Gonzales resignation this week?

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[Clemenza]

From, of all people, Gore Vidal:

Then it is back to politics, the crisis facing America and the folly of detention without trial. ”A few weeks ago, the administration got rid of Magna Carta and habeas corpus... That is Mr [Alberto] Gonzales, our Attorney-General, who thinks he’s Attorney-General of Mexico. Where he belongs. No, that is not a racist remark. But it’s on the edge.”

[leadpenny]

Does that drivel mean you’re not going to answer the question?

[livius]

I hope he doesn’t, because there’s really no reason for him to do so. That said, he’s been so low-keyed and ineffectual as AG that nobody would notice.

Bush needs a bulldog there.

[sport]

Could be. They need something to take the focus off immigration.

[popdonnelly]

Why deprive the Senate of the opportunity to vote? Are the Senators afraid? If they’re so convinced he shouldn’t be in office, they should be willing to vote the courage of their convictions.

I’m firmly convinced that professional politicians are some of the most worthless people in society.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Congress, having a 28% approval rating, holds a non binding no confidence vote on Gonzo.

Tell me what's wrong with that picture.

[tflabo]

Gonzo could get a measure of revenge before he goes by highlighting the illegal activities of some Dems lately...like Diane Feinstein and others.....but he lacks the cojones so his loss is no big deal. And Bush makes nice with these vicious hateful Dems. DC is a sewer of vermin.

[Otho]

If Gonzales goes can you imagine the promises Bush’s next candidate for AG would have to make to the Judiciary committee in order to get confirmed? Bush might as well move someone up to Acting AG and leave it at that. Or do a recess appointment.

[lone star annie]

Who cares!!! Adios Senor Gonzales and take Bush with you!!

If Gonzales and Bush were on a skyscraper and both fell off at the same time, who would hit the ground first?

Answer: WHO CARES?

Same with the rest of the congress. This country is going to hell in a hand basket and these jokers do not have a clue.

[Clintonfatigued]

I certainly hope Gonzales is on the way out. He is only hurting the administration he works for.

[Democratshavenobrains]

I guess we can expect the next whining tell-all book about how nothing was his fault 6 months afterward.

[MrRights]

Bush needs a bulldog there.

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Harriet Miers?

[Lancey Howard]

The Justice Department STILL has not administered a lie-detector test to Sandy Berger.
The Justice Department is corrupt to the core, and Bush apparently likes it that way.
Good riddance to bad garbage. Buh-bye, Gonzales.

[Lancey Howard]

Or do a recess appointment.

That would be preferable to getting ANYBODY who the rats approved of. On the other hand, Bush hasn't shown much interest in cleaning up the Justice Department anyway.

"Many conservatives burrowed within the Department of Justice have long complained that Gonzales has permitted career government employees and hold-overs from Democratic Administrations to remain in perches of power and thereby water down conservative directives from the top. As one conservative and Federalist Society member in the Justice Department told me: “This is definitely not Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department, I assure you. You have holdovers from Clinton calling the shots in a lot of places here.” "

[pawdoggie]

This isn’t a parliamentary system, a “no confidence” vote is (or should be) meaningless. The Senate already had a shot at the functional equivalent of a no confidence vote when they confirmed the guy, they shouldn’t get a “do over”. There are a lot of us who would not be unhappy to see Alberto go, but let’s be careful what we wish for, for his removal would only whet the appetite of the Democrat predators (and set the stage for the Bush and/or Cheney impeachment). Anyone who thinks that the next AG the President might appoint would be any less pro-illegal immigrant or more willing to prosecute Democrat law-breakers than AG Gonzales, is deluding himself/herself.

[James W. Fannin]

Seems you have come to the wrong website. We are Conservatives here.

I'd say it's the other way around, since you're about as conservative as a junior Giuliani staffer. If a Democrat is for gun control, it's "liberal." If your Republican President's new Attorney General is for gun control, it's "law and order." That's not conservative. That's not patriotic. That's not even smart.

You seem to confuse your own personal emotion based hysteria for fact. You seem to be totally confused by the US Constitution concept of separation of powers.

Again, you're acting like a liberal junior political staffer. This is not a game. Our liberties are the most precious thing we have. The current crop of big government globalists running the show in DC have little concern for that (as I note neither do you). Of course any alarm bells sounded by patriots will cause a knee-jerk accusation of "hysteria." I find it hysterical that more people aren't concerned. But I'm not surprised about you. You've shilled for the globalists continually. You're on their side.

Just for the record, I'm more interested in what the NRA has to say about Gonzales than you and your "separation of powers" technicalities, thrown up as a smoke screen to cloak the tyrannies this man has prepared for us:

1. He's defended the recent federal Telecom eavesdropping.
2. He's advocated watch lists for American citizens with respect to firearms ownership. (The NRA's letter to Gonzales is at that link.)
3. He has called for an attachment of a renewed AWB to the Patriot Act.
4. While corroborating details are still lacking, Gonzales apparently tried to pressure Ashcroft to agree to draconian spying measures while Ashcroft was in the hospital.

That's about as conservative as Bill Clinton's time in the Whitehouse. And it's more draconian, because now he's got Republicans like you to support it instead of doing their moral duty and opposing it on principle.

That brings us to the point: this party has no principles, and it's all about power for them. No wonder people are running away in droves. And it's very predictable that you're right here, defending the betrayers of our Constitution, and calling those who would sound the alarm bell "hysterical."

I also note that you've taken time out of your busy day to insult one of FR's finest patriots, who served honorably during wartime (Vietnam?). That's also the "liberal" thing to do, insulting veterans.

[leadpenny]

Damn, you went deep for that. A year and a half ago. I’m beginning to forget my own war stories. Thanks for the compliment, although, I never considered myself a patriot. Most of my friends and I were full of piss and vinegar in 67, but by the time I went back in late 69 a lot had happened in this country in the intervening 22 months. I wasn’t the only one who knew it was going to end. Hardly anyone believed in the mission anymore, if there had ever been a mission, and the idea was to get through the tour without getting yourself or anyone else hurt unnecessarily.

As for Johnnie, I just consider him FR’s own comic relief.

[shalom aleichem]

Definitely recess appointment of a good person. Don’t pick some shining light above reproach, like Sen Danforth, to ride it out.

Also, can’t we make hay out of Dem crucifixion of the highest appointed Hispanic ever in Wash DC?

[James W. Fannin]

Thanks. This isn’t so much about you and me or Johnnie, as it is about Gonzales. I wanted to publicize the facts as we know them. The other thing about him is the DOJ’s efforts to prosecute border patrol agents. It reminds me of the DOD’s efforts to prosecute Marines and others involved with errors in the field. I wonder if it’s all coming from the same source. In any case, Gonzales is a good place to start pointing fingers. If there’s a way to force him to step down, it’ll show the administration that there could be something wrong with its strategy.

[Theodore R.]

All these bad things started when Jesse Helms retired. He was the last keeper of the conscience.