It sounds like the same person that was responsible for developing our nation’s policies regarding how to treat prisoners of war would forget where he put his own head if it wasn’t connected to his body.

My favorite part of the story:

Responding, Gonzales’ attorneys say the former attorney general, who resigned under fire last year, did not mishandle the classified data on purpose. Rather, he apparently was forgetful or unaware of the proper way to handle the top secret papers.

The most powerful lawyer in the country did not know how to handle confidential information and couldn’t remember the combination to his own safe! There is definitely a lot of competition for the most incompetent official of the Bush Administration but it would be tough to argue that anyone besides former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales deserves first prize.

Questions for discussion:

1.) If torture by the United States was legal as Gonzales later claimed, why was there the need to destroy the evidence of said torture?

2.) Why did Bush decide that Miers deserved a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court after taking part in these discussions?

3.) Did Bush even know that Miers and Gonzales were conducting these late night pow-wows?

4.) Who is/was worse at his job, Bush or Gonzales?

5.) Does the person that did the above referenced taping work for the New England Patriots?

The President needs another $50 billion for his failed foreign policy experiments? Sure! The President wants to deny health insurance to poor children? Get a job, slackers!

Need a new attorney general because your last one was so incompetent and corrupt, he attempted to get an unconstitutional act (wireless surveillance) approved by a man (John Ashcroft) in his hospital sick bed? Why the hell not!

Aren’t the Democrats supposed to be party that values education (or are they just in bed with the teachers unions for no reason at all)? Then, you’d think after watching this administration in action for almost seven years they would have learned something by now. Senators Schumer and Feinstein submitted “yesâ€? votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ensures that the nomination of Michael Mukasey will make its way to the Senate floor and that he will be confirmed.

Schumer’s reasoning?

“Should we reject Judge Mukasey, President Bush has said he would install an acting, caretaker attorney general who could serve for the rest of his term without the advice and consent of the Senate.”

This means that, for procedural reasons, Schumer would accept anyone the President nominates for this post. His test outlined above fails to recognize that the Democrats have the authority and votes to oppose and reject the President’s nominations (and maybe, no attorney general for the next year would be better than having one that doesn’t know what constitutes waterboarding).

“In particular, I believe that the cruel and inhumane technique of waterboarding is not only repugnant but also illegal under current laws and conventions.”

Actions speak louder than words Senator.

- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ former chief of staff Kyle Sampson told a Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry today into whether the dismissals were politically motivated.