Specter: "We can do without an Attorney General for 6 months.""
posted by
Wally
6:33 AM
Even though Alberto Gonzales has now come out and written a letter admitting that he used confusing and misleading language during his testimony before the Senate Judicial Committee, Arlen Specter (R-PA) still is avoiding pressing perjury charges.Specter, too, said Gonzales misled the committee. But Specter said the attorney general's testimony did not amount to perjury; it was a crucial if reluctant vote of support.
"I don't think he did try to provide frank answers," Specter said. "It was more than confusion, it was misleading." So wait a minute Arlen. You're saying that the Attorney General intentionally misled you while testifying under oath. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "intentionally misleading" the same thing as "lying"? If the top law enforcement agent in the nation can get away with "intentionally misleading" Congress while testifying under oath, then the law no longer exists in this country, and (as many of us have suspected for a long time) the hearings are a joke. Enough of the charade Arlen. Shut up, pack up your stuff, and go home. Your services are no longer needed.
While wimping out and not wanting to anger George or Dick or Karl with a perjury charge or call for Fredo's resignation, at least Senator Specter was able to bring himself to pay lip service to diminishing the Attorney General's powers.At one point, Specter said Gonzales should not have any say in the intelligence gathering at issue. "This is a temporary bill at most," the senator said. "I think we can do without an attorney general for six months, we've done without one for a long time." It seems that he's telling Gonzo "you can stay in your nice plush office with your high falluting title and bigass taxpayer funded paycheck, but don't do anything." Where do I sign up for that job?
Of course, it's just Arlen Specter mouthing off again. If his long history in the Senate is any indication, when it comes time to act on his words, he'll puss out again and do whatever Rove and Cheney tell him to do.
That being said, it's still fun to hear a high ranking Republican bitch-slapping Georgie's boy.
Misleading = Lying
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