Hillary Clinton on Alberto Gonzales...

[SaveElmer]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2948538&page=1

"The buck should stop somewhere," Clinton told ABC News senior political correspondent Jake Tapper, "and the attorney general — who still seems to confuse his prior role as the president's personal attorney with his duty to the system of justice and to the entire country — should resign.

Good one...

[oasis]

1. Solid. (n/t)

[Tellurian]

6. Please sign this Petition to Get Rid of Gonzales..

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/resignnow/?sc=1129

If the link doesn't go thru...cut/paste

[Cameron27]

15. Done

Get rid of the tryant.

Good job Senator!

[Tellurian]

16. Alberto Gonzales must go.. by Joe Conason

The U.S. attorney general's willingness to serve as the president's ultimate yes man makes him unqualified for the office.

By Joe Conason

March 12, 2007 | So disturbing was the U.S. attorney general's abrupt dismissal of several federal prosecutors for partisan reasons -- and so insulting is his defense of his actions -- that even some of the most docile Republicans sound outraged. To them it is becoming increasingly clear that the explanations offered by Alberto Gonzales, and his chief aide, Paul McNulty, collapse under the slightest scrutiny.

Ethics investigations of three members of Congress who appear to have colluded in the purge should soon be under way, notably including GOP Sen. Pete Domenici, who quickly lawyered up after former New Mexico prosecutor David Iglesias testified about the senator's blatant attempt to intimidate him last fall. Ironically, Domenici hired a lawyer who has represented former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the California Republican who was sent to prison after his multimillion-dollar bribery conviction by Carole Lam -- another one of the purged U.S. attorneys.

As this scandal unfolds, Senate Republicans are noticing at long last the Bush White House's habitual contempt for the nation's legal and constitutional traditions. They bristled at Gonzales' trespass on their turf, which normally includes consultation on the appointment and removal of U.S. attorneys. And several of them were plainly infuriated when Gonzales blithely claimed in USA Today that the purge was "an overblown personnel matter" rather than a venal exercise in political control over the traditionally independent prosecutors.

...snip...

"What the Justice Department testified yesterday is inconsistent with what they told me," said Ensign. "I can't even tell you how upset I am at the Justice Department." Did he believe he had been misled? "I was not told the same thing that I was at the hearing, let me put it that way." He knew that he had been disrespected -- along with fundamental concepts of American government.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/03/12/gonzales/index.html

...another book worthy topic for Joe..

[Tellurian]

17. Please sign to end the Republican abomination..

[Clarkie1]

2. That torture-enabler is a disgrace to the entire U.S. Justice system. He's scum. nt

[NanceGreggs]

3. There's a whole slew of people I'd like to see go down ...

... but this little prick is definitely in the Top Five on that list.

[LittleClarkie]

4. I've seen that somewhere before too. I thought it was a good quote then

and it's still good. Gonzalez still thinks he's the president's personal attorney, only with more power. But we know that's exactly why he's where he is. He's a loyalist, and this administration cares less about policy and more about politics.

Nice one, Senator.

[Dr Fate]

5. She's right...Gotta give credit where it is due...

...even though I dont support her for the nom, this is great media fodder and the right thing to say-I say -pile on! go get 'em!

I hope Hillary & the DLC supports summoning Rove, etc- I would be suprised if they did not, but you never know w/ these guys...Her statement seems to suggest they will...

[Tellurian]

7. K&R

missed the 24hr time limit by 5 min..

This thread should have been recommended..
rather than the crapola we waste time arguing about!

[Clarkie1]

8. Correct. nt

[AtomicKitten]

9. Gonzales personifies what is so wrong about this administration.

The attempt to make torture palatable and constitutionally okeedokee was hitting the wall on abject immorality IMO.

[Tellurian]

10. Yes, I gave Gonzales a piece of my mind..

on Hillary's petition!

sign it...one and all!

Don't- if you thing Gonzo should stay! :think:

[AtomicKitten]

13. done and done

[Tellurian]

14. Where are all the loudmouths now?

slackers!

[Jack Rabbit]

11. Hillary said that?

Good for her.

I just wrote a long post on another thread upbraiding for all her focus group tested platitudes.

She should take like this more often.

See, Senator. It's not so difficult, is it?

[Tellurian]

12. If you didn't sign the petition getting rid of Gonzo..

than you have no room to squawk!