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  • Yes, the Democrat majority could be acting to solve this country's problems, or...

    ...they could engage a do-nothing game of "Gotcha"

    Senate To Hold Confidence Vote On Gonzales
    Top GOP Senator To Vote With Democrats

    WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he is not paying much attention to a test vote in the Senate Monday for a no-confidence resolution against him.

    Speaking in Miami, Gonzales said he will instead be "focusing on what the American people expect of the attorney general."

    The vote is scheduled to be held at 5:30 p.m. EDT Monday after one hour of debate.

    There are some in Congress who said Gonzales hasn't done that nearly enough, and the actual resolution said the Senate senses he "no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people."

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he thinks the president will pay little attention to the debate or the test vote.

    Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said he will vote for a no-confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

    Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he shares the concern of other Republicans that the resolution is an effort by Democrats to embarrass President George W. Bush.

    But Specter has long said that Gonzales showed poor leadership on a host of issues, including the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

    Despite Specter's decision and calls by other Senate Republicans for Gonzales to resign, no one has been predicting that the symbolic no-confidence resolution will survive even today's test vote.

    Bush said earlier Monday that Gonzales still has his support and that he considers the no-confidence resolution to be "political."

    At a news conference Monday in Bulgaria, the president said the vote won't determine who serves in his government.

    "I'll make the determination as to whether he's effective," Bush said.

    White House spokesman Tony Snow, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," brushed off the impending vote as "purely symbolic."

    No one is predicting that the symbolic no-confidence resolution will survive even a test vote. But not many of the Senate's 100 members are rushing to defend Gonzales.

    What goodwill remained after the firings of eight federal prosecutors seemed to fade after the attorney general told a Senate committee dozens of times he could not recall key details.

    The resolution itself is only one sentence: "It is the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people."

  • #2
    Re: Yes, the Democrat majority could be acting to solve this country's problems, or..

    Originally posted by Zkribbler
    ...they could engage a do-nothing game of "Gotcha"
    QFT. I had some foolish idealistic hope that the new Congress would last just a little while before reverting to its normal condition.

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    • #3
      No you didnt kuciwalker. you're not that young and idealistic anymore.
      "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
      'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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      • #4
        It will pass and many Republicans will vote for it because they agree Gonzo is a criminal.

        That said it is kind of pointless in so far that they can't remove Gonzo. It is helpful in so far as it highlights what a ****ing criminal Gonzo is and adds to the pressure to have him removed. I'm anti-impeachment but the firing of US Attorneys for investigating Bush's cronies is a blow to Constitutional government just like Bush's illegal wire taping is a blow to Constitutional Government. Congress pass and the President signed a law specifying how wire taps can be done in a legal way yet Bush just ignores this law. That is criminal.
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        • #5
          Then impeach him.

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          • #6
            I'd settle for getting rid of Gonzo and hobbling him for the remaining year and a half. Limit the damage he can do.
            Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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            • #7
              Here I thought it just highlighted how anti-brown people the Dems were.
              "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

              “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.†- Jimmy Carter

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              • #8
                Hey! We gotta brown guy running for Prez. Do you?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Zkribbler
                  Hey! We gotta brown guy running for Prez. Do you?
                  Two brown guys, actually.
                  "I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin

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                  • #10
                    Actually, it's one brown guy and a chocolate/vanilla swirl.
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                    • #11
                      Failed 53-38 (needed 60, fell short by 7) along party lines except for a few Republicans voting yea and weasel Lieberman voting no.
                      The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                      The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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                      • #12
                        Joe
                        KH FOR OWNER!
                        ASHER FOR CEO!!
                        GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!

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                        • #13
                          I assume that there were 9 that didn't even consider the meaningless measure worth the Senate's time.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
                            Joe
                            Good to know you likes yourself some douche bags...
                            The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.

                            The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by DinoDoc
                              I assume that there were 9 that didn't even consider the meaningless measure worth the Senate's time.
                              Hey, the vote was at 5:30

                              The vote is scheduled to be held at 5:30 p.m. EDT Monday after one hour of debate.
                              ...don't they know what time Happy Hour starts?!

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