Gonzales Tells Colleagues He'll Finish Term

[Robbien]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a gathering of his colleagues in Atlanta on Thursday that he would complete his term in office, using his final 18 months to fight online child predators and to push to make background checks on gun buyers more current.

The nation's top prosecutor, mired in a political crisis over the dismissal of federal prosecutors, got a round of chuckles from about 40 state attorneys general at a national convention in a Buckhead hotel when he said that it was "good to be outside of Washington, D.C."

He made no reference to the battle swirling over his job but said his "personal attention" would be devoted to four areas of law enforcement that also included fighting terror and public corruption.

. . .

Last week, the New York Times reported a Justice Department internal inquiry will determine whether Gonzales tried to influence a senior aide's testimony concerning the dismissal of federal prosecutors. This came after the Senate fell short of forcing a "no confidence" vote on Gonzales.

After the speech in Buckhead, he spoke for several minutes with David Nahmias, the U.S. attorney based in Atlanta, but he did not speak to the media.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. Another Lie?

[spotbird]

13. No, he has no plans to leave.

It's not as if he'll be impeached after all.

[still_one]

20. bingo, he will not be impeached, and he will stay /nt

[Throwing Stones]

2. not if Chuck, Patrick or John have anything to say about it /eom

[xultar]

3. IN HELL GONZO...you'll finish it in H. E. L. L.

[EFerrari]

4. "fighting terror and public corruption."? Try creating terror

and enabling corruption.

You're toast, Torquemada.

[Bobbieo]

7. Sure he will. It is the 29% of the monied-power people who support Bush

who will keep him there and no one will stop them!

[EFerrari]

8. Don't rip away my last shred of hope!

lol

I honestly think he will go unless they ice Mr. Waxman and Mr. Conyers. And that isn't going to happen. Keep the faith.

[dogfacedboy]

10. That is now down to 26%. n/t

[Bobbieo]

11. It is the 26% of the monied people in power who will keep him there

and no one will stop them! It may only be 10% but he will still be there.

[SharonRB]

5. It's always about the children with him

Yes, child predators are a bad thing, but there's so much more, Abu, so much more.

[neuvocat]

6. He can do it.

Oh wait! He can't now that he got rid of the best people qualified for the job. Heh.

[mile18blister]

9. I hope his term is 25 to life.

Let him see what justice looks like on the other side of the Gray Bar Hotel.

[rodeodance]

12. He is sad person--having to be propped up by little-minded Jr.

[0007]

14. ....is this schmuck of a joke or what?

[ananda]

15. It's so sad, it's worse than sad.

The law flouts the law.

[Javaman]

16. Sigh, and people get upset with people who get upset with congress...

we have our own school of the americas in our own administration*.

Can I say america is officially over, now?

[emanymton]

17. OK. Then What ? Think About This,

.
So Gonzales has shrub's protection. Hurrah. Then shrub walks out the door for the last time and Gonzales will be on his own.

Like so many underlings, no one will be there to protect them anymore. Maybe this is the time to be trying to make deals with the legal system for protection in exchange for higher ups. (Maybe F Thompson can play a scene in 'Law And Order.')

The legal system will be coming for the lower order crooks. About the only way so many little fish n Washington can be protected to keep their mouths shut, is to cancel the November 2008 elections.

How about a betting pool on the date of announcement on the cancellation of the republican elections and the establishment of empire?

[Doctor_J]

18. Another felon gets off scot-free

I am open for suggestions about how to bring all these criminals to justice. Whatever it is that's being tried isn't working AT ALL.

[ryanmuegge]

19. He sure will. What an upraised middle finger to the will of the public.

Just like leaving troops in Iraq, bringing that immigration bill back up again, and tying the estate tax cut to the minimum wage increase. The government really does not give a fuck anymore.

Even ignoring the prosecutor scandal (the evidence as to his and other administration political cronies culpability is indisputable), Alberto's involvement in illegal wiretapping and torture should get him dismissed. All of the scandals combined have to add up to an overwhelmingly negative opinion of this clown on the part of the public.

Fuck. I'd rather have John Asscrack again.

[UTUSN]

21. K&R #1 for well, of COURSE!!1 he will and SO he SHOULD!!1

He is the SIGNATURE of the Shrub mal-administration, house-boyism,

[ooglymoogly]

22. NOT ON OUR WATCH YOU DIM WITTED DOLT, HAND PUPPET!