Gonzales Resigns

[JODO 2]

gust 27, 2007

Gonzales to Spend More Time Eavesdropping on His Family

'Domestic Surveillance Begins at Home,' Former A.G. Says

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned today, effective immediately, telling reporters that he wanted to spend more time eavesdropping on his family.

Mr. Gonzales, a champion of domestic surveillance and warrantless wiretaps while in office, said he was "totally stoked" about turning his prying eyes on his own family.

"Domestic surveillance begins at home," Mr. Gonzales said at a White House press conference. "That means nobody in my family is above suspicion, not even the little ones," an apparent reference to Mr. Gonzales' children.

Standing by Mr. Gonzales' side, President George W. Bush praised his former Attorney General, singling out his "courage" for ramping up his domestic spying program on his own family.

"If every head of every household was as willing to eavesdrop on his own family as my man Alberto is, we wouldn't need a Homeland Security Department," Mr. Bush chuckled.

Mr. Gonzales was noncommittal when a reporter asked him a question about the role that waterboarding and other forms of torture might play in his interrogation of family members.

"Nothing is off the table," he said.

[britbird 4]

Just because you got a JD from Harvard does not mean you are qualified to be the Attorney General of the United States. It would be nice to think that were the case (especially for me, I attend a Tier One law school) however his demonstrated lack of constitutional understanding means he'd be better off going back to Harvard and taking Con Law I and II again. Read some of his testimony regarding Constitutional provisions and you might get a shock.

I say it again, just because you go to a Tier One law school does not make you instantly qualified for such forms of higher office. He worked in one private firm before Bushie took him under his wing and pushed him up the ranks. A completely politicized crony does not a fine Attorney General make.

[buckeye6976 0]

"Gonzales was appointed to the post in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. While Bush was Governor of Texas, Gonzales had served as his general counsel, and subsequently he served as Secretary of State of Texas and then on the Texas Supreme Court. From 2001 to 2005, Gonzales served in the Bush Administration as White House Counsel."

And then there was the Attorney General. Some may say, perhaps unkindly, that he couldn't find a job he could keep!! Or promoted to his level of incompetence?