WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday accused Democrats in Congress who are seeking no-confidence votes on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of engaging in "pure political theater."
Brushing aside concerns from Republicans as well as Democrats about the effectiveness of the chief U.S. law enforcement officer, Bush said: "He has got my confidence. He has done nothing wrong."
Nothing at all... except lying under oath, failing to protect, defend or even abide by the Constitution of the United States, and displaying an obvious contempt for the basic tenants of justice. No, he's got Bush's confidence, that's what really matters. Not the confidence of Congress, or the people of this nation, or anyone with any legal authority outside of the White House. What a fuckin' joke. Even though...
Six of the 49 Republicans in the 100-member, Democratic-led Senate have urged the attorney general to step down. So has Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida, a member of the House Republican leadership.
The attorney general has said he intends to remain as long as he believes he can be effective and Bush has confidence in him.
Define effective.
"I stand by Al Gonzales," Bush said.
Bush added that the attorney general's critics "ought to get the job done of passing legislation as opposed to figuring how to be actors on the political theater stage."
Yes, because you've never been an actor on a political theater stage Mr. flight suit. Y'know this could possibly be one of the largest scandals of this administration. More so than outing Val Plame, more so than lying about the war, this very issue on the firing of these prosecutors and then subverting the Constitution to authorize warrantless wire tapping, it really is quite possibly the worst thing they've done on a broad scale. Sure lying about the war is causing death and draining our budget, sure revealing the identity of a deep cover CIA operative caused years of work to be ruined and threatened the lives of many other operatives, but this ... this subverts the basic rules of our Constitution.
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