"General Gonzales"?? Why does Orrin Hatch keep calling him "General Gonzales"?

[Roland99]

On Meet The Press...

[lisa58]

1. because he is the Attorney "General"

It's an official title.

[Roland99]

2. Right, but I honestly don't recall anyone dropping the "Attorney" portion

[lisa58]

5. When Bobby Kennedy was running for the Senate

I remember (I'm now dating myself) him saying that he wasn't in it for the title because he could be called "general" for the rest of his life.

[City Lights]

21. republiCons did the same thing with Asscroft.

They always called him General Asscroft.

[truth2power]

13. No. I just heard him say that and

I was making breakfast, not sitting in front of the tv. So, even with my attention not focused, it stood out for me. I said to myself, "What's he talking about?" It was quite dissonant, IMO.

That being said, I think Hatch is nervous and is tap-dancing as fast as he can. heh heh.. :evilgrin:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. And why "Tempest in a coffee cup?"

:rofl:

Because he's an idiot. :think:

[spanone]

4. Geez, Orrin Hatch will LIE for any republican.

[Roland99]

6. Hatch just tried painting Carol Lam as an incompetent Clinton politico

[joeybee12]

7. Sounds like a cartoon character....

...it'd be funny if this hack really were one, instead of supposedly the nation's lawyer.

[liam_laddie]

8. 'Cuz Whorin' Orrin

is an effing repuglcan; 'nuff said. They're ALL a-holes, every last one!
He's squirming like the worm he is...
:puke:

[Mika]

9. CLINTON DID IT!!!!!!!

:rofl:

[Roland99]

10. "not a shred of evidence of any impropriety" - Sen. Hatch

Uh, YES there has!

Plus, that's also the point of HAVING investigations!

[Hubert Flottz]

12. "shred of evidence"

What he meant was, "We're Shredding the Evidence"

[MADem]

11. It is a NEW FUCKING thing, frankly--post-Nixon.

It used to be, no one EVER used the GENERAL without the damned ATTORNEY in front of it.

It still grates on my old ear. The baaastid doesn't wear a UNIFORM, and I regard the term as in General: Overall, overseeing a bunch of subordinate attorneys...not General: Military Rank.

Years ago, you never heard the attorney general called anything but the attorney general.

[The Cleaner]

14. Watching now...he is shilling for Gonzo, boy does he have a man crush

on the man!

"He's a good man...honest...did nothing wrong...a good Hispanic attorney general...things can be interpreted in a number of ways"

EVEN THOUGH Kyle Sampson's testimony basically proved Gonzo WAS at those meetings and WAS aware of what was going on when Gonzo said he didn't know!

[hobbit709]

15. Because a Junta really has taken over

Hatch just admitted it by calling him "General". I'm waiting to see if he calls Cheney "Fieldmarshall"

[pretzel4gore]

16. remember ken starr?

the bushevik legal weasel? fat guy with body odor? old, grey in the head? goofy dorkie type? pinhead in pinstripes?
yes. that ken starr.
i head him referred to as 'judge starr', as 'mr secretary' starr, as 'mr prosecutor' starr, as 'chief' starr, as 'doctor starr'(?) and as 'colonel' starr...i can't recall 'general starr' but almost certainly...someone might have heard(?)
that was during the height of the clinton bashing period before geeb (that's 'jeb' or john ellis bush's, brother) came along....it was maddening cuz all 'dog' starr needed to be called was a whistle and a 'hey you'

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. And why does he work with Gonzo almost every day? Odd isn't it? eom

[cooolandrew]

18. You have to admire they are the masters of spin, Clearly using trigger words 2 get the right excited

[Eurobabe]

19. I guess it's better than Speedy Gonzalez n/t

[Aviation Pro]

20. Because Hatch is a senile man....

...who's fried one two many brain cells.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. Plural of AG is Attorneys General if that indicates anything.

I don't think "General" in this sense is a rank and I suspect RFK, in the quote posted earlier, was making a joke.