OK now...honestly...am I just biased, or was that really as bad as it seemed?

[WilliamPitt]

I am sometimes motivated to distrust my own internal Outrage-O-Meter whenever the needle pins deep in the red zone. Am I just too involved? Too biased? Is my bottle so filled with this nonsense that small pours into it become flooding slop-overs?

I watched every second of those hearings.

I think that was among the most embarrassing things I've ever seen. I'm ashamed for my country after that. This man is in the line of succession? Egads and gad zooks.

Was it really as spoon-bendingly bad as it seemed to me?

[WCGreen]

1. Your a brave man o sit and watch that endless drivel all day...

Get thee to a watering hole and have a few Martini's...

[supernova]

2. It was bad, bad, bad

I don't remember the Watergate witnesses being that incompetent. And yes, I watched those pretty much gavel to gavel.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

It was that fucking bad

mind bendingly bad. Curl your hair bad. It was bad.

[WCGreen]

You're a brave man o sit and watch that endless drivel all day...

Get thee to a watering hole and have a few Martini's...

[LSparkle]

3. I feel the same way

Even Kyle Sampson -- for all of his inexperience -- came off better than Fredo did today.

[supernova]

4. Buggy dupe

[hobbit709]

5. Worse

Everyone in this misadministration needs to have TSTL stamped across their foreheads in large block letters.
TSTL-Too Stupid To Live

[Wednesdays]

6. It was pretty bad indeed

Either the ramblings of someone who's brains are addled beyond hope, or a very poor liar.

My gut instincts tell me it's the latter.

[Duer 157099]

7. Depends on your standards

Apparently for people like Fredo, it was not too bad a day.

For Schumer and most of the rest of us, it was horrifying.

[bananarepublican]

83. Wasn't Bush a straight 'C' student? Does anyone have Gonzo's grades handy? n/t

[displacedtexan]

8. Even the freepers were humiliated.

Someone posted a link earlier today, and I read over 100
"Time for Gonzales to go" posts and/or replies.

It's not just you.

Gonzales sucked Dick Cheney Big Time.

[AlCzervik]

9. not only epic in it terribleness but embarrassing and humiliating that this fool is the AG.

[blm]

10. Embarrassing. But still not as embarrassing for this country as Bush in the debates.

You have to admit that after the first debate NO COUNTRY would want to claim that doofus as its leader.

If he didn't have the corporate press corps protecting him, where would he be?

[LibDemAlways]

25. Any time Bush opens his mouth, what comes out is

cringeworthy and embarrassing. How anyone was duped into voting for a guy who can't complete a coherent sentence (and that's while wearing an earpiece being fed the answers), I'll never understand. The American people aren't even collectively intelligent enough to know a moron when they see one.

[Fridays Child]

11. State, Treasury, and Defense are ahead of him, not that this fact should provide any comfort.

[Lerkfish]

12. it was the most horrendous amateurish attempt to appear competent I've ever witnessed.

[Junkdrawer]

13. Gonzo prides himself on his ability to implement political policies and obstruct Congress..

He teaches classes on the subject. No, really, he does.

He sees this as a minor bump in the road.

He won't stop until he's arrested. And even then, he may post bail and go back to work.

[Marnieworld]

14. yes it was

pathetic and outrageous

this is only the beginning. They will not be satisfied with this.

[Blackhatjack]

15. If possible, it was worse.....

[Blackhatjack]

20. Schumer is putting the wood to Gonzo in comments post hearing CSPAN3

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. He has been caught red handed. It's actually painful to watch something

like that.

[youthere]

17. Even the Freeps are cringing on this one..It was BAAAAAAD.

[Blackhatjack]

21. I was wondering which freepers would stand up beside him and Hatch....

[babylonsister]

18. Your meter's working; he was beyond horrendous. He seems dull,

stupid, confused, and this from a man who supposedly boned up on his testimony for weeks?
Pathetic excuse...another incompetent sycophant.

[NanceGreggs]

19. Well, I won't opine, because ...

... I don't recall. I mean, I don't remember watching any of it - but I do remember what was said, somewhat -- maybe I don't.

Forgive me, but my recollection seems to be a bit fuzzy on this -- oh, I am reminded that I DID watch the hearings, but -- this is so funny, but I just don't have any recollection.

QUESTION THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKED BUT WASN'T:

"Mr. Gonzales, HOW on earth do you find your way home every night? How do you remember where you live? Just wonderin'."

[rhiannon55]

41. Lines from a Bob Dylan song come to mind

"You're an idiot, babe;
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."

[tavalon]

85. So true, so true!

LOL

[sinkingfeeling]

22. It was extremely embarrassing. That a person like that can hold the highest office of justice, blows

my mind.

[yy4me]

23. Not only was the hearing bad, it was an embarrassment to all

Americans who expect that their government is smart enough to function. A few of the questions were on the mark but I was outraged that Gonzo was allowed to get away with the "not to my recollection" baloney. No-one believes any of this and to make matters even worse, the whole hearing left me wondering what these people really do all day. Gonzales gives the impression that he does nothing but stand around and let his underlings do all the work. Surely he does not think that his "I have no recollection" line is going to fly with anyone. It strikes me as a way to avoid giving the real answer that may trip him up. Yes, there need to be consequences. He has to go now and it is clear that he has no plans to do so. Saying that he takes responsibility does not cut it. Those words are nothing but words. No action will result.

[mmonk]

24. Really as bad.

[BlooInBloo]

26. They aren't mutually exclusive. It was craptacular.

[WillyT]

29. It Was Poomazing

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

31. :)

[Oilwellian]

27. Will, I can't wait for...

Fredo to testify about the illegal spying on American citizens. :D

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

28. I'd Be Hard Pressed To Figure Out A Way Anyone Could Honestly Claim Otherwise.

Yes, it was that bad and yes, it was extremely embarrassing.

[hvn_nbr_2]

50. CorpMedia (GOPPravda) will find a way.

"Gonzo's testimony was refreshingly frank as he forthrightly admitted to some small errors. But he had the Dems back on their heels as they couldn't even put forth a unified approach and continued to have disagreements among themselves. The president once again expressed strong support for the AG, and it looks like he has weathered the storm in a teapot and will be here to stay." You just wait.

[LSK]

30. I dont recall!!!

[maddezmom]

33. LOL

I think I'm going to change my sig line.

[fasttense]

32. It's like watching a kindergarten kid explain to his teacher

I don't remember, I didn't do it, it was a mistake, you can't blame me for a mistake. The most unprofessional person I have seen holding a national job. I can't believe he is a Harvard law school grad. This is the man who OKed torture?

[POAS]

46. Well he sure tortured the Senate today!

[KatyaR]

71. Honest to god, I think he's so weak he probably just does EXACTLY what he's told to do.

I can't see how he could possibly be responsible for the actions coming out of the AG's office, simply because he seems too--what, brainless? I can't think of the right word, but he just doesn't seem COMPETENT, I guess that's what I'm trying to say.

Doesn't he just look like the kind of guy that the junior high school bully could back into a corner and then get him to do whatever he wanted just so he wouldn't get hurt? I think that may be what's happened here. He's not a strong authority figure at all.

[myrna minx]

34. I felt like I needed to drill a hole in my head to relieve the pressure, it

was so bad. I think I lost IQ points it was so bad.

[Philosoraptor]

35. I think Al is W's boyfriend, how else could he have become AG?

W like's em' dumb and loyal.

[solara]

36. it was very bad indeed and what's worse,

I suspect that the shameful scenario we witnessed today will prove to be only a small bubble in the sea of corruption that is this administration.


INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT IMPRECATE INCARCERATE :banghead:

[jgraz]

42. ..

"INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT IMPRECATE INCARCERATE"

For a second, I thought that said IMPREGNATE. :yoiks:

[solara]

45. Heh

:rofl: gawds no! Imprecate = condemn

INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT IMPRECATE INCARCERATE :hi:

[jgraz]

48. Imprecate = condemn

So does "impregnate" from my POV. ;)

[solara]

66. LOL!

:rofl: Been there..did that....and dint even get a t-shirt.... :rofl:


INVESTIGATE IMPEACH INDICT IMPRECATE INCARCERATE :patriot:

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. Yes. It was. What I want to know is what Gonzo did to get the job in the first place..starting in

Texas as the psycho's chief council. WTF? He HAD to do something for the BFEE to get that job and then be promoted to AG. He certainly didn't get the job on brains alone because HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FREAKIN' BRAINS!

[blues90]

38. I only made it for an hour , it was like

running into a complete idiot at a party who has a high position with high pay and you wonder how in the hell he got there, you have to walk away bored to death after downing a few more drinks than usual .

It's like the people I have run across with the high dollar car in a panic because their remote won't unlock the door and then I ask , have you tried the key .

[ourbluenation]

39. Dude - it was that bad. n/t

[ginnyinWI]

40. NPR thought so too.

I was interested to hear what they had to say, rather than DU because I know what us guys think. They thought it was a pretty dismal performance, and marveled at the things Coburn and Specter said--Specter all but told him to resign. They are still talking about it, right now as I type, discussing it and playing clips.

[hwmnbn]

43. Nope, it truly was that bad......

The highest law enforcement officer of the USA, can't remember, can't recall, didn't know who did what, when.... and this is with a month's preparation time!

Leahy's statement just prior to adjourning sent chills. We ALL have reason to be concerned.

[Az_lefty]

44. "I don't recall"...maybe it was bad, maybe it wasn't.

:sarcasm:

[POAS]

47. I looked at the record and now I'm sure

I can't remember!

[WinkyDink]

49. It was SO bad that Gonzo got a bi-partisan "STEP DOWN NOW!"

[trumad]

51. His claim to fame---

Getting George out of a DUI.

[flyarm]

52. it was a humiliating desplay of American Justice!..it was a disgrace! eom

[wiggs]

53. Bad, bad idea to appoint a president's personal attorney as AG, as a rule. It's

an especially bad idea for that AG to not have the tools required of an AG or of a public servant. Gonzales has to be added to the very long list of disastrous administration decisions....the one that includes Meiers, Brown, Chalabi, Katrina, Rumsfeld, Iraq, Kerrick, and a hundred others.

[Hepburn]

54. Yeah, IMO, it was as bad as you thought.

What kept going through my head a lot of the time was: "Don't send a boy to do a man's job." I felt like I was watching a lying 10 year old who was convinced he could sell the BS that a dog had eaten his homework.

Not only was he obviously lying ~~ he is a HORRIBLE liar.

[guitar man]

55. yeah, it was that bad

When Tom Coburn calls for a pug to resign......jeez.....pigs are flying it's so bad....

[KatyaR]

73. Amen to that, brother, amen to that.

Coburn actually sounded like he had a spine today.

[Blue_Roses]

56. Just looking at him

makes me want to take a nap:boring:

[stevedeshazer]

57. Yes, and I go back to Watergate. It was astonishingly embarrassing.

I didn't see the hearings on TV but listened to the audio while driving my truck for a living.

It's absolutely the worst performance I've ever heard from a government official, bar none. Not even fucking close.

If Gonzales doesn't tender his resignation AND Bush fails to ask for it, a Democratic revolution in November 2008 is practically ensured.

But, hey, I've searched my mind and I just don't recall when I've been wrong before.

:sarcasm:

[Subdivisions]

58. I was listening on NPR while I was at work and I was using

one of those small radios with ear buds (not supposed to) and it was as bad as it sounded. In fact, I had to put collosal effort into stifling verbal outrage and disgust so that I wouldn't get caught with the radio.

What a farce.

[C_U_L8R]

59. Imagine you're a republican...

they must feel totally scummy after that...
i mean above their normal level of scumminess of course.

even the freeps are hiding in utter shame.
sucks to be them,
I mean above the normal level of sucking to be them of course.

[Warren DeMontague]

60. The slice I heard on NPR sounded REALLY bad. I was asking myself the same question.

Judging by how critical of Gonzo some of the GOP judiciary com. members sounded, I would have to say that was not a solely partisan reaction, either.

[kineneb]

75. out all day, just now caught bits on BBC online

oh, dear. As if the Bush government didn't already look bad to the rest of the world... now this.

[CottonBear]

61. It was beyond awful. I listened to most of it online today. It was really bad. n/t

[MzNov]

62. Imagine if he would not have "prepared" for so many days !

could it have been any worse? He should have just skipped the rehearsals.

:grr:

[sandnsea]

68. Now that puts it in perspective

He PREPARED for that!!

:wow:

[Jacobin]

63. What became obvious is that the man is glaringly unintelligent

which is as kind a way as I can think of to say it. he's not mediocre. he's a perfect Peter Principle dullard used by Bush as a family retainer who is so besmirched by now that he is utterly beholden to Bush as he would never find another job anywhere.

[WiseButAngrySara]

64. Like a Zen Koan...(to quote you earlier) It stopped my mind too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x707002

It was that bad, but mind stopping is a blessing in this case and that's good!

[Ron Green]

65. What is this, a hit-and-run post?

Why do you hate America?

:P

[Raven]

67. I know! Where the hell did he go???

I have that problem with him all the time. WILLLLLUUUMMMMMM!!!!!

[Danascot]

69. On PBS News Hour

Judy Woodruff interviewed Leahy and Specter; at the end she notes Bush said Gonzo still has his full confidence, to which Leahy comments,

"Then the President has set a very low bar indeed."

Bwahahahahaha!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/04/19/20070419_gonzales28.mp3

[KatyaR]

70. Oh, come on--aren't you proud to have someone like that standing up

for the Constitution? I mean, really, who would be better? He's doing a FINE job!!!

:sarcasm:

I'm thinking the moldy food in my fridge could do better.

On the other hand, I was listening to Rachel Maddow on the way home tonight and, man, he really got his ass handed to him on a platter, didn't he? And the hardest hitters were from his own party!

If that can't convince you that you need to go, you are truly delusional . . . kinda like his boss . . . . :evilgrin:

[Morgana LaFey]

72. Uh, WHAT line of succession??? nt

[Synnical]

74. Terrible Lies

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) comes to mind

. . .

My head is filled with disease.
My skin is begging you please.
Im on my hands and knees
I want so much to believe.

Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to.
Dont take it away from me.
I need someone to hold on to

I give you everything.
My sweet everything

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

76. Sucked Hard Enough To Bend Light.

I didn't even get to watch the whole thing, but even so my Outrage-O-Meter redlined, then went *sproing* and the needle and the dial and a whole bunch of little springs popped out. I have to repair my Outrage-O-Meter before I watch another hearing.

[alarimer]

77. Was Gonzales under oath?

If he wasn't, it's all meaningless anyway since he lied through he teeth.

[trashcanistanista]

81. He was under oath. nt.

[tavalon]

88. He was

That sucked and it was under oath, hence the "I don't recall" marathon. After all, we don't yet have a mind probe to be able to determine if that is a lie. Though, since Abu Gonzo is a loyal Pug, we know he was lying because his lips were moving. Dead giveaway, that.

[KoKo]

78. It was a pitiful performance....Even Nuremberg Trails would have been ashamed

of this ...this.

Hyperbole...but anyone who watched that "excuse" for an Attorney General..or an American...couldn't see differently....COULD THEY?

I imagine Bush/Cheney on trial would say the same: "It was a Consensus Opinion," "I don't recall that," "It may have been, but I don't recall that," "it was the consensus," "Senator, I will have to get back on that for you.....yadda, yadda, yadda."

Maybe Cheney would have been better...He might have danced with McCain to "Bomb, bomb, Bomb Iran...Bomb, Bomb Bomb...or maybe he would have done "I'm 'MC ROVE'!"

Actually, Cheney and the THINK TANKS and the FED "Corporate Media Whores" RUN AMERICA..


I shouldn't have been surprised by "Abu" stonewalling himself, lying his clueless head off ...all for his MASTER who FED HIM ALL THESE YEARS.

[Blue_Tires]

79. we got rid of ashcroft for THIS?????

[trashcanistanista]

80. I watched the rerun up to Feinstein.

It was that bad. I've been embarrassed and ashamed of this country for the last 6 years, the hearings today added to it. I expect it will get worse. My worst conspiracy theories about this administration are not even close to the sick and twisted reality I watch on CSpan.

[Kool Kitty]

82. No, you're not biased.

It was a fucking disgrace and Gonzalez should be ashamed of himself. He practiced for weeks for this? Can you even imagine how much worse he was three weeks ago? He looked and sounded like a fool. This man runs the legal arm of our government? He has absolutely no idea what is going on in his own department. He has given all responsibility to underlings that are hopelessly inept and dangerously ideological. And everything, EVERYTHING is political.

Unless it's all a sham and he's dumb like a fox.

But I doubt it.

We are in very dangerous times here.

[tavalon]

84. It was bad but not the worst ever

OTOH, that's how it's being spun, so I'm more than willing to sign on for that spin. It really is such a rare thing that anything these thugs do is spun as a failure so it's well overdue.

But yes, the rage-o-meter for those of us who actually pay attention is very sensitive. They've just done so much that we are over saturated.

[tavalon]

86. Heckuva job, Gonzo!

[EFerrari]

87. I'm watching it now and it's painfully bad. But that hearing on Tuesday

on "rendition" aka, kidnapping, was worse. EU officials were treated to the news that American congressmen believe that kidnapping and torture are fine if they might save American lives and that the EU is just a bunch of whiners. Michael Scheuer chimed in with the CIA view and in total agreement. It was horrendous.

I haven't been that embarrassed since Junior was on his Rock & Bottle Tour in Latin America.

[maine_raptor]

89. Oh, come on Will, admit it, it was fun!

Don't tell me that deep down somewhere you didn't really enjoy watching Turd Blossom Jr. squirm?

Just what kind of Dem are you anyways?

(Just pulling your leg). :rofl:

But on you point about the line of succession; they gotta get through Nancy before they get to Gonzo.

[eppur_se_muova]

90. Hell, that was embarrassing to carbon-based life everywhere.

Hopefully our new silicon overlords will put an end to such travesties.