'Salazar Bucks Fellow Dems (Again), Stands By Gonzales'

[El Supremo]

by: Colorado Pols
Thu Mar 15, 2007 at 08:23:37 AM MDT
But don't worry, the situation does "trouble" him. Like Guantanamo Bay "troubled" him, like Samuel Alito's judicial record "troubled" him, like the Patriot Act "troubles" him, like the Iraq war "troubles" him. As the Rocky Mountain News reports:

Sen. Ken Salazar said Wednesday he is troubled by allegations that have "blemished" the Department of Justice, but so far he is not joining other Democrats calling for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign.

"I think we need to know the facts first," Salazar, D-Denver, told reporters Wednesday during a conference call...

Salazar has had close ties with Gonzales since his earliest days in the U.S. Senate. After taking the oath of office in January 2006, one of Salazar's first official acts was to escort Gonzales to his Senate confirmation hearing.

Salazar was one of only six Democrats to vote for Gonzales, and today the two men are among the highest-ranking Hispanics in U.S. government...

http://coloradopols.com/frontPage.do

:grr:

[SusanaMontana41]

1. I voted for Ken

and was shocked and disappointed when he chose to escort Gonzo to his confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee. My disappointment continues.

[CrispyQ]

2. He is such a disappointment.

I sent him money & put his sign in my yard. I will be working hard for his democratic challenger in 2010.

[Hawkeye-X]

4. I didn't even want the asshole.

I knew he was gonna be a DLC to the hilt, and that's why I stood by Miles and held my nose when I voted for Salazar in the general.

So Mike Miles would have been a FAR better choice.

But let's concentrate on putting a Salazar replacement in '08 by the name of Mike Miles after the Mallard retires.

[CrispyQ]

5. I wanted Miles, too.

Do you know which dems are running in '08?

[politicat]

3. Ya know, Ken, if we'd wanted a Rethug apologist, we'd've picked Coors.

This isn't what you got elected for, dumbass. Stop listening to the DLC centrists and the Beltway Me Too Republican Lite types and start listening to your ... CONSTITUENTS. People running Left-Liberal campaigns get elected and keep getting elected. People like you?? How are your investments and the extensive real estate holdings doing, because you're going to need the income....

Can I say again, Dumbass? Why, yes. Yes I can.

[leftofthedial]

6. Can you say "Ken Nighthorse Salazar"?

I knew you could.

In effect, he's a frigging repuke.

And as we all know, it should be illegal to be a repuke.

[MissMarple]

7. I am assuming all of you have communicated directly with Salazar's office.

Am I correct in this assumption????

Ken is a guy who appears to look over both shoulders before he makes a decision. We need to make sure Dems are all he sees.

[niyad]

8. I contact this fool regularly, and always say the same thing: ken, if we had wanted a conservative

catholic republican, we could have voted for pete coors. and I assure you that I will be diligently working for whoever runs against you in the primaries."

he is a complete and utter disappointment.

[paulk]

9. the two men are among the highest-ranking Hispanics

in US Government...

How much of that swing vote - the six points Kerry lost by that Salazar won by - was comprised of Hispanic voters?

That might have something to do with Salazar's position of this...

Salazar is not going to turn on Gonzales unless there is real concrete proof of wrongdoing - the kind that's coming out now that hearings have started. I expect he'll change his tune then.