Dems Say No to Gonzales Date Change Bid

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Dems Say No to Gonzales Date Change Bid
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Apr 1, 2:16 PM (ET)

By BEN FELLER

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House scrambled Sunday to move up Attorney Alberto Gonzales' planned testimony to Congress on April 17 about his involvement in firing eight federal prosecutors, only to get a cold shoulder from majority Democrats.

The effort reflected the frustration by Republican senators and the White House itself over how long it is taking the embattled attorney general to explain himself under oath. Congress has just begun a vacation - one week for the Senate, two for the House.

In a sign of Gonzales' diminished standing on Capitol Hill, the Senate GOP leader offered lukewarm support for the nation's top law enforcer, whose inconsistent explanations about the dismissals have become a distraction for the Bush administration.


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears at a round table discussion with law enforcement officials about his Project Safe Childhood initiative in Boston, Friday, March 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Asked directly if he has confidence in Gonzales, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said: "I can honestly say the president does."

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. Remember that old bit from the Nixon years about

"twisting, twisting slowly in the wind..."

Indeed.

[Tom Joad]

2. oh god, let him decide the Friday before to quit.. and let it be reported

at 1:13pm Then me and all my homies will have ice cream for a year!

http://www.truemajority.org/gonzales/

[eleny]

3. You really *do have an ice cream bet...

Hope it's homemade!

[Tom Joad]

4. Ben and Jerry's -- What more can a man ask for?

[eleny]

5. Good tasting stuff - yes

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Hmmmm Waxman wants Condi in a different hearing on April 18, and...

WH wants Gonzo to testify about the AGs on April 17...

Hmmmm.....think the dates coul dmean a way to try and diminish Gonzo media story exposure impact over having 'Sleeza the BIG NEWS item the following day?

[sutz12]

7. "iconsistent explanations"

I guess that's the new term for lying. :shrug:

[peacetalksforall]

8. Plus 'prevaricate' - Hatch hatched TPT this AM..

Think we should use prevaricate for fun? If this is any fun. Watching our country make fools of us.

[BlueStater]

9. Why do we have to wait until the middle of April for him to testify? n/t

[skids]

10. Maybe they are worried...

...people will be too disgusted to pay their taxes. :-)

[bemildred]

11. This is bullshit.

They know Congress is in recess, and they are trying to spin it that Gonzo wants to exonerate himself.

[yellowcanine]

12. They know that more time spent in the districts will erode support for Gonzo

in Congress - that is why they would like to move it up. Very undemocratic of the WH. Why don't they want to give congress people a chance to discuss this with their constituents? Some whippersnapper reporter should ask the WH that.

[thecrow]

13. The WH wants to mess up Congress' vacations is all

plain and simple.
What's the hurry? Yawn.....
Let him be known as the lying piece of %*^% he is for as long as possible whilst the Congress reads . digests, and sets up questioning of the thousands of emails they have that were sent out on RNC servers to sidestep being placed in the pResidential record.