Congress should impeach Gonzalez and use what they learn in the process to prepare for the impeachment of the Vice President and eventually the President.

When this thing first started, I assumed that Gonzo was lying about what he knew, or was so incompetent that he had no idea what people who worked directly for him were doing, or was just so stupid that he would sign anything that those people gave him. As it turns out, he hit the trifecta — he's all 3 - a liar, incompetent, AND stupid!!

"I think we can start a impeachment process on whether the Attorney General or anyone else has commited any crimes."

Folks - can ANYONE tell us what crime was committed that began this whole investigation?

Albert Gonzales can be called bumbling, incoherent - whatever you like… but a "criminal" won't stick. He is on solid legal ground (as is the President) for firing ANY US attorney for WHATEVER reason they decide.

Gonzales will not be impeached. Nor will President Bush or Chaney. Democrats will be exposed for their true motive - vengence. Mad because Bush was elected twice, Mad because Clinton was impeached (proven perjury and obstructed justice by the way).

Yes this is what Americans want - congress playing tit-for-tat.

I have never understood when congress is investigating officials for wrong doings some people object to it. Calling it a waste of time and congress should be doing more important things. What is more important than to make sure the officials we place in office is doing the job they were hired to do? Even if the investigation didn't pan out. The congress is still making sure they are a stable institution. Sorry to beat a dead horse, but if congress can impeach a President for lying about sexual affairs I think we can start a impeachment process on whether the Attorney General or anyone else has commited any crimes.

They have nothing better to do??

To Glen in B'ham, yes they do have a job to do and for the first time in 7 years, they are actually doing it. It's about time we saw some real oversight and not just puppets running Congress. I'm sure, if you're "one of them," you think Gonzeles is doing a heck of a job, just like Brownie did!!

He needs to go and take Bush and Chainy with him.

This part of their job. Off with the lying lawyers, Cheneyites, and sneaky Bushies.

Allen,

Didn't Senator Arlen Specter and several other prominent Republican members of the House and Senate call for Gonzales to resign? I suppose they're a joke too?

it's about time… AG needs to go….

Dont these people have a job to do?

Can you name one administration official that does not have a cloud of suspicion around them? This is the most secretive, living on the edge of the law administration that I have ever seen. I say it's about time someone in the executive branch was actually held to a standard of decency, justice, and competence.

Dimwit? Dimwit you say?

When George is the poster boy for the inarticulate, uneducated, redneck Forrest Gumps still crippling this nation?

No, we are desperately trying to save a nation that will still allow you to have an opinion, one without a state religion, one without all the trappings of the Orwellian nightmare.

Orwell? He was an author. You know, a book.

Nevermind….

Allen,

Impeachment is the wrong thing to do. Rounding them up and sending them all to prison, preferably not on U.S. soil would be appropriate for the treasonous
“WE THE PEOPLE

Many religious leaders across the United States questioned the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to serve as the Attorney General of the United States – I was one of them. Gonzales already had a reputation at that point for being dishonest but worse than that he was also the one who gave the White House the (faulty and immoral) legal justification for torturing so-called enemy combatants.

His tenure at the Justice Department has resulted in one scandal after another and even Republicans in the U.S. Senate are calling on him to resign or for the president to fire him. Each time he testifies before Congress he tells one lie after another to either protect himself or his masters in the West Wing.

Impeachment may be necessary to restore law and order to the nation. Mr. Gonzales needs to be removed.

Rev. Chuck Currie

Allen, you're a fool if you truly think the Republicans give a damn about you - and you don't make a six-figure salary. Gonzalez is incompetent and an embarrassment.

Are there any adults in the DNC anymore? They run as conservatives during the elections but always show their true colors (i.e. the white flag). They truly are this country's weakest link!

It's about time they started using the impeachment process. As Americans we have to see if these people are breaking the laws of our constitution. They are and they should not be in office. The whole executive branch should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. They have all broken the laws of the constitution: From going to war without declaring it to firing attorneys for political reasons. If we don't start a impeachment process we are only setting a precedent for future administrations.

Allen, it is not the Dems. It is the Repubs who are running the country into the ground. This entire administration is a complete joke.

I think the Democrats in Congress are grossly overpaid.

Lets not stop with Gonzo. In fact, let him alone and impeach the true criminals.

The constitution is the joke as long as the republicans are in charge of the white house. Its about time the Dems start putting them in check. Come on, anyone with half a brain who is paying attention to ths knows "al" is up to no good. Get him out!

I am a member of the voting public who pays careful attention to what is happening in Washington, and I believe that impeachment is the necessary next step, not only for Gonzales, but for others higher up, as well. Only sheep blindly reacting to their own conservative party loyalty can believe that our once proud democratic system is not in jeopardy of ruin by what the Republicans have done in these past two administrations. Constitutional scholars seem to be saying that the president/vice president have led us into very dangerous territory. Why is the democratic leadership treading so lightly?

This is a non-story. The President has the authority to hire and fire federal DAs at will (pleasure of the President); just as my military commision says. The dims are trying to make a situation over something every President has done over and over.

There's a reason they all should be impeached. They all have a blatant disregard for the rule of law and have all acted in criminal fashion. They should impeach the whole lot, and impeachment is being too kind. They should bring charges.

The Hole Truth

The man keeps digging but doesn't see, y'know that's just the thing that worries me.

Gonzo won't go he's in the know. Monica Goodling, FBI Director even his pre-decessor, they say he lies, he stinks, attracts flies.

But you know, Gonzo won't go, he's in the know. He'll steal the show, smirk and jab, maybe do some more blow.

"Don't you see, if they get me, they'll leave nothing be! They'll poke and prod Cheney and Bush will nod, Karl Rove will plant no more sods."

Yes, it is just that lame. Don't you dare say they're all the same, Gonzo isn't to blame. Maybe he's low man on the totem pole, firewall, wall flower at the ball, but don't worry, he's not that small.

We see you Bush and it's time to fall.

Stop, look, what's that sound?

It's democracy run aground.

Every body look what's going down, Alberto Gonzalez stole the town.

King George won't take off his crown.

It's not over it's just the start, soon ol' George won't need wiretaps to hear himself fart.

Impeach the bums they deserve the heat, Gonzo is only the first tasty treat.

Every body stop, look around, What's that sound?

Look everybody, people are talking can it be, democracy has been found?

Quite frankly I think another Ken Starr and Impeachment Hearing would look real good on the Repubyacants.
But I think they should start with Bush and Cheney and work their way down to Gonzales.

Radical! Politics! True to the American spirit of loving sports, we're glued to the TV and Internet so we can watch these liars duke it out in words of unimaginable folly!

Give me a break Allen from Jackson, Mississippi. No matter who you vote for, Republican or Democrat, we are bound in the everlasting hologram of simulacran society, slaves to whatever the gargantuan corporations wish to push in our face, and these politicians are the puppets on just a few of their thousand hands. We are the living embodiment to the Alien vs. Predator tagline: no matter who wins, we all lose. If you saw freedom you wouldn't know what to do with it.

ahhhh I love the smell of accountability in the morning =)

I vote to fire all 92 prosecuters. That will make this situation with Gonzales go away real quick.

Did you watch the hearings, Allen? It seems that you have not. Instead of "name calling", you should watch a little more C-Span so you can address this issue with a little more intelligence.

A joke that's not even funny…

If you don't think that Gonzales needs to be impeached, the jokes on you. Even your party left you out on that island by yourself.

albert wouldn't know the truth if it bit him in the rear. He should be impeached and should investigated and if he did commit perjury then he should go to jail

No Allen, the current administration is the "joke". Wake up to yourself.

And Gonzales is not only a Bush crony but his puppet as well. Do you like to be lied to? Do you trust your country with an administration that can't hear anyone? The majority of Americans (and apparently you are in the minority), are speaking very loudly and these guys are deaf and plainly do not give a fig what the population wants. Bush and Gonzales say that they have to get to work for the American people but they aren't listening to those same people. It's all smoke and mirrors. I have menopause and Gonzales' memory appears to be worse than mine. He has changed his statement. You need to go back and read it.

Allen - if you think the Dems are a joke then you apparently didn't watch Gonzo giving testimony. It was pathetic.

He used the term "I don't recall" 65 times during one session. If I did that with my boss you best believe I'd be out job hunting real fast. He is either hiding something or completely incompentant and needs to go.

The President? The Vice President? Every other White House official?

Yes I can name a few:

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Secretary of the Interior Dirk A. Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture Michael O. Johanns
Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez
Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso R. Jackson
Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings

Also don't blame the democrats for a terrible administration. If I remember the last impeachment was brought upon by the Republican even though they knew they never ever had the votes to convict. Maybe that is why Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi don't want to waste 8 weeks of congress's time on an impeachment that will get 49 votes and never convict. Maybe they want to but would rather work on more important issues, like bringing out troops home.

The only joke out there allen is you and the others in that 30% minority that keep making excuses for these crooks and lairs. How dim can you be to not see the obvious damage to our democracy that these GOP fools are perpetuating.

If those Republicans were not dishonest, self serving, law benders and law breakers, the Democrats and the other Republicans would not have to worry about impeaching anyone, now would they?

allen, you are a joke. You live in Mississippi, the armpit of America. Why don't you get an education before you knock on the dems. There is a reason that the ratio of Congressional Members under investigation is something like 14 republicans versus 2 democrats. Clearly republicans are not the moral party anymore, as anyone who has heard of the Vitter debacle can attest.

The sponsors of this Resolution are all former prosecutors and Gonzales is the only Repellican who is the subject of a Resolution. He outdims the shadows of other GOP names mentioned as crooks worthy of a trial.

Are these top dummies trying to turn our country into COMMIES??? How can we let them take over our beautiful country? This is very scary.

"Can you name one official the demwits have not called to be impeached?"

We don't have to name them… they keep stepping into it themselves. If you think Michael Brown, Ted Stevens, that California repub that took defense contractor bribes… David Vitter… et. al. are not criminals then what exactly is crime?

Can you name one official in this dimwit administration who should not be impeached? These republicans are not just a joke but a very bad one.

We are a nation of laws. This is an administration of lawlessness!

Welcome to a Constitutional democracy!

If he lied under oath I'm all for it; however I don't quite understand why Democrats would be upset with someone from the Executive branch lying under oath. Seems to me they didn't mind it when Bubba did it… Maybe Al will get acquitted in the Senate too. Guess they need an excuse for not actually doing anything…

yes i can, and they are all fellow demwits.

This action is way-y-y-y overdue. I earnestly pray that this is just the first of many impeachment action taken against this administration. As a nation, we are in more danger than ever before in our history. Professionals are saying that "George Bush -confronted with more defeats and reversals -might just 'lose it' and undertake even more reckless military adventures". We should all urge Congress to take Cheney and Bush out of office beore they do any more damage. And I hope I do not find the FBI knocking at my door.

I say impeach all the liars, of course that would mean the president.

Once again, comments like Allen show me that the American Public just doesn't get it. You probably voted for Bush, TWICE. Please Allen, respond with a list of people who have been impeached by the "demwits". True, politicians are a joke. They receive bribes, steal, cheat, and pretty much look after themselves. Then again, who votes for them? US. If you want a change, then work on making one. The public did by sending the Democrats into Congress. And look at all the scandals they are uncovering……..don't hide behind the Confederate Flag…..realize the truth.

Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush should all resign or be impeached. They can take Kennedy and Reid with them when they leave town.

Gee, sure am glad Congress is spending so much time on this. Good thing we don't have anything important going on!

During the August recess I hope the members of Congress will spend some time reacquainting themselves with their constitutions. Maybe then they will see that our calls for impeachment are our attempt to save our constitutional democracy; and their inability to build an across party coalition to put an end to the "the constitution is just a god damed piece of paper" attitude. If our leaders can not be held to the rule of law, to complete openness, forthrightness, and honesty the United States of America has joined the fallen Roman Empire.

Impeach Gonzales? What message will that send and to whom. Bush will just pardon him of any wrongdoing as he does with the rest of his collegues. We need to inact proceedings to impeach Bush and/or Cheney. That will send a message. It doesn't even matter if it's sucessful. the rest of the world needs to know how we feel about the lousy failures of our current administration. Because continuing to let this administration go unchecked is a tragedy that cannot continue.
We need to dig unroot the bad tree not just pick off the fruit it continues to create. We're still left with the bad tree.

Allen,
To answer your question, everyone besides Bush, Cheney and Gonzalez.

I realize that they, as well as their rank-and-file followers like yourself, think that they're the only 3 officials in the country, but there are others. In fact, many of those wanting impeachment are "officials," elected and urged by their constituents to do exactly the sort of oversight that we're seeing now.

Why stop at Gonzales? Start at the top and impeach Cheney.

Having watched clips of Mr. Gonzales' non-testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I think impeaching him is a great idea. Has the man answered any questions with anything other than some permutation of "I can't remember" or "I can't recall" or "I wasn't there?" Maybe the threat of impeachment will jog his memory.

I hope the Dems move forward with Impeachment Proceedings. Nothing will galvanize the nation more than exposing the Democrats for wasting precious resources over parsing the AG's statements - which based on the revelation of Data-mining appear to be factual. But the Dems don't care about facts… just saber-rattling, hoot-n-hollering. Notice the House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer didn't explicitly support the resolution.

All talk - No action (passing meaningful legislation). That's the leadership in Congress!

It's about time they took some action like this. Gonzales is an embarrassment to the country. Come to think of it, so are Bush and Cheney.

Democrats are blow hards and wind bags…they will be called to account for their misdeeds soon enough.

Can you name one official the demwits have not called to be impeached? These dems are a joke.