During the Senate hearings, AG Gonzales claimed over 200 times that he "couldn't recall" incidents that we know took place (including meetings he himself had called!) and statements we know he made.
If your boss asked you questions about your job and you kept replying "I don't recall," how long would you stay in your job? Not long, I suspect.
We should cut him some slack if he has Alzheimers or brain damage that prevents him from remembering prominent and critical events & facts, even if it is only those that might be harmful to his job or reputation (or that of the President). But if that's the case, should he remain as AG anyway?
Should America's top law enforcement executive be a person who admittedly "can't recall" his most important decisions and actions? Wouldn't it be more honorable if he admitted his mental deficiencies and resigned, rather than embarrass himself and the President even more than he has already?
2007-04-23 08:41:05 · 14 answers · asked by Don P 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
PUSHERHOMBRE: You asked if I am pining for the days of Janet Reno... Tou mean those days of human rights, budget surpluses and global respect for America? When the worst thing the President lied about was blow jobs in the oval office? When those 3,300+ brave young Americans were still alive and had bright futures ahead of them? You BET I miss those days.
RMAGEDON: It's so easy to throw numbers out there. Care to back them up with unbiased references?
CLARIFICATION: Gonzales used the "I don't recall" excuse 64 times during the hearing. Counting the number of times his chief of staff used it, that's 122 times. My reference to "over 200 times" included his many "I don't know" type answers (claiming to know about critical actions and information in his own office, AND his own actions).
2007-04-24 09:37:20 · update #1
Of course I meant to say Gonzales claimed NOT to know about things in his own office, and even his own actions.
2007-04-24 09:38:37 · update #2
No! We shouldn't. I don't think Gonzales has either of those problems. I think he is a lying, dissembling, manipulative crook, just like his boss. Remember the old adage: "Birds of a feather flock together." Bush surrounds himself with like "minded," to use the word loosely, people. He demands absolute loyalty. So, it should come as no surprise that Gonzales would behave similarly to Der Fuhrer. To put it bluntly, Gonzales should go.
When enough of his Republican colleagues in the Senate make it clear to Herr Busch that Gonzales has become a hindrance to himself and the party, then something will be done. If he doesn't, then public support for him and his party's policies will gather even more momentum in its downhill slide, and the Pubs can expect a veritable bloodbath in next years general elections, and it won't be the Democrats being slaughtered. The public takes a very dim view of those supposed "public servants" who don't heed their will.
2007-04-23 08:53:45 · answer #1 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's all part of Bush's - bringing intergrity back to the White house plan when he was first elected.
in·teg·ri·ty (n-tgr-t) KEY
NOUN:
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
The state of being unimpaired; soundness.
The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness.
2007-04-23 09:08:57 · answer #2 · answered by geosworld 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire administration seems to suffer from an outbreak of Alzheimer's. They really need to check the water in D.C. I've never heard of a bigger group of people who couldn't remember anything.
2007-04-23 08:50:41 · answer #3 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He can't recall because if he told the truth he'd be exposed for the fraud and scumbag that he really is. He is a typical sleazy, petty, corrupt, incompetent Bush Administration hack. The sooner we get these parasites out of our government the better off we'll all be.
2007-04-23 08:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean "Amnesia Gonzales "?
Credit to citizenjanecitizenjane for the nickname.
2007-04-23 11:13:09 · answer #5 · answered by Think 1st 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bush doesn't like guys that remember who is responsible or why things have happened.
2007-04-23 08:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is just another Bush loyal dim wit. Look at Scooter. He had memory problems as well, as did delay, as did randy duke cunningham, and the list goes on and on.
where are those 5 million e-mails?
2007-04-23 08:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Two Words: Sandy Burgler
2007-04-23 08:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by Nunya Bidniss 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Yes it is called the amnesiac defense developed by the clitoon clan
Bill Kennedy ............... 116
Harold Ickes ............... 148
Ricki Seidman .............. 160
Bruce Lindsey .............. 161
Bill Burton ................ 191
Mark Gearan ................ 221
Mack McLarty ............... 233
Neil Egglseston ............ 250
Hillary Clinton ............ 250
John Podesta ............... 264
Jennifer O'Connor .......... 343
Dwight Holton .............. 348
Patsy Thomasson ............ 420
Jeff Eller ................. 697
2007-04-23 13:07:41 · answer #9 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pining for the days of Janet Reno, are we?
2007-04-23 08:49:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋