All the right things, like this about Alberto Gonzales:
Richardson: Yeah, I know. I'm rooting for him, I like the guy, I know him. I hope he survives, but he's got to clean up his act and at least know what's happening in his department. ...
Tavis: So you would not call for his stepping down right now.
Richardson: No, no. And you know what? Part of it maybe is because he's the highest-ranking Hispanic ever.
Tavis: But wrongdoing is wrongdoing, though. If he did wrong.
Richardson: Well, I think it's more a lack of attention, lack of a plan, lack of being thorough. He's too much the president's lawyer. He's too much of a political person. And I recognize that. ...
Richardson: ... But there's a human side to me. The guy's a very, very--came up from a very poor family, he's the highest-ranking Hispanic ever. Maybe I'm waiting a little more so that he cleans up his act before I join everybody else and try to, I guess, make some political hay out of this.
This Alberto Gonzales thing is why I hope with all my fiber that he is not the Pres. or VP nominee. Everyone gets excited about his position on Iraq, but for me Iraq is transparent. Transparent in the sense that we know roughly how many troops are there; we know the cost; and we know that Congress has the power to end it. Alberto Gonzales and this administrations' attack on the Constitution has not been transparent and we have only begin to reveal the depths of this man's corruption. 1. He thought torture was just fine (hence the moniker Abu Al). Abu Ghraib was a huge Black eye for America.
2. He has never fricking heard of habeas corpus.
3. He thought wiretapping without consulting the FISA Court perfectly fine.
4. He was instrumental in the abuse of the National Security Letters sent out by the FBI.
5. He corroborated with the White House to fire competent attorney (ones who followed the laws of the land) and replace them with political hacks, who wanted to prosecute things like non-existent voter fraud and other Democrats. He has packed the justice department with unqualified Regent University graduates, so much for separation of church and state.
6. He undermined the Civil Litigation's Division's case against the tobacco companies.
I'm just Jane Q Public, and I know enough to see that there isn't enough cleaning in the world to correct what Abu Al et al have done. It's more than political hay as far as I'm concerned. It makes Richardon a no-go for me.
