video:Sen. Schumer Calls For Alberto Gonzales To Resign

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Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Schumer said Gonzales has “been even more political than his predecessor, Attorney General Ashcroft,” and that Gonzales “either doesn’t accept or doesn’t understand that he is no longer just the president’s lawyer, but has a higher obligation to the rule of law and the Constitution, even when the president should not want it to be so.”

“For the sake of the nation,” Schumer said, “Attorney General Gonzales should step down.” Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/11/schumer-gonzales/

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SCHIEFFER: Senator Schumer, what do you think ought to be done about this situation?

SCHUMER: Well, Bob, you know, the Justice Department is different than any other department. In every other department, the chief cabinet officer is supposed to follow the president’s orders, request, without exception.

But the Justice Department has a higher responsibility: rule of law and the Constitution. And Attorney General Gonzales in his department has been even more political than his predecessor, Attorney General Ashcroft.

Attorney General Gonzales is a nice man. But he either doesn’t accept or doesn’t understand that he is no longer just the president’s lawyer, but has a higher obligation to the rule of law and the Constitution, even when the president should not want it to be so. And so this department has been so political that I think for the sake of the nation, Attorney General Gonzales should step down.

[lovuian]

1. Its true Gonzales is a criminal at this point flagrantly violating

the Constitution

He is a criminal and putting other criminals in places of power in the Country's police force

Police State is what we have become and thats npt what America is about or the Constitution

[ray of light]

2. Folks...

Jesselyn Radack has been trying to get peoples' attention to Ashcroft and Gonzales for some time now. She first blew the whistle on Ashcroft but as a former DOJ lawyer in the ethics department has seen exactly how they've taken 'the people' out of the justice dept and ethics too and instead created a neoconservative dream-house.

Please, for all of our sakes, buy her book and read her diaries. She was the first. She needs our support. AND when we support her, then we show them that they're illegal activities just won't stand.

http://www.patriotictruthteller.net

[EFerrari]

3. Let's not forget to rate up this thread.

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[Karenina]

4. Good idea!

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[EFerrari]

5. KICK

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6. we need one more rec!

[EFerrari]

7. Already spent mine but can kick.

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[FogerRox]

8. AG Gonzales. I picked the wrong day to quite smoking

Or was it the wrong day to quite speed. AKA Loyd Bridges in "AIrplane".

[NewJeffCT]

11. good one

Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue...

[Erika]

9. Gonzales is a rabid right winger caring only about the far right wing

He's a bushbot. Period. He would give up the Constitution to be a bushbot. Ah, he did.

[Nabia2004]

10. k&r

[lonestarnot]

12. To the curb with him!

[dogday]

13. I would like to see this happen

Gonzales has been a thorn in the side of Democracy... Time for him to go....

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14. Punchlist: impeach Gonzo, Impeach Darth, Impeach Bush.

INSTALL Pelosi!

[jazzjunkysue]

15. 2 late 2 rec, but here ya go!

Get em, Chuck.