Gonzales Should Return Bush's Loyalty By Resigning - FAUX NEWS

[helderheid]

Sunday, July 15, 2007

By Susan Estrich

If government service were an Outward Bound experience, Alberto Gonzales would be the hands-down winner.

The fact that he has survived this long, that he is still there notwithstanding the drip-drip of bad news about his management of the DOJ, is a testament to the man’s endurance skills, not to mention the too often blind loyalty of his boss in the large White House.

But enough is enough. The fact that the president and Attorney General Gonzales have the kind of freedom-- to borrow from Janis Joplin--defined by “nothing left to lose” doesn’t mean that the continued tenure of the embattled attorney general, and the desperate machinations necessary to save him, aren’t taking a toll not only on the department he leads, but on the rule of law.

It now appears that Mr. Gonzales once again mislead Congress about what he knew and when he knew it-- in this case on the subject of FBI abuses of the powers granted by the Patriot Act. Those of us who cherish the notion of civil liberties have reason to worry even when the Patriot Act isn’t being abused, much less when it is. The details have yet to emerge fully, but what is known is that the attorney general received a report attesting to numerous abuses prior to reassuring Congress that he knew of none. That this makes it impossible for Congress to exercise its oversight functions, much less to legislate intelligently, is manifest.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289021,00.html

[cboy4]

1. Boy, this one must have slipped past the Faux News censors.

Nice writing.

:kick:

[helderheid]

I was amazed!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. K&R! you didi it again...

that Janis Joplin reference goes straight to my heart, honey.

[helderheid]

3. Sure does!

[Dr.Phool]

4. Estrich is held up as one of their house "liberals".

Meaning she's just to the left of Ghengis Kahn.

[helderheid]

5. !

:rofl:

[Schema Thing]

6. Has Michael Moore put the fear of god into the msm?

[4nic8em]

7. Let's get real...

Alberto didn't mislead anybody...he fucking LIED.

[librechik]

8. See, they let crazy liberals say crazy things

(so they can laugh a them and pretend) It's fair and balancey!

[emlev]

9. Balancey, I like that.

[helderheid]

10. Balancey!

:rofl:

[Rageneau]

11. What? -- Resign before he gets his Medal of Freedom?

[UTUSN]

12. He has "survived" from shameLESSness!!1 But this is only ESTRICH talking n/t

[jazzjunkysue]

13. I agree with Fox news. I feel dirty. Ick.

Brain bleach, please. :silly: