Why waste more time on this. Let the G man do his job. Its a waste of tax payers money.

I watched the hearings yesterday. The Republicans were slobering all over Gonzales. The display of obsequiousness -- and rank stupidity and hypocrisy -- was nothing short of astounding.

This whole thing sounds like Rove held practice hearings and scripted the Repubs responses. More of the same as the last 7 years.

One positive in all of this was at least an inkling of what has been going on in the civil rights division has seen a little light (Brad Schlossman in particular).
Gonzales and his ilk have been systematically attempting to dismantle all of the work of the civil rights struggle, going as far as to protect white voters in Mississippi from discrimination, creating new "poll taxes" in Georgia (new ID law), changing legitimate votes (HAVA) to allow any group of bushies to hassle seniors, the working poor, or the military into having to go above and beyond any reasonable standard to have their vote counted.
Let's face it, Gonzales is a disgrace. It takes a disgusting person like himself to cynically cancel habeas corpus, the Geneva Convention, voter rights, and as much of the bill of rights as is possible in just a few years.
Hispanic Americans must be as proud of their first attorney general as African American women are about their first secretary of state.
We are becoming a second rate country thanks to this administration. I hope some of the folks with the W bumper stickers are having at least a little buyer's remorse.

So what's the deal with these leaked e-mails the National Journal is reporting? Showing Rove's involvement in the hiring and firing of the DoJ attorneys? Apparently, the White House purposely withheld them. http://news.nationaljournal.com/articles/070510nj1.htm

My reaction was sadness... profound sadness that republicans would sell out america for party loyality. A child can see what damage Gonzales and Rove politics have wrought to the justice department.
Shame on the republican members of the committee who betrayed our citizens trust.

I was glad to see the GOP get behind Gonzales. The dems were obnoxious and reminded me of high school thugs. This is a waste of time and money because Bush is going to stand behind him. Dems know that there is not enough time to fire him and try to confirm someone else, they just want to grandstand and the media acts like this is a big story.

Quoting from the article: "Regardless of the motives, Gonzales told Schiff, a former assistant U.S. attorney in California, that Domenici's disapproval of Iglesias was very determinative to his fate. Not having the confidence of the senior senator and the senior leadership in the department was enough for me to lose confidence in Mr. Iglesias," he said. NOTE THAT GONZALEZ HIMSELF DOES NOT HAVE THE CONFIDENCE OF SEVERAL SENATORS. Remember: being judged by one's own standards can be tough. Perhpas we should slacken here because Gonzalez must have no idea what he said. Wait a minute though. That's generally a problem for him, isn't it.

they are not even close to the core of it yet. the whole gop is rank with filthy corruption and it will take much oversight time and patience with liars to get to the truth.

You must have been watching different testimony. I heard him repeat almost word for word, the same prepared defense and web of deception that he brought up last month. It is truly a sad day in America when the AG cannot and will not understand that he represents all of the people not some of the people. A very sad day indeed.

Sad, disappointing, more of the same. When will WE take to the streets. When will WE start the revoltion? What will it take? Turn off the TV. Get off your fat arse and call your Reps.

AG is a what is wrong with America. All good things come to an end. The only positive behind all of this is that the American Public is getting a GREAT look at the GOP. Those that elect the GOP are as clueless at AG on the stand.

I blame You for this!

GWHBush,

You raise a good point. Hopefully this will finish off the GOP once and for all. They are out of touch with the American Public.

I voted for Bush in the last two elections, but I stopped drinking, quit the KKK and sold my Glock 9 mm. I actually registered as a DEM. I plan to vote for whomever is the DEM canidate in the next election. Black, white, woman or man.

I would even say...impeach cheney.

Frank from Alabama. I'm sorry for all that has happened, b/c of my dumb votes.

No accountability-ever.

I am, in a word, revolted by Gonzales.

Wouldn't it be worth the time to find a competent Attorney General?

Is this ineptitude TRULY acceptable to this administration?

They are inept in everything else, it seems, so why not this also? Is that the order of the hour? Get rid of them all. We need people with a brain and a conscience running our country.

These type of hearings always seem to center around the cover up, or appearance of such , than the actual original criminal offense.

Gonzales was completely at ease because Rove and Bush told him to relax, stick it out, We're not going to fire you no matter what. Let the impotent congress rant, we'll just sit back and ignore them. Make them impeach you, if they think they can.

These guys have managed to portray all criticism as simple Bush-hating politics. Meanwhile they've dragged this country into war, bankrupted the country, given away billions to their campaign contributors and infiltrated the Federal government with religious fanatics. How much longer is this horsesh*t going to go on?? Come on Congress, do your job and impeach this incompetent administration!

Is it true that former Attornet General Janet Reno (D)fired 94 Department of Justice Attorneys?

yes very true

I hope that Guantanamo detainees or other detainee don't read news to learn from Alberto Gonzalez. Otherwise, during terrorism interrogation, their answers will be "I don't remember ... I don't recall ... I wish I can answer your question ..."

As a Hispanic American, I am truly saddened and embarrassed by AG Gonzalez. This guy does not represent me or my views any more than Pat Robertson represents the views of the average American. This country deserves better. This is just one more example of George Bush's obsession with loyalty over competence on his appointments.

Alas, I fear I must "challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs,...and multimedia" in this forum, all others now blocked. Although my proclivity for Victorian language contains no profanity or personal attacks, yet I must be included in those who incline to "inappropriate comments" by damning the Post and its editorialists with faint praise. Too, the administration and its minions are often taken to task for mendacity and a childish approach to questions of national import. Once again, I need to point out the Attorney General has served his purpose in deflecting closer investigation of Karl Rove's shadowy operations within the West Wing. Certainly, his most recent performance before Congress suggests the strategy works wonderfully well. Now, we will see if this post is allowed or excluded once again, despite the lack of blue language or personal attack.

Next, we will try a little experiment. A post will appear under the old e-mail identity: now we will see if a post appears under the new userid, the one used to post for the past six weeks or so.

Most excellent - my current userid now appears to work on the blogs. Gentlemen, could you also work your little magic on the article comments and posts? I know there is something called Pluck running the comments window now and perhaps the new platform retains a few bugs. Perhaps fixing the platform to work properly wouldn't be terribly overtaxing for a major daily?

I watched most of the hearing the other night on the DVR while folding laundry. I got more from folding the laundry than I did from the hearing. In an earlier post, I referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as 'a clown show,' with Gonzales the guy in the big floppy shoes and honking nose. The senators did pretty well, even most of the Republicans. (Let's forget Orrin Hatch's disgraceful show.) At the House hearing, it was hard to count all the clowns. The ground rules under which they operate, with each member allowed only a few minutes of spotlight, almost insures not only that the questioning will be ineffective, but also that the questioners will come off as buffoonish bullies. "Here's my question, Mr. Attorney General, but don't try to answer because I've only got a few minutes. Here's the next question, and don't interrupt with an answer!" God forbid that these folks make some attempt to coordinate their questions so as to permit a coherent line of inquiry. A gaggle of geese is more organized than these congresspeople. On the other hand, it might make little difference if the questioners were organized since most of them don't know how to ask a decent question, how to listen to the answer, and how to follow up. "Q. What did you do then, Mr. Attorney General? A. I pulled out a knife and threatened to kill my chief of staff if he ever spilled the beans. Q. Fine. Now turning to another issue, . . . " Fulmination and bloviation are preferred to cross-examination. Hats off, however, to California representative Arthur Davis who was both knowledgable and skillful. It's too bad he was almost last man in the lineup of what seemed like hundreds of members of the committee.

R's: Hang in there with Gonzo, making it more certain you will also be out of a job in 2008.

What about the 500 or so emails that went to the wrong email addresses, that spelled out the plan to illegally pruge African-American G.I. serving in Iraq from the voters ranks? These people are using the same tactics of the past that prevented people of color from voting.

I agree with the above poster who stated that he voted for Bush II twice as did I but now he will vote for any Democrat black, white, Indian whatever for President and I will also as we must purge Government of as many repugnant republicans as possible. They have become cursed and a danger to the nation. Iraq, no-bid contracts, corruption, Gonzo and Wolfie, Bushies firing US attorneys,Katrina funds still not spent on housing rebuilding, talk about slow,stubborn and clueless Decider, the Pied Piper leading Moronic Repugnant Republicans over the cliff to their electoral deaths.