Comments on: Gonzales Flops In Senate Hearings And Loses Republican Support

By: Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Karl Rove, Arlen Specter, and â€œThe United States of Greek Tragedy America” | The Moderate Voice

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:57:18 +0000

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By: The Gun Toting Liberalâ„¢

The Gun Toting Liberalâ„¢ — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:58:57 +0000

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By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:31:12 +0000

Marlowe- Two compliments in one day- I’m very flattered! But, I was just thinking the other day about how crappy the news is these days- the facts are out there- why if the MSM is so left-leaning- is no one putting them together? All it take is Google and a naturally suspicious mind, LOL!

I think we are getting purposefully dumbed down with all of the Anna Nicole/Imus extravaganza- so that we no longer see what is right in front of us.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:34:25 +0000

Really he had no choice but to look really stupid. Telling the truth was out of the question, so he lied, the lies don’t make sense, so he looks like an idiot.

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:22:59 +0000

Thanks Marlowe- but Iâ€™m having a lot of trouble believing that someone who worked so hard and pulled himself up by his bootstraps to one of the highest posts in the nation is really that stupid. In truth, it was carefully orchestrated stupidity- thatâ€™s what the three weeks of prep were for.

Once again, Kritter, you have surprised me with a comment out of left field.

That is an interesting observation…and you make a good case for it. One can’t be indicted for stupidity, can one?

Food for thought, certainly.

Why don’t we get this level of analysis in the MSM?

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:18:48 +0000

How would it go over if Gonzales took the Fifth, and still insisted on keeping his position, and Bush continued to agree and express support for him?

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:11:47 +0000

He basically had two choices- reveal the embarassing, unethical and potentially illegal details to the committee and know that Bush would fire him- or play the court jester and act like he barely knew what was going on at all- even at events the Senators knew he was present at, and hope that the resulting outrage would not force Bush to fire him. Gonzales knows that public and congressional pressure would most likely not result in his firing. So, it was an easy choice.

Monica Goodlink- refused to testify, because she ’s a loyalist, and probably did not think she could pull off that kind of performance. They need to immunize her and try to get at the truth that way.

By: Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Karl Rove, Arlen Specter, and â€œThe United States of Greek Tragedy America | The Moderate Voice

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:07:48 +0000

[...] Read some of our other earlier posts today written by others on the Gonzales story here and here. [...]

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:03:10 +0000

> In truth, it was carefully
> orchestrated stupidity

Is this a coverup? Possibly, a more refined version of memory lapse.

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:29:17 +0000

Thanks Marlowe- but I’m having a lot of trouble believing that someone who worked so hard and pulled himself up by his bootstraps to one of the highest posts in the nation is really that stupid. In truth, it was carefully orchestrated stupidity- that’s what the three weeks of prep were for. That way he didn’t reveal what Monica Goodlink was afraid she would reveal when she first disappeared, then made it known she would take the 5th. To believe otherwise is ludicrous.

OK, I admit I’m fairly partisan, and have had blinders on at times when my party was at fault- what do the indies think? Was Gonzo just being Gonzo- or was he carefully covering up the WH involvement in a potentially politically embarassing scandal far worse than his bumbling performance? Don’t forget all of the missing e-mails and Sampson’s 122 “I don’t recalls”when you answer.

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:56:36 +0000

I have just one concern- Having appeared as a hapless, forgettful AG who really has very little awareness of what is going on in his own Dept- how would he have done without the three weeks of intense preparation???LOL!

Kritter, you make an excellent point. I think his supernaturally stupid performances have boggled conservatives…when all this could have easily been spiked weeks ago.

You ask what he would have been like without weeks of prep. The mind boggles….

By: kritter

kritter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:03:22 +0000

So it took 3 weeks of intense preparation with WH lawyers for Gonzales to show up and deliver that kind of Sargent Schultz performance- “I know nothink, nothink!”??? I’m in the camp that he does know more than he’s letting on.

How credible is it really that after all of that prep work he doesn’t remember an important meeting that was less than 6 months ago?

Or that he doesn’t know why 2 of the 8 were fired?

Or that the ones he does remember were fired for mismanagement issues- yet the reason he is in front of the Senate in the first place is, well, mismanagement issues- but he is working through them????

Or that he guesses that he discussed the matter with Bush, because he’s been told that he has?

And of course, President Bush believes that this restores American confidence in the man in charge of our Justice Dept??

I have just one concern- Having appeared as a hapless, forgettful AG who really has very little awareness of what is going on in his own Dept- how would he have done without the three weeks of intense preparation???LOL!

By: Goodbye Alberto, It Was Nice To Know You | The Moderate Voice

Goodbye Alberto, It Was Nice To Know You | The Moderate Voice — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:48:53 +0000

[...] Also read Joe’s great post of earlier today. Joe summarized yesterday’s hearing as follows: “He came. He saw. [...]

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:54:14 +0000

Having Attorney General Gonzales resign would probably not be as big an issue if the Democrats had not tipped their hand and revealed that they basically have a hit list of other people they want to hound.

I also find it odd that the media or pundits have not notice that the Republicans in the Senate have basically thrown in the towel and realize that they will never be in the majority again. Thus, the Republican Senators are taking an everyman for himself attitude.

By: Senator Tom Coburn: Gonzales Should Resign « Michael P.F. van der GaliÃ«n

Senator Tom Coburn: Gonzales Should Resign « Michael P.F. van der GaliÃ«n — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:18:28 +0000

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By: Michael van der Galien

Michael van der Galien — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:16:20 +0000

He came. He saw.

And he did not conquer.

More like: He came. He saw. He got butchered.

By: White Agent

White Agent — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:42:16 +0000

Democrats and republicans united in common cause against the Bush cabinet and by proxy, Bush.

Small step for the Senate, a giant leap for mankind.