Cheney Hails His Pal Al

VP Says He's A "Big Fan" Of Embattled Attorney General

(CBS)  Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he is a "big fan" of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

In a interview with CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the vice president also said Gonzales has been truthful in his testimony before Congress.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, a Democrat, has said he doesn't trust Gonzales, but Cheney said the attorney general has the support of the only man who really counts.

"I've had my differences with Pat Leahy," Cheney said. "I think the key is whether or not he (Gonzales) has the confidence of the president — and he clearly does."

Cheney also discussed the case of his former top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. President Bush commuted the 2½-year prison term Libby received following his conviction in the CIA leak case.

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VP Dick Cheney On Gonzales, Libby, Iraq (13 Min.)

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The vice president said he disagreed with the jury's guilty verdict.

"You asked me if I disagreed with the verdict, and I did," he said.

That stance differs from that of the president. Mr. Bush said he respected the verdict, but thought the jail term was excessive.

When asked if he would have granted a full pardon to Libby if the choice was his, Cheney said: "I thought the president handled it right. I supported his decision."

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Read Mark Knoller's notebook on interviewing Cheney.

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Gonzales has received little in the way of public support from Republicans in the face of a concerted attack by the Democrats.

Last week, four Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Solicitor General Paul Clement for the special probe of Gonzales. The request came after FBI Director Robert S. Mueller appeared to contradict Gonzales' statements about internal administration dissent over the president's secretive wiretapping program.

Gonzales told that committee the program was not at issue when then-White House counsel Gonzales made a dramatic visit to Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital room in 2004. Mueller, before the House Judiciary Committee, said it was.

The apparent contradiction only compounded problems for Gonzales, who is losing support among members of both parties even as he retains Mr. Bush's, over a series of apparent misstatements since Congress began investigating the firings of federal prosecutors seven months ago.

Leahy sent a letter to Gonzales last Thursday giving him a week to resolve any inconsistencies in his testimony. While he has declined so far to support a perjury probe, Leahy indicated that could change.

"He has a week," Leahy said Sunday. "If he doesn't correct it, then I think that there are so many errors in there that the pressure will lead very, very heavily to whether it's a special prosecutor, a special counsel, efforts within the Congress."

[gretagreen]

Cheney's endorsement is a plus??


It probably doesn't matter either way. Cheney just wants to yank Leahy's chain.

[briannorwood]

Cheney believes in Gonzoles. Now isn't that sort of like Hitler believing in Goebles?

[notbuynit]

The Ssssssssssssserpent alwayssssssssss ssssssspeaksssssss the truth. Isn't that right? Just ask Satan, Baal, Behemoth, Lucifer, Loki,Set, Darth,etc.

They'll all stick up for the rest of the liars.

There is not an honest soul to be had in the rulers of this empire.

[bobnjersey]

[Cheney said the attorney general has the support of the only man who really counts. ]

the only man who really counts?

could this be the source of some of our problems?

[harp1963]

Dath Vader praises the Death Star commander.

[harp1963]

Oops, DARTH Vader praises the Death Star Commander.

[terrapin78]

The insurgency is in it last throes.

We will be welcomed as liberators by Iraqis.

Iraq was part of 9/11.

I am a "big fan" of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.


What a legacy to have for the history books.

The man is senile.

[navyretired2]

"Posted by bobnjersey at 03:27 PM : Jul 30, 2007"

Sums it up eh?

Above the Law is no longer a Steven Segal movie...its D.C. ethos.

[perception5]

If American's don't believe we have a "corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack" press then check this story out by CBS (Corrupt Broadcasting Station). With all the problems and events going on in this country and around the world you have CBS (Cheney Bashing Station) helping their pals out, the Dems, by promoting their "political lynching" of America's GOP conservatives.

CBS- your corrupt liberal feathers are really showing...........Really sad.

[usawatchman]

YOU KNOW YOUR HEADING FOR A TYRANNY

When the Government pass laws

TO PROTECT the GOVERNMENT from the PEOPLE

instead of
the Government pass laws

TO PROTECT the PEOPLE from the GOVERNMENT

[roger_inkart]

Right. Like Richard "last throes" Cheney would have any idea what truth is.

My guess is that Cheney wants Alberto to stay only because the AG is the only person in DC that has less credibilty than him.

[briannorwood]

It's probably too late for impeachment of the Bush/Cheney cabal. But I gotta believe the nation will give a huge sigh of relief when these two characters are run out of town on a rail in January '09.

I know I'll be in D.C. then to join the celebration!

[mcvet]

If American's don't believe we have a "corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack" press then check this story out by CBS (Corrupt Broadcasting Station). With all the problems and events going on in this country and around the world you have CBS (Cheney Bashing Station) helping their pals out, the Dems, by promoting their "political lynching" of America's GOP conservatives.

CBS- your corrupt liberal feathers are really showing...........Really sad.
Posted by perception5 at 03:33 PM : Jul 30, 2007

Hey SWASTIKA BREATH who do YOU think should determine what is printed and what is told to the people. You obviously do NOT like the Free Press, even though you Nazi's have at least 20 outlets that give you NOTHING but the Party Line, so tell us you FASCIST PIECE OF ***, who should determine what we hear and read? You clowns haven't changed your hatred of the free press and all the rest of the bill of rights since they were first put on paper. At no time during this nations history has "Con's" supported the right of the press to print the news as they see it. NOT ONCE!! Sieg Heil Bush!!

[roger_inkart]

CBS- your corrupt liberal feathers are really showing...........Really sad.
Posted by perception5 at 03:33 PM : Jul 30, 2007

Almost as sad as the dim-witted conservatives who believe any story that doesn't fit in with their world view is somehow evidence of the agenda of the "librul media."

Reality doesn't have a bias. But if you listened to some of the conservatives you'd swear it did.

[muzzlebush]

The vice president said he disagreed with the jury's guilty verdict.

"You asked me if I disagreed with the verdict, and I did," he said.

When asked if he would have granted a full pardon to Libby if the choice was his, Cheney said: "I thought the president handled it right. I supported his decision."

I'm confused. Which side of his mouth is he talking out of?

[prinzowhales]

This is a donkey show. If this Congress had any respect for truth, decency, or the Constitution, Bush and Cheney would have already been impeached in a bipartisan action.

The enemy is in Washington. Down with the Regime! Troops Home Now!!

[harp1963]

For all you neocon right wing "conservatives" that think the poor "liberals," as you say, are the ones burning down the honesty and integrity of the Republican Party, lets see what one of the members of the party that served several Republican Administrations and has an impecable reputation for honesty and integrity had to say about the War in Iraq:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

[pared1]

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[boatdocster]

Of course Richard is a big fan - Al "Consulaire" Gonzales lies his buuttt off to cover Richard and George; he drafts the torture memo so Neocon's can really "interrogate" anybody they want, the way they want; prosecutes the other political party during elections; ships off "enemy" prisoners in the middle of the night to torture proven countries; fires DOJ lawyers unfriendly to their GOP buddies despite being rated highly by the DOJ; most recently granted Richard Cheney full access to any in progress DOJ investigation (which makes the DOJ "really independent" of the Executive branch, but keeps the GOP appraised of the what's going on) and then takes one for the team in front of Congress.

God forbid we get an AG with some integrity. That would require Richard and George to shape up.

[roger_inkart]

The VP shouldn't be taken seriously here. Or anywhere for that matter.

I'd hazard to guess that that he suffers from some type of personality disorder and likely would benefit from professional help and anti-psychotic drugs. Is he paranoid schizophrenic perhaps? I'm not sure of course. I would say that there is something inherently wrong with his viewpoint and his reality is much different from your average non-insane person.

[barbaraf4]

Cheney is not a politician. He is a ham-fisted bully. Otherwise he would know better than to give public support to a fellow criminal.

[nggr]

albertos a mecksican

[sskane]

???

[lochlan-2009]

Ha! Ha-ha! Cheney... if he wasn't such a criminal enriching himself on the lives of U.S. soldiers and innocent Iraqi children at the expense of the U.S. trax payer this would actually be funny. Is their any other proping you would like to add on behalf of your accomplice.

[nggr]

"This is a donkey show"
Posted by Prinzowhales at 03:44 PM : Jul 30, 2007

i seen a donkey show at the mexico once.

[nggr]

mexicoans is peolpes to. they deserve all the rights in all the places. my deddy says so

[r_lamprey]

Cheney has worked against democracy, and that is why he believes that only the President's opinion matters.

Gonzales is a liar, and an enabler for Cheney's and Bush's treason.

[nggr]

"Cheney has worked against reacharounds,
Gonzales is a bottom. cheneys new roboweiner was frum mexico"
Posted by R_Lamprey at 04:14 PM : Jul 30, 2007

right on brutha, i send you a cheescake on labor day.

[rushlimpdrug]

Vice President *** Cheney said Monday that he is a "big fan" of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

CBS- your corrupt liberal feathers are really showing...........Really sad.
Posted by perception5

"Birds of a feather . . ."
perception5- who let you out of your cage? ?

[opa-n-oma]

Support for Gonsales coming from the Anti-christ must be very reassuring. Alberto has to be one of the slimiest government appointees in recent memory and to have the guy who define slime be his supporter.....oh my.
I wonder if George II, who thinks so highly of him, will appoint him to the Supreme Court? Then, it all almost makes me want to respect Ashcroft for at least stepping to the plate and doing right.
what is the countdown for flushing these neocons where they belong?

o in sd

[roach9703]

GONZO is Cheney's little Uncle John with a spainish accent, how tacko.

[oxmyx-2009]

A pathological liar defending an incompetent clown. WORST ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY! IMPEACH!

[liberalme]

Another fall-guy for the criminals.
First Scooter now Gonzales--I'd be afraid I'd end up with a Ken Lay heart attack!!

I wonder, if after the 2008 elections, all the injured troops and families of those that were murdered, could sue Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield personally.

They should put Rove in jail and throw away the key.

These people don't deserve to be called Americans, humans or any other creature with any intelligence--they don't fit.

Oh I know--how about tribal?

[imlibertaria]

Those F***CKERS Bush and Cheney, Gonzales, et.al. are just laughing at the American people because they know that their Republican toadies in the Congress can prevent the Democrats to do anything signifcant to rid the country of the cancer they have infected it with.
I can only hope that they all live long enough to be conviected of treason when the real stroies come to light in the future.

[zorlacskates]

this is all bill clinton's fault, right?

[nggr]

"Support for Gonsales ******* on the Anti-Christ notes that Alberto has to be one of the slimiest rectums of all the worlds mecksicans"
Posted by opa-n-oma at 04:19 PM : Jul 30, 2007

you read my mind butiful dreamer. my socks are waashin as we speak

[jimfinster]

You bet he is a "big fan."

If Gonalez spills the beans, Cheney & Bush will be impeached !!

[roger_inkart]

If Cheney has SO much confidence in Alberto, why didn't he or someone else in the Bush administration go on FOX News yesterday and defend him? Chris Wallace said the invitation was made but they had "no takers."

[arthurcl1]

Cheney "Big Fan"? He needs to be tried on War Crimes in Irag just like Bush for lying to the American People, No Weapons of Mass Destruction found! Also his Administration wants the wall between U.S. and Mexico and he's a Big Fan of Gonzales a Mexican American? What a bunch of Republican Neo Con Hypocrites!

[fascistusa]

Who keeps feeding you this "News"??

Who??

The Fascist Corporate "Media".

Start piecing things together.

Corporate Media + Government The Elite =

FASCISM.

ZEITGEISTmovie.com.

[nggr]

"If Gonalez spills the beans he'll ruin the gall *** tostadas, then what we gone serve at the gay monkey robot orgy?"
Posted by jimfinster at 04:25 PM : Jul 30, 2007

you are concerned citizen i see, nut now is not time for sports trivia

[getcentered]

"Rah..rah!!"

"Rah rah...me Gonzoles fan, rah rah."

"confidence of the president, rah rahh..!"

"rah rah..the president handled it right. I support...rah rahhh."

[randalds]

Good for you Gonzales! An endorsement from Satan himself! Must make you really proud!

[oakishpines]

if governments and companies tax and charge folk in order to feed soldiers and employees that tax and charge folk that vote to be taxed and pay to be treated to non-charity, then does it not stand to reason that the governments and companies will ultimately starve alongside their taxed and charged people when, ultimately: the people are taxed and charged to absolute poverty? as is the case of the u.s. farms, nearly all fore-closed on? as will be the case of the u.s. hospitals and schools: nearly entirely subsidized? their is an irony to media monopoly: people are walking posters that are banned from most speech while instructed by media to keep away from the rotting, selfish, useless poor.

[roger_inkart]

It's little wonder Cheney is a "Big Fan." If the AG was the only person keeping me from being impeached - if not imprisoned - I'd probably be rather fond of the guy myself.

[randalds]

When is Cheney going to really do America (and the world) a favor and just DIE! It'd be the most patriotic thing he's EVER done for his country! Please Di*ck, just DIE! Have a heart attack, a stroke, an embolism, anything!!! Go back to hell and leave us alone!

[nggr]

"Who keeps feeding you this "feces"
Who??

The Fascist Corporate "5-7 year olds".

Start piecing things together and you'll see lincoln logs are far superior to mexicoans
somtimes doo-doo is all thats left in the pantry. gonna make a beer run soon"
Posted by fascistusa at 04:27 PM : Jul 30, 2007

grab me a zagnut punchy.

[infidel_us]

When is Cheney going to really do America (and the world) a favor and just DIE! Posted by RandalDS at 04:36 PM : Jul 30, 2007

You first, you pathetic loser!

[nggr]

"it's little wonder Cheney is a "Big Fan"
i mean he's got a motor, 5 blades and oscilates".
Posted by roger_inkart at 04:35 PM : Jul 30, 2007


good point

[drummer94]

I just wanna puke.