GOP dismisses Gonzales vote as 'political trick'

[sabra]

Source: CNN/AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Majority Democrats in the Senate are forcing their Republican colleagues on the record about whether embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should keep his job.

No one is predicting that a symbolic resolution expressing no confidence in Gonzales will survive even the test vote Monday. Most Republicans are likely to vote no, dismissing the whole exercise as a ploy to embarrass President Bush.

At a news conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, the last stop on a weeklong visit to Europe, the president reaffirmed his support for Gonzales, a longtime friend and legal adviser.

"They can have their votes of no-confidence but it's not going to make the determination about who serves in my government," Bush said Monday. "This process has been drug out a long time. ... It's political."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/11/senate.gonzales.ap/index.html

[Le Taz Hot]

1. I hate to say it,

but they're right. "No confidence." Oooohhhh!!!! :eyes:

[aquart]

5. It's the GOP that knows how very effective "political tricks" are.

No wonder they're so upset.

[Demeter]

2. The GOP Protests Too Much

I think they are actually scared of this--it's all spin and publicity, but those who live by the lies, die by the truth.

[wtmusic]

3. "Who serves in MY government"

Excuse me, Asshole, but the government belongs to the people.

Impeachment Now.

[zanne]

6. I can't believe he said that.

When they stop trying to hide it, you know it's bad.

[Handsome Pete]

4. Well, I guess the GOP would be the experts regarding "political tricks."

Just sayin'

[kimmylavin]

7. Jeez...

Did he really say "drug"?

[Kokonoe]

8. Democrats are tricking the msm into covering politics.

[On the Road]

9. So Did the Vote Take Place?

It's after 5PM in DC, and I haven't heard a peep about it.