Dumb or dishonest? Either way, Gonzo's gotta go

[babylonsister]

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20070729/OPINION/107290086

Dumb or dishonest? Either way, Gonzo's gotta go

Kirk Caraway, [e-mail]
July 29, 2007

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His testimony leaves only two possible conclusions. Either he is the most incompetent attorney to ever hold a government job, or he is hiding something so shocking and dangerous that he's willing to purposely destroy his reputation and even risk perjury charges to keep it secret.

My bet's on the latter.

If Gonzales were this incompetent, I can't see how even his good friend George W. Bush could stand by him. Not only is Bush resisting bipartisan pressure to fire Gonzales, he's giving him a strong vote of confidence, well beyond "Heckuva job, Brownie" status.

You've heard of honor among thieves. It works for liars, too.

At every turn, Bush and his associates are at war with the truth. The president's every utterance on the war in Iraq has to be sifted to remove the falsehoods. He gives Scooter Libby a get-out-of-jail-free card for his lies. Vice President Dick Cheney can't seem to pass up an open microphone without making up claims out of thin air. And the Attorney General, the person who is in charge of the department that prosecutes people for dishonesty, has become so outrageously dishonest that it's a wonder he hasn't been struck by lightening yet.

What Bush, Gonzales & Co. are learning now is the lesson of the boy who cried wolf, that after having been caught lying so many times, no one believes what they say, not even a sizable chunk of their own party. Whatever statements they make - even on important matters of war and national security - are open to increasing skepticism because they continue to abuse the truth, over and over.

That means at a very basic level, they have lost the ability to govern, to carry out policies, and to do the work of the people. We no longer have a viable president, vice president or attorney general. They are dead weight, an anchor on the ship of state that prevents moving forward and repairing the damage they have wrought. If they truly believed in the oath of office they took, they would lock themselves up in prison for the good of the country.

But since they are incapable of holding anyone accountable for their actions, they will continue along their merry, destructive way until Congress grows a backbone and impeaches the lot of them.

[Demeter]

1. I Hope So! If ever Anyone Deserved a One-Way Ticket to Prison

Gonzo does! And he can take W with him, and the Big Dick, and the rest.

[rodeodance]

2. ding, ding-------he wins on both counts

[indepat]

3. Gonzo is just a good little soldier doing what is expected of him

[roseBudd]

4. K&R & a click through to register a unique visitor/page view

[winston61]

5. He isn't dumb,

but he certainly is dishonest. Just ask anyone from Texas if they remember the 1990s down here. Bush and Cheney are fully behind Alberto going down to Capitol Hill and telling them all to fuck off, what you gonna do about it? The Democratic douche bag leadership is going to do exactly nothing to respond. Always remember that Republicans and Democrats all belong to the same club, the two party system. Money dominates everything and their driving obsession to keep their phony baloney do-nothing jobs. But hey, the people are the ones who send them to D.C. and allow this farce to continue. Are you enjoying your government yet?