Bush, Key Senator Still Backing Gonzales (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Bush, Key Senator Still Backing Gonzales

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

Saturday, March 24, 2007

(03-24) 20:35 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

The White House and a key Republican senator reaffirmed
support Saturday for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales even
as Democrats questioned his credibility for apparently
misrepresenting his role in firing eight federal prosecutors.

Critics said the latest document disclosure — more than 280
pages of e-mails, calendar notations and other documents sent
to Congress late Friday — bolstered their case for Gonzales'
ouster.

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"He has always been straightforward and honest with me," said
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "So, unless there is clear evidence
that the attorney general deliberately lied or misled Congress,
I see no reason to call for his resignation."

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Also, several Republicans in both the House and Senate said
they needed to learn more about how closely he was involved
in the firings. Still stopping short of calling for Gonzales'
resignation, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., "thinks it's better to
have an attorney general that Congress has confidence in,"
spokesman R.C. Hammond said.

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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/24/national/w135349D93.DTL

[Erika]

1. Orrin Hatch never saw a GOP he couldn't adore

even if it was against the Constitution. The Utah Mormons have never forgiven democrats for demanding the Mormons give up polygamy to gain statehood.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Purely Partisan Values never produce the BEST......Together we Live...Divided ...we DIE...

[ProudDad]

3. Orrin Hatch

is like fingernails on a blackboard.

Just the sound of his voice makes me ill...

He's a little, little man from a bumfuck state filled with religious zealots...

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. why am I not surprsied

yet key Republican senator... this means more and more are peeling away

[Lobster Martini]

5. We're going to give him as much rope as he needs," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.

Orrin Hatch is never going to admit that Gonzales misled Congress. If Gonzales claimed to be carrying Anna Nicole Smith's unborn child, Orrin Hatch would say that he looks radiant.

"...we're going to give him (Gonzales) as much rope as he needs," said Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.

By all means, give him all the rope he needs. He's doing a fine job of hanging himself with it.

[tibbiit]

6. just like spector,

I think they used the patriot act and spyed on their Own. They got stuff on him, hagel, graham, spector and who knows who else.
tib