Chertoff wasn't right for Homeland Security. He wasn't right for much else. He certainly is NOT right for Attorney General. Send him home and he can take Bush with him.

Snake Plisken

If you do not like it go back to Israel. This is a CHRISTIAN country and not a Jewish State. You guys have enough of those ..... for now. Although I dare say you will start losing them after this year when we elect a not so co-operative Jewish Puppet government.

I assure you the removal of Gonzales was not for the good of the country, or political pressure, these people in Washington D.C. do not really care about political pressure. If they did the Iraq War would have never taken place and Saddam Hussein would still have things under control, which includes Iran. Rather, these individuals are seething from the failure of the criminal immigration amnesty bill. It is my belief those who wanted the passage of this pathetic bill, will be the same ones questioning Mr. Chertoff during the confirmation hearings. Take note of all the trade and security deals being done without congressional approval or the input of the American citizen. The bottom line, Chertoff is a corporate and political puppet. It is why he would be the candidate for the Attorney General. Much like the Drug War, Iraq War, billions, and billions of record profits are being made by big business. Both Democrats and Republicans gain profit from the War, illegal immigration and most favored trade status with our enemies like China. In my view, who ever becomes the new U.S. Attorney General, won’t be there to pursue justice, but to manipulate justice and realign the administrations agenda for profit. Do not be quick to assume they are not going to do something troubling, treasonous, and constitutionally subversive.
Katrina is water under the bridge, most people do not care about it since the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana have been given three-hundred billion of our tax dollars, including hundreds of millions in donations and have gotten almost nowhere. Remember never to build under the waterline or in flood prone area. Read Animal Farm. It is time for some fresh faces in Washington D.C. I am sick and tired of looking at Bush, Clinton, Kennedy, Mc Cain, Schumer, Reed, Pelosi, Lott, Specter. And while were at it I am sick of predictable political puppets hacks like Sean Hannity, Alan Combs, Jerry Rivers and Robert Zimmerman. Done with my rant! Vote Independent...

I think Michael Chertoff is basically an honest guy and totally qualified, but his nomination to replace Gonzalez as AG is highly problematic for several reasons:

1) This administration needs new blood. To keep rotating the same few cronies looks incestuous and limited. Gonzalez kept his job as long as he did because he was part of the so-called Texas Posse, President Bush’s small circle of friends from down home. The President needs to cast a wider net and show that he wants a quality cabinet, not just a familiar one.

2) Politics vs Policy. There has never been a White House (not even Nixon’s) with less understanding of the importance of separating political victory from policy decisions. Whether it’s Karl Rove making legislative calls or the Gonzalez firing Democratic U.S. Attorneys, the Bush administration has blurred a line that should be clear. Chertoff was part of the failed Whitewater investigation, worked with Rudy Giuliani, and was a major fund-raiser for President Bush and the Republican party. The Justice Department isn’t supposed to be a political arm of the White House. There are many highly qualified Attorneys without the political baggage that Chertoff carries.

3) Two confirmation hearings are worse than one. If President Bush nominates Chertoff, he’ll have to replace him, too By choosing someone from outside the current circle, the President can save his administration at least one hearing full of dirty laundry.

4) Katrina, Katrina, Katrina. Chertoff was the guy in charge of the pathetic disaster response, and he tried to pass the buck when faced with the aftermath. Despite an existing FEMA report which identified the exact scenario as one of the three most likely disasters to strike the U.S., Chertoff said, “That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight." Whether you buy that or not, coverage of a Chertoff confirmation hearing is going to feature lots of footage of those poor New Orleans folks stranded on rooftops and the President saying “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” I doubt if that’s what the Republicans want on tv screens in an election year.
Strategically, I think the President should leave Chertoff where he is, and replace Gonzalez with a moderate highly-respected Republican ex-member of Congress. That way he can stumble through his final lame-duck year in peace. But then, the only thing I’m absolutely sure of is that the President doesn’t care what I think.

Heck of a job Jafar.

And I don't particularly care for having a dual-citizen of ANY nation represent any high office in our government, I think I'd feel safer with him being Head Torture-Enabler / Constitution Trasher than head of the department charged with protecting the nation from foreign terrorists.

The citizens of the great country had better begin raising holy hell with their elected officials in order to get our country back from the most corrupt administration this country has ever seen. Bush and his side kicks have completely ignored the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

We are the laughing stock of the whole world!

Since when is race or sex an indicator of ability or right to be nominated to any position of power? People should be nominated based on their abilities not the color of their skin.

That being said, nominating Chertoff to replace Gonzales would be a huge mistake. Chertoff should be considering resigning due to his own incompetence at running the Dept of Homeland Security. Unfortunately the only way that will probably happen is if we are attacked by terrorist and his incompetence is highlighted like it should be.

We watch the judge shows on TV all the time and know what would happen if the judge asks direct questions and doesn't get direct replies. Now in a new age where the Bush administration claims it can assume anything about any American of the multiplied millions of them, and make them become detainees on a whim as written on paper, a propaganda team tells us we can't assume anything about one man or one team who now rules this country under controversy.

If any of us can become a detainee on Bush's whim, if we evade questions during interrogations like Gonzalez did, would we be released and assumed to have good names with no thought of wrongdoing? Can we then be released and assume the benefits Gonzalez received as he spat upon the interrogation process before the entire world, having no kind of shame?

This is what follows after even telling us about a method for extracting information that can save lives called TORTURE, and forgetting to use that technique upon the declared number one man in terror: Saddam Hussein.

Before he died, he was given privileges denied all Americans on paper under the Patriot Act. Bush did not even use this method of information extraction to force Saddam to reveal where he stashed his proverbial WMDs. Saddam was given privileges high above all Americans and received public and open due process!

Do you think he could rub his magic lamp and make all of George Bush's crimes disappear?

Not likely Jafar, but keep on conjuring the hurricane dude. There's still plenty of time for both your genie like butt and Bush to reap the whirlwind baby... Katrina style.

Congress shouldn't interview any of Bush's nominees until Bush complies with the law and responds to the subpoenas and cooperates with investigations into his criminal operation.

Stop taking his resignation as an attack on your ethnic background and for what it is, the removal of a high ranking official who damaged his country. It's too bad that the first Hispanic American to "make it to the top" wasn't a good example of what legal Hispanic Americans can offer this country.

Isn't it sad that we can judge a man as likely to be good based on the people opposed to him?

ThirstyJon

You are a raging lunatic. There are a Million other reasons to oppose the guy w/o sinking to the depths of Anti-Semitic rants.

Alonzo Tongincheek Alburque

Don't be ridiculous, if anything you should be ashamed of Gonzales. He all he did was become a lying crony from the moment of his appointment. You should be upset b/c Bush used him and made him look like a complete idiot.

and Bush appointing another Hispanic will not win him back ANY credibility. That moment is long gone.

How about a career lawyer at Justice?

Are you completely insane? Although I agree that Chertoff is another bad choice, your rampant speculation and anti-semitism has nothing to do with this. Try to take your foot out of your mouth before speaking.

And by the way, keep your prejudice to yourself and I won't have to comment on the South.