Editorial: Another brick in the wall (Star Tribune re: Gonzoman)

[struggle4progress]

Gonzales draws fire, but he's part of a larger pattern.
Published: July 28, 2007

No, that's not a laugh track. What you hear in the background as you watch Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testify before a Senate committee is real laughter from a live audience. It is how people respond when they hear or see something ridiculous. ~snip~

"Did the president ask you to go?" "We were there on behalf of the president of the United States," Gonzales replied.

"I didn't ask you that," Schumer responded. "Did the president ask you to go?" "Senator, we were there on behalf of the president of the United States." For good measure, he denied that the topic he'd wanted to discuss with Ashcroft was the domestic surveillance program that later became public, suggesting the existence of a different intelligence initiative that required Justice Department certification. If that's true, it's alarming; if not, it's actionable. ~snip~

But Tuesday's hearings were part of something that more closely resembles tragedy than comedy. For one thing, the matters being discussed were serious -- among them Guantanamo, a death-penalty case, an executive order on torture and the political abuse of government office. For another, Gonzales' repeated obfuscations, self-contradictions and nonresponsive responses were but a single rock in a bigger stone wall the White House is building. ~snip~

http://www.startribune.com/561/story/1329276.html

[DS1]

1. Well, it certainly fits in with the "We don't need no education" crowd

[KoKo]

2. If Gonzo was a Democrat would Media have reported the Laughter that took place every time Gonzo lied

Somehow I think they would have. At least Fox would have. Yet, I saw no mention on the Cables of the ridicule of Gonzales by the "PEOPLE" in the Gallery who heard him.

It was important to point that out....but unless I missed it...I didn't see anything anywhere about it from the M$M.