**OFFICIAL** Gonzalez News Conference Thread # 1`

[The empressof all]

You know what to do folks..... Starting at 2 pm.

[radfringe]

1. C-SPAN 2 here's the link

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[Richard Steele]

10. Thanks Radfringe. I'm linked and listening. nm

[radfringe]

87. moved to c-span 1 -- LINK

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[Richard Steele]

2. 2 minutes and counting....

[canadianbeaver]

3. What's happenin.....???Any word?? eom

[Dinger]

4. I'm All Tensed Up

Don't know if that's good or bad.

[Colobo]

5. It won't be anything important

[rodeodance]

15. I admit, it has peeked my curiosity.

[Supersedeas]

6. Feed the cube rats

[radfringe]

7. watch or listen on C-span 2

link: http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

[bobbolink]

8. At the risk of getting fried here, I will say that I hope he doesn't resign.

If he does, it will all just fade into the woodwork.

Unfortunately, if he resigns, the Dems will just close the book, and say it's resolved.

Then it will all pop up again in some other way.

He NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AS WELL AS HIS MASTERS WHO ORDERED THIS SHIT!

And, yess, I'm calling my toady sen. Salazar the Shit, and telling him it's time to publicly apologize for inflicting this shit on us!

[Supersedeas]

9. he should be required to testify under oath

[dancingme]

12. then Fitz can go after him!!

[bobbolink]

16. At The VERY LEAST!

But, in the good ole US of A, "justice" and "taking responsibility" is only for us on the bottom of the heap.

:nuke:

[SlowDownFast]

11. MSNBC to air. n/t

[w8liftinglady]

13. hi,guys...when does he start?-the cspan calls are SCATHING!!!

[w8liftinglady]

18. well-except for the caller from my area of Texas,of course..

[Richard Steele]

19. Just had some idjit saying this was just "part of the democrat's general attack plan". *sigh*

[rodeodance]

14. WJ--caller was saying there was continuous 'harassment" of bush by

people on the hill and some should leave office.

[angstlessk]

17. I heard her this morning and reminded me of babs bush

having to waste her 'beautiful mind' on seeing body bags!...what a witch!

[Blackhatjack]

20. Look for the lead up to his resignation, if it does not happen today....

Gonzales is way past being rehabilitated, and further testimony under oath before Congress is in his future ....

It is just a matter of time.

[radfringe]

27. no resignation at press conference

it will start with "leaks" of pending resignation, then a friday night news dump announcing the resignation, followed by a weekend and a couple of weekdays of spinning - then there will be a bush press conference and a tearful gonzales statement

[xultar]

30. He's not goin anywhere.

[bobbolink]

39. from your keyboard to the monitor of the goddess!

:hi:

[xultar]

120. Mighty tough to beat up on a guy who resigned to spend more time with is family.

[bobbolink]

143. Ohhhh, I dunno about that.....

~~looking for boxing gloves~~

:rofl:

As someone said about Cheee-neeeee..... "He resigned to spend more time with his money." :hi:

[bdamomma]

45. it is just a matter of time, let them hang themselves.

but we need to keep on the backs of Senators and Reps, and tell them justice must served and no one is ABOVE THE LAW. NO ONE.

[redqueen]

21. K&R

Feed the cube rats, please. :)

[Lasher]

33. You cube rats can watch or listen online

See link to CSPAN2 posted upthread.

[uppityperson]

41. can watch but not listen.

I see the link but can't make noise where I am. Thanks.

[Book Lover]

46. Some workplaces, mine included, block all forms of streaming video

We need you folks to help us out! Thanks.

[WinkyDink]

22. I'm not seeing it.....

[The empressof all]

26. He hasn't started yet....running late (nt)

[ck4829]

23. He's going to resign now or in the near future

Dead man walking.

[rodeodance]

24. Editoral: He should resign------Philly.com

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/16891995.htm

Posted on Tue, Mar. 13, 2007
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Editorial | The U.S. Attorney General
He should resign

U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales should resign.

If he ever does, the nation could take it as a clear sign that President Bush finally grasps the need to preserve core civil liberties while guarding against terrorism.

It would also be a sign that the president grasps that the Justice Department is at least one part of the government that should be free from the all-politics-all-the-time approach of his Karl Rove-led White House team.

Until the day Gonzales does the right thing - or it's demanded of him - Americans must assume that their president doesn't get these key distinctions.

That's the inescapable conclusion after a week in which, first, some U.S. attorneys claimed they were fired for not being quick enough to prosecute Democratic politicians, and then, more civil liberties abuses were uncovered on Gonzales' turf.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

25. When is this press conference going to start...

I'm getting a little tired of hearing re-runs of calls to this morning WJ...

[w8liftinglady]

28. maybe Gonzo had to put some new Depends on..?

[angstlessk]

29. Maybe gonzo forgot to set his watch to DST? n/t

[w8liftinglady]

37. lol...

[angstlessk]

47. I know, we posted 'maybe gonzo' at precisely the exact same

time!

[Richard Steele]

31. No mention of any upcoming press conference yet. Have we been misled?

[rodeodance]

32. saying Bush--not appears to have seen list (so, did little Harriet do this

on her own??)

[Lasher]

38. Wordsmithing, methinks.

So let's say Junior didn't see the list. Did you have to actually see the list to be involved and/or aware?

[Jack Rabbit]

54. If you believe that, I want to talk to you

For Sale



The Golden Gate Bridge

A great investment!

Each southbound car pays you $5.

Buy now and (to show you what a nice guy I am) I'll throw in

Beachfront Property by the Sea of Tranquility

Contact: A. R. Gonzales
Washington, DC

Photo: Winter Insurance (Austria)

[Horse with no Name]

34. My bet he is going to say that Congress authorized it

End of story. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[shield20]

35. "McCain sounding" caller points out Clinton and JFK firing all attorneys???

Did I hear that right??? Did Kennedy do this also, or is this more BS????

[radfringe]

43. Attorneys are appointed positions

when a new president comes into office, new attorneys are appointed

bush "fired" all of Clinton's attorneys

[SeattleGirl]

50. And so did Reagan and George the First.......

That is normal procedure when a new President takes office. What is NOT normal is firing this many attorneys for purely political reasons, which is what happened this time.

The "McCain sounding" caller is just parroting the RW talking point, trying to make this sound like business as usual, when it's not.

[BuyingThyme]

51. The U.S. president is the head of the executive.

He appoints U.S. attorneys when he gets into office.

The problem with Bush is that he's using his power to achieve political objectives (while circumventing Congressional oversight and abusing the Patriot Act).

[shield20]

Thanks to all! For the clarification!! n/t

[lpbk2713]

36. WTF? Where is it?

Is there more censoring being done here?

[maddezmom]

40. running late

:shrug:

[lpbk2713]

60. Might be the Justice Dept didn't change their clocks this past weekend

(We didn't get the memo.)


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Lasher]

42. Guess they're taking calls to kill time because Speedy is running late (EOM)

[maddezmom]

49. repbulican woman on the phone now

I'm not a neo-con hitlerite. :wow:

Lieberman on now....Where the hell is Gonzo?

[Norquist Nemesis]

44. 'Karl Rove is the Democrats boogeyman!'

"He's a POLITICAL man, he's not a justice man!" :rofl:

What a tool! Entertainment while we wait!

[Cerridwen]

48. Some "cube rats" don't have sound cards or don't dare stream

a video or don't dare turn their speakers up.

Just a reminder in case someone's planning to do a little paraphrasing for the cube rats.

Current caller: I'm a repub - he should definitely resign - I am sick and tired of it! - ed.s' note: she's pissed
equating them with hitler and nazis invading poland. 2nd generation repub...cut her off

LOL

[rodeodance]

61. cspan 2 is playing the House now---I do not have cable

[Lasher]

52. "I'm a second generation Republican, not a Hitlerite neocon."

Man, she's fired up. Wants Speedy out of there. Trashing the Constitution. Too bad they cut her off to switch to Speedy. I would have rathered to listen to her.

[radfringe]

53. DAMN DAMN DAMN

I have to leave in about 15 minutes... hope NPR carries it for my ride home... or they delay it further so I can catch it on the tube when I get home

[Lasher]

73. We'll keep a light on for ya.

:hi:

[rateyes]

55. Expecting Gonzo..

Got Lieberman. Glutton for punishment, I must be.

[SnoopDog]

56. Now on C-span 1

[Norquist Nemesis]

57. He looks like he's been crying!

and about ready to start again...or is it just me?

[Greeby]

58. C-Span2 just went to the Senate

Did Torquemada chicken out?

[Norquist Nemesis]

62. He just started--MSNBC n/t

[BuyingThyme]

59. HE'S GOING TO CRY!!

[xultar]

82. That is the best speculation about what is going to happen that I've read today.

[chefgirl]

63. There's that friggin smirk

Little bastard.

-chef-

[Blackhatjack]

64. With the WH document dump at 1 pm today, Gonzales is likely to resign today.,..

CAnnot see him hanging around to be questioned about all these incriminating documents.

If not today, it may show he will hang on for weeks trying to ride this out.

I do not think the WH wants him focusing attention on them, especially since he cannot rehabilitate himself on his prior testimony.

I think he is done.

[xultar]

88. He's an arrogant prick. Of course he'll stay around.

[dogday]

65. Sounds like he is just covering his ass

right now... Again he serves at the pleasure of the President, and not the people I quess....

[brooklynite]

Four principles I believe in

1. Independece of the Attorneys
2. All political appointees serve at the pleasure of President
3. Role of Senate in approving appointments
4. accountability

[fooj]

111. Accountability? What a piece of work.

He looks like he is ready to crack.

[AlCzervik]

66. oh he's off to a rip roaring lying start!! "I believe in accountability" bwwwaaa.

[Cerridwen]

67. And now we watch a silent senate floor after lieberman notes

absence of quorum.

Am I on the right "channel"? Running cspan2 stream.

[BlooInBloo]

68. PSYCH!!!!!! Gonzo beat Hagel for most-worthless -news-conference-EVER!

LOL!

[brook]

130. I really expected

to see a target on his back as he turned to leave. I believe he's toast. Just waiting for the 'melba' stage.

[Horse with no Name]

69. Basically he is telling the Senate to back off

it's not their fight.

[AlCzervik]

70. omg dragging out his humble beginnings----paleeze.

[Horse with no Name]

75. Bullshit sob story crap doesn't belong in public office

[crappyjazz]

71. More fucking lies

he intends to get to the bottom of it blah blah blah

[seafan]

72. *Mistakes Were Made* HOW INSULTING n/t

[Bobbie Jo]

....crimes were committed...yadda, yadda.. n/t

[goclark]

91. Did he say that? Cube rat nt

[Jack Rabbit]

99. Passive voice disguising the subject

Ah, yes, Gonzo, mistakes just materialized out thin air without a human agent, isn't that right?

[dogday]

74. Looks like he threw it back in the face of Schumer....

[librechik]

76. "I promise to improve so that my crimes are no longer discovered"

and you can take that to the bank.

"I made a mistake and people found out"

That won't happen again.

[Botany]

77. He sounds like he is getting choked up

Mistakes, accept responsibility. and he has learned a lot.

[Blackhatjack]

78. Bush and Republicans will not benefit from this....

... what an idiotic excuse, he did not know what was going on.

Sheesh.

[FatDave]

110. Nope, it's going to hurt them even more. (nt)

[brooklynite]

79. "It's a big organization"...I don;t know everything that goes on

[bdamomma]

137. oh fuck him, so why is he there, stupid smirky man

he is just another crony helping W.

[AlCzervik]

80. so basically he's admitting it happened but now he's just trying to justify it.

when that fails he'll gin up another fake reason.

[gumby]

81. Gonzo: I'm great because I'm so great.

That's why I'll fix everything.

[dogday]

83. Does not look like a resignation to me

Just letting the Democrats know he is not going anywhere....

[Norquist Nemesis]

84. This is soooooo lame! Another press conference that says nothing

A few words, then taking questions. Split screen (MSNBC) with tape of Bush and Harriett on the left and Gonzo on the right.

He looks like he's going to cry at any second. Maybe Bush chewed him out and delayed his start time. LOL!

[BlooInBloo]

85. He's doin his best in the Q&A to have the CoS be the fall guy.

[DeepModem Mom]

86. How much of this are they going to dump onto Harriet Miers? nt

[Norquist Nemesis]

92. As much as possible. Then he'll be another Fall Guy for Rove

[AlCzervik]

93. of course, color me so not surprised.

[Blackhatjack]

89. He used Bush's excuse in regard to Libby --I was out of the loop

He will try to find out what happened here --give me a break.

He was heavily involved.

[Blackhatjack]

95. Yep, Sampson IS LIBBY.... deja vu all over again!

[xultar]

114. And that loop was around Saturn...he was on his crack pipe not out of the loop.

[WinkyDink]

90. Gonzo ain't goin' NOwhere, no HOW. Just another "I'll look into it" fade-into-nothingness.

And the media will co-operate, because they're already BORED.

[rodeodance]

101. LIKE BUSH---Gondo ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY--(now all is well)-NO

real consequesnces!

[Lasher]

94. Switch to CSPAN1!!!

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[KeepItReal]

96. Good frackin question!!!: "How could your assistant be working with the President

...on these decisions and you *not* know what he was doing?""

[Nightjock]

"Frackin"....lol

Are you a fellow Battlestar fan?

...You beat me to the Gonzo question!!! How the FRACK did he NOT KNOW!?

[DeepModem Mom]

97. Sampson charged with weeding out "weak" U.S. Attys. nt

[myrna minx]

98. Ahhh....he delegated his duty. Niiiiccce.

:sarcasm: Blaming it all on his CoS.

[babylonsister]

100. He wouldn't be passing the buck, would he? After accepting

responsibility? His voice sounds squeaky, like he's rattled.

[myrna minx]

104. You nailed it. n/t

[Cerridwen]

102. question from reporter comparing him to ken lay

again, he passes the blame down the food chain.

[Norquist Nemesis]

106. Covering up incompetence? n/t

[myrna minx]

119. He couldn't possibly know everything that was going on.

He delegated these duties and therefore he's not responsible.

[Norquist Nemesis]

133. Point one I agree with. Point two, however...

delegating duties does not absolve him of responsibility.

[bdamomma]

103. I am listening to Thom Hartmann

and someone who is there, is saying he will not step down, and get this Gonzo said he is working for the American people, god, I hate these pictures. Unbelieveable, the March to the Pentagon should go by the WH.

[BlooInBloo]

105. He's setting the groundwork for his defense.

EDIT: I.e. he foresees going up on charges in some manner or other. Test of this conjecture: see if he lawyers up in the next couple of days.

[Blackhatjack]

107. Holy Smoke! "Information I gave to Congress was incomplete..."

"I never saw documents.."

Sampson is going to be trashed like Libby never was...

Sounds like a clear cut case of lying to Congress, no incomplete testimony.

[Blackhatjack]

135. The Bush WH has now officially 'circled the wagons'....

.. if Gonzales does not resign after all this, boy we are in big trouble.

They are going to the wall on this one ..... expect the 'constitutional crisis' to arise quickly.

WE will see where the Courts come down on this, and how loyal they are or are not to Bush.

[DeepModem Mom]

108. He's "taking responsibility" -- but not really. He didn't know nothin'.

[DeepModem Mom]

115. Whoa! That's it?

[AlCzervik]

109. he needs to be under oath, thats the only way anything resembling the truth will ever come out

of his mouth and even then everything he says needs to triple checked.

[johnfunk]

112. Gonzo is SCARED SH!TLESS! He's stammering...

... stuttering, and fudging whenever he is forced to elaborate on his short, declarative talking points.

[fooj]

He's ready to crack.

I've never seen him look this way.

[Cerridwen]

113. What mistakes were made.

and he's tap dancing...answering another question not asked

blamed on miscommunication...

[Democrat 4 Ever]

124. Well, Gonzo just cut and ran. Gone in a puff of smoke and a hall of mirrors.

Gonzo didn't help himself with that little farce.

[rodeodance]

116. OK, I get it-----Gondo was OUT of the LOOP!!!

[Ron Green]

117. "We don't have an adequate system of communication..."

What horseshit.

[chefgirl]

118. I take full responsibility??

WTF does that even mean if there are NO consequences. Same old lame ass story from the Republicans, as if standing up and just saying it fixes everything.

-chef-

[Catherine Vincent]

121. Well that was a whole lot of nothing.

[fooj]

127. It looked like he was ready to shit his pants.

I've never seen him like that.

[babylonsister]

136. He looked and sounded nervous and anxious to me, too. nt

[fooj]

140. Absolutely.

The noose is tightening...

[myrna minx]

139. This presser made Hagel's non announcement yesterday seem like

lollapoolaza.

[myrna minx]

128. Hollow words.

He takes full responsibility, except it wasn't his fault. Ie was everyone else's. He needs to resign now.

[Cerridwen]

122. my video stream stalled - did he run out of there?n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

132. He's gone!

[Hand]

142. Yep--sprinted, really.

I'd say he had his tail between his legs, but that would denigrate dogs. :evilgrin:

[MiniMe]

123. BREAKING, Tornado hits the Department of Justice

Caused by Gonzo's total spinning of every question asked

[WinkyDink]

125. Digression: Dan Abrams looks like crap.

[rodeodance]

126. so, folks------How was the Gondo Damage CONTROL????

[FatDave]

134. Put a fork in him (nt)

[lpbk2713]

129. ha-ha-ha!! *Thank you very much.* ZOOOOOM

I'm outta here!!!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[SlowDownFast]

131. Scooter Libby v2.0: Justice Department

Can't wait to hear what Schumer has to say about this.

[DeepModem Mom]

138. Breaking on MSNBC -- stock market down 200 points.

[rodeodance]

141. well, I do not know why I expected some Accountability!!

[The empressof all]

144. Locking

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