The no-confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may not clear the Senate’s high procedural bar today. But nobody except President Bush, who called the effort “political,” seems willing to defend Gonzales these days. And it’s hard to argue with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., when he says, “If all senators who have actually lost confidence in Attorney General Gonzales voted their conscience, this vote would be unanimous.”
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wow. what a suprise.
another negative article about the administration/bush/etc.
brownlee, holman, scholfield, et. al. are so transparent.
what a joke.
well poindexter, the administration just keeps on giving!
Right, Poindexter. We should fight to keep Mr. “There’s no right to habeas corpus in the Constitution” Alberto Gonzales.
That’s the man I want to defend as the symbol of all that’s great with this country, especially since he’s brave enough to browbeat hospitalized men.
Congress needs to grow some balls. Gonzalez must go.
LJIts not up to Congress. The preznit said that no matter what Congress does it is his decision on whether AG AG stays or goes. Just another bull headed decision that spits in the face of the American people. One would think that if the Congress spoke(we do elect those in Congress)that the pres would take that as the word of the people. Unfortunately, he doesn’t. He is the “decider” and don’t forget it!
And it will take cooperation from at least some Republicans in the Senate to get a no-confidence vote.
It can be up to Congress.
Article II, Section 4, of the US Constitution states:
“The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
I understand that it is up to Bush, foregoing impeach which I would suspect not to be in the future. However, even passing a sense of the senate resolution seems to be tough going. A unaminous (or nearly so) resolution could go far. A walk up the hill could provide some impetus also. In any case, the congress should do what’s right and vote for a resolution that he be removed. Let Bush do what he may.
Tom – it would still require 1/3 of the Republicans in the Senate to see the light.
Ben,
Of course. Like Littlejohn said, it’s time for them all to grow a pair.
Do what is right?
I am still trying to figure out what the AG did wrong.
“There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution.” – United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 17, 2007.
Isn’t that enough?
The office of the AG and the Department of Justice have historically been above politics. What AG AG did was politicize the Department as if it were a branch of the Republican Party.
That is what he did wrong.
“They can have their votes of no-confidence but it’s not going to make the determination about who serves in my government,” Bush said Monday.
Um. It’s not BUSH’S government. It’s OURS. This has been the problem all along. Hubris, and delusions of monarchical grandeur.
Exactly Tom, he is the great “decider” and the American people do not matter. Period. He seems to think he was elected King or something. Your point is exactly right!
They ain’t got nothing.
:)
Bush is insane as well as his supporters.
Nathan–How about twisting the arm of the Justice Department to authorize an unconstitutional program? Would that be wrong? As Presidential Advisor, probably not. As Attorney General, it’s like discovering that your Surgeon general is addicted to Oxy-Contin. It’s legal, yes…
Then’s there’s the little issue of having perjured himself (according to Goodling) giving sworn in front of the Senate Hearings Committee..
If he’s done nothing wrong, why have significant Republicans such as Arlen Specter and Lindsey Graham called for his resignation?
Correct me if i’m wrong,but, didn’t repub keep repeating the mantra “they ain’t got nothing” about scooter? I Guess scooter really didn’t get convicted, it’s all a big hoax.
“my government,” Bush said Monday.
Um. It’s not BUSH’S government. It’s OURS.”
Tom, you hit the nail on the head. Gonzales was OK as White House Counsel where his job was to be Bush’s lawyer. However, he carried that view to the AG office – that he is Bush’s lawyer instead of the People’s lawyer.
–”They can have their votes of no-confidence but it’s not going to make the determination about who serves in my government,” Bush said Monday.
Um. It’s not BUSH’S government. It’s OURS. This has been the problem all along. Hubris, and delusions of monarchical grandeur.–
That’s right, Tom, and it’s all by design. Google “unitary executive” and you’ll get the poeer-grab the Bush administration has been on since Day 1.
The AG is only doing his part in consolidating power under the “Unitary Executive” (Bush Monarchy) theory. Repukelican and others are only too happy to coronate Bush so he can start wars, hold foreigers in secret prisons, wiretap our phones, bankrupt the military, and teach children a new way to say “nuclear.”
The sting will go away with time. :)
They ain’t got nothing! :D
Republank, aka blank, aka ‘Hillaryn09′, aka (a long list of nics) is the one who has got nothing!
cosmos is so bitter. :)
Walk, Cosmos, walk on by…………. there is nothing to see here, just a bitter old man banging away at his keyboard hoping that someone will pay attention to him.
He has nothing, never had anything and never will have anything except his keyboard.
End of story.
WS, “his?” No evidence of that. “It” is the appropriate pronoun.
ROFL!
When did we switch to a parliamentarian government? ‘Cause otherwise a “no confidence” vote is just posturing.
“They can have their votes of no confidence, but it’s not going to make the determination about who serves in my government,” Bush said in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The key words here are “MY GOVERNMENT”.
Bush never has represented the people.
The Democrats failed again, the no confidance vote was a bust. Doesn’t really matter who supports or doesn’t support him, it is political and the democrats are just can’t get it right.
“Doesn’t really matter who supports or doesn’t support him, it is political and the democrats are just can’t get it right.”
Nonsense. The Republicans just didn’t have any cajones. Most have spoken out against Gonzo, but they didn’t have the nerve to vote for the vote of no confidence.
Contrary to what the Republicans would have us believe, these people work for us. We are the boss, not them. If Bush and Company would realize that, we would all be better off.
AG AG does not have the right or the authority to turn OUR Department of Justice into his own private Luca Brazzi.
This is our government – not George W Bushes.
Not a single Republican senator spoke in defense of Gonzales today. I’m not even sure any of them even mentioned his name. They talked about everything BUT Gonzales.
Tom,
I agree. “It” is a much more accurate description of something that posts lies, and then posts more lies to support(sic) the original lies.
Not to mention the nic stealing, and switching.
The main point regarding Gonzales and Bush is that any reasonable AG would have resigned by now. Any reasonable president would have fired him had he not resigned.
Neither Gonzales nor Bush are reasonable.
Any chance Gonzo sneaked over the border?
Better yet,
Any chance Bush sneaked over?
Jorge Arbusto sounds pretty hispanic to me.
George didn’t sneak over the border, the Mexicans went uno dos tres and threw him over the Rio Grande.
Many Americans have been trying to throw him back ever since.
I’d be willing to keep the 12 million Mexicans if the Mexicans would take 1 George Bush. They may be poor but they ain’t stupid.
swap presidents…back to bill clinton, back when the republicans threatened janet reno with impeachment on a daily basis for next to nothing…
Then just imagine how they would have voted today.
What a bunch of hypocrites..
Bush and his cronies have taken stonewalling to a whole new level. Unfortunately, it’s going to reset the bar for all future administrations. This bit with Gonzales is the worst of it, IMO.
Gonzo says he’s “sprinting to the finish line”, the guy apparently doesn’t know he’s not out of the woods yet.House Democrats announced that Gonzales’ deputy, Paul McNulty, who has announced his resignation, would testify June 19 about his role in the U.S. attorney firings. Gonzales last month said he relied on McNulty more than any other aide to decide which U.S. attorneys should be fired last year. But internal Justice Department documents showed that McNulty was not closely involved in picking all of those fired.
he is a criminal just like his boss. it should be no suprise that all of these “moralistic” criminals get a pass from all the RW media and cronies
I am sorry to live in such a corrupt country