Ciao, sleazy little Fredo!
The recent revelation that Bush used an illegal wiretap system brings back many conversations I use to have with my Rightie friend .. back when it was first in the news. I swear, Bush could shoot puppies on the White House lawn and my friend would find a way to defend him. He argued with me that Bush was not doing anything illegal .. and found Rightie sites and articles wot said the liberal media was lying.
I am trying hard not to grin too widely .. but I just love it when I'm right!
"The dramatic testimony of a former deputy attorney general prompts more questions than it answers."
From the Houston Chronicle: "....Lawmakers and citizens deserve a much more complete explanation for the conduct of Gonzales and Card in 2004, and why the Justice Department and FBI leadership decided the surveillance program was operating illegally. House and Senate Judiciary Committee chairmen have sent Gonzales letters requesting that he explain his previous testimony in light of the Comey statements and provide additional information on the surveillance program.
Up to now the attorney general has issued a stream of contradictory statements and failed to inform Congress and the public why U.S. attorneys were marked for dismissal. As former administration officials such as Comey reveal more damaging details concerning the handling of domestic surveillance and the firing of prosecutors, Gonzales' feigned or willful ignorance is no longer tolerable or tenable."
Whatever else comes out of the testimony of former Deputy Comey, we do know that for a period of time Bush's wiretapping was considered illegal by his own Attorney General and Deputy AG.
Why were Andy Card and Gonzales butting into the hospital room of AG Ashcroft? They already knew that Ashcroft and Comey would not sign to re-approve the President’s program of spying without warrants/court orders.
And during that time, since Bush just wiretapped without so much as word to FISA or his GOP controlled congress -- it really makes you wonder just who the Bushies were wiretapping. Some of them were probably people and/or corporations whom FISA or the GOP would think not legal to wiretap.
And what exactly is Alberto Gonzales hiding FOR the Bushies? .. they surely keep him around because anyone taking over the AG job MUST first have congressional approval and Bush doesn't want any NEW non-partisan AG to know what he's been wiretapping.
I'll bet the Bushies have been doing some wild things with his wiretapping program .. and Gonzales knows where the bones are buried.
When the Democrats find out, and they will, the deeper they dig, my prediction is -- we'll discover that the bugging was going on even before 9/11, that a lot of it had nothing to do with the war or spies, that a lot of it was poking into personal lives. All the better to smear you my dear, etc.
Also, they'll find that they tapped just as many Republicans as Democrats.
We're talking ruthless PNAC guys here .. they want to rule the world. Read about it here:
Anyway, we might soon have some answers, because Alberto Gonzales might not end the week as he begins it--as US Attorney General. A no-confidence vote set for this week may push him out the door.
Maybe this coming Friday? Next? The WH always releases bad news on Fridays. That way they get less news play.
