Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute – Uh huh

[Caro]

Don’t be fooled by this silly posturing, friends. It has the mark of Karl Rove all over it. This “leak” is a way to keep this controversy on the front page, relegating more substantive discussion of all the administration’s failures to the back pages.

Am I the only one asking the question why the only Democratic congressman under investigation had his office raided? They never even raided Duke Cunningham’s office, and he pleaded guilty. It’s a typical Karl Rove twofer—smear a Democrat while pushing your boss’s failures out of the public eye.

From The New York Times:

Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute

WASHINGTON, May 26 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, and senior officials and career prosecutors at the Justice Department told associates this week that they were prepared to quit if the White House directed them to relinquish evidence seized in a bitterly disputed search of a House member's office, government officials said Friday…

The potential showdown was averted Thursday when President Bush ordered the evidence to be sealed for 45 days to give Congress and the Justice Department a chance to work out a deal.

The evidence was seized by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents last Saturday night in a search of the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana…

The possibility of resignations underscored the gravity of the crisis that gripped the Justice Department as the administration grappled with how to balance the pressure from its own party on Capitol Hill against the principle that a criminal investigation, especially one involving a member of Congress, should be kept well clear of political considerations…

“Well clear of political considerations” means political considerations are at the FOREFRONT of this move. Again, it’s the way Karl works—deny you’re doing what you’re doing before anyone even has a chance to accuse you of it. It’s high time the corporate media got wise to his machinations.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[flordehinojos]

1. gonzalez loves his ass too much..and as a man with no center he will say

whatever it takes to keep his asinine lies at the center of power.

[lindisfarne]

2. My feeling exactly. Yesterday, the docs were sealed and just those

involved in the investigation could see them. Has that changed? Because if it hasn't, I don't see how * has done anything because technically (and I know * changes the rules arbitrarily), shouldn't only those involved in the investigation see them anyhow???

This is just a way to allow the justice dept. to continue to move forward and to make it look like * is concerned about checks and balances. Which is ludicrous.

[liberal N proud]

3. Smoke and mirrors!

[BeatleBoot]

4. And it keeps Jefferson as the main point on corruption.

[NJ_Lib]

5. Suddenly, they're principled, upstanding...

...men, who will stand up for what's right at any cost...

:rofl:


Too much...

[applegrove]

6. Actually - MSM pointed out that by demanding their rights to privacy..

Republican congress was looking pretty damned "special" considering the rights of all citizens are trampled under NSA.

I'd still like to know more about the leak to ABC. Seems justice department denies it.

[Caro]

8. Another head fake?

Only time will tell.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[liberalnurse]

7. The more I hear from the right.....

the more I get the feeling this was a set-up all along. Jefferson did take the bait but the right appears to be way to faux in their protest style. It's too easy!

[leesa]

9. Another GOP manufactured non-issue for the "news" hacks to fret about

[Supersedeas]

10. I agree....the whole affair is a sham

[lindisfarne]

11. Maybe the rep. Senators and Congresspeople are nervous about

their office being next (I'll bet there's been a lot of sorting, throwing, and organizing going on in those offices the last few days). But I suspect it goes deeper than that with the admin. working together with them to achieve repub. objectives. * does what he wants, congress has an outcry, a "solution" is found which still allows * to do what he wants.