I am committed to assuring the Congress and the American public that nothing improper occurred here.

He is committed to assuring us of that, regardless of what reality is!

I mean how does that even qualify as clever?

He’s just promising us that he will deliver assurances!

He’s promising that he will make us feel assured!

He’s promising to be the very best propagandist he knows how to be, and he seems to think that making this promise helps his case.

And then the framing of the issue as a question of whether what happened was “proper” or not… as if the alternative that we the American people are concerned about is that something that happened was at worst “improper.” Actually, I was more concerned about illegal and impeachable… would you assure me that none of THAT took place too?

Here’s what he’s really saying:

“I am committed to assuring the Congress and the American public that, regardless of what may actually happened, nothing improper or illegal or worthy of impeachment occurred. My committment to doing so transcends any other committment to report on facts or communications that actually occurred. My commitment to assuring you is absolute and complete. I promise to say things that will leave this “nothing improper” impression in no uncertain terms. You will feel assured when I am done. I promise.”

Unf**kingbelieveable.

http://www.workingforchange.co…..ode=RSS101

I still say someone should just start laughing at Gonzalez while he spins his lies. He was taught by the masters – Rove-Sputin and his Boy Emperor.

Krugman has noticed this morning that, in essence, the whole country is laughing at this idiot – Bush – when he opens his mouth and pretends to tell the truth. The most amazing part is that he actually believes, not what he says, but he ACTUALLY BELIEVES PEOPLE BELIEVE HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. What denial.

If he ever read a newspaper, he would read this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04…..amp;emc=th

in the NYTimes this morning and know that the whole country is laughing at his lies. This article is a succinct, and sad tale about a political witch hunt in Wisconsin where a woman lost her house and went to jail so Rove, the Boy Emperor and their minion – US Attorney Biskupic could skewer the Dem governor and set the stage for a Repugnican victory there in 2008 – Preserve the Power of the GOP – like Nixon… BUT WORSE!

This article is STUNNING. Thank you, Puesto. This is well worth reading.

I was trying to read all the comments before commenting but I’m going to jump right in…

we face probably the most corrupt and lawless Administration we have ever had.

This needs to be shouting from the mountaintops in MSM…but alas, is anybody listening? I know I’m preaching to the choir. But jeez, even my old hero, Bob Woodward, is muttering cautious talking points now instead of aggressively pursuing the story.

On a more encouraging note meant for y’all: I, a regular citizen who is just starting to wake up from an apathetic coma set in during Watergate years, have contacted my Senator (Feinstein) twice (!) to keep up the good fight to restore checks and balances to our government. It must be a daunting task having so many ########### skittering away from the sunlight. Where to start fumigating in the worse criminal infestation ever?

I really do not identify with any political party but I do love our constitution! Maybe there should be a new Firedog party.

Soldier on!

nothing the guy has said is all that insulting or inaccurate.

he has an opinion.

he stated it, not too rudely.

so what?

methinks the lawyer crowd here protests too much over too little.

like commenter morris sheppard some days back,

the lawyer commenters here might do well to acknowledge some of the devious, unfair, corrupt, and illegal activities some lawyers engage in.

of course lawyers are mostly decent people and mostly decent professionals.

who says they are not?

but puesto is talking about power, not propriety.

as puesto says (more or less),

lawyers do hold a lot of power

and they do abuse it,

routinely and repeatedly.

is this true of all lawyers?

of course not.

is it true of enough lawyers to make a citizen like puesto or myself raise the issue of abuse of lawyerly power?

it certainly is.

heuristic:

let’s take the names of the lawyers who write at this site

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etc.

now

let’s make a list of the names of lawyers in the bush administration who have behaved in ways not normally deemed in the public interest (or pick your own criteria).

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etc, etc.

in our society (some)lawyers abuse the power of the law they hold.

the good lawyers here can engage in an orgy of congratulatory self-defense and feel real good at having done so,

but criticism of lawyers who abuse their power from lawyer posters and commenters at this cite would, i think,

have been more in keeping with the spirit of firedoglake.

what if, it was Bush who ordered the firings?? would we know?

And would that finish the whole thing? In other words, since these people all serve at the whim of the King/Preznit, if he steps up and says that he personally TOLD Gonzales to do it (after Cheney and Rove ‘decided’ who to fire and told him) won’t it be another ‘non-criminal’ lie like all the other ‘non-criminal’ lies (WMD’s, Plame, Katrina…) This non-criminal lie hasn’t even killed anybody.

For the record, I firmly believe because of the fact that the Preznit and his minions LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED LIED about the ‘evidence’ of mass destruction (that fed into THEIR preordained WAR LUST) that they should all be impeached. ALL THE STUFF THAT’S HAPPENED SINCE THEIR BIG HUGE ENOURMOUS WMD LIE HAS BEEN TRIVIAL IN COMPARISON.

Enjoy.

Josiah Bartlett @
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rxbusa @ 116

One thing I have never understood is why everyone denies responsibility for firing the US Attorneys. Doesn’t someone have to actually fire them? Did they just get poofed into fairy dust by an invisible hand?

Who is supposed to fire them when they need firing?

This one’s easy. It’s supposed to be the President, the whole President and nothing but the President.

So how come he denies it, too?

They say that sometimes the truth hurts.

rxbusa @ 116

One thing I have never understood is why everyone denies responsibility for firing the US Attorneys. Doesn’t someone have to actually fire them? Did they just get poofed into fairy dust by an invisible hand?

Who is supposed to fire them when they need firing?

This one’s easy. It’s supposed to be the President, the whole President and nothing but the President.

So how come he denies it, too?