CNN …
Since you posted what James in Phoenix, AZ had to say to me on this thread, you can now be fair enough to post my response.

It's hard to have a dialogue on a topic with someone when the questions and/or answers don't get posted or intermittingly disappear in mid convo.

Thanks.

James, Phoenix AZ,

Having trouble staying on topic when responding to my posts?

"You and Michael Jackson have lots in common – living in never-never land. Chicago is still part of the US, right? And President Bush is still the President of the US? That's ok – you keep living in your hazy world."

You and Timothy McVeigh must have a lot in common too then by your same logic, since you BOTH are republicans, both neocons, and you both support Bush and his administration's "If it doesn't like us, we'll just bomb the hell out of it until it DOES" philosophy – regardless of the loss of innocent life that you conveniently just consider "collateral damage".

God how I just LOVE using your own asinine "logic" against you!

And again, I don't consider some screwup I didn't vote for (EITHER time) "my" … ANYTHING. I don't care WHERE I'm located. Let those people who were stupid enough to help re-elect the guy – a majority of which probably want their votes back – wear that as a badge of dishonor.

"Is THIS the same congress that has an 18% approval rating that you're bragging about? Didn't they promise to get us out of Iraq, hold the President accountable, etc?"

True or false, the Dems were ELECTED to TRY to enforce an agenda on Nov 7th?

One word is all I need in response here.

True or false, the Dems fleeced the repubs on Nov 7th when the Dems didn't lose a SINGLE congressional seat and instead won enough to TECHNICALLY control congress?

One word is all I need in response here.

Is there something not factually correct with the above two statements?

Notice I said "elected to TRY to enforce" and I didn't comment on its success? Could that be because I don't think it HAS been a success – and with good reason?

You DO realize that there's only ONE LESS republican in that congress – and that's only if you're stupid enough to actually consider Lieberman (a Republican in Democrat's clothing) a Dem? You DO realize that Cheney has the tie-breaker vote too right?

What's the matter .. is that "control" you speak of suddenly seeming like it's nothing more than just a convenient label now?

You DO realize that the 18 percent approval rating you speak of is for CONGRESS AS A WHOLE don't you? And you further realize that when you break congressional approval down ALONG PARTY LINES, you find that more people are happier with the Dems than are with the Repubs?

Or did Sean Hannity not tell you that on Fox news?

"Funny – I seem to remember Nancy Pelosi commenting how impeachment is "off the table" and Reid saying it's not going to happen.

Talk about being laughably gullible, Rick!"

Funny, I NEVER even mentioned Pelosi or Reid.

Funny, I NEVER mentioned anything about impeachment either!

Talk about being laughably (or is it conveneiently?) illiterate, James.

I understand that the timing of Attorney General Gonzales's resignation will allow the White House to perform a "recess appointment", appointing a new Attorney General without the need for Congressional approval.

This situation is unacceptable, particularly in light of the abuses of justice performed by the Executive Branch and particularly by previous Attorneys General.

The Senate needs to get back in session immediately to prevent this and require Senate confirmation of any appointees. We the people require an Attorney General that will swear to defend the Constitution, not the President. The Senate must refuse to confirm anyone that has any ties to the White House, and must demand that they investigate wrongdoing and malfeasance whereever they occur. This trend toward unchecked monarchy must end.

And Senator Reid is right: Gonzales's resignation shouldn't end the investigation into his own personal misconduct.

I find little or nothing useful being said by either point of view. Most politicians are not serving our country today. They are serving their own agenda and attempting to stay in power. This is true for Dems & Repubs. It would be refreshing to see one of you come up with a solution rather than play the blame game. If we the people spend all our time playing games and not solving our country goes down the proverbial toilet.

Rick in Chicago writes, "I didn't vote for Dubya and don't consider him MY president either. He's the president of all the idiots who were stupid enough to vote for him "

You and Michael Jackson have lots in common – living in never-never land. Chicago is still part of the US, right? And President Bush is still the President of the US? That's ok – you keep living in your hazy world.

Then you said, "You mean the agenda the Dems were ELECTED to try to enforce when they FLEECED the Repubs on Nov 7th"

Is THIS the same congress that has an 18% approval rating that you're bragging about? Didn't they promise to get us out of Iraq, hold the President accountable, etc?

Funny – I seem to remember Nancy Pelosi commenting how impeachment is "off the table" and Reid saying it's not going to happen.

Talk about being laughably gullible, Rick!

Yes, and we need to investigate Harry Reid while we're at it.
Talk about the kettle calling the pot black, Reid is a crook….and a weeny!
To charge any other man with being "spineless", Reid needs to take a long look in the mirror. He'll see a real WIMP.

To AL
Democrats as well as the American people don't like being lied to…
We don't like leadership with a hidden agenda that undermines the constitution..
We don't like an administration that uses manipulation, distortion and fear to subjegate the American people..
I for one thank God; Gonzalez is finally leaving after all the damage he has done to our justice system..
For all of you diehard Republicans who don't see where these people have dragged us, this mess is coming to an end..
I fully support Sen. Harry Reid and yes we are angry. You will see just how angry we are at the next election.

When the new Attorney General is sworn in and swears to "uphold the Constitution" maybe we should insist he/she swears to"OBEY the Constitution" as well. Oh silly me!

Mr. bush has an anti -Rebublic agenda, and was elected by the one issue extremists, ( abortion, NRA, ) in conjunction with the crooked lobbyists that know how to mobilize these factions into a coalition that ignores all of the limitations of the constitution by ruling them non functional with 1,100 "signing statements. This will be a interesting administration to study in the next twenty five years if they don't destroy all of their documents on their way out. ( Don't kid yourself Bush W. did it in Texas)

Yes, Al, they are called Democrats. They speak for the vast majority of American people who are beginning to grasp what's been sold them and why. The lies and dark agenda are a matter of public record. The lies about the wars, the handover of America to corporate interests, the blindness to all need by profits for the wealthiest… the list is endless. Thank goodness Reid and the others may now speak honestly above the dwindling chorus of bitter name callers whose insults lack particularity and substance. You may now be seen for what you are. Uninformed, ill-educated, and intellectually dishonest. Your remarks are familiar and predictable. And increasingly meaningless. Check the polls.

Al Gonzales is a sad luck lackey who was never qualified for the job. Frankly he was an embarrassment during the congressional hearings – unable to defend his position, telling Arlen Spector that Habeas Corpus is not guaranteed by our constitution and generally looking confused and baffled – the country can only gain from his departure office.

Congress needs to make sure a qualified, rational and fair individual takes Gonzales' place – no Harriet Meyers style lackeys or John Boltonesque wingnuts. This is particularly necessary given the extraordinary powers granted to the A.G. under the newest version of the Patriot Act

Yeah he is angry and frustrated. He should just let it all drop now that Gonzales has resigned. I mean it's important that the Constitution was abrogated, but since he resigned let's just let it go at that. The Administration is running the country today in a time of war, and that's more important than the 200 year old Constitution. Right?

Like rats from a sinking ship, this crew of liars, cowards & traitors should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, both national & INTERNATIONAL (i.e. The Hague). Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish!

Harry Reid is only as angry as about 65% of Americans who realize that our President IS a crook and that his cabinet is filled with liars and fat cats whose only mission is to ruin America.

If you're NOT angry then you haven't been paying attention or you just don't get it.

Bush is a stain that won't be cleaned from America's reputation for generations.

The only people still supporting this Administration are the last dead enders of clueless sheep.

Al – Part of good citizenship is paying attention. Please pay attention. The AG's job is to assure that the laws and the constitution are upheld. He did neither. He demoralized his department (who are happy to see him go). He lied about important matters to Congress. He helped this band of crooks to get away with things that we're still discovering. The only good thing that came out of this administration is that Nixon's legacy isn't as bad as it once was. Al, I hope you and the rest of the 30% wake up before you lose all of your rights.

There so much to be angry and frustrated about. Rightly so. The disastrous reign of Bush and Co. have led to multifarious levels of disaster, danger, corruption, waste and destruction. Find me something good to say about them. I'm listening.

Who cares what Harry says. This guy is a bigger loser than I am! Congradulations on those rating numbers Harry and Nancy..

Al, why are you attacking Harry Reid when the real issue is the politicizing of the Justice Department. This is illegal. Let's not get distracted and go on the attack. There are plenty of good Republicans who want the truth as well.

Glad to hear and see how independent and unbiased Reid is. He has already determined who is to blame, "the White House". No need for further investigations Mr. Reid, you solved it. You should be the one to resign for being an embarrassment to this great country. Side note, show the President of our country some respect.

Wow Al from Seattle, and the Republicans don't the same thing? All the politicians can do these days is sling mud at eachother while we the people suffer from their corruption and ineptitude. Maybe its time we held BOTH sides accountable instead of just making partisan comments on these forums that mean nothing. Also, I think the Dems have a right to be angry as the President and his administration have repeately edged on violating the law and have done nothing but try to be very secretive about it. Frankly I wish the Dems would push harder and deeper to try and snuff out the corruption going on EVERYWHERE in our government. But they probably won't, since they would probably just end up getting themselves in trouble too.

Senator Reid, truer words were never spoken.

Hopefully we will see Gonzales tried for perjury by the end of the year.

Adios to the most incompetent person ever to hold the office of AG.

The house of cards (jokers) is falling. And only 16 months to go..Thank God the ship of state is not completely rudderless.

Yeah, we would like to get our country off of this horrible "agenda" as you call it. And, yes, Reid is referring to Bush as "their" own president, meaning that the Republican party has supported him in resounding stupidity while the democrats have dragged their heels as hard as they can. They should impeach him.

Harry doesn't say anything positive about anyone in this administration because there is nothing positive about this administration. If one hasn't been imitating and Ostrich for the last 6.5 years, one would know that this administration has politicized Federal civil service positions, subverted the constitution, started and fought (badly) an illegal war after lying us into it, created more terrorists than anyone would ever have thought possible, failed to capture Osama Bin Laden, stopped fighting the war on terror and began fighting the war on American civil liberties. What more do you need to know? Ed

Well Al, that is because Sen. Reid doesn't support criminals.

I wouldn't worry too much about a Democratic agenda. The Democrats innovated far too many tactics over the past 8 years that will come back to haunt them once one of their own gets into the White House. Whoever they appoint as Attorney General won't be able to sack a single lawyer without angry Republicans seeking payback crucifying him. Any Democratic administration is going to need to contend with judicial filibusters as a widespread tactic. Cabinet appointments will be put through an absolute ringer and also potentially faced with the threat of filibuster. Something I've been quietly saying for years with every new tactic the Democrats have been throwing at the Bush administration, what goes around comes around.

Anyone who doesn't react with anger and frustration to a complete corruption of the executive branch of our government is just not paying attention or is so partisan they care more about their own party than America itself. Specifically, how could anyone not be outraged at the use of the Justice Dept to trump up charges against Democrats in battleground states, several of which have been thrown out with predjudice by the higher members of the Judiciary who are willing to do their jobs despite threats and intimidation from the executive branch. The Dept. of Justice is not supposed to be a political tool of Republican party or any party, period. It is sad to think anyone out there believes otherwise.

Also…I guess if I'm one of the few people left in this country that believes in an open and transparent government that abides by the separation of powers set down in our Constitution…well, I guess that I'm an angry, frustrated, old man too.

(P.S. The Founding Fathers were angry, frustrated, old men.)

As the rats leave the sinking ship, I hope our elected officials require accountability of them.

The current administration has run roughshod over any disagreement with its policies and has labeled anyone with serious questions about not only the pre-emptive and unprovoked invasion of Iraq, but also in regards to warrentless wiretapping, Presidential signing statements, the gutting of FEMA, and the 'dirty tricks' tactics in elections, as unpatriotic.

The bed was made years ago – time to make them lie in it.

I suppose that the vast majority of the country consists of angry, frustrated old men, because all of the polls show that this country by a very wide margin disapproves of this president and his administration.

you forgot WARNER. Its taken 12 years for your GOP to self destruct and your blaming the dems..

Harry Reid is not an angry old man, he like most Americans, are frustrated by the arrogance, lack of ethics, constitutional failings and failure to pursue the wishes of the American, that the Bush Administration has brought to the highest office in the land. Much of the world has lost respect for us, and most Americans have lost respect of President Bush & this Administration. The resignation of Alberto Gonzalez, the symbol of the politicization of the Justice Dept., as well as unconstitutional spying and Abu Grab, is a contiunuation of the gutting out of Republican corruption and arrogance in the White House.

Now if only Bush, Cheney, Pelosi, and Reid followed in Gonzalez's footsteps and resigned today…

Like the Republicans didn't do the same thing, Al?

Give me a break! That's what any political party wants to do: remake a government and country in their own image.

and Harry Reid is a Mormon which normally strikes fear in the heart of the godless liberal, unless they are hypocrites to the Democratic dogma.

Al from Seattle: Democrats are angry and frustrated at the Bush White House shenanigans. The constitution has been chewed up and spit out by the current administration; Would you really expect any different from patriotic Americans? Once the truth gets through to them the Republicans will surely be equally as angry.

Al, Seattle WA,

I didn't vote for Dubya and don't consider him MY president either. He's the president of all the idiots who were stupid enough to vote for him – a vast majority of which now want their votes back!

"right behind Reid, would be Schumer, Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton, etc"

And by "etc" you mean the vast majority of the people in this country, former military leaders, and even former members of his own administration right?

"the Democrats would like nothing but to take over the country with their own political agenda."?

You mean the agenda the Dems were ELECTED to try to enforce when they FLEECED the Repubs on Nov 7th – thanks largely to your party's corruption and support for Dubya's bungled war?

Now you just keep crying buddy … and I'll just keep laughing!

I hope the Democratic party gets to the bottom of this mess. The Bush Administration- President and all- should be in prison.

To Al in Seattle….Are you telling us that this current administration has not acted in a way that only served the purpose of themselves??? You must be either joking or you have consumed way too much Bush koolade! Did Tom Delay go out of his way to work with Democrats? NEVER! Did Bush ever try to reach a bipartisian agreement on anything? Maybe once but he had to have everything his way! Get over yourself!

Harry Reid is absolutely right. Congress needs to pursue facts based inquiries into what has been happening in the Executive branch. THAT is called oversight. These investigations will lead into the innermost offices of the White House, and will reveal malfeasance and corruption and perjury and secret activities that are deliberately undermining the Constitution. When this revelation happens, every American will ask for criminal charges to be brought – not just Democrats.

Al in Seattle got it right.

To Al in Seattle,
Yes all the Dem's are angry,we want our country back from the neofacists,incompetent and vicious administration that has put us throuh hell in the past six years!It will take at least a generation undo the damage these idiots have done!

Al from Seattle thinks it's just democrats that are angry at this administration. the list of dissenting GOP voices grows louder EVERY DAY. ANYONE who has been vaguely paying attention to this train wreck of an administration, is likely to be "angry". I would like "AL" to remember that, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE voted for the democrats last year to put an end to the mismanagement and incompetence of the white house. so "AL" can add to his list of "angry people"
most voters in the last election.

Harry Reid is totally correct in not accepting this man as his President. Bush has destroyed all this country has stood for. Not one of his original minion are still with him. Not one. This administration has set the republican party back a generation. And I predict a wholesale slaughter on repubs in 2008. And I'm republican. Or was.

Reid is not alone. Many people for many years have refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of this President. In adddition, his choice to replace Gonzales as well as his choice to replace Chertoff smack of the cronyism that have marked both his terms.

I love Republican hypocracy. The Republicans didn't recognize President Clinton as their President from the first day of his administration. Of course the Democrats want to take over the government, someone needs to clean up the mess this president and his crew of inept officals have made for six years

You're the only one that seems like an angry, frustrated, old man. Get over it…There's not many positive things to say about this administration at all, so how could you fault Reid for that?

A typical misdirection and projection Al. The Bush/Cheney/Rove politics of a one party domination of the U.S. government is finally beginning to crumble. Senator Reid by his very oath, the same oath both the POTUS and VPOTUS took, is sworn to uphold and defend the constitution and not this partisan administration. While many on the right have the temerity to brand Democrats and liberals as traitors, it is the radical right that truely bear that distinction. For them it is duty to the party and only the party. What historical groups comes to mind that emphasized party over country?

I am frustrated by the previous comment by Al in WA. He seems oblivious to the agenda that Bush and his people have worked toward, and why that hurts the country. More importantly, Al seems to miss the importance of how justice has been subverted for purely political gain. And that would be just as dangerous for a President Clinton or Kerry as it is under Bush. Good going Reid!

Harry Reid's approval rating is below 6%. He should be concern about getting his approval rating near Bush's rating. Blasting this and saying we need to spend tax payers money on a worthless investion is again a left wing dumb liberal move. Impeach Harry Reid. Harry Reid is anti-american, and anti-troop.

Correction: Magna Carta

Yes, Democrats want to take over the country with their own political agenda. That agenda would be: universal health care, the end of political corruption, the end to pre-emptive war-for-profit, equal rights for all, etc.
How nefarious! Those evil Dems! How could they want such a thing? It's not like 70% of Americans want the same things.

Wow, it's really funny how republicans can justify to themselves the horrendous, catastrophic tenure of their golden boys…

They were supposed to be the intellectual giants, the "grown ups"; the reality is that they are nothing but self-absorbed, pompous, ivory-tower morons, who think that reality is something which can be magically be manipulated through sheer force of will.

Yet they have managed to convince the likes al Al, above, that somehow they are just like them; but in reality, they would probably rather kill themselves than be one of the dirty "plebs" which they feel naturally "designed" to rule over. They are really no different than the late 19th century British aristocracy.

thank you Harry Reid for your honesty and dedication for the rights and freedoms of all Americans.

the evil and corrupt White House that is destroying our Democracy is finally being held accountable thanks to your help! Bravo!

It is not takeover that these people are interested in as much as it is TO MAKE REPARATIONS to this country. YOU obviously have a computer and can read. Educate yourself as to the difference to this country that the Bush administration has inflicted from our original Constitution Bill of Rights to which they ALL swore an oath. WAKE UP. Turning a blind eye will not make the incompetant corruption of this administration go away. GOD HELP YOU!

go to:
http://www.legitgov.org

EDUCATE YOURSELF before posting anywhere again.

The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is an opportunity for Senator Reid and the rest of the Senate to take a principled stand for a Department of Justice that is not a corrupt political arm of the Administration. I absolutely applaud his statement and hope that he will continue to maintain this resolve in rejecting Secretary Chertoff's possible nomination to the post.

Did Ralph Neas write that for Sen. Reid? Nan Aron? Looks like a boilerplate interest group statement.

Al, from Seattle, you're out of touch with reality. The Democrats are rightfully angry with this administration and you are right to say they have an agenda. However, polling shows the Dems are following the will of the majority. We've never had such a corrupt administration as the one at present and their attempt to subvert the justice department is a treasonable offense.

Al, are you nuts?

Harry Reid is an angry, frustrated, old man. He doesn't support nor ever has anything positive to say about ANY person associated with the current administration. By his own statement, he refers to President Bush by "your own President (referring to Republicans who stand by the president on Iraq)" rather that just referring to him as The President. The inference is clear that he leads himself only and doesn't recognize his own President. And, the line doesn't stop with Reid, as anyone who reads the news knows that right behind Reid, would be Schumer, Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton, etc. It's obvious the Democrats are ALL angry, frustrated politicians who would like nothing but to take over the country with their own political agenda.

I agree with Senator Reid. Congress and the American people cannot allow the White House to whitewash this scandal by simply pushing Gonzales out of sight, and thus, out of mind. And keep an eye open for a Ford-Nixon-style pre-emptive pardon for Gonzales by President Bush.