Jesus, Mary and Joseph! If I hear one more talking head on TV spew how Alberto Gonzales embodies/lived "The American Dream" I'll start spewing chunks.
The American Dream does not include torture.
The American Dream does not include warrantless wiretaps on its citizens.
The American Dream does not include firing good US Attorneys because they won't play politics with justice.
The American Dream does not include lying to Congress.
The American Dream does not include advising the President of these United States that he can break any law and ignore the US Constitution.
Back on Friday, January 28, 2005, we published a post entitled "Unacceptable" at 2 Political Junkies that opened with:
It is simply unacceptable for the United States of America to have the prime legal architect for the policy of torture adopted by the Bush Dynasty as the Attorney General of this country.Anyone with half a brain should have known back then exactly what kind of justice to expect from Abu Gonzales:
A country founded on the rights of the individual cannot sanctify a person to be the Attorney General of these United States who sanctified torture as long as it wasn't "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."
The US Attorney General's job is to function as the chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. In that capacity the US Attorney General provides assistance and guidance to the heads of executive departments of the Government.
We already know that Alberto R. Gonzales advised the President that the United States Constitution does not apply to his actions as Commander in Chief, and thus the President could declare the Geneva Conventions (which Gonzales views as "quaint") inoperative.
We know that Alberto R. Gonzales believes that the President has the power to ignore the Constitution, laws duly enacted by Congress and International treaties duly ratified by the United States.
These views are unacceptable in a US Attorney General.
For these reasons, the 2 Political Junkies blog opposes the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General of the United States, and we urge the Senate to reject him.
They should have known that he was the kind of guy, for example, who would go over the head of the acting Attorney General to harass a sick old man (Ashcroft) in the ICU to try to get him to allow Abu to keep spying on the citizens of this country -- and lie to the Congress about the whole sick, sordid episode later.
For some recent examples of Abu's problems as covered by 2pj, you can click here. Even many Republicans could no longer stomach the guy.
But, let's not forget that when you hear the MSM call Abu the last of Bush's "Texas Mafia" in the White House how accurate that description is.
The Mafia needs sleazy attorneys to keep them in business and Gonzales was exactly that from the start. After all, he's the guy who in 1996 got Bush out of jury duty so that his DUI wouldn't come out before an election.
Alberto Gonzales and George W. Bush forgot that the United States Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. He's not supposed to be one of it's chief criminals.
But, it shouldn't end with his resignation. While Gonzales is now on his way out, he still must be held accountable for his illegal actions as must the rest of this gangland crew.
Three down,* two to go!**
* Rumsfeld, Rove, Gonzales
** Cheney, Bush
i swear they think(and they may be RIGHT)that they will never be held to account for anything if they just go away finally!
ReplyDeleteit's a bad precident to set if we do let them off. irepublicans will find that out when it is a democrat or democratS
that need to be held accountable in the future.
Relax lefties. Remember what T. Snow said 10 days ago. The Chief of Staff said anyone who isn't going to stay with the President thru Jan 2009 should leave before Sep 1st. They ain't deserting a ship. They are just moving on because at this stage of a Presidential admin, people move along. Get a grip on reality lefties.
ReplyDeleteRelax your own fevered brow, Anon, and don't forget what Gonzo said just a couple of months ago. He said he couldn't resign until the end. Too much money yet to be made.
ReplyDeleteIf your point was that you can never trust anything that he (or anyone in the Bush Administration) says, my apologies. I agree.