*Official* Gonzalez News Conference thread #2

[The empressof all]

Thread #1 here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=401927&mesg_id=401927


Well that was short and sweet :sarcasm:

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[maddezmom]

1. cripes I missed it

[The empressof all]

4. Well you didn't miss much

He accepted "responsibility" Mistakes were made. Stands by the decision.... Then high tailed out of there. :hi:

[maddezmom]

23. thanks for the recap

I was on CSPAN2 listening to Biden...missed the switch.

:hi:

[fooj]

2. Stammering and fumbling over his words...

I've never seen him like that. IMO, he's scared shitless.

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Agreed! He's usually got that smirk. It wasn't there today. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

3. The statements I made to the Senate Committee are inoperative

Today's statement is the operative statement.

[John Q. Citizen]

5. Did he say that? He admitted he lied? n/t

[bdamomma]

11. what that is a prerequisite for their jobs, never admit a mistake

and never take blame for something, always blame someone else first, he will not step down, he is bushie loyal servant.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. No, he didn't

I paraphrased Ron Ziegler's infamous remark to the White House press corps about the latest official version of events contrasting with past official versions of events concerning Watergate.

[rodeodance]

7. well, most the press questions did not let him off lightly

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Is he worried about perjury?

[dancingme]

29. Paging Patrick Fitzgerald!

Fitmas!!

[bdamomma]

31. can Fitz be called in on this??

cuz, the stupid Congress shouts and screams and then nothing is done.

[Spazito]

12. Yep, translation.....I lied my ass off to Congress, got caught

and have now chosen my scapegoat to whom I will attribute ALL blame. What a disgusting POS.

[myrna minx]

9. HIs excuses were water thin and outrageous.

At best he's totally incompetent. He's a unethical conspirator. I want him under oath asap.

[Blackhatjack]

10. THis says more about the Bush WH than about Gonzales ... something bad is coming

When the evidence that is about to break is so bad that having Gonzales resign will not help, you can imagine what we are in for.

I will tell you I am worried about what is planned next, because having Gonzales resign was a given.... and it did not happen.

Something really bad that will take the focus off this must be in the pipeline.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

13. I have a feeling that KKKarl got on the horn to someone

and said "Get Gonzo off the TV now". What a pathetic excuse for an Attorney General of the US..

Let the hearings under oath begin. This is on a par with the infamous Saturday Night Massacre, make no mistake. This man has no allegience to anyone or anything but GWB.

[fooj]

14. MSNBC's Abrams said there are many questions that need to be answered.

[rodeodance]

17. It was basically--I was NOT in the LOOP defense!!

[doublethink]

22. Here's one after looking over some of these docs myself ....

bold = Recommending retain strong US Attorneys who have produced, managed well and exhibited loyalty to the President and the Attorney General.
stikeout = Recommend removing weak US Attorneys who have been ineffectual managers and prosecutors chafed against Administration initiatives etc. -snip-

page 3 ....

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/DOJdocsPt1070313.pdf

I don't know, sounds pretty 'political' to me. :shrug: Okay it really sounds like a purge to me. Damn how I detest this administration. Peace.

[Blackhatjack]

32. Sorry but what does 'loyalty to the President' have to do with dispensing justice?

Could not make it more clear that they expected a political payback for allowing them to stay in their jobs.

This is so bad that it looks like preemptive interference in case one of the top dogs is facing possible indictment. YOu do not have to worry about being convicted of anything, if the US Attorney never indicts you.

THis is how it looks.

[doublethink]

33. Very Hitleresque of this Administration. n.t.

[lazer47]

15. Anytime you stumble

and fumble as much as Gonzo did, it means that you are scared shitless and lying your ass off

[redqueen]

18. Damn.

They need to get that rat under oath.

[Blackhatjack]

19. Show of hands please, How Many Think Gonzales Wrote That Speech?

He seemed awfully nervous, and his delivery was not very believeable.

No one asked the core question, "How can you be competent to run the office of AG if lyou were completely out of the loop and saw nothing in this matter? Why should we keep you in that position if you are so clueless?"

[bdamomma]

25. another big scandal, geez, every day more shit comes out

when are we the people going to say enough is enough, their hypocrisy,arrogance ignorance is stunning.

[Arkansas Granny]

20. Could his stumbling and stammering have anything to do with this?

Gonzales Chief Aide Quits After Prosecutor Firings

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awtOs6hVSVpU&refer=home

What in the world is going on over there?

[LSparkle]

21. Hopefully this will be on C-Span soon because I missed it -- darn it!

[Robeson]

24. From "All the President's Men"....

...Deep Throat: "Forget the myths the media's created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

[bdamomma]

30. they are not bright at all.

just someone has to slam them down, and put them in some nice orange suits!!

[Supersedeas]

34. oh yea, that's very relavent today

[Blackhatjack]

26. OK, Now I have to side with Krugman, I think this is the tip of the iceberg...

Those USAs not asked to resign may hold even more damaging information than those pushed out.

THis could be huge.

There really is no explaining what we just saw from Gonzales, unless things are a lot worse than we imagined.

[wiggs]

28. Didn't Harriet Meiers suggest that the WH "lawyer up?" Or was that a rumour... nt

[peacetalksforall]

27. He said he was out of the loop? That means Bush was in the loop, right?

If not Kg. Bush, it was Cheney? I thought Cheney just tended to war and death in the Middle East stuff, plus his business dealings - selling to Iran and others?

Seems he left the U.S. and Latin American for others to take care of (except maybe Venezuela and Boliva - oil and gas.