Gonzales Is "Bush's Watergate-on-Steroids"

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:10 PM
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Gonzales Is "Bush's Watergate-on-Steroids"

Edited on Thu Feb-03-05 11:10 PM by understandinglife

Fact. The allegations of massive illegal acts (from violations against the Constitution to the Geneva Conventions to.....), on the part of Gonzales are now part of the Congressional Record.

Fact. All those illegal acts were premeditated and perpetrated by the chief legal counsel to the President -- as direct of a report to the President of the United States of America as you can get.

Fact. Repeatedly, Gonzales was admonished for obfuscation, refusal to answer questions, refusal to supply documents, and more, during his under-oath hearings for AG and he was confirmed today still stone-walling, still arrogantly and dishonestly 'covering-up' or, if you will, lying.

Fact. The Republican leadership of the US Senate brought to vote an individual who refused to provide full disclosure of requested information; they acquiesced and are now active participants in Gonzales' 'cover-up.'

Fact. Those Senators who voted for Gonzales did so with full knowledge of the allegations and the extensive documentation that supports the allegations and the fact that Gonzales refused to provide requested information.

Now, allow me to quote from the Articles of Impeachment of Richard M Nixon, on his role in the attempted cover-up of ONE ACT OF UNLAWFUL ENTRY:

http://watergate.info/impeachment/impeachment-articles.shtml

ARTICLE 1

In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that:

On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-election of the President committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such illegal entry; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible; and to conceal the existence and scope of other unlawful covert activities.

Fact. Gonzales is truly Bush's Watergate-on-steroids because his crimes were committed in service of the President and his obstruction of the process, throughout his confirmation hearings, of revealing information requested by members of the US Senate, not only compounds the scale of his violations but effectively set a 'complicity trap.'

Fact. 60 US Senators just aided and abetted the cover-up of massive violations of the rights of prisoners and the torture of human beings (the implications of their vote will haunt them for the remainder of their lives). Those 60 US Senators are complicit with Gonzales and the President in covering up, in refusing to tell the American people the truth about past and ongoing brutally inhumane treatment of prisoners.

For instance, among the still-ongoing activities those 60 US Senators are now directly and actively aiding and abetting, here's just one example:

"Some attorneys for detainees say they believe the administration is hoping to avoid having to defend in court its alleged practice of sending suspects to foreign prisons where questionable interrogation tactics are used. "The political folks have decided this is now hurting the administration and they need to make it go away," said Brent Mickum, an attorney for Mubanga (British citizen released from Gitmo in Jan 2005). "And they're looking to avoid having any bad precedent that would affect their ability" to transfer detainees to third countries."

The scale of crimes that Mr Gonzales has committed, on behalf of the President of the USA, vastly exceed those that drove Mr Nixon to resign (even including Articles 2 & 3 against RMN). The President, in appointing him AG, has taken an extraordinary step to cover-up war crimes; he's appointed the architect of torture to the #1 "law enforcement position" in the USA. That's some kind of 'steroids.' In fact, that is way more than adequate to qualify Bu$h for the following:

"RESOLVED, That George W Bush, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and that the following articles of impeachment to be exhibited to the Senate:

ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NAME OF ITSELF AND OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST GEORGE W BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS."

If those Articles of Impeachment are not already being drafted by members of the House of Representatives, assisted by their colleagues in the Senate, I will be surprised.

In any event, "We The People...." will make it happen, just as we will force the resignation of every Senator who decided, today, to align themself with a war criminal and actively allow him to continue to lie about both the President's torture policies and the extent of those already, as well as currently being, tortured.

COMMENCE THE PURGE

Peace.

BE THE BU$H OPPOSITION; 24/7