My thoughts on Alberto Gonzales and George W. Bush as they appeared on Tuesday - despite not being able to publish the post that day. Enjoy.
A Bush loyalist indeed.
And yesterday Mr. Bush, you defended Alberto Gonzales as an "honorable person" who's name was besmirched for political reasons.
Rrrright.
Mr. President, do I really have to run the bullet-points by you? Have you forgotten the list of shame that Albie Gee has brought on his office, the Department of Justice, the White House, YOUR office and most importantly himself? Let's give it a go, shall we...
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NSA Wiretap Program :: Even though the Congress has (regrettably) authorized this program (and you subsequently signed it into law), that fact does not negate it's obvious violation of American civil liberties.
Fired U.S. Attorneys :: His perjurous testimony notwithstanding, Alberto still has not explained why nine United States attorney were fired from their individual posts. The allegations are that they were let go for political reasons (i.e. not investigating politicians aggressively enough) - and Gonzales has yet to refute that allegation with any real testimony.
Policy of Torture and Treatment of Detainees :: The Geneva Conventions are "quaint" according to Albie Gee. Quaint. How can someone rationalize that waterboarding is not torture? After considering that, how can that same person continue to rationalize that if we are indeed torturing detainees in our custody (and it appears that we are), how are other countries (or other enemies of the U.S. - I'm looking at you al Qaeda) going to treat captured Americans? This ends badly for EVERYONE involved.
Dismissal of the Right of Habeas Corpus :: The Military Commissions Act of 2006 should MUST be repealed. Period.
Perjurous Testimony to Congress :: Why, oh why would a supposedly smart man like Alberto Gonzales LIE when he 1) is sitting in front of a Congressional panel, 2) has been sworn in on a Bible to tell the truth 3) has had conversations and hung out with other people who will refute his testimony and 4) on television - you know, where there are taped recording of his testimony which can be played back in the future. I just don't get it. He could have simply said "I don't recall" a million times (although he did break out that gem quite a bit during his Congressional appearances), and instead he decided to tell untruths which are now coming back to haunt him.
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Pray, tell me Mr. Bush, how is it exactly that you consider this guy honorable? Even more importantly, what does a person have to do for you to qualify them as DIShonorable?
I'm just trying to understand how your brain processes these type of stimuli. My guess is that you don't really know what the outgoing attorney general has done, since nobody ever reports any bad news to you.
Good luck with that in your remaining 16 months in office.
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