Justice Executed, Texas-Style

[peterh]

Alberto R. Gonzales appears to exhibit a rather telling aspect of this misadministration…Since the emperor, as it’s widely known, is not of inquisitive type, his people only tell the boss what he wants to hear. Don’t make it complicated…is the answer yes he did and can I point my thumb downward.


<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59239-2003Jul28.html>

Just for the sake of argument, let's say that killing somebody is a pretty serious matter. And while we're at it, let's go way out on a limb and suggest that killing even a convicted murderer is an act that shouldn't be done without careful consideration of the facts of the case.
George W. Bush believes that. "I take every death penalty case seriously and review each case carefully," he said while governor of Texas.
That sounds reassuring. But a disturbing article in the July-August issue of the Atlantic Monthly suggests that Bush and his legal counsel, Alberto R. Gonzales, exhibited a shocking lack of interest in the facts of the execution cases that came before them.
"During Bush's six years as governor 150 men and two women were executed in Texas -- a record unmatched by any other governor in modern American history," Alan Berlow writes in the article, titled "The Texas Clemency Memos."

[Benevolent_Rabbit]

1. This was out there for all to see before the selection

but no one seemed to give a damn. Maybe it'll become one more brick in the wall now though.

[sonias]

2. Alberto Gonzales and bu$h cut from the same cloth

Neither one of them has a real heart and could care less for any poor people of any color. Their sole purpose in life is to enrich themselves at everyone else's expense.

They both will rot in hell.

Sonia

[ReadTomPaine]

3. The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder...

..by Mark Crispin Miller describes the problem with Bush's worldview in some detail. Mr. Miller's assertion is that GWB is a borderline sociopath, whos language gaffes are indicative of a larger problem with his inability to empathize with others, particularly outside his social class.