So Did Gonzalez Play Stupid to Cover Up For Someone Else.

[leftyladyfrommo]

Why on earth would he appear to be so slow and stupid? Unless he really is that slow and stupid.

Or did he do that on purpose - to take the fall for someone else?

This is getting so twisted I just don't know who or what to believe. Since his only fan in Wash. seems to be Bush - one would have to wonder if it is Bush he is covering up for. That is the only thing that makes much sense.

[Duer 157099]

1. To be in his position, he has only to impress Bush

and really, that's not too hard.

Yes, I believe he's truly slow, stupid and willing to do what he is told.

[xultar]

3. That performance didn't impress lilboots.

[rodeodance]

14. the WH issued a memo last night: They are "pleased" with Gonzo testimony

[caligirl]

27. And then Dana Perrino said neither * nor she saw the morning testimony. He's out.

[xultar]

30. Wow. You believe the whitehouse? Are you on the right forum?

[xultar]

2. No. That's the problem he is stoopid. So stoopid in fact that he managed

to point the blame @ the WH (Lilboots, Miers and Turd Blossom).

His performance sucked and faux is ignoring it because his prep couldn't get his dumb ass around the questions.

You could say he played stoopid for justice but I don't think he has a just bone in his body.

[tanyev]

4. I'd like to think that the Attorney General of the United States of America

is not really that stupid. It's just so hard to tell anymore.

[malaise]

5. Wake up

This is a nasty bunch of criminals.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. I know. That is what I think, too.

I can never remember a time when I felt like the govt. was just completely controlled by such nasty crooks.

I don't believe anything that comes out of this whitehouse. I don't trust anything they do.

And I don't think Gonz. is that stupid - I just think he got caught big time and now is taking the fall for Bush (and maybe Cheney).

[malaise]

25. He is that stupid

-a classic case of show me your company and I'll tell you who you are. And he's a fugging LIAR to boot, just like all of them.

[MUAD_DIB]

24. Yes. The truly are. Time to forget about impeachent.

Just get the damn rope.

It's surprising how the redneck redstater fuckers still flock to these sons of bitches.
Stupid is as stupid does I guess.

[JDPriestly]

6. All of the above.

He is that slow and stupid, and he and others are circling the wagons to protect Rove and Meiers . . . and, of course, Bush. I say again, listen to Gonzales and then listen to Michael Jackson. There is a huge similarity in their voices. They are just creepy, both of them.

Gonzales, Bush, Rove and Meiers just aren't smart enough or balanced enough to understand what they did that was wrong. They see the world through the prism of their own interests to the extent that they cannot stand back get some distance, and judge their own conduct by the measure they apply to the conduct of others. As long as it serves their purposes, they think it is OK.

[Eurobabe]

12. WTF would they want to save Miers from?

She's long forgotten. Rove I can understand them circling 'round.

Bush and Gonzo are just two stupid puppets controlled by Chain-Knee and his viceroy Rove.

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. I don't think that. I think Bush is just as evil and culpable as Cheney.

He is just plain mean.

Harriet Meiers? Just plain stupid? Maybe. How else can you explain her devotion to someone like Bush.

[Eurobabe]

29. Agreed Bush is evil and culpable, but he's dense as a

fucking post. And after yesterday's discussion of chicken plucking, I seriously think he's lost it.

[Ilsa]

7. My ouigi board says he's corrupt, but very capable of playing stupid. nt

[bullimiami]

8. i think he really is that slow and stupid. he didnt get where he is by being smart.

he got there by being a toadie. a loyal toadie. and loyalty is the most important thing to mobsters.

he is, of course, in his pathetic - 'i cant remember shit' way - doing his best to cover for rove/cheney/bush who believe that the justice department is fair game to use politically.

[Mend]

9. how stupid can he be? he got the moran-in-chief elected and has

managed to destroy democracy in the USA. You need some brains to do that. It is the part about thinking you can get away with anything because you always have, that is dumb, but who knew this one wasn't going to go the way all the rest of them went.

[Duer 157099]

28. That's Rove you're thinking of

There's no question that Rove is a master manipulator and strategist, and very corrupt and evil to boot. He just requires loyal dumb people as placeholders in his scheme.

[rodeodance]

11. His sole purpose yesterday was to PROTECT the WH/Bush.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Yea. I think that, too. Makes you wonder just how bad this is for

Bush.

You know that Rove and Bush and Cheney were all mixed up in this - it has their fingerprints all over it. Makes me wonder just what they offered Gonz. to take the fall. It must have been a pretty good deal.

[DemReadingDU]

13. Bush pleased with Gonzales' testimony

Gonzales must have done a good job for Bush

edit to add...
From NBC's Mark Murray
Deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino has issued this statement relaying the White House's support of Alberto Gonzales. "President Bush was pleased with the Attorney General’s testimony today. After hours of testimony in which he answered all of the Senators’ questions and provided thousands of pages of documents, he again showed that nothing improper occurred. He admitted the matter could have been handled much better, and he apologized for the disruption to the lives of the U.S. Attorneys involved, as well as for the lack of clarity in his initial responses."

More: "The Attorney General has the full confidence of the President, and he appreciates the work he is doing at the Department of Justice to help keep our citizens safe from terrorists, our children safe from predators, our government safe from corruption, and our streets free from gang violence."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/19/160150.aspx

:crazy:

[Solly Mack]

16. Would you rather be thought incompetent or corrupt?

The incompetency option can stop with Gonzales...corruption opens the door to the top

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Certainly better to be thought "corrupt" by this bunch.

Although they seem pretty adept and placing incompetents in high places so they can further their rape of this country.

[Solly Mack]

23. But you wouldn't want the people to think that of you

You want the people to believe you're an idiot rather than someone that needs to be in jail.. you can live with the people laughing at you and thinking you're a joke....but it's no fun to be behind bars

and there has been nothing incompetent about the rape of this country...they've done it quite competently

I don't judge their competency level by a reasonable expectation that I'd apply to someone else holding the same job...I judge by them knowing they are thugs who set out to do exactly what they are doing and who plan to get away with it...

[Xipe Totec]

19. Gonzo's performance was genuine and heartfelt

you can't fake that kind of stupidity.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. You really think so? I didn't think that at all.

He is good at coming across like a good guy - soft spoken and never gets angry.

Actually, I couldn't believe it when they put him in that post. I thought he was just a Bush puppet even then.

[Xipe Totec]

26. Do you think he's smarter than he seemed?

or, did you miss the punch line?

:evilgrin:

[EstimatedProphet]

20. Yeah, Bush.

[jsamuel]

21. He appeared stupid because he had ALREADY perjured himself when he testified under oath that he did

not fire the USA's for political reasons. So, now he has to act like he didn't know they were fired for political reasons because they were.

[Javaman]

31. he's not really stupid, he just plays stupid on TV. LOL

:rofl: