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Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will cooperate with a “truth commission” proposed by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy to look into possible unlawful conduct by the Bush administration, the Washington Independent reports. This morning reporter David Weigel caught up with Gonzales after a forum on Republicans and the Hispanic vote and posed the question.
Gonzales’ reply:
“My view has always been to be as cooperative as possible, and that’s what I’ve been with respect to everything. As far as I’m concerned I’ve got nothing to hide and I’ll cooperate. Every time I’ve been asked to cooperate, I’ve cooperated. In terms of what happens in the future, I’m not going to comment on that, but that is what I’ve done in the past.
“I think only a fool would be unconcerned about any kind of commission or investigation in this political town and in this political climate. Having said that, again, because I feel like I’ve got nothing to hide and I’ve done nothing wrong, I’m not worried about the truth, so long as what we’re talking about is the truth and things don’t become politicized.”
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Comment posted February 19, 2009 @ 1:47 pm
I suppose if it’s a choice between his reputation and the historical legacy of George W. Bush, GWB is going to be left behind. Who can blame him? Look where his loyalty got him.
Comment posted February 19, 2009 @ 2:24 pm
Gonzales’ reply:
“I’m not worried about the truth, so long as what we’re talking about is the truth and things don’t become politicized.”
Gonzales is a dazed and confused victim of 30 years of skillful manipulation of the truth. So was George W. Bush. When he says he is not afraid of the truth and he did nothing wrong, that is true in the alternative universe that he inhabits. The world is full of weak minded fools. In the US they were all rounded up in the 80’s, mostly from the congregations of the former TV evangelists, and were promised the repeal of abortion laws in exchange for their single issue vote. They were steeped in the language of free market economics which was woven into a low taxes, small government, “gospel of prosperity” message. This message was marketed in the mega churches, NASCAR rallyes, monster truck events, the country music industry, talk radio shows, and all the other places these folks tend to frequent. It is part of the truth as they know it. It is a truth that is almost purely political.
Gonzales, and most of the hard core Republican base, don’t have an objective standard for truth. They are “people of faith”. “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed”. They think that a belief in the laws of man is “quaint”. If your truth doesn’t spring directly from the “Word” then it isn’t truth. That is why they can’t accept a secular purpose for the Constitution or our government. These must be based on the Word as they interpret it or our laws won’t be righteous. Activist Judges are those that don’t adhere to what they believe to be the Word.
If questioning Gonzales helps us to find out who the real Jim Jones figures are, then that will be a good thing regardless of whether Mr Gonzales himself is ever capable of sorting this out for himself.
Comment posted May 10, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
According to sure- of- himself Ron Thiessen, Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, and the Republican party are stunned, dazed, and confused cult members without any objective standard of truth. And this is coming from a member of the postmodern, relativistic left that has left behind all notions of objective truth?
Hey, maybe Ron has some common ground with some of us on the Right after all. Let’s all agree to eschew any and all manipulation of the truth. Not to bear false witness is still a good maxim, and has been one of the pillars of our society for centuries.
P.S. Someone from this new coalition should monitor the upcoming “Designing Obama” seminar.
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