i have been deposed

and the last time, they flew three lawyers up from georgia (i don't fly well) to question me. i said 'i don't know' MANY times. however, with ME, it was true. i DIDN'T know because i had NOTHING to do with the situation they were asking about.

i was doing some errands yesterday and had npr on in the car. i truly forgot gonzo was going to be 'testifying'. i just lucked out. the commentators on the radio broadcast (this is my interpretation of course) were saying what a dope gonzo was BUT they had never seen or heard anything like what was going on. how even republicans were dissing the gonz YET EVERYONE sort of pitied him (i didn't detect any pity but then again, i listened to very little actual testimony). one of the analysts then said something about how NO ONE was making the gonz give an ACTUAL REAL answer to THE question. how he denied giving his permission to his 'staff' to do some axing yet the axing indeed took place. WHO was running the SHOW???



Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill


By Dana Milbank Friday, April 20, 2007; Page A02
Alberto Gonzales's tenure as attorney general was pronounced dead at 3:02 p.m. yesterday by Tom Coburn, M.D.
The good doctor, who also happens to be a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made this clinical judgment after watching Gonzales suffer through four hours of painful testimony. The Oklahoman listed the cause of death as management failure and other complications of the Justice Department's firing of eight federal prosecutors.........

...............The hearing was billed as Gonzales's chance to explain the contradictions, omissions and falsehoods in his response to the firings. But instead of contrition, the attorney general treated the committee to a mixture of arrogance, combativeness and amnesia. Even his would-be defenders on the Republican side were appalled.................

Senators Renew Bipartisan Call for Gonzales to Go

by Pam Fessler

NPR.org, April 19, 2007 · Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced renewed calls for his resignation Thursday during a contentious daylong hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. After lengthy questioning about what led to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year, both Democrats and Republicans said they had lost confidence in the attorney general and his handling of the department.
"The best way to put this behind us is your resignation," Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said..........

...............The hearing shed little light on the role of the White House in the firings. Gonzales acknowledged that he had a conversation with chief White House political adviser Karl Rove and President Bush about complaints that former U.S. attorney David Iglesias was not pursuing voter fraud cases more aggressively in New Mexico. But Gonzales said he did not know how and when Iglesias' name was added to the list of those recommended for firing, although he said he was not "surprised" to see the name ..............