Posted on 03/25/2007 6:52:53 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Key Senate Republicans on Sunday urged President George W. Bush to compromise with Congress over White House aides' testimony as support for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded further.
Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Gonzales would have to step down if he did not tell the truth when he told Congress that he was not involved in discussions about a group of fired U.S. prosecutors at the center of the Washington controversy.
Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and possible presidential candidate, told ABC's "This Week" that Gonzales lost credibility and Bush should "fix the problem" and avoid a court fight with Congress.
"I want them in the open, under oath, publicly, where both Republican senators and Democratic senators can ask questions," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont told CBS's "Face the Nation."
Specter said Bush should avoid a court fight and compromise with lawmakers.
"This matter is so important to the day-in and day-out functioning of the Department of Justice that the air has to be cleared," Specter said. "I think the president is wrong when he refuses to have a transcript."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, agreed.
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An honest man could answer them.
I have been nothing with honest with you. Time for you to be honest with yourself. Bush is at best a RINO. Judge him by his actions, not his words.
An honest man did.
It's over.
Please don't ping me again.
The usual suspects spewing the usual crap.
Keep your head in the sand...
Have a nice day...
You ARE dishonest.
"Arlen is there for us when we need him"
- President George W. Bush & PA Senator Rick Santorum, 2004
Fast forward...
2006: Santorum loses PA Senate race 60-40
2007: Bush approval ratings at all-time low
2007: Specter announces 2010 re-election campaign three years in advance in an attempt to ward off any conservative primary challenges
2007: OO - LMAO and definitely saying we told you so...
I never though that I would see anyone that could surrender faster than the French.
But the Republican Party in America showed me the error of my thinking.
I would like this post addressed to me deleted. It is offensive on many levels, and not just to me.
Thank you, Mod.
Lack of self control. Yet another failing of yours...
If true, that was a stupid thing to say.
Are Republicans allowed to say they misspoke or can only Democrats do that?
Give it up, Dead. I don't debate with dishonest people.
Thank you very much, Mr/Ms Mod. I very much appreciate that.
"Misspoke' is reserved for Democrats.
You poor pathetic creature...
There has been a false accusation of me in nearly every post you've written here. Your first attack on my faith (saying I was quoting Bible verses) was an outright lie. You have admitted trying to trap me with your trickery (i.e. lie) about my 'faith.'
You admitted it, and scoffed at me because I fell for it. Remember?
I understand you all too well, Dead. You are one of those on this forum who believe in situation ethics.
Lies about people who support President Bush are acceptable to you, and a handful of others who share your warped sense of right and wrong. Lies about me are fine because I deserve to be ridiculed.
I have posted 58,000 posts on this forum, and not ONE of them has contained a lie. And I say that before a Holy and Almighty God who will judge me for my sins.
Now stop this game.
You are dishonest, and you justify it because I support President Bush and to you that makes me fair game for any false charge you can manufacture in your dishonest psyche.
Now stop pinging me. I DON'T DEBATE WITH DISHONEST MEN.
This is the reason for not giving one dime to the GOP. Instead, aid individual candidates who will make a difference (although they are getting few and far between).
That should have been job one.
Bush will NEVER GIVE IN to a date of withdrawal.
Veto with extreme prejudice.
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