BREAKING: The Attorney General of the United States is dumber than a bag of doorknobs.

[WilliamPitt]

Gonzales was just asked how he would act differently in implementing the decisions made regarding these USAGs. He needed to ask the definition of "implementing," saying, "By implementing, you mean what to do after the decision?" Amazing. Astonishing. The man before us is as unqualified an official as any we have seen...and boy howdy, that's saying a lot. No answers, no memory, and a 50-word vocabulary. Unreal.

Dumber than a bag of doorknobs...and really dumb doorknobs at that.

[JuniperLea]

1. I'll pit my box of hammers against him any day... n/t

[ChoralScholar]

57. I prefer a box of chicken beaks.

Just try and imagine how dumb THAT is. And then realize he's dumber than THAT!!!

[JuniperLea]

60. MY.BRAIN.HURTS!

I tried to imagine... can't do it. Nope. My brain won't let me go there:)

[SoCalDem]

63. Found Gonzo's Law school yearbook photo..you decide

[Generator]

2. That is exactly always been my impression of him!

Of course another du'er also nailed him by calling him a mealy-mouthed little prick.


WHY would anyone SMART attach their wagon to G.W. Bush? Yuck.

[Raven]

3. Will, it must be really bad because I

actually feel sorry for this man.

[WilliamPitt]

8. I don't

This was the guy who wrote the legal permissions for torture and the avoidance of Geneva restrictions, which gave us Abu Ghraib.

No sympathy.

[calimary]

35. I don't. In fact, I'd refer him to examinations for Alzheimer's for further

grounds to support his removal. Can we afford to have somebody with such a frickin' faulty memory in such a critical job? GEEZ.

I guess with this bunch, you only have to be smart enough to cover george w bush's tracks sufficiently when he's running for high office.


DEAREST SWEET GOD, we are SO poorly served.

[Ioo]

4. Dumber than a pillowcase of rocks

[sinkingfeeling]

5. And totally inept at lying, recalling what he did yesterday, or understanding what the hell

the American people think of him!

[graywarrior]

6. They showing this on CSPAN-3?

George probably thinks he brilliant, compared to his level of intelligence.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. He's nothing but a cheap texas lawyer bush crony

What you see is what you get.

[AlCzervik]

9. god sakes man he's just trying to "Clarify" his non recollections.

:D

[treestar]

10. It has always been tough for me to figure out how he passed the bar exam

Without realizing that torture and incognito detention would violate the constitution. If he missed that many questions on constitutional law, he must be a genius on the other subjects.

[quinnox]

11. lol

Damn how did he make it out of law school, he doesn't know what implementing means?!

Gonzales is the worst A.G. in history.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Whitehouse just had to spell a word for him!!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. some states don't have a bar exam.

you finish an accredited school, and you get sweared in-like, or sumsuch.

[AndyA]

12. I'm pretty sure I have a box of rocks at home that is smarter than Gonzo.

What an embarrassment and insult this man is to the American people.

Kind of like George Bush.

And Dick Cheney.

And Condi Rice.

Oh hell, just add the whole lot of them!

[quinnox]

22. Condi Rice takes the cake

but Damn it is close, Bush assembled a once in a lifetime collection of ghouls and idiots!

[BadgerKid]

13. In my cube, but could he just be being uncooperative? n/t

[WilliamPitt]

23. I've seen plenty of uncooperative.

This is like watching the interrogation of applesauce.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

14. Add my box of rocks, too. n/t

[Bluebear]

16. Definitely. Dumb as a stump. nt

[PA Democrat]

17. So what does that make the guy who hired him

and who is still firmly backing Gonzo?

[blondeatlast]

18. And pre-programmed to focus on covering up- the corruption, too.

These bastards honestly believed they would NEVER get called out on their crap. Now they don't know what to do.

Fucking scary.

[GoneOffShore]

19. And as ugly as a hat full of arseholes.

(Thanks Esra Star)

[niyad]

20. shouldn't we DEMAND that he be tested for alzheimer's or dementia?

[niyad]

25. "if his IQ were 3 points higher, he would be lint" (a favourite quote from a mystery story read many

years ago (title and other information forgotten, alas)

[calimary]

ROFL!!!

GREAT ONE! "...he would be LINT."

:thumbsup:

[xmas74]

24. That or he never left the mentality

of a high school debate club. They too would question every word and then try to define and redefine.

[jus_the_facts]

26. Lookit's....DUMB AND DUMBER

[ljm2002]

27. Not to put too fine a point on it...

...but his dumbness is hardly breaking news.

:-)

[HamdenRice]

28. I think he plays stupider than he is

He is asked to defend the indefensible. He is also told to answer questions about obviously felonious behavior without providing the information that would cause himself and others to be indicted.

So his schtick is to repeat himself, ask for clarification, make increasingly bizarre justifications, etc.

I don't think anyone can be as dumb as the act he puts on.

That said, I did not see his testimony today -- this is based on his past performances.

[smoogatz]

29. He has good reason to play dumb, in this circumstance.

Or dumber, anyway. It might keep him out of jail. It might also cost him his job, if he can be impeached for being a moron.

[supernova]

30. I said the same thing this morning...

:D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=700698&mesg_id=700698

[gatorboy]

31. Oh c'mon! He or Miers would've made fine Supreme Court Judges.

Yes sir, fine, fine judges of the highest court in our country...

YES, sir...


Oh, sweet Lord we are doomed....

[huskerlaw]

32. Sounds pretty typical of a BushCo employee

They don't know how to implement anything. He should go work on rebuilding Iraq. I assure you those jackasses haven't heard of the word either.

Though to be fair, it might be easier if they had a plan to implement... x(

[Rosemary2205]

33. He isn't stupid, he's evil and playing games. nt

[malaise]

34. That's as Breaking as

the fourth day of details of Anna Nicole's baby father.

[rhiannon55]

36. How did someone that dumb

get through law school? :shrug:

[blondeatlast]

37. Pre-programmed to COVER-UP; not stupid.

"What to do AFTER the decision?" Excuse me??? Can it be any more obvious that they never expected to be called on this shit?

[calimary]

41. OF COURSE they never expected to get caught.

ABSOLUTELY they never thought they'd get caught. Too arrogant. And they had too many templates for doing so for six years. At least, up til last November, that is. :evilgrin:

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Patrick "The RIGHTEOUS" Leahy is bringing up the kkkarl rove emails. I think I am IN LOVE!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

38. Do you notice that Gonzo looks like Babba-Looey looking up to

"Queeksdraw" McGraw (Bush) ???

Only he's as dumb as Bush, maybe more.

:evilgrin:

[stellanoir]

39. Who pray tell bags doorknobs anyhoo. . .?

Quite the imagery. LOL

But it IS truly sad and totally pathetic.

When I contemplate how truly trashed our justice and penal systems are because of this idiocy and all the innocents suffering and all these blatant criminal cruising around with falsely presumed impunity, my 50% 13th generational American blood starts to boil.

Hopefully, this day will be the metaphoric crack in the Liberty Bell.

Dunno where that image came from either.

Yikes.

[emulatorloo]

40. DUMB???? or a BOLD-FACED LIAR????????

I vote number 2.

[etherealtruth]

43. I am opting for both ...

He is a liar that happens to be a moron

[EFerrari]

42. He's not dumb but he is a bad actor. If he were simply stupid

he'd be much less dangerous.

[Dudley_DUright]

44. I think the Habeas Corpus comment on 1/18/07 takes the stupid grand prize,

but this is close.

Gonzales claimed the Court did not cite such a right, then added, “There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution.”

Specter pushed back. “Wait a minute. The constitution says you can’t take it away, except in the case of rebellion or invasion. Doesn’t that mean you have the right of habeas corpus, unless there is an invasion or rebellion?” Specter told Gonzales, “You may be treading on your interdiction and violating common sense, Mr. Attorney General.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/19/gonzales-habeas/

[BearSquirrel2]

45. Reagan knows just as much ...

Reagan knows just as much about the firings of these attorneys and he's DEAD!!! Maybe they should call Reagan's corpse to testify.

What is amazing to me is listening to him talk about how the attorney's in question "were aware" from the documentation. At no point will he cop to the fact that he never TOLD these attorney's that he was unhappy with their performance and would like prosecutions of "voter fraud" cases.

What is completely disturbing is the potential of people BELIEVING what Gonzalez is saying and still not wanting him to step down. The Attorney General of the United States apparently allows his assistant to fire Federal Attorneys (the people who actually get the work done) without even bothering to find out what their actual performance is.

At what point did we lose the concept that the people in charge should actually be ON TOP OF THINGS. That they should be competent and that they should know when they have to document things.

Of course Gonzalez is lying. But his lies completely indict his own competency and it is mind numbing that people can here that and have confidence in this guy.

[Mr. Ected]

46. DUMB? Are You Kidding?

What you're hearing is NOT stupidity.

It's the pathetic dissembling of a man who KNOWS the evidence has just condemned him, and that whatever mirage of a career he may have had has just disintegrated.

[firefox_fan]

58. Yeah, sure, the worst that can happen to him

is to be hired as a full professor at some good University and give 25K speeches to neocon audiences.

[ooglymoogly]

47. Zealotry, stupidity, idiocy, ignorance, fool, ludite...all....all...all

synonyms for DUMB and the entire b666sh cabal. Now add insanity and absolute power to that mix and you have the makings for the obliteration of civilization and even the planet. Have a nice day

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

48. Wait a minute...he's mastered "I don't recall".

Show me a doorknob that can utter those 3 words with such alacrity and regularity. Nor, are doorknobs known for their ability to lie, obfuscate, and avoid.

Now, if you were to compare the Boob-in-Chief's intellectual capabilities to a bag of mentally challenged doorknobs, you would have a case.

[Dudley_DUright]

53. But you do have to concede that doorknobs truthfully "can't recall",

even though they lack the ability to articulate that fact. :-)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

55. I would expect it to be a rare occurance that doorknobs would need to "not recall".

Or, not nearly as frequently as certain politicians and other criminals are required to.

[enid602]

49. secure

I don't think he'll have to worry about employment, though. I see a special teaching chair for him at Regent University Law School.

[spooky3]

50. incompetence makes one loyal

If you can't count on your performance to make you valuable to an employer, you have to depend on being a good suck up. Bad bosses love people like this because they will never make waves and can be counted on to carry out whatever the boss wants, which may be nothing at all. But the boss owns you then.

[Catherine Vincent]

51. You folks better be careful bad mouthing Gonzales like that.

This was a warning by a repuke woman on cspan this a.m. She said the Democrats better be careful bad mouthing Gonzales since he is the first latin attorney general this country has had.

Shame on you Democrats!

[underpants]

52. Did he have to "search my memory" for that one?

His little riff about not recalling the meeting but recalling that he made the decision but not recalling when the meeting took place and not recalling if he made the decision will be an all time classic. I will find footage and post it.

[butterfly77]

54. He and his boss are a matching set...

[kirby]

56. By Torture, you mean.... n/t

[katty]

59. he's bush's bitch...for a long time - not surprised

[LSK]

61. the REAL QUESTION IS

Who is dumber:

Gonzo

or

Sessions

????

[Bucky]

62. Personally, I don't find Gonzo's stupidity to be "breaking news"

This is a guy who seriously argued that since the Constitution doesn't authorize habeus corpus, it isn't a basic right. What, cause all that English Common Law stuff is just a bunch of quaint customs?

[Missy Vixen]

64. Actually, he's dumber than a box of hair

Doorknobs actually have a purpose.

I loved the woman who yelled out at the end "You said "I don't recall" over 70 times! How did you get through law school?"

Julie

[HCE SuiGeneris]

65. Sharp as a star, bright as a tack, and as useful

as a mud fencepost in a flash flood.

[lady lib]

66. Well, that might explain his prior misuse of the word "quaint."

n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

67. What were all the good things that Gonzo's done at DoJ since he's

been there? He just kept bringing up all those "Good Things" can we name any?

[Laurab]

68. I was wondering the exact same thing

every time he said it, and I couldn't think of one. It was just a talking point, to save him from another "I don't recall".

[grannylib]

69. Sharp as creamed corn. The man is a total moran. What the HELL did he

spend his "preparation" time doing?? His hair??? God knows it looked smoother than he did. What a fuckup.
Anyone ever tell that idjit that when yer in a hole, yew should quit diggin'??

[proud patriot]

70. Are You listening to Mike Malloy tonight Will ?

LOL ya got to catch the archive :loveya: you'll love it .

[tomp]

71. listening to him, i couldn't escape the thought...

...that he sounded exactly like bush and that they both SOUND like a boys, literally.

i was also struck by his comments of aplogy and regret about the firings. if he really feels that bad why not fire the new guys and rehire the old guys. instead it's, "i'm sorry, but i'm not going to do anything about it except lie."