Dominoes... Knock down the easiest one first, that appears to be Gonzales.  Once the impeachment dominoes start falling, perhaps we will get to fry other bigger fish.... (yes, I know I have mixed metaphors)...

Bush is the captain of the ship. He's the guy who sets the course. Whoever is manning the helm is following his course. Typically Bush, unlike a legitimate ship's captain, passes off responsilibity for irresponsibility (and nefarious deeds) on his part to the guy at the helm. In the real world, there'd be a mutiny before the captain sank the bloody ship. In Bush's world, he yet again is getting off free. Just how much of this crap are we going to put up with. Maybe after we've hit the iceberg and it's too late?

Gonzales's behavior is far from excusable, but why is the individual calling the shots blameless - yet again.

What's interesting is that in Bush's world, veracity-challenged Al Gonzales actually IS one of the less ideologically bad alternatives. All things are relative, you know.

But please recall that it was Fredo who took Priscilla Owens to task for being such a -- how to put this delicately -- whore for corporate interests in cases before the Texas Supreme Court. Owens is now a federal judge, of course.

And Fredo is still W's favorite legal vending machine. Whatever he asks for the machine gives him.

There was very little opposition to Gonzales when he was going up for White House Counsel. After all, the thinking goes, that position is essentially the President's lawyer. There was a lot more concern when he went up for AG. I take it the second confirmation hearing is the one you are concerned about?

Yup.  

Not so much concerned as curious.  Especially about the field of Senators contending for the nomination now.  How many of them gave a pass on Gonzales?  I suppose it was a long time from Nathan Newman's Common Dreams Article and the Texas Papers' Comments on Judiciary hanky-panky in Texas (I used to love to read Molly Ivins on that), to the confirmation hearings, and having confirmed once, the tendency would be to confirm again, and Senators probably have attention spans no longer than the average American's.  But you'd think some of the Democratic leadership would have researchers in their offices preparing materials so they would be ready to raise a little holy heck about this kind of thing. 

aMike

I am sitting here watching the criminal Gonzalez change his story to "set the record straight" and he is just lying through his teeth.

Now he is talking about how wonderful a job his department has done and how he has to reassure the American public that they are doing "the Peoples' Business."

In the spirit of the metaphor/cliche fest that we have all justifiably, and joyfully joined in on here, I would like to add my own: Although "absence makes the heart grow fonder," "OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND."

We have to keep this front and center as a starting point. If Bush was smart he would dump Al and say that even though he was doing a "heck of a job" this "contrived issue" is interfering with important stuff. Bush may realize that if he throws this guy under the bus ALL the dirty laundry may get aired if old Al gets a wild hair!

But then again, if Bush was smart, the neocons would never have made him their boy-king and he would be doing what he does best: clearing brush in the armpit of America.

Jan Knaus

LET THE EAGLE SOAR...................................................................... Maybe he just thought he could make it on iTunes!

Jan Knaus

aMike, just google Gonzales senate confirmation. I did it yesterday, actually. IIRC, the Dems voting to confirm were pretty much the Lieberman-Torture caucus: Lieberman himself (surprise!), the Nelson twins (FLA BIll called for him to resign today); Mary "Who? Me?" Landrieu, Mark Pryor and my own less than useless DINO Ken Salazar. Even Biden and HRC voted against him.

I'm glad somebody pointed out his smackdown of Priscilla Owens, in the interest of fairness. I was going to point out that before becoming involved in BushWorld, he was a real estate lawyer, big deal wheeling and dealing, from what I understand. He met Harriet Miers through the Houston Bar Association, got to know Bush, told him how the Christian Student Fellowship got him through Harvard after growing up with an alchoholic daddy, and Chimpy was in love.
Gonzales is not even a crony: He's a Bush family retainer, and that's why the Princeling is digging his heels in. He doesn't like to be told who to have over for playdates.

At least it's not John Mitchell - Comeback (from the dead) of the Year!

Tom

On March 26, 2007 - 7:36pm CVille Dem said:

LET THE EAGLE SOAR........................................................

ARGH!!!!!!!!

Keep in mind that Ashcroft is not as dumb as Gonzales.  He probably remembers what finally became of another John..... Mitchell.

Are we gonna have to start those old chants again?  Franco is (I assume) still dead....

There's a contest with a lot of contenders - "Who's the dumbest Bushie?" or "Are you dumber than a fifth rater President" or "Dumb Bushie - a Redundancy" or "Put Your Country in Jeopardy" or "Wheel of Misfortune" or "The Price is Wrong" or "Washington Squares" or "Lack of Concentration" or "Will we be Survivors" or "Who wants to be a Halliburton Millionaire", etc.

Tom

Sad isn't it? I do wish the Bushies could make up their mind whether "The Godfather" is going to be their how-to guide or whether it will be "1984".

The only thing the White House press corps(e) can detect is where the free donuts are located.

I think we have a new meme here.

Ah yes, back to the Starr Chamber... Perhaps, what... Perperdine University(?) would regain its reputation after 10 - 20 years?

When Gonzales leaves Government who will hire him? If he didn't hook himself to the Bush bandwagon he'd be an ambulance chaser in Texas. Gonzales was just the chewing gum on Bush's cowboy boot, wherever Bush went Gonzales went. Maybe he can get a job clearing brush on the Bush ranch.

I can't imagine The Federalist Society inviting Gonzales to join. The Heritage Fnd? Nah.

Harvard Law School?

On March 30, 2007 - 7:44pm Good 4 A Merica said:

I believe that Pepperdine University School of Law is the location where morally troubled Republican Attorneys go... Ken Starr is their dean.

I thought Starr lost that offer. Anyhow, if he didn't, then Gonzales becomes the chewing gum on Starr's shoe.

My point is this; after he received his law degree, what has Gonzales ever accomplished that wasn't tied to Bush?

Don't you think that Bush will need a lawyer or two after he FINALLY slinks away to the desert? Or Paraguay? If the latter he'll even need a bilingual one. I don't think we need to worry about Al being without a job. If anyone on the hill had any balls he would have to worry about joining Scooter for lying to Congress, which is a felony whether under oath or not.

Jan Knaus