Comments on: Dems Seek No-Confidence Vote On Gonzales

Schumer And Feinstein Say Attorney General Has Been Too Weakened To Do His Job

[trillion1]

I say impeachment is back on the table. bush knew His warrentless wiretaps were illegal and sent gonzo to to try an end run to the bedside of Ashcroff around Acting Director Comey who would not ligitimize this crime with DOJ approval.

[johnpatrick9]

Bus has surrounded himself with toadies and yes men/women, 1st generation "Golly Gee I made it types" ..all people of little depth or character or seasoning who will do "what it takes" for power and maoney and status. Hitler promotes his "chicken farmer" Himmler and "drug addict" Goering for this is the type who are so impressed with themselves that they will "obey any order" to serve the Fuhrer who has "raised them from the gutter" they belong in. Goodby Gonzo and good riddance..go write a memoir or some other foolishnes to explain away your ineptness and toadyism and support of torture and cutting away of the liberties of Americans. You will not be missed.

[crater7]

WOLF-O, OUT, GONZA IS NEXT.......

[bigsk8fan]

Even 5 Republicans can spell:
N-O C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-C-E

Can they spell: I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T

For the pack of Presidential lies that is the legacy of the Bush administration.

[nmsuip]

Confidence in this administration is like virginity among ******. It just doesn't exist.

[johnshaft4]

Why are we paying taxes to this regime?

[searingtruth]

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[ddaymichael]

RandalDS said;

I think Bush holds on to Gonzales for more then just loyalty too. I think it's the same reason he holds Rove so close, they know too much.



I'm afraid that RandalDS and others are right when they say that this is just the tip of the sleazy iceberg.

I can see a day when a battered, shell-shocked America will wistfully long for those innocent days when the heaviest scandal around was Gonzales' crimes while serving as the nation's top law enforcement official,

I also fear that the revelations that will be coming down on the Bush/Cheney gang might be so shocking and appalling that they'll be swept under the rug for being 'too much for the people to bear.'

Given today's moral climate, especially among those scum-sucking toads in the BUsh administration, you just know that everything will come out as they compete for book deals with ever more startling disclosures.

The top guys might hang yet.

[jw218389]

Let's make it a trifecta (as Bush said about the 9/11 attacks)!

Let's have a no confidence vote for Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales.

RUN THE OIL CROOKS OUT OF OFFICE!!!

[norcalruss]

Whether you like or approve of Bush or not, the AG is supposed to be the HIGHEST ranking law enforcement official in the land and INDEPENDENT from the WH. What we have with Gonzo is not only cronyism but corruption as well. The firings of the prosecutors is just the tip of the iceberg. The story that came out about Gonzo trying to get a sedated AG to sign off on ILLEGAL wire-tapping is far more serious. This illustrates that he is being manipulated to enforce POLITICAL policy rather than being the chief law enforcement official. If five Republican Senators have called for his resignation this is not something to be taken lightly. We can%u2019t have an incompetent stooge as AG serving as the useful idiot to the WH that has little or no respect for the law. Gonzo should go.

[boatdocster]

When this is over and done with and all the garbarge comes to light (and theres plenty of it, with more to come) *** Cheney and his administration, along with George Bush, are going to make Tricky *** Nixon and his crew look like the Pope.

[cozzicon]

While Gonzales' misconduct borders on criminal...

I have a hard time understanding why congress is spending this much time on passing things that will have little or no effect.

I'd rather they ride out the lame-duck and do the work of government while waiting for the administration to turn over.

It is possible I may be wrong and actions like this may have value. But my initial impression is that this is a waste of time.

[feelfree1]

Re: "Dems Seek No-Confidence Vote On Gonzales"

Instead of trying him for willfully violating his sworn oath to the U.S. Constitution, over and over, and for undermining the rule of law?

Wouldn' it be more appropriate for Gonzales to be tarred and feathered, along with Ashcroft, and air-dropped into Baghdad?

[pakaal]

Even when the DOJ itself wouldn't sign off on Bush's illegal wiretapping - AND both Comey and Ashcroft agreed that it was illegal way back in '04 - Bush reauthorized it anyway, KNOWING it was illegal.

Cut to acting AG Comey rushing to the hospital to protect an ailing and semi-conscious Ashcroft from Gonzales and Andy Card, who were trying an end-run around Comey to get the illegal wiretaps authorized. I assume so they could have a fall guy in place when it all went up in flames. And after Comey won't play ball, who replaces Comey as AG? Alberto Gonzales!

Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt. You're right ainttaken, this is just going to get bigger and bigger.

[pakaal]

"At issue is whether the department, at the White House's urging, tried to cause problems for Democrats by facilitating voter fraud cases and others involving corruption."

Voter fraud cases like in Nevada, where... there were no voter fraud cases (well, except for the Republican one in 2004)? Yet Daniel Bogden, one of the US Attorneys in question STILL got fired? Yeah, back to the excuses drawing board for Gonzales.

[pakaal]

Lucky dog! I gotta wait hours to get home to DS and Colbert!

See ya....

[randalds]

Daily Show! Colbert Report then!! Gotta run for now!!

[randalds]

I think Bush holds on to Gonzales for more then just loyalty too. I think it's the same reason he holds Rove so close, they know too much. They know where, as they say, the bodies are buried and where the skeletons are and in which closet. It's possible that Bush is afraid to have either of them out there pushing a tell-all book on the rubber chicken speaking circuit.

[pakaal]

I think that is probably giving Bush too much credit. HE is simply incompetent, doesn't have a clue what he is doing and since he has never had to pay for anything he has done wrong, he doesn't understand that there are consequences for his buddies crimes and blunders.
Posted by elz523 at 10:52 PM : May 17, 2007

Gee, get technical why don't you? ;-)

OK, yeah, it's Cheney and the rest of the PNACs, not Bush. Still, when doling out responsibility, Bush should be there in his role as the front man for this debacle.

[elz523]

I'm not sure it is loyalty that is the main ingredient in Bushes unwillingness to get rid of the incompetent. I think that is probably giving Bush too much credit. HE is simply incompetent, doesn't have a clue what he is doing and since he has never had to pay for anything he has done wrong, he doesn't understand that there are consequences for his buddies crimes and blunders.