John Nichols: Republicans Detect "Cloud" Over Gonzales (The Nation)

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John Nichols: Republicans Detect "Cloud" Over Gonzales (The Nation)

BLOG | Posted 03/26/2007 @ 02:14am
Republicans Detect "Cloud" Over Gonzales

What do the following statements about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- the embattled presidential appointee at the center of a growing scandal over the firing of U.S. Attorneys who refused to politicize their prosecutions --have in common?

1. "The Justice Department has bungled this attorney thing. There's no question about it. There's no excuse for it."

2. cannot have the nation's chief law enforcement officer with a cloud hanging over his credibility."

3. "The Attorney General has been wounded because of his performance, not because of politics ... He has said some things that don't add up."

4. "If we find out he's not been candid and truthful, that's a very compelling reason for him not to stay on."

Answer: They were all made over the weekend by Republican members of the U.S. Senate; Utah's Orrin Hatch, Nebraska's Chuck Hagel, South Carolina's Lindsey Graham and Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter, respectively. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=179156

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Mon Mar-26-07 07:43 AM
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1. Now if only they could detect global warming.

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Mon Mar-26-07 09:25 AM
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2. In fact, they detect a "cloud" over the GOP.

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Mon Mar-26-07 09:38 AM
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3. No Direct Evidence!

Fucking Republicans. They could go out in a rainstorm and swear there's no clouds overhead because the rain obscures their view.

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Mon Mar-26-07 02:38 PM
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4. Cloud? he's a political superfund site. nt

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