Kerry Calls On President Bush to Fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez

[whometense]

heh.

Kerry Calls On President Bush to Fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez



FBI privacy abuses, U.S. Attorney Purge Show Lack of Judgment





WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator John Kerry today said that President Bush should immediately fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez because of a continuing series of incompetent blunders. Kerry also promised to work with colleagues in Congress who are demanding details on what appears to be the politically-motivated firing of US prosecutors, and suggested that presidential advisor Karl Rove should also be compelled to testify.



“I’ve had concerns about the qualifications of Gonzalez since before he took the job, when we learned that he was one of the Administration’s architects of the infamous detention and interrogation policies,” Kerry said today.



"Neither Attorney General Gonzales politically calibrated news conference, nor the Administration's efforts to turn his chief of staff into the latest fall guy, change the fact that there must be accountability from the top down. If the Attorney General was serious about taking responsibility for otherwise un-justifiable terminations, he would reinstate the 8 qualified U.S. attorneys who have suffered the most from this injustice.”



“It’s disappointing to hear that the White House had an even larger role in orchestrating the firing of competent prosecutors and it makes me question how the Justice Department is being run on a daily basis. In addition, the recent report about DOJ’s use of National Security Letters (NSL) to obtain otherwise private information about American citizens revealed glaring abuses of an already too-lenient law. When we in Congress ordered the investigation, we had no idea that the trail of abuse and deception would reach go so far,” Kerry added.



“I will work with my colleagues in the weeks ahead to ensure that these types of abuses never happen again,” added Kerry, who was one of 36 senators to vote against the confirmation of Gonzalez.



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[fooj]

Thank you, Senator Kerry.

:patriot:

[babylonsister]

1. YES! Thank you, Senator Kerry! (and whometense!) K&N! nt

[whometense]

2. oops - forgot the link

Here: http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/record.cfm?id=270585

[saltpoint]

3. A President Kerry would never have appointed the little monster in the

first place.

Go, John.

[politicasista]

4. K&R

Thanks Senator Kerry! :kick:



:patriot:

[beachmom]

5. K & R. That guy needs to be gone by the end of the week. nt

[saltpoint]

6. Yep. Or even by quarter to eight this evening.

The voices we hear today calling for Abu's resignation won't be the last ones to weigh in.

I bet your schedue is exactly right.

[Gregorian]

7. Momemntum.

It's moving.

I called Waxman's office, about Sibel Edmonds. They're taking a count of callers.

The whole ball is rolling now. I don't think it's going to slow down.


Yes!

[whometense]

12. Great news.

Thanks for that.

And thank god for fearless reps like Waxman. Too few of them around.

[PresidentObama]

8. More impressed with him by the minute, thank you Senator Kerry!! K&R

:kick:

[mikelgb]

9. LOL

you can't fire someone for something you told them to do and worked with them on...

[ProSense]

11. Wait,

Bush has admitted that?

Bush should fire Gonzales, if he resigns great.

[mikelgb]

10. Shumer's call for resignation is the right one.

Add a demand for the entire administration to resign, starting with Bush and Cheney, and it is perfect.

[hvn_nbr_2]

13. I call on Congress to fire pResident Bush. nt

[BlueIris]

14. Nice work, Senator K.

::snuggles::

[David Zephyr]

15. John Kerry rocks.

Senator Kerry steps out again!

[_dynamicdems]

16. Oh, I really like this part...

“It’s disappointing to hear that the White House had an even larger role in orchestrating the firing of competent prosecutors and it makes me question how the Justice Department is being run on a daily basis. In addition, the recent report about DOJ’s use of National Security Letters (NSL) to obtain otherwise private information about American citizens revealed glaring abuses of an already too-lenient law. When we in Congress ordered the investigation, we had no idea that the trail of abuse and deception would reach go so far” Kerry added.

Wow! JK doesn't have to shout or rant to send a very pointed message. If this wasn't a shot across the bow, I don't know what is. Cool as ice.

[rox63]

17. As a former prosecutor himself, Senator Kerry knows what he's talking about here

I'm very proud to have him as my Senator. :patriot:

[MeDeMax]

18. as always senator, YOU THE MAN !

[kerstin]

19. Nonpresidential candidate Kerry is much more dangerous

than presidential candidate Kerry.

The Bush cabal is going to rue the day they pulled that "botched joke" stunt.

Encore, Senator Kerry, encore!:applause:

[mloutre]

20. Yep. BWAH-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... n/t