> Yesterday Bush nominated Alberto Gonzales to fill John Ashcroft’s shoes as Attorney General. Gonzales is commonly known as The Torture Guy, the lawyer who called the Geneva Conventions “quaint”, cooked up excuses for the US to get away with torturing prisoners, and designed the unconstitutional military tribunal system for Gitmo.
What you might not know, is that Gonzales has a host of other notable accomplishments, which include these facts…
Gonzalez has never tried a case ever – either civil or criminal – but that didn’t stop Bush from appointing him to the Texas Supreme Court after he spent 13 years at Enron’s law firm in Texas.
Gonzalez has never published anything in a legal journal ever.
Gonzalez is the guy who kept Cheney’s Energy Task Force secret
Gonzalez has headed up the judicial selection committee for Bush, which means he’s responsible for the neanderthals that Bush has appointed to federal judgeships.
Alberto Gonzalez – The Torture Guy. A man with no business being confirmed as Attorney General, but a man who nevertheless will, just because he’s not as terrifying as Dancing John Ashcroft.
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“The Torture Memo”
http://wid.ap.org/documents/doj/gonzales.pdf
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AG! Yikes! This is freaky:
Alberto Gonzales
Abu Ghraib
Attorney General
The confirmation hearings for this new Attorney General is an example of how the Dems could start hammering away at the GOP – but do they have the balls? What an opportunity! I know you have to pick your battles, but why make it easy for Bush? It would symbolize of a new resolve to challenge the GOP leadership.
