Comments on: Gonzales Faces New Round Of Questioning

House Judiciary Committee Grills Attorney General On Prosecutor Firings, But Gonzales Reveals Little

[teeus]

If the President can fire any and/or all U.S. Attorneys without explaining why he did this, why is Mr. Gonzalez wasting his time trying to answer questions about this issue?
Posted by Uncle_James

*sigh* Because, Uncle, there's more to it than that. Just because someone CAN do something, doesn't mean they SHOULD do something.

Every President, yes yes Clinton too, fires nearly all USAttys AT THE START OF THEIR TERM. Please note, Dubya did this too.

What is unprecedented is firing MORE OF THEM midterm, for completely bogus reasons to stack the office with political sycophants. THAT Clinton did NOT do.

So come up with something new, or shut your pie hole.

[terrapin78]

Ah mudrose, you cancerous rec tum. You're back spreading ***** from your hole again!

[uncle_james-2009]

"SusanHelit"
It's exceedingly difficult to be gentle in this open and informal contention of words. Mr. Gonzales has said that these particular people ARE the senior officials who put the names of the 8 (or 9, lol) attorneys on the list so that those attorneys could be replaced.

Does anyone know why these senior officials at the DOJ have not received a subpoena? What law/s protect them from being required to appear before the House and Senate? Surely, there must be some law/s protecting them, otherwise many arrests would have already been made.

[bill1fj]

Looks like politics will win out again over common sense.
You would think that even if he didn't play politics with the removals and appointments that congress would demand that he leave because he apparently can't even remember his name, how to tell time, or anything concerning his job.
Come on Alberto, find your way out of this.
Resign now.

[susanhelit]

Funny Uncle_James - what you are proposing is _precisely_ what Bush, Gonzales, and the Republicans are opposing, strongly!

But those who have come before the committee and have talked have painted a very different picture than Gonzales did - he lied about his involvement, just for the most minor bit of information revealled there.

[susanhelit]

Funny Uncle_James - what you are proposing is _precisely_ what Bush, Gonzales, and the Republicans are opposing, strongly!

But those who have come before the committee and have talked have painted a very different picture than Gonzales did - he lied about his involvement, just for the most minor bit of information revealled there.

[uncle_james-2009]

Who are the senior officials at the United States Justice Department? Somebody knows who they are! Somebody needs to issue a writ commanding these persons who are designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure. If someone can't do this, then dismiss this entire feeble, ridiculous imitation of justice and wish Mr. Gonzales a "Good Day"!

[realpatriot1]

Infidel_US,

When the Democrats started "fishing", Gonzalez claimed that Bush was not in the loop. Now that he's been presented with evidence to the contrary his memory is back.

The Big Fish is on the hook and about to be reeled in! Impeachment anyone?

[susanhelit]

Same page? Short memory again! Tons of story changes, we've found out that entry level prosecutors were being hired on partisan grounds - which is quite explicitly illegal, one more good prosecutor found to be fired for political reasons - we're several chapters in, and moving towards the conclusion. Goodling will be an interesting witness, once she gets immunity to testify to the truth. Amazing how a faked memory loss gets Republicans so forgetful and forgiving.

All the evidence is piling up to show that obviously the 'Justice' department under Bush has been subverted into being a political branch, and at the very least, Gonzales should be impeached, if Bush is not willing to do the right thing and fire him.

As to the investigation - Congress can subpeona - they're just being nice and letting people come in willingly now.


Again - prosecutors using your political affiliation and past donation history to the party in power to determine whether or not, and how strongly to prosecute you - that belongs in, and will remain in 3rd world dictatorships - we don't want it here!

[hungry1968]

Best most obvious thing to do with Gonzales types is to throw them in Gitmo and turn the tables on them. Let's see what a few hours of torture would help him remember. Being a Republican, (read that as being a draft dodging coward), he'd probably crack in minutes - not hours.