Here's an interesting tidbit on Halliburton...

Nobody but liberal straw men give a crap.

SMEEEEEAAAAAAAR

When I first heard that a hispanic man would be nominated to fill the role of Attorney General I was pleasantly surprised

Oh sure....how insincere.

Waits patiently for further smearing of Powell, Rice and Martinez.

I am happy to have an Hispanic in a position of power such as Attorney General and that is all I have to say about him.

March onward my Hispanic brethern, break the shackles that the "man" has put on you and seize power (though in a non-violent way).

Che Plinko!!

bleedingheartliberal:

I think it is the first of many signs that the White House is not going to move towards any kind of conciliatory "healing" with the Democrats. There were many qualified individuals for this post that might have done both a good job and not have represented the narrow kind of views that Gonzalez does.

Conservatives will say this is the perfect appointment because W appointed him so he must be good. But instead of yelling SMEAR or calling bleedingheart names I challenge you all to research Gonzales and tell him and me the "good qualities" that you think qualifies him for AG.

Why should I? I know Albert Gonzales - Im a Texan, and I've seen him moving in the halls of political power for awhile now.
The key is that when doing his research, bleeding could have been objective, pointing out that the bribes he writes of are alleged, and that none of what he has written is proven. He could have pointed out some of Gonzales's rulings, which are fair
But hell no, that couldn't happen. Instead we got a SMEAR JOB. So bleeding doesnt really give a damn about the facts. He doesnt care what Gonzales factual history is, and it doesnt matter a damn what I say to refute it. You guys wont listen, you just continue to SMEAR.

Look at those sources! Where are THE FACTS? I dont see anything listed from actual Texas court history, no transcripts. What I see are biased accusations. SMEAR!

SMEEEEEAAAAAAAR

And thats all you get from me. No reason to give you guys the time of day.

d3:

Well, this is your chance to make a case for the guy and all I hear is that you want "instant replay" to prove that you're right. Hmmm.... you don't have to do anything but bleedingheat, who did provide something for consideration is doing a smear? I guess that's your way of conciliation between left and right......

I smell an illegal alien amnesty in the works.

Well, this is your chance to make a case for the guy and all I hear is that you want "instant replay" to prove that you're right. Hmmm.... you don't have to do anything but bleedingheat, who did provide something for consideration is doing a smear? I guess that's your way of conciliation between left and right......

So, when somebody posts something that places a person in the most negative light possible, it's not a smear?

received a three thousand dollar bribe from Haliburton

Since when are campaign contributions bribes? Geez, if this is a bribe what is the $70 million or so Soros spent on the Kerry campaign? So you're assertion is that someone would risk their career for $3000? Seems like chump change, to me, for an attorney with his background. Also, I could find no mainstream (and what I consider to be rather liberal) print media that claims he took a bribe, all reported it as a campaign contribution.

Even that conservative paper, the L.A. Times (March 25, 2001) had this to say

From 1999 to 2000, Gonzales served on Texas' highest civil court, where he developed a reputation as a thoughtful and ideologically moderate justice.

Seems to me your characterization of a campaign contribution as a bribe speaks volumes about a certain Michael Moore type of intellectual honesty.

The worst things that Gonzales has done was duing his tenure as White House Council. He is the person who infamously wrote the memo to the President saying he had the right to use torture against prisoners in Afghanistan. He advised the President that the Geneva conventions do not apply. He advised the President to have prisoners from Afghanistan and Iraq rendered to countries who routinely use torture in violation of international law. Gonzales advised the President to support Patriot Act II which contains a provision allowing the government to arbitrarily strip Americans of their citizinship on mere SUSPICION that they are invovled with terrorism and that they too can be thrown into a legal black hole for eternity with no rights. These are not smears. They are facts.

He is the person who infamously wrote the memo to the President saying he had the right to use torture against prisoners in Afghanistan.

Can you cite a reference to that memo, T_Bone?

Thanks,
Daiwa

Yes, please share the memo with us or in my eyes it is not looking to good for you to make accusations without proof on a fellow Hispanic.

- Grim

Reply #12 By: T_Bone4Justice - 11/11/2004 1:12:53 AM The worst things that Gonzales has done was duing his tenure as White House Council. He is the person who infamously wrote the memo to the President saying he had the right to use torture against prisoners in Afghanistan

What he advised was that the geneva conventions do not apply to "enemy combatants". Which by the way they don't apply.