Gonzales: "I'm not a candidate"

[truthpusher]

http://www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2843611

Gonzales: "I'm not a candidate"
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AG still may be nominee for court
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By Jim Hughes
Denver Post Staff Writer
DenverPost.com
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"This is an important decision, and I understand there's a lot of pent-up anticipation," Gonzales said in an interview after meeting with Justice Department officials in Denver. "People have been waiting for 11 years, and so people have very strong views about this. This is America, and people have the right to speak their mind. It's all part of the process, as far as I'm concerned."

A longtime friend and adviser to the president, Gonzales has been answering questions about the Supreme Court for years, he said. And though he would not rule out the possibility of being nominated, saying that was up to Bush, his answer now is the same it's always been, he said.

"I've been asked since 2001 whether or not I'd consider going on the court, and I've consistently said, 'I'm not a candidate for the Supreme Court' - and that remains true today," Gonzales said. "I love being attorney general. My job, currently, is to help the president make this decision."

The opening conservative salvo against Gonzales is sure to be followed by intense volleys from all sides in the coming months, said University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato.

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[Cha]

1. Gross!

Whatever!

[Skip Intro]

2. Holy crap - the same damn ploys over and over

"I am not a candidate"

"There are no plans on my desk"

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" My job, currently, is to help the president make this decision" - gonzales

and cheney.

[420inTN]

3. B.S. just another feint

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1611930&mesg_id=1612012

[Pallas180]

4. wha???

Gonzales is beginning to look good in comparison with what might be
on the Court.

It;s really getting bad over there.

Corporations now own the court too.

That wouldn't surprise me.

If dumbson named a corporate lawyer to the court.

[goclark]

5. Didn't Cheney help Bush make a decision and he became VP-

[420inTN]

8. Maybe Fred Thompson will wind up on the SCOTUS then

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aQXA4TyiLfzA&refer=us

[the_spectator]

6. "Nixon: 'I am not a crook'" /nt

[DemBones DemBones]

7. Has anyone else noticed

that Larry Sabato, U-Va poly sci prof, turns up more often than a bad penny? I wonder how he ever teaches, as often as he turns up giving commentary for the MSM.