunately, we can offer Gonzales some help in figuring out what he did that was so “fundamentally wrong.” Some lowlights:
Politicized the DOJ: – Gonzales approved the firing and hiring of federal prosecutors for political reasons and lied to Congress about the scandal.
Approved torture: In 2002, Gonzales “raised no objections and, without consulting military and State Department experts in the laws of torture and war,” approved an infamous August 2002 memo giving CIA interrogators “legal blessings.” Gonzales witnessed an interrogation at Gitmo in 2002 and approved of “whatever needs to be done” to detainees.
Lied about warrantless wiretapping: Gonzaled lied to Congress multiple times about the Bush administration’s illegal wiretapping program, saying there wasn’t “any serious disagreement” about the program (there was).
Distorted pre-war intelligence: Last month, the House Oversight Committee revealed evidence showing that Gonzales lied to Congress in 2004 by claiming that the CIA “orally” approved Bush’s claim that Iraq sought uranium from Africa.
Furthermore, it appears Gonzales’s lying streak isn’t over. Gonzales told the WSJ that he didn’t play a central role in drafting the opinions allowing the CIA to use harsh interrogations. “John Yoo had strong views. No one could make him do anything he didn’t want to do,” he said. Gonzales also said he did not lie to Congress about the illegal surveillance program.
Gonzales also bizarrely claimed that he “found [John] Ashcroft as lucid as I’ve seen him at meetings in the White House,” referring to the infamous strong-arming of Ashcroft at his sickbed in 2002 in order to get approval of the illegal wiretapping program. In reality, Ashcroft had a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis and was a “very sick man,” according to then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey.
Since his resignation, Gonzales has still been unable to find work. “Any law firm that does due diligence on me sees all the investigations and the possibility that I might be indicted and they say, ‘Not right now,’” he said.
Gonzales’s bewilderment is similar to that of Vice President Cheney, who recently said he doesn’t have “any idea” why he has such low approval ratings.
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December 31st, 2008 at 12:44 pmGonzales: ‘What Is It That I Did That Is So Fundamentally Wrong?’»
– - Well…if you have to ask…
December 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pmReally,,, I feel for ya, Alberto… no, I do… sniff, sniff…
Oh, TP, you forgot Alberto’s testimony in front of Congress in 2007 when he repeatedly said he just couldn’t remember what had been said or done at the DoJ…
Sweet Baby jeebus… he sounded EXACTLY like an old-time mobster on the stand.
Are these clowns REALLY that clueless?
December 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pmThey really don’t know when to shut up, do they?
December 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pmYeah, I’m sure that’s exactly the way nixon felt too.
so do all of these criminals:
December 31st, 2008 at 12:52 pmColin Powell
Douglas Feith
George Tenet
Scooter Libby
Donald Rumsfeld
John Bolton
John Ashcroft
Paul McNulty
Monica Goodling
Kyle Sampson
Tom Delay
Duke Cunningham
Jack Abramoff
Robert E. Coughlin II
Jeff Gannon/James Guckert
Bob Ney
Mark Foley
Katherine Harris
Scott McClellan
Ari Fleischer
Michael Brown
Paul Wolfowitz
Tony Blair
Dan Bartlett
Tim Griffin
FCUK YOU TRAITOR.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:52 pmOMG, he’s even more clueless than I thought.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:53 pm- – The WSJ reports that Fredo is writing a “tell-all” book about his BushCo experience. It’s possible this will be too short for even Reader’s Digest.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/31/gonzales-to-write-tell-al_n_154425.html
December 31st, 2008 at 12:55 pmThe fact that you can’t figure out what you did that was so fundamentally wrong is precisely why you were unfit to be the Attorney General in the first place. Where did Bush find these people (if not up his own a$$)?
December 31st, 2008 at 12:56 pmTom Tomorrow nailed this guy with this great cartoon.
December 31st, 2008 at 12:59 pmHe’s sort of the best of the worst since we actually got him to resign and be replaced. That’s the only silver lining in this dark, dark cloud of the bush administration.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pmThe only thing I might believe is that Ashcroft was as lucid as he’d ever been in White House meetings. I’m sure I’d be completely out of it in that I can’t listen to either Bush or Cheney for any length of time without becoming filled with despair and/or longing for death.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:03 pmThe question I would most like to ask Gonzalez is: Did the President himself call Mrs. Ashcroft in order to get her to relent and allow himself and Andrew Card to visit Ashcroft at his hospital bed?
I believe that, when Ashcroft was hospitalized, he and his deputy Comey realized that Gonzalez and his allies may try to use that as an opportunity to do an end-run and implement the most controversial aspect of their warrantless wiretapping program (whatever that aspect was—it remains secret—but evidently so controversial that even Ashcroft had problems with it). He and Comey drafted up a “Acting Director” statement that would still require Justice approval for such proposals from the Acting Director Comey. They then instructed Mrs. Ashcroft from preventing any hospital visits during the time Ashcroft was incapacitated.
But what they didn’t figure on was the extent Gonzalez, Cheney, Yoo, Addington, and Bush would go to to push this controversial program through. There is a rumor that the President himself called Mrs. Ashcroft and asked her to allow the late-night visit, during the time Ashcroft was evidently at his sickest. This rumor has never been denied by the President or any of the principals.
So, now that Gonzalez is in a talking mood, he can clear that up for all of us.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pmFred
December 31st, 2008 at 1:06 pmYour list is perfect for a Guantamo-style resort population ! Let us apply ” enhanced appreciation” on all those criminals !
I wonder why none of the GOP stink tanks have hired him. Maybe they think he’s an illegal terrist brown person?
December 31st, 2008 at 1:07 pmGood point about the ’stink tanks’, CParis, usually they welcome any neocon with open arms. Gonzales must really be giving off a stench!
Regardless, I do find it very cheering to know that no one will hire Gonzales. Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pmI’m beginning to wonder if these guys were spoking opium for the past eight years – he sounds like a cult member, pre-deprogramming.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:11 pmGonzo, if you have to ask, you’ll never understand the answer.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:13 pmAn out of power suck-up clinging to the weakest and most immature of defense mechanisms: denial. There’s no place for this little lump of pond scum to go but further down. I look forward to finding you in an alley somewhere, Gonzo.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:16 pmThis may help understand recovering (or not) Republicans and what they’re going through:
December 31st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
For 8 years the only news these Bushco criminals have watched is Fox. They’re so stupid they believe their own press. Maybe if they had ever bothered to look outside their circle of jerks they’d have had some clue about what the American people were thinking.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:26 pmCheney, check. Gonzo, check. I’m hoping we’ll hear the whole “I don’t know why nobody likes me” whine from all of the major actors of the Bush administration before this is all over, including Bush.
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krystalviews Says:
Fred
Your list is perfect for a Guantamo-style resort population ! Let us apply ” enhanced appreciation” on all those criminals !
I was thinking maybe we should keep Gitmo around for exactly that reason.
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CParis Says:
I wonder why none of the GOP stink tanks have hired him. Maybe they think he’s an illegal terrist brown person?
Bush seems to have been the only Republican I’ve ever heard of who was willing to hire Hispanics.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:28 pmTheir clothes aren’t that bad, sheesh.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:32 pmI consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.
There’s thousands of Iraqi’s and US Service men and woman who ARE casualties of the war on terror. Too say you are also a casualty is extremely arrogant and selfish. Phuck You.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:42 pmGonzo only has to wait a few more weeks until W is out of office before he’ll find work again. The loyalties in W’s inner circle will guarantee work again for Gonzo, he needn’t worry.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pm.
So, the criminal insists that he’s the victim?
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December 31st, 2008 at 1:50 pmI’m sure Gonzales knows better than anyone what crimes he has committed, but asking him to admit to them is just never going to happen. He’ll look you right in the eye and lie.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:51 pmElBruce says:
Bush seems to have been the only Republican I’ve ever heard of who was willing to hire Hispanics.
Yup! Looks like that RNC “Outreach to Minorities” program is working real well. Doofi.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:54 pmThe real crime is that this guy did manage to find a job. At a famously “liberal university” no less.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:57 pmFred, great list, but did you intentionally leave off Rove and Addington, let alone Bush and Cheney?
I hope the Obama administration doesn’t borrow a page from Ford and decide that the country’s been through enough and needs to move on, not look back. If crimes are not prosecuted, it only emboldens the enemy, i.e. the criminal wing of the GOP.
PEACE
December 31st, 2008 at 1:57 pmGonzo… you are a WAR CRIMINAL. You have comited WAR CRIMES by endorsing, promoting and helping to install the USA’s TORTURE PROGRAM. You don’t deserve unemployment. YOU DESERVE EXECITUION BY DEATH SQUAD.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:01 pmGonzales asked the question that had been asked by animals like Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and many other scumbags whose miserable life have caused so much suffering and pain upon humanity. This guy makes the Mexicans look so bad.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pmThis would be the same question Gonzales asks the court in Hague when he and his co-conspirators like D. Cheney and G. W. Bush appear before the judges.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:11 pmhoneygreen Says:
This guy makes the Mexicans look so bad.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
This guy makes Republicans look bad. He’s not a lying, scumbag, amoral twit because he’s Mexican.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:13 pmat least Gonzo realizes people despise him unlike Rover, Big Time and Chimpy
December 31st, 2008 at 2:13 pmThe first casualty of war is the truth.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmHi mom, the list started as a neocons down list…..I am waiting to add the others to the list when it eventually happens…..
December 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmThis moron Gonzales is nothing but just another disgusting fart from Bush’s “F” Team.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:16 pmIf he can’t find a job, maybe he and Cheney can start their own business together.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:17 pmAny suggestions?
I’m thinking a PR firm.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:17 pm“I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.”
What an insipid little weasel. The shameless audacity of that statement alone ought to be taken into account when it comes time to determine the length of Alberto’s prison sentence.
Just saying . . .
December 31st, 2008 at 2:22 pmArt Says:
If he can’t find a job, maybe he and Cheney can start their own business together.
Any suggestions?
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How about starting a smuggling operation along the Mexican border?
December 31st, 2008 at 2:22 pmHow do I respond to a criminal.? I can not.. Gonzo is not employed but most of the guilty still are….Will all of them go free with out charge’s? I hope not….Peace, Blessings and Justice
December 31st, 2008 at 2:24 pmhoneygreen Says:
This guy makes the Mexicans look so bad.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
HEY! I resent that remark.
honeygreen Says:
How about starting a smuggling operation along the Mexican border?
Oh nonono, he’s not smuggling himself into Mexico. We don’t want him, you can keep him locked up in GITMO for all we care.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:27 pmBoo-frickin-hoo for Gonzo.
Why would anyone want to hire a corrupt ex-AG anyway?
December 31st, 2008 at 2:28 pmHe can always try for unemployment… oh, he resigned and was not fired, so he does not qualify… hahahahahahaha
Well, gee golly, I wonder too…
Was it the rationalising the torture of detainees?
The coming up with legal excuses for illegal wiretaps?
The trampling of the constitution?
Or the overall I-do-as-my-master-commands attitude?
I wonder what it was?
::doe-eyed look::
December 31st, 2008 at 2:30 pm_____
Yoo is nothing more than a Neo-con operative. He’s traded in his soul and now is functional only as a machine. Degrees from universities like Yale and Harvard have become meaningless because of scumbags like Yoo and Bush.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pmWe have to keep in mind that we still know very little about what was done behind closed doors in the Bush administration. Gonzales probably won’t be the one to tell us, but there are bound to be more revelations.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pmLuis M Says:
HEY! I resent that remark.
Is Gonzales not the only Mexican in this high-profile position in the Bush administration?
December 31st, 2008 at 2:39 pmGilderoy Gonzales is apparently planning to write “about all the heroic adventures he has had over the years.”
Too bad about that memory charm/wand backfire. Most embarrassing.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:44 pmhanshiro Says:
December 31st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Best Harry Potter reference ever!
December 31st, 2008 at 2:46 pmArt Says:
I’m thinking a PR firm.
Unlikely, as this is a horrible way to go about re-establishing a reputation. He’s just whining. The Left will never forgive him, and the Right won’t ever give respect to disloyal girly whiners like he’s being.
So he says he’s going to write a book that points fingers at everyone around him, but he won’t include talking about anything he’s under investigation for (i.e. all the good stuff). Such a tome would serve no purpose whatsoever except to make him feel better. It won’t earn him a shred of respect from any side, and in fact does him significant harm.
What’s the title going to be? “It, it wasn’t my fault I did that stuff, waahhh!”
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honeygreen Says:
Degrees from universities like Yale and Harvard have become meaningless because of scumbags like Yoo and Bush.
Oh it’s not Yoo’s degree I take issue with, it’s the fact that at present, Berkeley University cuts him a paycheck.
Anybody who utters the term “unitary executive theory” with approval should be instantly disbarred, as well as banned from teaching law. You just flunked Schoolhouse Rock, dude; you go away now.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:48 pmSorry, off topic and because there are no ThinkFast threads this week (although it does pertain as Gonzalez is a butt head):
December 31st, 2008 at 2:49 pmWhy does the TP filter automatically reject an@l and any words that contain it (can@l, an@lyze, etc.)?
It’s not a swear word, is a correct anatomical terminology, and at times, can be deemed appropriate (hell, PG rated movies and TV shows use it all the time).
TP, can you just remove that damn filter? It’s tough typing a well thought out post only to have it suddenly under moderation.
Okay, back on topic.
Gonzalez is a mucking foron, and I’m not proud that he was once from my neck of the woods.
In a congressional hearing he couldn’t recall 64 times. Maybe that’s why this escapes him. Really though, people who can’t recall what they’ve done recently should be removed from office. It’s amazing what these people can get away with.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:52 pmWhat a pathetically stupid little man.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:56 pmThis is like the worst of the Three Stooges, and I regret insulting the Three Stooges. It’s like Gonzo is saying he’s not responsible, ’cause he’s a moron! Moe, Larry, the Cheese! Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo!!!
December 31st, 2008 at 3:00 pm2009, Year of the Indictments!
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Gonzo is like the rapist that pleads to the judge, “Honestly, what did I do? She was in a skirt.”
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December 31st, 2008 at 3:00 pmMaybe Gonzo could join Gooliani & Partners? Or partner with Rudy’s BFF Bernie Kerik and sell Tasers?
He might just declare himself a bank-holding company and qualify for some of that TARP cash.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:01 pm#29 ElBruce Says:
Damn librul institutions…(/snark)
December 31st, 2008 at 3:05 pmtypical repugs: they don’t acknowledge proof. they deny the truth and lie. Then they have the audacity to say, “Hey folks give us 20-30 yrs you will surely thank us.” They should pay for their crimes now and let the future fall will it may.
repugs will be mock for centuries.
Are all repugs gonna use the tired stale line? Are they kidding me? This nonsense has to stop. Crooks all of them.
repugs are imploding on their self-inflicted bullshit. repugs are dangerous and very stupid a deadly combination.
They will fake surprise and aghast when their popularity shrink to the worse of the worse.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:05 pm.
Honestly, I’m surprised that Gonzo could recall…
… at all!!!
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December 31st, 2008 at 3:06 pmI predicted this, right after he resigned.
Same goes with Bush: what company or organization would take the chance of being associated with either of them?
Too much chance of being dragged into a lawsuit.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:08 pmThis man should never find a job. I don’t know which law school graduated this dimwit, but they should be ashamed.
Look, you cannot expect to be forgiven anything when you claim not to understand. Anyone with no common sense, no ethical mainstay, and can be easily coerced or bought can expect to find a job outside of the Bush administration. This is the only criterion for being a Bush appointee. Along with blind loyalty.
When you embrace loyalty to a seriously corrupt organization you pay a price. This man was very willing to attach himself to Bush. He substituted loyalty in place of the conscience and ethical conduct. He was the Presidents yes man. One of many. He did not have the backbone to tell the President no. And he probably did not have the intelligence either. He was easily browbeaten by those with stronger personalities.
And one more thing. Bush was rich. He came from a rich family and Alberto was impressed by this. He should have done some checking to see how the Bush family made their money. And GW was the son of a President too. Just imagine how Alberto must have felt. He fell into the gravy train. All he had to do was ride it. He never did think ahead to what might happen when or if Bush might someday not be as popular and might be disgraced.
He should have seen the hand writing. And because he was not too bright it never occurred to him to wonder what all the talk about the illegalities was about. He never had an independent thought working for Bush. Alberto was and is expendable. He will write a book. He will try to do what others do, a book of self justification. He will not have done a thing wrong. Wait for the book.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:08 pmSince Gonzo doesn’t know Law I’d advise he get a lawyer to explain his crimes. Allowing Karl Roven and Dick Cheney to run the Department of Justice while Gonzo signed what he was ordered makes it a crime in so many ways. Smart move on Bush’s part to appoint someone much like himself he was given a College Degree without having to learn anything.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:09 pmSo, when the day finally comes that Alberto Gonzales is under sworn oath to tell the truth, will he rely on his “well-documented” memory retention problem as an excuse for why his sworn testimony doesn’t match his testimony before Congress? I’m no lawyer, but I don’t think the excuse “I forgot which lie I told” is going to get him off the hook.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:09 pmApparently Gonzo reads the same newspapers and magazines as the other intellectuals Sarah Palin, George Bush and Dick Cheney – all the news and opinion that’s fit to ignore.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:33 pmGonzales: ‘What Is It That I Did That Is So Fundamentally Wrong?’
You got up in the morning, retard.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:50 pmI liked Alberto. He was tough, underhanded and motivated. Every president needs a guy who will do the dirty work. Spying on and torturing Islamo-crazies is the job of hearty individuals. I am as thankful for men like that as I am homosexuals who create such beautiful fashions for my wife. America cannot be just one way or the other. We need to continue to support our warriors as we support our peacelovers. Too much of either is a bad thing.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pmdrew3rd Says:
December 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Seek help immediately, and do not venture into public spaces without assistance.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:01 pmSeriously drew, you are one fcked up individual.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:09 pm“He was tough, underhanded and motivated.”
“Tough?” In what way? Do you equate sticking to an unbelievable lie with ‘toughness’? And “motivated” – to do what? Trash the Constitution? Be the perfect Bush lickspittle? I don’t think that these words mean what you think they mean.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:17 pmdrew3rd is all over looking for attention. He once was at a national park maybe “Arcadia” when it went all OK Corral apparantly…
December 31st, 2008 at 4:28 pmi think Cheney and Gonzo could go on Broadway and reprise the roles of Dick Dasterdly and Muttley the Dog.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:32 pmOK Alberto, we’ll break it down for you.
Just about everything that freedom loving progressives (aka Real Americans) hate that’s happened over the last eight years went through you.
Warrantless wiretaps.
Torture.
Suspension of habeus corpus.
Extroardinary rendition.
Signing statements.
… that’s just a handful off of the top of my head, but it’s more than enough.
These were, and remain, constitutional crises of the highest order. And every time the White House wanted to do something that anybody who’s seen an episode of Schoolhouse Rock knows is flat out illegal and unconstitutional, they went to you, and they asked you whether it would be legal for them to do so.
And you told them “yes,” because you knew what they wanted to hear. You rigged the Office of Legal Counsel with Bush cronies so that they could deliver opinions to the White House that the DoJ would not treat those crimes as the crimes they are.
Back when the Soviet Union was getting started, it was – or tried to be – a fairly meritocritous system. Sort of democratish, multiple layers of officials elected to committees (”Soviet” means “Committee”). Then one day, Josef Stalin noticed that due to a glaring loophole, the position of General Secretary (previously thought to be a career dead ender) could hypothetically be used to stack the Politburo with loyal cronies, who could then in turn vote the General Secretary as much power as he wanted. I think we all know how that story ended.
You have exposed a similar glaring loophole in the U.S. Constitution, one that is going to need constant vigilance (or some kind of Amendment fix) in order to prevent the U.S.A. from literally becoming a fascist state. If the only ones who can prevent illegal activity by the President is the DoJ, and the DoJ is stacked with loyal cronies, then the President has unlimited power. He could throw the Senate in Gitmo, execute the Supreme Court, whatever he wanted, and Democracy’s only recourse would be whether the DoJ was willing to prosecute the people who committed those crimes, or to appoint a special prosecutor as appropriate.
Therefore, everything that’s been done to twist, warp, shred and skirt the Constitution was done because you chose to let it happen. It was your job to stop it.
So in answer to your question, Alberto, that’s what you did that’s so fundamentally wrong. Now you know.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:35 pmBut only if the pipe consents!
buh-dum PUM!
December 31st, 2008 at 4:38 pmwarrior????? Only if you consider Benidict Arnold to be a warrior……
December 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pmThis reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where George has sex with the cleaning woman on his desk after hours in his office.
December 31st, 2008 at 4:53 pmAfter being found out, He asks his boss, “Was that wrong?…”
Priceless
Now he’s whining, in public, cause he can’t get a job….not so tough now is he?
motivated? What’s he doing now if he’s so “motivated”?
That’s what being underhanded gets ya.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:11 pmdrew3rd Says:
I liked Alberto. He was tough, underhanded and motivated. Every president needs a guy who will do the dirty work.
Actually, since the president is constitutionally required to take care that the laws be “faithfully executed”, he should have no such person in his employ. Another example, Karl Rove.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:29 pmIt’s hard to believe he can remain so clueless. It’s no wonder no one wants to hire him.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:46 pmThrow him in jail, then he will have plenty of time to think about it.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:49 pmIt’s not that he doesn’t know what he did, it’s that he’s surprised that he’s not as untouchable as the rest, that they’re no longer protecting him and offering him deals through the usual network.
Heck, I’m surprised that there aren’t other private conservative agencies glad to work with someone so pliable.
December 31st, 2008 at 5:53 pmI just sort of let this pass by as I figured it wasn’t serious. Apparently, it is.
OK. Sure, there are some underhanded things that sometimes need doing, like spying. However, the “underhanded guy” should be in the CIA, not heading the DoJ. The job of the DoJ is to defend Justice, not to commit or approve of heinous acts, which is the opposite. And torture does not “need” to be done by anyone, anywhere, at any time, for any reason.
It’s not about warriors vs. peacelovers. Gonzo never shot at anybody in his life. It’s about good vs. evil.
What you’re saying here is that it’s necessarily to abandon all ethics and morality and capitulate to evil, or at least meet it halfway. Because it’s expedient, because it’s useful much in the same way that you find homosexuals useful.
So, basically I stand in opposition to everything you represent. We agree to disagree on a rather grand scale here, such that I will only be satisfied when your shriveled black soul makes its final long fall into the lowest pits of hell. When that happens, I just hope my spittle can catch up with you before you fry.
December 31st, 2008 at 6:02 pmBeing born?
December 31st, 2008 at 6:22 pmI’ve got a job for Alberto. Cleaning toilets at Guantanamo.
December 31st, 2008 at 6:26 pmGonzales is either playing dumb or is actually dumb.
If a guy like this can become a state Supreme Court Justice, we need to clean out the American judicial barn ASAP.
We can’t have creeps like this involved in legal life and death decisions about American citizens.
- Tom
December 31st, 2008 at 8:02 pmThis is simple really: they are both either really stupid, or lying… take your pick.
December 31st, 2008 at 8:21 pmSomeone should tell Gonzales that the public’s view is “What Didn’t You Do That Was Fundamentally Wrong?”
You can talk to your patron George W. Bush or Dick Cheney to give you a job starting January 20th. I’m sure they would oblige.
Personally, I think you are fortunate to have retained your law license this long.
December 31st, 2008 at 8:26 pmHow the Hell could he write anything without proving himself a perjurer? The problem with the Sargent Schulz defense is that, once you say you know nothing, anything that follows is an admission of guilt.
December 31st, 2008 at 8:31 pmPlus. Gonzo is the most likely of the bunch to end up living under a bridge, if not in prison. He’s the one guy who actually managed to embarrass the inner circle.
December 31st, 2008 at 8:34 pmHe CAN’T be serious!
December 31st, 2008 at 8:45 pmPlaying the “poor little me” card.
Everybody’s picking on widdle Gonzo. Aww.
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Dear Drew,
Are you calling George W. Bush a LIAR?
He claims the USA does NOT torture, yet you celebrate the use of torture as admitted by the Administration. Shame on you for calling Bush a LIAR… NO?
Look Drew, Americans used to be, I repeat, USED TO BE proud it’s country stood for high principles and morals that protected and fought for humane treatment of people, captured or free. But now that America prides itself on undermining these long standing principles and traditions, you’re all for that?
Drew, how do you sleep at night knowing you support unethical behavior? What God do you pray to that commends your support for such acts against your fellow man? How should the “GOLDEN RULE” be applied to people like you who cheer on evil?
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December 31st, 2008 at 9:10 pmHere’s yer sign – STUPID
December 31st, 2008 at 10:13 pmCParis Says:
Since his resignation, Gonzales has still been unable to find work.
I wonder why none of the GOP stink tanks have hired him. Maybe they think he’s an illegal terrist brown person?
Hmmm,
January 1st, 2009 at 10:08 amMaybe the stink tanks are having a hard time finding his legitimacy of citizenship, since his parents were illegal immigrants. Hmmm, I wonder.
livelongandprosper Says:
I’ve got a job for Alberto. Cleaning toilets at Guantanamo.
No, no, How about being the person who REPAIRS the Qurans that are violated and defaced in the toilets in Gitmo.
Yes, spend your days fixing the things you made.
January 1st, 2009 at 10:11 amCheney, Bush, and now Gonzales all seem so smug in the waning days of the administration. And why not? They so far have gotten everything they wished for, for 8 years, and other than Congress writing a few letters demanding information (most of which were ignored) and having a few hearings on various topics, they have not had to answer for anything.
January 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amGonzales must be retarded.
January 1st, 2009 at 12:36 pmdrew3rd Says:
I liked Alberto. He was tough, underhanded and motivated. Every president needs a guy who will do the dirty work. Spying on and torturing Islamo-crazies is the job of hearty individuals.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
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Torture is the job of nobody in a civilized and democratic society. Torture is only a legitimate profession in a fascist dictatorship.
There is absolutely no reason to torture anyone. Period. “Islamo-crazy” or “Jewo-crazy” or “Nazi-crazy” or anyone. Torture is pure evil.
January 1st, 2009 at 2:22 pmThis seems particularly germane here:
Harold Pinter, 1930-2008
January 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pmhttp://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/31/harold_pinter_1930_2008_part_2
Gonzo the Great
You can’t figure it out ?
You must be one really , really great lawyer – than fine tuned ability for an****lytic thinking and all.
OTOH – Gonzo, Cheney, et al may be proof that someone may have decreased culpability due to invicible ignorance.
January 1st, 2009 at 6:56 pmtoasterhead — thanks for the link to Pinter’s speech.
January 1st, 2009 at 7:26 pmMapleStreet Says:
OTOH – Gonzo, Cheney, et al may be proof that someone may have decreased culpability due to invicible ignorance.
Screw that. I used to spend hours trying to figure out if Bush and his various cronies were really, really stupid or really, really evil. I finally decided it doesn’t matter at all: their crimes must be treated as the heinous acts of treason that they are. Incompetence is no more of a moral defense than is malevolence.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 amLOL . . . Damn Fredo, you insignificant little weasle. You really are that stupid!
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:02 pm