Poor Abu G

What reputation? What legacy? "Blind, torture, kill" and now "Big Brother's Little Brother"? Abu Gonzales will live in infamy for his dismissal of the Geneva Conventions as "quaint" and his support of unbridled presidential power.

Defending a Program and His Reputation - New York Times

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 — A year ago, Alberto R. Gonzales sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the Bush administration's nominee for attorney general and a potential candidate for the Supreme Court. He will return on Monday in dramatically different circumstances, testifying as the chief legal defender of a domestic eavesdropping operation that has touched off a stormy debate over its legality.

Mr. Gonzales, a former Texas judge who, as White House counsel, provided legal support for the program of surveillance without warrants, is scheduled to be the sole witness before a panel led by Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican who has made clear his skepticism about the administration's legal rationale.

Mr. Gonzales's role in the debate has drawn him away from issues that associates had hoped would be his legacy, like the protection of children and community-based efforts to fight gangs and drugs. The controversy also threatens his chances for a nomination to the Supreme Court [God forbid!], although they had already been diminished by conservatives who regarded him as too moderate [!!!].

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Some legal experts see Mr. Gonzales as little more than a surrogate for President Bush, whom he has served in a variety of capacities since 1997, when Mr. Bush was governor of Texas.

"Nothing in Al Gonzales's public statements, legislative proposals or anything else suggests that this is an individual who operates outside of the political gyroscope of President Bush," said Bruce Fein, an associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration.

Like too many Bush appointees, Gonzales recognizes only one moral imperative: Dubya's will. No law, no commandment, no scruple exists that can't be set aside when necessary to please the boss. These soulless sycophants deserve impeachment and imprisonment along with the rest of this administration.

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