Gonzales fights to keep his job...will talk to repubs today

[maddezmom]

By Ron Hutcheson
McClatchy Newspapers
More coverage | U.S. attorneys scandal
Gonzales fights to keep his job

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that he doesn't remember talking to an aide in early 2005 about plans for a mass firing of U.S. attorneys, but it's not just his memory that's in question now.

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Struggling to save his job, Gonzales plans to talk privately with lawmakers on Friday to address some of their concerns. Here are some of the issues he'll have to explain:


-"I would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney for political reasons," he told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 18. Critics say his statement is patently absurd because administration officials later said that former U.S attorney H.E. "Bud" Cummins was forced out of his job in Arkansas to make room for Tim Griffin, a former Bush campaign worker and a protege of Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser.


Gonzales' critics suspect that other U.S. attorneys were fired because they either failed to target Democrats or they indicted prominent Republicans. Republican Party officials across the country funneled their complaints about U.S. attorneys through Rove or his deputies.


"This is based on performance," White House spokesman Tony Snow said Thursday, echoing previous statements from President Bush and Gonzales.

more: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16912293.htm

hey Tony, buy a clue...your next to get thrown under the bus like they did to Scotty over Plame.

Check out TheBaldyMan's video:
Bush Administration throws Snow, Bartlett & Miers under bus

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x19531

[emanymton]

1. Via Con Dios, Macaca!

Check AG's immigration status as GOP send him to Guantanamo to get him to confess about being a spy for Bill Clinton.

[jelly]

2. Keep fighting, Gonzo. You're delaying the inevitable.

Let the great White House Vermin Purge of '06-'07 continue.

After Gonzo and Rove, it's time to turn our attention all the way to the top, to the biggest rats of them all.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Wonder what they'll talk about?

"Too bad you got caught Alberto; can you leave our dossiers on the way out?"

[lligrd]

4. While I Applaud The Effort To Rid Us Of The Slimy Gonzales

I regret the lack of calls for Rove and Dumbya's heads, once again. No doubt, Cheney, Rice et al are involved too. And I was truly disgusted by Feingold's assessment of Gonzales as a nice guy. Nice guys don't uphold torture or disregard the Constitution or fire Federal Prosecutors for not doing their bidding. Gonzales is a heartless, conscienceless slime-ball.

[tanyev]

5. Hey, Gonzo, do a little warm up first so you don't hurt yourself.