Another Republican lawmaker is calling on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign: our own Sen. Pat Roberts. "When you have to spend more time up here on Capitol Hill instead of running the Justice Department, maybe you ought to think about it," Roberts said Wednesday.
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28%’ers:
What say you now?
EGG ZACTLY, Tom!
The reich-wing now have a choice of supporting Old Rubber Stamp, Bush’s loyal footsoldier on the Intelligence Committee or supporting Gonzo, Bush’s loyal footsoldier as AG.
I’m betting they go with Gonzo.
He’s closer to and more like Worst. President. Ever. who must be protected at any cost.
I don;tknow that I am a 28%er, and I still am not convinced any laws were broken in getting rid of the fired US Attorneys, but as a practical matter, Gonzalez should go. He cannot do anybody any good by stayng in office. He cannot do his job, even if here were capable Put a fork in him, he is finished
If Gonzo goes, Shrub’s gotta nominate a replacement Attorney General; someone who can get Senate conformation.
A typical Bushie lackey won’t pass muster. A Republic Party member with integrity (hey, anything’s *possible*!) would have to commit to investigating the high crimes and misdemeanors of Shrub’s administration.
Dubya will continue to play stall-ball… just as he’s doing in Iraq …in hopes that he can play out the clock so Republics can blame all his sins and mistakes on the next president.
BTW, LTP, are you the post-er formerly known as Rage?
LJ–
You’re not a 28 percenter.
You are reasonable. You use facts etc. You can change your mind when presented with new evidence.
The 28 percenters are people who have replaced rationality with irrationality–irrational fear, irrational patriotism (what they call patriotism), irrational xenophobia, irrational hero-worship.
They are incapable of using evidence to come to conclusions. They start with the conclusions they want and seize on any evidence that supports that view and dismiss any evidence that refutes it.
Fleetwood, Republican, Econ, Gentle (actually Vicious) Ben and GS are good examples of 28 percenters.
Is Robert’s rubber stamp broken?
Hey Capn-Thanks.
Hoo baby!
Where are the froth-at-the-mouth right wingers on this one?
This is like when Bush dropped “global climate change” into his last State of the Union.
Nothing but crickets chirping from their side . . .
Rush Limbaugh must not have told them what to think yet.
He spends more time on Capitol Hill because the Democrites keep calling him there on bogus charges.
“”When you have to spend more time up here on Capitol Hill instead of running the Justice Department, maybe you ought to think about it,”"
Where in that statement is the call for resignation? It looks like a call to think about it.
Coming next, Fleetie’s definition of “is”!
Need I remind you that 28% is about the percentage who approve of the Democrat controlled Congresses’ performance. About a toss up I guess, since the Prez is at about what, 33%?
“Most people use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than enlightenment.” -unknown
out – got a link for that? Last polls I had seen showed a much higher figure for the Dems in congress.
Well I would post a link Ben, but the bot isn’t working right. Look at pollingreport.com. I think I first saw this site from a link Steven Davis had posted.
So? Roberts is a politician who knows what to say at any given time to keep his phoney-baloney job. The only meaning his statements convey is “I love my salary and power and all those perks!”
out – I think that is the one that showed a large disparity between what people thought of Congress overall and the Dems specifically. Lower for overall and higher for dems.
Outlander,
Polls about “congress” don’t matter a single bit on Election Day. Polls about the President do.
People love to hate the other guy’s congressman. Those same people love their own.
Nice try at changing the subject from Gonzales, though. Too bad he’s still an anti-American, goose-stepping Fascist. Only a Fascist could read our Constitution and declare that ““The Constitution doesn’t say every individual in the United States or citizen is hereby granted or assured the right of habeas corpus. It doesn’t say that.”
LJ–You’re not a 28 percenter.You are reasonable. You use facts etc. You can change your mind when presented with new evidence.Posted by: CapnAmerica | May 17, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Littlejohn,
Ditto.
I thought that I should point out something about those folks that laud LJ for being: “… reasonable. You use facts etc. You can change your mind when presented with new evidence.”
They would never compromise themselves. So what they are doing is pandering LJ. Sorry.
Outlander,
What do you mean by “never compromise themselves?” Do you mean I would never violate my principles? In that sense, you’ve made a true statement.
Or do you mean that as new facts and evidence are presented, I refuse to change my mind? In that case, you have made a false statement. Example: On the recent bill clarifying Kansas concealed carry laws, I initially disagreed it. But by the end of the session, I realized the proponents were correct, and thought the Governor shouldn’t have vetoed the bill.
It’s unfortunate that you think “reason” equates to “pandering.”
Well Tom, glad to hear that. I haven’t seen it demonstrated here. And I know CapnAmerica never has in the time he has posted.
What I see is praising someone for seeing it your way.
Outlander,
Littlejohn and I have disagreed on other topics, on other threads. Today we’re in the middle of disagreeing over the re-interpretation of 1 Corinthians. We will undoubtedly continue to disagree on other topics in the future.
Here’s a key point for you to consider, though. We both treat each other respectfully, and respect the right of the other to have their beliefs. All too often, though, people on *both* sides (but in my view, especially the radicons), are unable to respect differing points of view. Such as your insult about “pandering.” Was that truly necessary?
I fear the unknown with Bush appointments. Gonzales and Wolfowitz. The replacements could be worse in ideology and judgment.
He might think hiring Democrats. Hire the best person regardless of their politics.
This stuff causes Rove and Cheney to sweat. Rove has his minion with Gonzalez. Cheney’s guy in Wolfowitz.
Gonzalez should be fired because he argued for legality of illegal wiretaps and torture policies.
Firing the prosecutors is a smoke screen.
Illegal wiretaps and torture are challenges to Bush Iraq war decisions.
Ok Tom, maybe you weren’t pandering. You didn’t write it. Capn was though.
Outlander,
I agreed 100% with those comments of Capn’s I pasted into my “ditto” post.
While Sen. Roberts suggested the Attorney General think about resigning, his colleague from Minnesota came out today and directly said he should resign.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=3185669&page=1
Outlander-
Thanks for your concern, but I really don;t need babysitting.
Wolfowitz today, Gonzo gone in a few.
Outlander–
I have changed my mind when I have encountered new information.
For instance, I was not happy to learn that Feinstein’s husband seemed to profit thanks to his Senator wife.
They have a pretty good excuse but it looks bad–if wrongdoing was committed, she should be punished, no question about it.
I’d sure like to know what Bush has on Gonzales. It would have to be something pretty awful (such as being a child molester) to make the Gonz get up before congress and intentionally act like he’s a complete imbecil every time Georgie orders him to!