Bush just said in news conf, the way Gonzales handled himself at

[EV_Ares]

the hearing increased his confidence in him. He honestly answered every question he could possibly answer.

Evidently, he could not answer many with as many "I don't recalls he said".

[trumad]

1. God---and double good

the longer GONZO stays on, the better it is for 2008. The repukes are freaking.

[C_U_L8R]

15. Exactly ! Double plus good.

The clowns serve as a constant reminder what you get with
a Republican administration.... Lies and Incompetence.

Just shine a bright spotlight on em as they do their thing.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Bwa ha ha ha ha. Spoken like an AWOL republcion deserter

Only a lameass chickenhawk republicon deserter could say such a thing.

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha

[dancingme]

3. Bush also thought Rich Little was funny

[HereSince1628]

4. Well, for sure. Gonzales is a firewall for Bush's operation in the WH

If I watched a guy humiliate himself in front of the entire world on my behalf I'd say something positive about him, too.

Bush is more confident than ever that Gonzo will be loyal until the end.

[Atman]

5. "Increased my confidence in him."

IOW, "Increased my confidence that he'll keep his freakin' mouth shut no matter how great the pressure."

I see a Meddle of Freedom in Al's future.



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[Jim__]

6. Did anyone watch Schumer questioning Gonzo?

Schumer pretty clearly demonstrated that gonzo was still lying about Carol Lam. What is bush confident in? Gonzo won't rat on rove?

[Fridays Child]

7. It's starting to really look like he's scared to let Gonzo go.

Bush just isn't that loyal to anyone. I think Gonzo knows where a lot of old and new bodies are buried.

[Grandrose]

8. Ridiculous as usual!

He has to defend his lackey, what a disgrace...the both of them!!:puke:

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Bush must set standards of conduct and intelligence at a bar so low that only snakes can pass under

[jwirr]

10. Perhaps but that just proves the point. Gonzo does not have the

capability of doing the job he was given. He and his boss are definitely examples of Peter's Principle.

[bunny planet]

11. Time to impeach Gonzo

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/03/24/gonzales_should_be_impeached/

SNIP

But can the House impeach the attorney general? The Constitution is clear that Congress may impeach "all civil officers of the United States." In our history, the House has impeached two presidents, and just one member of the Cabinet, William Belknap, secretary of war under president Ulysses S. Grant.
Belknap had profited from kickbacks by military contractors. The House began impeachment proceedings, documented the charges, and just before the articles were formally voted, on March 2, 1876, Belknap resigned. But the House voted impeachment anyway. The reason, as House Judiciary Chairman J. Proctor Knott explained to the Senate, "was that his infamy might be rendered conspicuous, historic, eternal, in order to prevent the occurrence of like offenses in the future."

A fine discussion of the Belknap precedent was written last December on the legal website findlaw.com, by, of all people, President Nixon's former legal counsel John Dean. (Astoundingly, the best lawyer the Bush White House can find for advice on stonewalling is another Watergate veteran, Fred Fielding.)
And speaking of Nixon, there's another reason to impeach Gonzales. Though the assaults on the Constitution by Bush and Cheney surely rise to impeachable offenses, the Democratic leadership has been loath to use the impeachment process. The fear is that partisan polarization, so close to the end of Bush's term, would overshadow the issues.

But now, the offenses of a Cabinet member criticized by both parties, and the stonewalling by the White House, have given ample justification. It's time for an impeachment, not just to oust Gonzales, but as a salutary warning to his superiors.

[catmandu57]

12. This makes me wonder when gonzo is going to have an accident

If he's smart and I have my doubts about that, he'll have a package squirrled away somewhere labeled to be opened upon.

[soothsayer]

13. they're prolly shopping for a new AG and will say Gonzo decided

that he ought to step down, and shrubby reluctantly agreed (ala rummy).

why not harriet meirs? the m.o. seems to be that you are really STUPID and/or naive so you can be led around by the nose. she's perfect! and if she was good enuff to be a supreme court nominee, this is cake.

[HereSince1628]

14. Gonzo will have total support from Bush until the instant Bush replaces him

just like Rummy did.

In W's mind saying FUCK YOU to those calling for Gonzo's resignation actually makes Georgie look strong. And he'll keep Gonzo on for a while just to rub the shit in Reid's and other's faces.