Do you trust this man to make life or death decisions?

[BurtWorm]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401707.html?nav=rss_politics

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, under political siege for his handling of the U.S. attorney firings and other issues, is to get expanded powers to hasten death penalty cases under regulations being developed by the Justice Department.

The rules would give Gonzales the authority to approve "fast-track" procedures by states in death penalty cases, enabling them to carry out sentences more speedily and with fewer opportunities for appeal if those states provide adequate representation for capital defendants.

Such powers were previously held by federal judges, but a provision of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill approved by Congress last year hands the authority to the attorney general.

Under the regulations, death row inmates would have six months, instead of a year, to file appeals in the federal courts, and federal judges would have less time to consider petitions in capital cases.

The proposed changes, reported yesterday by the Los Angeles Times, would hand new authority to Gonzales as leading Democrats and some Republicans have called for his resignation and questioned his truthfulness. Earlier this month, Congress gave Gonzales greater powers in overseeing the government's warrantless wiretapping program....

[lazer47]

1. I'll probably get banned for this, but I wouldn't trust that Tex-Mex

to wipe his own ass,,,, where did he put the paper he did it with. Oh I forgot that was the constitution

[spanone]

2. i wouldn't trust him to change my tires. or wash my windshield.

[Sadie4629]

3. Did I just stumble onto freerepublic.com?

Tell me again which side is racist.:eyes:

[lazer47]

4. Where did racist come from

[Sadie4629]

5. "Ethicist" might be a better term

Or maybe just "bigot." Playing on obvious ethnic stereotypes should be off-limits for a board comprised of Democrats.

[lazer47]

6. Were taking about Gonzo here he is no Democrat

He is dangerous and a threat to society as a whole, I can't help that he is of latino heritage, and the op didn't say anything about his race.

[Sadie4629]

7. No, but you are, aren't you?

When it comes to stereotyping, I don't think a person's political beliefs should open him up to such remarks. (Washing windshield, changing tires.)

[lazer47]

11. Not me,,I said he wiped his butt with the constitution,, I never

mentioned windshields,,somebody else said that, if your gonna accuse someone of being racist at least be accurate

[BurtWorm]

12. You responded to Sadie's criticism of another poster,

which may be why she's confusing you with that person.

But to be fair, you said in your post that you thought you might be banned for what you had to say. Why did you expect you might be banned? Was it because you called Gonzales a "Tex-Mex"? Do you think his being of Mexican descent is relevant? I don't. To me, he's just Smirk Jr.

[lazer47]

13. It was the part about him "wiping his ass" that I thought would get

me banned or on probation, it is perfectly acceptable to refer to someone in Tex of Latino desent as Tex Mex. as the same in Calif as "Chicano"

[BurtWorm]

14. I don't think the wiping his ass with the Constitution bit would hit too many here

the wrong way.

:patriot:

[Richard Steele]

16. Oh, BS. Those are hardly "ethnic stereotypes". You're seeing something that isn't there. nm

[spanone]

18. why do you think that is racist... i meant absolutely nothing racist.

i meant i wouldnt trust the man to do shit.

[Richard Steele]

19. I certainly saw nothing racist there. Since when are those "stereotypes"? Never, that's when. nm

[spanone]

20. i certainly didn't mean offense to anyone.....i was pointing out how inept i thought he was.....

[Richard Steele]

21. And that's all anyone should get from your post. nm

[porphyrian]

8. I don't trust anyone to make life and death decisions, but no. - n/t

[Kool Kitty]

9. I don't trust him with life-or-death decisions.

I don't trust him to judge who is a terrorist or not. I don't trust his Justice Department to mete out justice to anyone in the US or anywhere else we have a reach or interest. He is incompetent. And one of the things that makes me the angriest about this, is that this is one of those (in)famous phrases that this is one of the "little-noticed" or "little-read" or whatever they are saying, that in effect, this was part of the new version of the "Patriot Act" that got passed, but no one bothered to read. (Pretty incoherent sentence, but you know what I mean...) :grr:

[Bill219]

10. Hell no!!!! I wouldn't trust him to walk my dog

[DemGa]

15. I don't trust anything that emanates from BushCo.

and certainly not Mr. Gonzales.

I'm all for ending the barbaric practice of executions anyway.

[sutz12]

17. He's perfect! No memory = no conscience...what could be more apt?

:sarcasm: