Tom Brokaw on Eric Holder: If It Was John Ashcroft, ‘The Left Would Be Going Very Hard After Them’

Conservatives can surely recall too how the hypocrites on the Left went hard calling for former Bush AG Alberto Gonzales for having the gall to fire some attorneys. But with repeated liar Eric Holder now involved in numerous scandals, it's a whole different story:

News veteran Tom Brokaw, in an appearance said if Bush administration Attorney General John Ashcroft were dealing with the same scandals that Attorney General Eric Holder has been embroiled in as part of the Obama administration, “the left would be going very hard after them.”

“From a political point of view, one of the ways that you can measure the impact of all of this and the fairness of it, think if this had happened in the Bush administration with John Ashcroft as the attorney general. You know full well the Democrats and the left would be going very hard after them with these issues that are in play,” Brokaw said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.

Host David Gregory asked Brokaw whether Holder would resign given the number of scandals DOJ is caught up in, most recently investigating the phone records of AP reporters and editors as well as Fox News.
“Do you think – you’ve seen these kind of investigations before, meaning the Judiciary investigation, committee investigation of the attorney general. This could be elongated. You have this morning on ‘The New York Times’ government officials talking off the record or on background about his effectiveness. Does he stay in the job?” Gregory asked.

“Boy, I think it’s tough to see how he does at this case. It’s up to the president. What we’re seeing in the ‘New York Times’ today is that familiar Washington two-step - officially getting the endorsement of people like David Axelrod and the spokesman for the president, but at the same time, there’s another part of that two-step that is going on in which people think it would better if he left,” Brokaw said.

“It would be better for the president to get this cleaned up. He has become obviously the lightning rod for a lot of the criticism just on this panel and certainly in Republican circles,” Brokaw added.

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Former AG & Coward Alberto Gonzales Supports CIA Interrogation Probe

Reuters.com:

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been under fire in some circles for naming a special prosecutor to investigate alleged abuses of prisoners by CIA interrogators or contractors, but on Tuesday he got some unexpected support from a former Bush administration official.

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who oversaw the Justice Department or was White House counsel during the period when some of the controversial interrogation techniques were authorized — such as lengthy sleep deprivation and repeated waterboarding – in a radio interview backed Holder’s decision to review the cases that went outside the limits set.

“We worked very hard to establish ground rules and parameters about how to deal with terrorists,” Gonzales said in an interview with The Washington Times’ “America’s Morning News” radio show.

“And if people go beyond that, I think it is legitimate to question and examine that conduct to ensure people are held accountable for their actions, even if it’s action in prosecuting the war on terror.”

After the way the Left smeared Alberto Gonzales into quitting as AG, you'd think he could recognize partisan BS when he sees it. But then Gonzales has never been known for his smarts. Consider too all that President Bush did for this man and this is how he pays him back? What a loser.

Marc Rich Helper Eric Holder Confirmed As Attorney General

CNN.com:

The U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Holder as attorney general Monday, voting 75-21 to place him in charge of the Department of Justice.

Holder, 58, is a former federal prosecutor and served as deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration. His confirmation makes him the first African-American confirmed to the post, though he held the job on an acting basis in early 2001.

Monday's vote leaves him set to take over a Justice Department battered by a series of controversies during the Bush administration, from questions about how it laid legal groundwork for harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists to the sackings of top federal prosecutors in several cities.

"There's a big job to do, and it's going to be Mr. Holder's duty to turn this department around and restore its credibility," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California.

During confirmation hearings, Republicans questioned his role in former President Bill Clinton's widely criticized last-minute pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich and questioned whether he would be independent of the White House.

All 21 "nays" were by Republicans which means not a single Democrat could even muster a "protest" vote in light of Holder's huge role in Bill Clinton pardoning Marc Rich. Yet, Democrats are the same folks who to this day are still crying foul about former AG Alberto Gonzales' shenanigans. Isn't that just gravy?

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Can't Find A Job

Either we really are in a recession or prospective employers just can't get past his utter incompetence as AG. Or perhaps, both:

Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been having trouble finding a job since he resigned under a cloud, legal professionals said.

One Washington lawyer who did not want his name used said he knew a Gonzales associate had approached his firm.

"I wouldn't say 'rebuffed,'" the lawyer told The New York Times. "I would say 'not taken up.'"

Most of Gonzales' resume would make him a strong candidate for a prestigious job, the newspaper said. He served as counsel to George W. Bush when Bush was the governor of Texas and then when Bush became president, and he was a justice on the Texas Supreme Court before becoming attorney general.

At one point Gonzales appeared to be on track to be named the first Hispanic justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

However, his testimony before congressional committees investigating the firing of U.S. attorneys -- criticized as evasive and untruthful -- appears to have damaged his professional prospects, the Times said. Since his resignation, his only income has come from a few speaking engagements, for which he is paid $30,000 or more.

Alberto Gonzales Resignation: A Victory For The Loons

I was shocked and disappointed by the news of Alberto Gonzales' resignation this morning. Gonzales wasn't the best Attorney General, but he did nothing wrong regarding the overblown, liberal witchhunt that was the US Attorney firings scandal and he was a much better AG than say Janet Reno, who got innocent people killed while on the job.

I know too that Gonzales' resignation had to really hurt the President, as Bush remained loyal to his friend throughout his tenure despite calls from both sides of the aisle for Gonzales to resign without a single smoking gun in existence. Then too Gonzales wasn't allowed to really concentrate on the important aspects of his job which included stopping child pornography and gang violence because liberal Democrats were hellbent on getting rid of Gonzales to serve their base. Wouldn't it be great if Bush enacted some revenge and named a new AG during Congressional recess? After all, as President he should have complete control over his cabinet anyway.

More Reaction:

Chuck Schumer Pats Himself On The Back

Gonzales Departure Won't End Probes
Designated Punching Bag Resigns

President Bush Quote of the Day!

"He has done nothing wrong . . . I stand by Al Gonzales, and I would hope that people would be more sober in how they address these important issues. And they ought to get the job done of passing legislation, as opposed to figuring out how to be actors on the political theater stage."

- President Bush, yesterday re-iterating his support for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who may be on the verge of receiving a no-confidence vote from Congressional Democrats

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Person of the Week: Alberto Gonzales

Age: 51
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas

Claim To Fame: 80th Attorney General of the United States

Why He's Person of the Week: For refusing to back down in the face of enormous pressure by both Democrats and fair-weather Republicans to resign or be dismissed in lieu of doing nothing wrong regarding the firings of 8 federal attorney's. As Gonzales noted during yesterday's testimony before the Senate, all the attorney's had served their full four-year term, and were continuing to serve at the pleasure of the President -- and that pleasure was withdrawn, as is fully legal and proper.

And even when confronted by a fresh call for his resignation from a fellow Republican ("The best way to put this behind us is your resignation," Sen. Tom Coburn bluntly told Gonzales), Gonzales told Coburn that he didn't think resigning would put the controversy to rest. Of course, Gonzales was wrong on this count because resigning was exactly what Democrats wanted to be the result of their well-designed witch-hunt against Gonzales in the first place. But Gonzales stood his ground and President Bush's total support for him since the beginning of this non-scandal showed you that Bush wasn't about to let liberal minions like Chuck Schumer (who undoubtedly never brought up the fact that Bill Clinton fired 93 U.S. attorney's during his term during yesterday's testimony) bring down a trusted member of his inner circle.

"The moment I believe I can no longer be effective I will resign as attorney general," Gonzales said after first making it clear he did not believe it had come to that.

Other's Blogging: Slate, Politburo Diktat 2.0, STR: The Freedom Blog

Continuing The Hunt For Karl Rove

Anytime a prominent liberal (Nancy Pelosi), a moderate shill (Hillary) and a staunch right-wing Republican (Tom Tancredo) agree on anything you know that something fishy is going on. Yet, conservatives being as flighty as they've been of late, it's still sad to see so many feeding so easily into liberal propaganda machine trying to get rid of Alberto Gonzales. Who did nothing wrong except fire a few attorneys the American people could care less about. But having lost out recently on getting Karl Rove via the Scooter Libby witch hunt, you knew that they'd turn their ire towards another top Bush ally. And with Gonzales being the Attorney General & such an avid supporter of the war in Iraq, much less the NSA surveillance program, there couldn't have been a better target:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Speaking from the White House Tuesday, President Bush reiterated his support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in the midst of the scandal over whether the firings of at least seven U.S. attorneys were politically motivated.

"I am confident he acted appropriately," Bush said. "I regret that it turned into a public spectacle."

"There is no indication [after reviewing the matter] that anyone did anything improper," the president said while vowing to fight congressional demands that the White House allow top political adviser Karl Rove and former White House counsel Harriet Miers to be interviewed under oath. (Watch the president defend Gonzales )

Lawmakers want to ask Rove and Miers about their roles in the firings and also about the motivation for the moves. The Justice Department has admitted that at least one attorney was removed to make way for a former aide to Rove. Seven other U.S. attorneys were fired because of performance issues, the department said.

The Bush White House has been opposed to any of its officials appearing before congressional committees, arguing that such testimony violates executive privilege.

Bottom line: since they have no chance of impeaching the President or getting Cheney to resign, they will do anything and I mean anything to get the head of the man who orchestrated an election they still feel was "stolen" from them. Rove is the man they want, still 3rd on their hate list and they'll go after him every day until Bush leaves office. Gonzales? If they can take him down too, they will. But Tom DeLay said it best: " This is just a taste of what's going to be like for the next two years. And the Bush administration sort of showed their weakness when they got rid of Don Rumsfeld. This is a made up scandal. There is no evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever. ... They ought to be fighting back."