Wanna bet ...

Trapper John writes: No More Gonzos.

A Democratic-led Senate cannot allow this Administration to once again graft the cancer of cronyism to the head of the Justice Department.

Watch, the Democrats will do nothing, nothing, but talk as if they still had (or is that ever had) a few principles left and watch it happen. Some of them will actually grease the skids.

There are no elected Democrats.

Fired US Attorney Paul Charlton gets award ...

BorderReporter.com: AN AWKWARD MOMENT

According the release, the award, “recognizes a criminal law prosecutor who during his or her career has worked tirelessly to advance the principles of criminal justice by representing the public’s interest with integrity, fairness, tenacity, creativity, brilliance and, above all, professionalism.”

Charlton is one of the US Attorneys who were fired for believing in the law as apposed to Gonzo and his hacks.

Under Bush and Gonzo, perhaps, the best integrity check is to get fired.

So, when is our Democratic Congress going to do its job?

Never?

Turley on NSA Spying: “I don’t know of a more potential charge of impeachment”

Do they think we're not watching?

Gonzo's hacks, what was the DOJ, didn't solicit information from the applicant ...

so•li•cit |səˈlisit|
verb ( -ited , -iting ) [ trans. ]
ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone : he called a meeting to solicit their views. See note at beg .

• ask (someone) for something : historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses.
• [ intrans. ] accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute : [as n. ] ( soliciting) although prostitution was not itself an offense, soliciting was.

Gonzo's hacks did not solicit such information as party affiliation from applicants. Oh, no, their hands are clean, clean, sticky clean. They went on the web and found 'inappropriate' information.

Bill Frist's get out of jail free card ...

Well, we certainly can't assume the corrupted US attorney's did anything right and above boards. There's not much choice but to assume that the corrupt Attorney General gave Bill Frist a get-out-of-jail-free card whether he deserved it or not.

Something else to thank the moron in the White House for. We can't trust American justice. Torture, gulags and Republicans get special passes from corrupt US Attorneys.

Dared to ask to talk to Gonzales, did he?

This article gives the impression that US Attorney Paul Charlton's main mistake was not quite following the kill, kill, kill directive of Bush's US Attorney Generals Office.

For example he did not wish to seek the death penalty in one case "because there was no forensic evidence directly linking the defendant to the victim."

Charlton appealed to the deputy attorney general and Gonzales to reconsider. The lawyer said Charlton had asked to meet with former Attorney General John Ashcroft in a similar case and had been able to change Ashcroft's mind.

But Gonzales' office denied Charlton's request.

My, my don't confuse Gonzo with facts now, he's already made up his mind. I can see why Bush likes this guy. Besides the baby face he has a mind as open as Bush's.

Disagreement is deemed confrontation. Doing one's job is usually deemed poor performance by the Bush crowd. Failure to do one's job is cause for medals and ceremonies.

Thank you Talking Heads, thank you Washington Insider Journalist Types, thank you Corporate Media. This is what you wanted all along, right. Mush-for-brains as leaders so that you could buy the government and destroy all that didn't make your personal wealth explode exponentially. Thank you. Thank you.

The weird world of Republicans, Conservatives and Incompetents ...

Gonzo Panel half full: TPM Muckracker

Arizona's own Rick Renzi (house republican) "stepped down temporarily from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday" after the family business (Patriot Insurance Agency, Sonoita, Az) was raided by the FBI.

The Horse's Mouth: So is it possible that John McCain has the same "electability" problem -- or even conceivably a worse one -- than Hillary does? A new poll suggests that it's time to at least ask this question. But will the pundits ask it?

Surprise? The GOP RNC doesn't believe in the Constitution or the law ...

GOP RNC doesn't believe in the Constitution or the law ... except when it runs in their favor, of course. Then they become fanatics about it.

RNC to turn over e-mails to the White House and not to Congress.

This would be like someone subpoenaed to turn over evidence to a court or prosecutor deciding instead to turn over the evidence to the accused so that he could have first crack at destroying it.

Wrong directions ...

The Talking Dog: Gitmo Leaner, Meaner

TPM Media: Israel and Bush conspire against Pelosi?

Associated Press: Let's beat someone up' – Unprovoked beatings of the homeless soaring

The trend in the diciplining of school children by policemen: 6-Year-Olds Under Arrest

... but Bush insists Iraq is improving --again! Just trust him as his administration Iraqifies the US.

The reason Bush doesn't want Gonzales under oath?

Because he's an outright liar, just like the President of these United States.

WASHINGTON Mar 24, 2007 (AP)— Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he was not involved in any discussions about the impending dismissals of U.S. attorneys.

On Friday night, however, the Justice Department revealed Gonzales' participation in a Nov. 27 meeting where such plans were discussed.

If he wasnt involved it would have meant he wasn't really running his department. Now we know he was running him department and that he's a liar. Of course, we already knew he was a liar. This is one more lie and a very important one for the integrity of US justice. It's clear that the concept of 'justice' finds no room in Gonzales' soul.
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Link: Documents Show Gonzales Approved Firings by LARA JAKES JORDAN