Snow: Bush standing firm behind Gonzales

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on the attorney general and said the outcome will not undermine President Bush's resolve to keep Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department.

"Not a bit. Purely symbolic vote," presidential spokesman Tony Snow said. He was asked in a broadcast interview whether Bush might reconsider his decision to support Gonzales should a sizable number of Republican senators vote for the no-confidence resolution.

"It is perfectly obvious that the president has the right to hire and fire people who serve at his pleasure," Snow said.

On Monday, the Senate planned to debate the one-sentence measure that declares Gonzales "no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_on_go_pr_wh/gonzales_prosecutors

[glowing]

1. ...And if the court jester doesn't perform, its off with their head.

"his pleasure", please.

[DemKR]

2. In other news: French fries are bad for you

[otherlander]

4. That's FREEDOM FRIES!

Why do you hate America?
:sarcasm:

[sakabatou]

13. And Freedom Dressing!

[still_one]

3. If Congress really wanted to get rid of Gonzales, they could impeach him. THEY WON'T

As far as the bush administration is concerned, the "Democratic" Congress is joke, and to some degree they are right

[HereSince1628]

5. Where else would he stand to use Gonzolies as a human shield?

Knowing W, this seems natural enough to me.

[LynnTheDem]

6. Finally, snow lets the truth slip

Purely symbolic vote.

[truthisfreedom]

7. He likes guys whose names start with "G." It makes him "stand firm behind" them.

Gannon, Guckert, Gonzales...

[rodeodance]

8. standing, standing---falling falling.!!!

[gulliver]

9. Backfire. Skip the vote. More investigations.

Why give GOP Senators a chance to "stand up to Bush" with a symbolic vote against Gonzales? I don't get that. As it stands, the GOP Senate crowd is presumed to approve of Gonzales because he is a Republican like them.

Let's save the no confidence vote for the American people in 2008.

Impeaching Gonzales or sending him to jail for his lies under oath. That is another matter.

[depakid]

10. "Impeaching Gonzales or sending him to jail for his lies under oath."

But that would require integrity and political fortitude....

[gulliver]

11. Reason too.

If you take out Gonzales, you want to make sure there is maximum collateral damage to Bushism and its political party, the GOP. Ideally, you want a big pile of maimed GOP political careers and as many of them behind bars as we have prison space for. Gonzales and Card muscling Ashcroft in his sick bed at the behest of Bush (or so it appears) is a major opening. There's another shoe waiting to drop there. Goodling's testimony hurts Gonzales too.

Waiting a little is no problem, IMO. If the Dems think they have the goods, then they might not want to drop the political grenade until they can crowd a few more Republicans around Bush and Gonzales. Suits me. Taking out Gonzales would be kind of anti-climactic. I think he would have resigned already, except that I believe we are on record as saying a resignation would not halt the proceedings.

[MasonJar]

12. Why not? They are two totally ignorant losers!

[Thor_MN]

14. Standing firm behind the man that serves at his pleasure?

Snow sounds like he is getting a bit jealous of the attention being lavished on Gonzo....