Posted on 03/20/2007 6:17:49 AM PDT by WBL 1952
You're not "confused".
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I'm not the biggest Bush fan in the world, but I'm getting sick of people dumping on him for this. The fract is, Gonzales is a lousy Attorney General and he screwed up. Bad. Pres. Bush should not use one bit of his political capital covering for him.
If the President caves on Gonzales, stick a fork in him because he's done.
This is good news. The White House didn't have to leak this info if it didn't want to. The question is will Gonzales resign anyway. He saw what happened to Scooter Libby and maybe he wants to avoid that fate.
I didn't think that President Bush would throw his friend overboard. They are old friends from Texas and Gonzales helped President Bush tremendously with that DUI thing. You just don't abandon friends like that in their time of need.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE . . .
Predictably, 'conservatives' and 'Freepers' have chosen to attack rather than support the President during this difficult time . . . What did 'conservatives' think was going to happen after the 2006 elections? Weren't we all warned?
BTW: Does anyone remember what happened to Reagan and his administration in 1987 and most of 1988?!
Well, I do; it was a nightmare! If you recall, Reagan was so politically and personally shaken by the Iran-Contra scandal, the Stock Market crash and the resulting Democrat/media feeding frenzy that the White House DRASTICALLY curtailed his public appearances (PARTICULARLY his press conferences).
Additionally, Reagan was 'forced' to make MULTIPLE changes in both his cabinet and White House staff:
CHANGES IN PRESIDENT REAGAN'S CABINET, 1987
--Carlucci replaced Casper Weinberger at Defense
--new Secretary of Commerce
--new Secretary of Labor
--new Secretary of Transportation
Shortly thereafter, Thornburgh replaced Meese at Justice to become Reagan's THIRD Attorney General.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101271.html
CHANGES IN PRESIDENT REAGAN'S WHITE HOUSE STAFF, 1987
-- Howard Baker replaced Donald Regan as Reagan's Chief of Staff. Baker was subsequently replaced by Ken Duberstein. In total, Reagan employed FOUR Chiefs of Staff!
WE ALL NEED TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND REMEMBER: Libertarian and 'purist' conservative voters put the President in the position he finds himself in today -- attacked on all sides by political opportunists and media sycophants . . . He's TRYING to make the most of a bad situation AND win a war in the process!!!!
[BTW: The adolescent sniping/pettiness at FR is REALLY getting old!]
None of our leaders nor the people they lead are perfect. Let us pray for, not curse, them.
He is a typical business exectutive (Hawvad MBA dontcha know). Everyone I ever met demanded absolute loyalty but would never give it in return. Moment you were in trouble, you're on your own. The only reward a guy like that gives is promotions to his cronies....... who are most likely to be loyal.
Read it and weep. I wondered what a business man would be like as prez......can't say I like it any better than trying to survive in business.
I'm betting Gonzalez survives this and the whole non-issue blows over. The Dems will be onto a new phony scandal by this time next week.
I could understand why he did not do so the first days of his first term - maybe feeling he was not politically powerful enough? It is understandable - but after 9/11 he should just have fired all the Clinton left overs - a bunch who I consider responsible for setting the ground work for 9/11.
Not in character, not in morality, not in strength, not in resolve to fight the War on Terror.
Not at all.
Well, he sure has had me fooled all these years. Something about the guy has changed. Not on the war effort, in most cases, where I think he has changed a lot of his attitude about winning. But, he sure as hell sounds different on things than he did 4 or 5 years ago. Right now, basically, he is inept, in different, unable to govern. He has basically lost it in my opinion. And like A-holes, we all have one. You can love him if you desire. That is fine. But, I think Bush has hit the wall. He is done governing. He is just riding out his time. He will get little accomplished by Jan 20, 2009.
They've confused wishful thinking with news reporting.
Yep. I had hoped that hiring the Snowman would help put some common sense back into the Bush Adminsitration's public image control, but clearly it hasn't. Must be really, really frustrating for Snow.....
"You are doing a heck of a job, Alberto"
Maybe down here, at least at that time, some pols were Texans first and partisans second. He thought he could take that to Wash DC and do the same thing. Unfortunately, the rats are NOT Americans first and partisans second.
Looks as though the dems will get their way as usual. Repubics hanging their own out to dry. Cant wait until we have an administration that has a spine.
It's going to be difficult finding another pro-amnesty, anti-Border Patrol attorney general like Gonzales.
Bush: "Alberto, I support your irresistable desire to resign immediately."
And yet they don't. They allow it to continue.
I think its the "scandal" the president wants. Scooter Libby and the V.P. are no longer in the press and Dubya's Promises to Latin America tour was virtually uncovered , especially those promises to work hard for mexican immigration.
This is a huge deflection the white house loves.
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