SENATE JUDICIARY Gonzo Grilling Thread #3

[helderheid]

Thread #1: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3145945&mesg_id=3145945
Thread #2: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3146404

Webcast URL is here: http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2473

Call C-SPAN 202-737-3220
Ask why they are not showing it live
and if they plan to excise any footage before they show it later; tell them the Webcast is full to bursting and this is some quality, explosive TV!

[MiniMe]

1. They are back

First Grassley, then Schumer

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Thanks! They're back...Grassley up

[bdamomma]

6. oh grassley will kiss gonzo ass too.

boy, I wish I could listen but at work no downloading allowed

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. Usually, yes. He gave q's ahead of time

But he has been returning to the anthrax for quite some time. We'll see.

He's not happy that Gonzo hasn't responded to him in letters he sent.

[helderheid]

3. Anthrax attacks

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. dupe! thread is buggy for me

sorry.

[Hepburn]

14. Getting the same messages...

...and causing me to double post. Sorry about the double posts...not meaning to do this. But something is hanging up on posting.

[helderheid]

18. It's buggy for me too. When I post a message, I have to click on the "GD" link to get back

It hangs otherwise.

[dogday]

5. Anthrax Attacks brought up again

What is the problem Gonzales?

[Hepburn]

7. Pls remember to K&R. Thanks! n/t

[halobeam]

10. done...K & R !!

[halobeam]

12. dupe

sorry
'

[dogday]

8. Sounds like many of the Senators are not

getting the information they are requesting from the DOJ....

[Supersedeas]

16. honest and responsive government....or lazy slovenly Re-pigs

[underpants]

9. Grassley has a list of questions-first up Anthrax

[underpants]

17. about Hatfeld- "I don't see that your actions have fit the words"

in regards to Congressional oversight.

[underpants]

20. Asked about training sessions before this hearing so they could talk about it

so far no response.

Grassley is leaving these in writing for Gonzo can respond later.

[TahitiNut]

13. "Ask why they are not showing it live"? Because they're REQUIRED to show the floor session.

C-SPAN, by charter, is required to broadcast "gavel-to-gavel" coverage of the floor of the House (C-CPAN1) and Senate (C-SPAN2) when they're in session. (I don't know about C-SPAN3 - I've never gotten it.)

[helderheid]

15. I don't get c-span 3 either - but can stream it.

[Supersedeas]

21. almost as if they have something to protect

[underpants]

25. No this is standard operating procedure.

watch here
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=2473

[The Witch]

32. it is better TV than bernanke. And they could cut to it during quorum calls in Senate.

That's what I think.

[The Witch]

19. thank you helderheid!

Work gets crazy on Thursdays and I am only able to post sporadically so I really appreciate you picking up my slack!

[dogday]

22. You did good Witch, and thank you helderheid for your efforts

Thanks for all that you do! :hi:

[helderheid]

24. my pleasure! Thank YOU for the other threads - I would have been unaware otherwise!

:hi:

[Hepburn]

23. Gonzo sounds like he is talking through his nose...

...weird. Like he is mouth breathing from nerves and the sound is coming out his nose. LOL, he must be nervous as hell. Yeah, cry me a river over this ~~ NOT!

[tridim]

26. If you only have Real Alternative and want to watch..

Paste 'rtsp://avs2.senate.gov/judiciary' in "Open File" to get it to work.

Why the hell does the senate use an obsolete video codec? Real Media is freaking dead. I'm going to email their web people.

[Hepburn]

31. I HATE Real Player...

...it hangs up all the time or just goes ka-poot for me. Good idea on doing this, IMO.

[tridim]

41. Here's the link for Real Alternative

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

From the amazing people who brought us Quicktime Alternative and Windows Media Alternative. These players all contain NO SPAM whatsoever!

[kentuck]

53. My Real Player plays better than any other media player..

it buffers less...

[Skidmore]

27. Should be calling the broadcast channels and cable news channels

and ask why something like this is being ignored for celebrity whatever of the day. I'm sure they are all going nuts about Lindsay Lohans (sp?) trip to the rehab center today.

[The Witch]

28. Gonzo's explanation for no briefing? "Just because there is an investigation doesn't mean guilty."

Tell that to detainees. He has forgotten the step where a jury decides.

[helderheid]

30. NO SHIT!

[dogday]

29. We didn't get the letter

The mail service sucks at the DOJ... Everyone is opening our mail before we get it :sarcasm:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

33. Ha! nice one!

:rofl:

[underpants]

38. They got caught redhanded with this excuse before

I can't remember what it was but someone made the same claim about not getting mail and a complete trail on the doc was provided later. Nothing, of course, was done about it and it was never mentioned again.

[The Witch]

34. Chuckie is up!!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

35. Let's go schumer! (this is gonna be goood)

:bounce:

[halobeam]

36. very true.....

[Hepburn]

49. Oooooooooooh, Schumer got Gonzo right off the bat...

...like on how they could just go around the FISA court again.

Gonzo talking about blah, blah, how Bush made this decision...and Schumer interrupted him and got him back on track with the question about legally doing this.

[helderheid]

37. We believe that we are a dictatorship.

[Tuesday_Morning]

39. FISA

Smush mouth says: Smirk has shown remarkable maturity in his actions. Lawful in regard to spying/wiretapping.

[dogday]

40. Are you legally required to go to the FISA court?

Yes or No? Just answer the question...

[ncrainbowgrrl]

ii...i... am not at liberty to answer taht question

[NewJeffCT]

52. he said that to the question on FISA?

what's next? I can't recall? I'm not a potted plant?

[helderheid]

42. GO CHUCK GO!

[dogday]

43. Damn Mr. Gonzales just answer Yes or No?

what is your major malfunction sir?

[Tuesday_Morning]

44. Schumer

ARe new FISA rules directed at individuals or groups of individuals?

Mush Mouth: I can't get into details.

Schumer: Just want a general outline. Give us some idea.

[kentuck]

45. Yay Schumer !

Pinning him down on his little scam about FISA changes...

[underpants]

46. Schumer is being sarcastic as hell about FISA compliance

it took them 5 years to comply etc.

[underpants]

50. "You don't think you are legally required to go to the FISA court?"

"please answer yes or no"

Gonzo does neither.

[underpants]

60. "Can you give us some idea about the breadth of these warrants?"

"What is I can tell is that they are within FISA ...House and Senate have been briefed"

[dogday]

47. Stuttering Stanley is back nt

[Hepburn]

56. Wow....Schumer has Gonzo TOTALLY on the ropes. n/t

[helderheid]

48. "I don't know what you're reading" "YOU WROTE IT!"

[Hepburn]

54. OMG........this is tooooooooo good!!!!!!! n/t

[Tuesday_Morning]

51. These are broad program warrents...

and not very reassuring that these requirements protect us - Schumer

[dogday]

55. Didn't know FISA was sufficient until the Judge approved the order...

:wtf:

[helderheid]

57. That made my brain hurt!

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. Sept. 11! Sept. 11! Sept. 11! GEEZUS...they use 911 and the blood of our citizens

to further their sick agenda. The asshole won't answer Schumer's questions.

[helderheid]

62. and yet they've been spying since Jan 2001!!!

[Hepburn]

59. OMG, Gonzo is chattering like a chimpmonk now! n/t

[Cameron27]

61. and squirming like a snake.

[dogday]

63. NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW

Amen to that

[kentuck]

69. "The law is the law..."

Nobody is above the law...not the President...not you... not I..nobody is above the law.."

[dogday]

72. Those words ring so true nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

64. OMG! Leahy has asked the JUDGES for the information he needs. The Judges are WILLING to do that and

Gonzales is UNHAPPY about that. Bwahahahahaha! GO LEAHY! "Nobody is above the law. Not you, not the president or me."

[Hepburn]

65. I am standing up and applauding Schumer!

He NAILED the lying little asshole about getting the info ~~ NO MATTER how Gonzo tried to deflect it. Gonzo said something about the members of the committee not being satisifed with the info they got/are getting, and Schumer nailed him with something along the lines that he, Schumer, was not satisfied and he was now asking for the info and he Gonzo had to give it to him in camera (closed hearing) that was just fine.

Then Leahy jumped in and carried the point futher re: the history of trying to get info on what was going on in the FISA court.

Wow!

[underpants]

83. Yes he was very direct & Gonzo was condescending

Schumer made it very clear that he (we) need to know if these warrants are going to be per individual or program wide

Gonzo kept saying that it could all be explained to anyone who didn't understand.

We understand you a-hole we fully understand

[dogday]

66. Sessions is bitching

Give us your liberty and we will give you your security speech.....

[in_cog_ni_to]

67. PUKE! Whiny Sessions is up.

:puke:

[Hepburn]

68. Who is the slurring Repuke who is up now?

[in_cog_ni_to]

70. REPUKE Jeff Sessions. A HUGE JERK! n/t

[Hepburn]

74. Thanks....and IMO....

...he sounds almost drunk with the speech slurring ~~ and I know he is Southern, but this sure as heck does not sound merely like a Southern drawl.

JMHO

[in_cog_ni_to]

84. He always sounds that way. His nasal whiny drawl drives me up a wall.

That's Sessions. Maybe he's drunk all the time?:)

[dogday]

71. Sen Sessions from Alabama

wearing his confederate underwear.... :sarcasm:

[DemReadingDU]

73. not sure, i just tuned in

Hope there is a replay on C-span later. Looks like an excellent hearing today!

:)

[Hepburn]

76. Someone said that CSpan will have it on at 4:00 PM...not sure, tho. n/t

[The Witch]

75. Sessions thinks the U.S. attorneys have not been aggressive enough

They've been aggressive on the wrong things, perhaps... :eyes:

[Laurab]

78. Even Sessions got sarcastic with him

Gonzo said he's not going to answer the question, Sessions "I'm sure you're not" or something like that...

I wonder if Gonzo went to the same smirk school chimpy did.

[MoonRiver]

88. "Smirk School" - lol

I think they were the star pupils!

:rofl:

[Hepburn]

80. Interesting position for Session to take, IMO...

...the DOJ has been Bush controlled for six years and he is slamming them for not being aggressive enough?

Huh? If he thinks he is helping Gonzo, IMO, he is just setting up that the DOJ has not done enough to prosecute criminals.

WTF? Or I am just not understanding this bullshit?

[The Witch]

96. No, it's that they are firing U.S. attorneys right and left...

especially those who are looking at public-corruption cases. Sessions is saying they are being fired because they are not going after illegals/felons. He's giving DOJ cover.

[cascadiance]

104. Anyone asking them if admin tried offering them more money/resources to go after the illegal/felons

... that they want to go after so much INSTEAD of corruptioin?

Tell them that the public DEMANDS that they go after corruption first and foremost. If they don't prosecute illegals and smugglers enough, then WHY don't they offer them more resources to do so in a way that will still allow them to go after corruption at the same time. If they aren't then those at the top responsible for funding their efforts (and responsible for the greater incidents of corruption to go after to begin with) are the ones at fault! NOT these prosecutors that appear to be faced with a Hobson's choice by Bushco!

[ncrainbowgrrl]

82. Oh, gosh, I can't stand that voice. How much longer does he have?

[in_cog_ni_to]

89. LOL! I know. It's awful, isn't it? He's finished! WOOHOO!

:woohoo:

[pacalo]

85. He's talking about the US attorney whose dismissal was recently in the news.

Sessions has apparently gotten his talking points from the WH.

Said that there was a letter of complaint signed by "nineteen" congressmen about the fact that this particular attorney wasn't aggressive enough about prosecuting illegal aliens.

We know the drill: these 19 congressmen got their marching orders from the WH to set the wheels of dismissal in motion for this attorney.

Cleaning house as a warning to other federal judges before this administration gets in the defendant's chair, I suppose, in this administration's warped mind; in reality, this anti-American tactic come back to bite them.

[Supersedeas]

106. DID HE OPEN A CAN OF WORMS--those Atty's were investigating members of Congress

and they got fired by a political lynch mob made up of 13 Congressmen.

[madokie]

77. How in the hell can anyone listen to jeff sessions on purpose, who

:grr: he gets on my nerves

[Skidmore]

79. Now there, partner, that be the "twang of demockracy" you be listenin' to.

That there Mr. Sessions he know all there be to know about legal stuff and demockracy.

[Beelzebud]

81. This should be on C-Span 3... What the hell...

Instead they're running the Virginia State of the Commonwealth speech...

[Skidmore]

86. This should be on every broacast network and cable news network

without commercials. This is hugely important to the citizens. I'm tracking this through these threads for now since I'm not at home and will have to return to class soon. I wish I could pick it up on NPR because I have a radio with me.

[underpants]

87. "We can't achieve success without the rule of law"

Gonzo is a smartass and a light weight at the same time

[Hepburn]

91. What is amazing to me...

...is what a lightweight Gonzo is.

[underpants]

97. He has a "wonderful personal story" you know

He did come from a family of 8 living in a 2 bedroom house and so forth but he really got picked up by W a long time ago and carried around as a "Look at me I have a Latino friend" prop.

Sorry but I have yet to see anything from him that suggests otherwise.

[Tuesday_Morning]

95. reminds me of condi

[Greeby]

90. Sessions talking about prescription drug addicts who doctor shop

Wonder what Limbaugh has to say about that?

[dogday]

94. I was thinking about that too

Rush should be their Poster Child for this campaign....

[MiniMe]

92. Cardin up now, going over voting rights act!

[in_cog_ni_to]

98. ALRIGHT! He's talking about the LONG VOTING LINES in AA communities.

In slow times during the day it still took 2 HOURS to vote because they had shit equipment.

[Hepburn]

99. OMG........Cardin is about to nail his ass!

Had literature introduced into evidence.

[underpants]

103. Cardin says it was a "campaign strategy"

SLAM

[DemReadingDU]

93. I had seen Cardin on CNBC earlier

discussing the economy with Bernanke

[helderheid]

100. NEW THREAD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3147199

[The Witch]

101. Cardin on voter intimidation - fraudulent literature (switching D & R)...

really important stuff!

[in_cog_ni_to]

102. uh oh...he has a bogus flier that misled voters on candidates.

Homeless People were bussed to Baltimaore to vote for repukes....they thought they were going to go work somewhere! Schumer has requested info about this and hasn't received an answer...SURPRISE!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

105. K&R