Gonzales Fails To Follow Through On Pledge To ‘Straighten Out’ Lies He Told Sen. Pryor

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/21/gonzo-pryor-lie/

Gonzales Fails To Follow Through On Pledge To ‘Straighten Out’ Lies He Told Sen. Pryor

As noted by ThinkProgress yesterday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied to Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) when he pledged to him in late 2006 that he wanted “to go through a Senate confirmation” to get Tim Griffin installed as U.S. attorney. In truth, after hearing of Pryor’s opposition to Griffin, Gonzales and his chief of staff mobilized a plan to “gum the process to death,” run out the clock, and keep Griffin in office.

Angry over being lied to, Pryor said last month, “They didn’t proceed in good faith with me. And that’s one of the reasons why I think Attorney General Gonzales should resign immediately. I don’t think he has the credibility to run that department anymore.”

At the hearing on Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham offered some “personal advice” to Gonzales on the issue, which Gonzales pledged to take up:

GRAHAM: I would just advise you to sit down with and walk through what happened, because I think he’s a reasonable fellow, and you all straighten that out if you can.

GONZALES: Senator, I couldn’t agree more. I have a great deal of admiration for Senator Pryor, and I think that’s a good idea.

Apparently, Gonzales was paying mere lip service to Graham.

On Friday, Gonzales spent his day calling several conservative Senators, including John Cornyn and Arlen Specter. “The attorney general did call me today and he said he was just checking with senators to see how the hearing went,” Specter said Friday. But Gonzales couldn’t find time for Pryor:

s of Friday afternoon, Gonzales had not reached out to Pryor, the senator’s communications director, Michael Teague, told U.S. News. Teague said Pryor’s “door is always open” and that the senator “doesn’t have any reservations” about meeting with Gonzales but is not sure “what good it would do at this point.”

“They not only wrote the E-mail, they implemented that E-mail,” says Teague. “And Griffin still holds that position.” Teague said Pryor still feels lied to and still wants Gonzales to resign.

Maybe Gonzales simply “cannot recall” what he said on Thursday.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Gonzales never wants to meet with Pryor

or any Democrat, for that matter. I think he really buys the notion that he, like Bush, is above the law, above Congress.

Question: If Republican Senators decide that Gonzo needs to be impeached, will the Dems go along with it?

[babylonsister]

3. The repugs have pretty much made up their minds, but it's not their decision

to make. That would be the dim one's, and by all accounts, he's A-OK with the lil smurf as AG.
(Apologies to smurfs everywhere)

[rodeodance]

2. Maybe Gonzales simply “cannot recall” what he said on Thursday." HA HA

good ending!

[thecrow]

4. he was just checking with senators to see how the hearing went

:wtf:

Wasn't he there at that hearing?
Oh... he can't recall. Nevermind.

[L. Coyote]

5. BIG kick

[valerief]

6. Another failure. At least he's consistent. nt