Alberto Gonzales testimony high(low)lights
Lots of video to bring you this morning before I get on with writing some of my longer pieces. Yesterday saw embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales taking lots of heat up on the Hill. It's amazing to me that he's lasted as long as he has. Here are a few of the better clips from yesterday.
The footage above is Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) really letting Gonzales have it. I find it truly remarkable that the attorney general of the United States claims that he isn't responsible for determining which documents are released and redacted in the U.S. attorney firing scandal. He is the number one law enforcement official in this country, and the DOJ is responsible for releasing the documents that are requested, which he heads. If he isn't responsible, then I'd like to know exactly who is?
Gonzo reminds me of CEOs (Ken Lay or Bernie Ebbers, anyone?) of companies that have bilked billions from investors and employees who claim, after the fact, "I didn't know this was happening." That's no excuse, and these criminals (Gonzo included) should not be provided safe haven under the law.
I have to confess, I don't want Gonzo to resign, because if he does, that will take the immediacy out of the investigation, and the likelihood that he will be brought to justice greatly decreases. Bush and Gonzo are doing the Democrats a favor by his staying on as AG. I want to see him impeached and forcibly removed from office.
A footnote to Waters - she's the woman who formally protested the results of the 2000 election on the floor of the U.S. Senate in December 2000:
"The objection is in writing, and I don't care that it isn't signed by a member of the Senate," said Waters. (On her objection to the Presidential Election in 2000), to which Al Gore responded, "The chair would advise that the rules do care."
Gore, as president of the Senate, acted appropriately in this instance, but it's too bad that not ONE U.S. Senator would sign on to formally protest the election, especially in light of the election fraud that has come to light since that election. But, that's a post for another time. I'll be writing about election fraud in the coming days.
Here's one more clip from Gonzo's testimony yesterday...
Gonzo just wilts in the face of the heat that Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) is giving to him yesterday. It almost becomes repetitive after watching just a few minutes of this. You'd think that Gonzo is a low-level lawyer or even janitor at the DOJ in the wake of his testimony - the man claims to know next to nothing.
If this was spur-of-the-moment testimony, that would be one thing, but he's had weeks to prepare for his testimony, which makes his words all the more damning.
The footage above is Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) really letting Gonzales have it. I find it truly remarkable that the attorney general of the United States claims that he isn't responsible for determining which documents are released and redacted in the U.S. attorney firing scandal. He is the number one law enforcement official in this country, and the DOJ is responsible for releasing the documents that are requested, which he heads. If he isn't responsible, then I'd like to know exactly who is?
Gonzo reminds me of CEOs (Ken Lay or Bernie Ebbers, anyone?) of companies that have bilked billions from investors and employees who claim, after the fact, "I didn't know this was happening." That's no excuse, and these criminals (Gonzo included) should not be provided safe haven under the law.
I have to confess, I don't want Gonzo to resign, because if he does, that will take the immediacy out of the investigation, and the likelihood that he will be brought to justice greatly decreases. Bush and Gonzo are doing the Democrats a favor by his staying on as AG. I want to see him impeached and forcibly removed from office.
A footnote to Waters - she's the woman who formally protested the results of the 2000 election on the floor of the U.S. Senate in December 2000:
"The objection is in writing, and I don't care that it isn't signed by a member of the Senate," said Waters. (On her objection to the Presidential Election in 2000), to which Al Gore responded, "The chair would advise that the rules do care."
Gore, as president of the Senate, acted appropriately in this instance, but it's too bad that not ONE U.S. Senator would sign on to formally protest the election, especially in light of the election fraud that has come to light since that election. But, that's a post for another time. I'll be writing about election fraud in the coming days.
Here's one more clip from Gonzo's testimony yesterday...
Gonzo just wilts in the face of the heat that Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) is giving to him yesterday. It almost becomes repetitive after watching just a few minutes of this. You'd think that Gonzo is a low-level lawyer or even janitor at the DOJ in the wake of his testimony - the man claims to know next to nothing.
If this was spur-of-the-moment testimony, that would be one thing, but he's had weeks to prepare for his testimony, which makes his words all the more damning.
Labels: 2000 election, Al Gore, Alberto Gonzales, Alberto Gonzales Congressonal Testimony, Linda Sánchez, Maxine Waters, U.S. Attorney Firing Scandal
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