Schumer calls on Gonzales to step down (AP)

[ShockediSay]

http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=74061


WASHINGTON - The Senate‘s No. 3 Democrat cited the FBI ‘s illegal snooping into people‘s private lives and the Justice Department‘s firing of federal prosecutors.

Schumer, D-N.Y., said Gonzales repeatedly has shown more allegiance to President Bush than to citizens‘ legal rights since taking his job in early 2005.

"Attorney General Gonzales is a nice man, but he either doesn‘t accept or doesn‘t understand that he is no longer just the president‘s lawyer, but has a higher obligation to the rule of law and the Constitution even when the president should not want it to be so," Schumer said.


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If memory serves me this is the guy who wrote the legal memo saying basically any kind of torture you want, we don't have to call it torture

[BlueStater]

1. "A nice man" my ass

Gonzo is a lying, crooked, little weasel fucker.

[Champion Jack]

3. That's really not fair

to the hundreds of weasel fuckers world wide.
Gonzo, like most of the bush cabal, is a cheap lazy amateur.

[Javaman]

14. Hey don't insult the cheap lazy amateurs!!! lol nt

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Makes me feel a little better about my Sr. Senator

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONGRESS_GONZALES

[goforit]

4. TAAAA DAAAHHHhhh!!! Now thats what I call talking!

[chefgirl]

5. Go Schumer!

he either doesn‘t accept or doesn‘t understand that he is no longer just the president‘s lawyer,

That's only one of the reasons I can't stand that little bastard.

Shallow as it might be for me to say so, the thing I detest about him the most (personally, anyway) is that he wears the same fucking smirk that the little idiot does. Wonder which one taught it to the other??

-chef-

[IsItJustMe]

6. No. 3 Senate Democrat: Gonzales must go

Attorney General Gonzales is a nice man, but he either doesn't accept or doesn't understand that he is no longer just the president's lawyer, but has a higher obligation to the rule of law and the Constitution even when the president should not want it to be so," Schumer said.

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On Friday, Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI had broken the law to secretly pry out personal information about people in the U.S. as part of its pursuit of suspected terrorists and spies.

The admission came after a blistering 126-page report by the Justice Department's inspector general that found agents improperly obtained telephone records and demanded sensitive data. The information was obtained via security letters, which are special warrants issued without judicial approval.
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[illinoisprogressive]

7. Schumer said that?

[bluerum]

8. Lost it? He never had it. eom

[w4rma]

9. Gonzales is much worse than Ashcroft ever was. This guy was the primary author of the Patriot Act.tt

[Canuckistanian]

10. At least Ashcroft recused himself in the Plame investigation

That's something Gonzales would never do, given his track record so far.

He seems to have swallowed whole the Bush mantra - never explain, never defend your actions and keep your mouth shut.

[stevedeshazer]

11. Link, please?

Where did this gem originate?

[mitchtv]

12. He's (Schumer) has been on tv today

I imagine it was one of the Sunday talk shows

[stevedeshazer]

13. Thanks. That was enough to dig up an actual link

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-talk/2007/03/march_11_schumer_calls_on_gonz.html