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Rainbow~
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posted November 13, 2004 01:02 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Who is Alberto Gonzales?

Steve Watson/Infowars.net | Nov 11 2004


Gonzales has been covering Bush's back for years and is now being rewarded with a high profile spot in the administration. Gonzales is also a compromised character, fitting the mould perfectly for his elite puppet masters.

Gonzales was most recently counsel to the president and recipient of the infamous internal White House memo from Aug. 1, 2002, signed by then-Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee which put Bush above the law and "...argued darkly that torturing al-Qaida captives "may be justified" and that international laws against torture "may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations" conducted under President Bush. The memo then continued for 50 pages to make the case for the use of torture."
http://www.polkonline.com/stories/061704/opi_law.shtml

The leaked memo claimed that the importance of gaining information about possible future terror attacks from people suspected of links to terrorist groups "renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners."

"Gonzales also has connections to scandal-ridden energy giant Enron. He is a former partner in the Houston law firm Vinson and Elkins, which represented Enron. He also received $6,500 in campaign contributions from the company when he ran for re-election to the Texas Supreme Court."


http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/10117261.htm


"In 1996...Gonzales, as Bush's general counsel, managed to get the then-Texas governor excused from jury duty, thus saving Bush from having to disclose a 1976 arrest for drunk driving."
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KarenSD
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posted November 13, 2004 01:43 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
*rolling my eyes*

More of the same...

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pidaua
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posted November 13, 2004 02:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here's the REAL scoop:

The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales
Counsel to the President

Judge Al Gonzales was commissioned as Counsel to President George W. Bush in January of 2001. Prior to serving in the White House, he served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Before his appointment to the Texas Supreme Court in 1999, he served as Texas' 100th Secretary of State from December 2, 1997 to January 10, 1999. Among his many duties as Secretary of State, Gonzales was a senior advisor to then Governor Bush, chief elections officer, and the Governor's lead liaison on Mexico and border issues.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of State, Gonzales was the General Counsel to Governor Bush for three years. Before joining the Governor's staff, he was a partner with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. in Houston, Texas. He joined the firm in June 1982. While in private practice, Gonzales also taught law as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center.

Among his many professional and civic activities, Gonzales was elected to the American Law Institute in 1999. He was a board trustee of the Texas Bar Foundation from 1996 to 1999, a board director for the State Bar of Texas from 1991 to 1994, and President of the Houston Hispanic Bar Association from 1990 to 1991. He was a board director of the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast from 1993 to 1994, and President of Leadership Houston during this same period. In 1994, Gonzales served as Chair of the Commission for District Decentralization of the Houston Independent School District, and as a member of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions for Rice University. Gonzales was Special Legal Counsel to the Houston Host Committee for the 1990 Summit of Industrialized Nations, and a member of delegations sent by the American Council of Young Political Leaders to Mexico in 1996 and to the People's Republic of China in 1995.

Among his many honors, in 2003 Gonzales was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Alumni Hall of Fame, was honored with the Good Neighbor Award from the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, and received President's Awards from the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the League of United Latin American Citizens. In 2002, he was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University by the Association of Rice Alumni and was honored by the Harvard Law School Association with the Harvard Law School Association Award. Gonzales was recognized as the 1999 Latino Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association, and he received a Presidential Citation from the State Bar of Texas in 1997 for his dedication to addressing basic legal needs of the indigent. He was chosen as one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans by the Texas Jaycees in 1994, and as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas by the Texas Young Lawyers Association in 1992. Gonzales was honored by the United Way in 1993 with a Commitment to Leadership Award, and received the Hispanic Salute Award in 1989 from the Houston Metro Ford Dealers for his work in the field of education.

Gonzales was born in San Antonio, Texas and raised in Houston. He is a graduate of Texas public schools, Rice University, and Harvard Law School. Gonzales served in the United States Air Force between 1973 and 1975, and attended the United States Air Force Academy between 1975 and 1977. He is married to Rebecca and is the father of three sons.

He is listed as a MODERATE Republican that has voted with is heart and not by party lines:

His sharp intellect and sound judgment have helped shape our policies in the war on terror," Bush said at the White House on Wednesday afternoon.

"He always gives me his frank opinion; he is a calm and steady voice in times of crisis. He has an unwavering principle of respect for the law."

Gonzales said the day was one of "conflicting emotions." He said if confirmed he would miss interacting with the members of the White House staff on a daily basis.

"I will work hard to build upon [Ashcroft's] record," he said.

In a news release, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said, "It's encouraging that the president has chosen someone less polarizing. We will have to review his record very carefully, but I can tell you already he's a better candidate than John Ashcroft."

Gonzales, a former Texas Supreme Court justice appointed by then-Gov. Bush, was named White House counsel in January 2001. He had also served as Texas' secretary of state. (Gonzales political fortunes tied to Bush's)

More conservative Republicans, however, have found some of Gonzales' relatively moderate votes on the Texas Supreme court troubling, including a majority vote not requiring some teenage girls to get parental permission for an abortion.

In his opinion on the ruling, Gonzales wrote, "While the ramifications of such a law may be personally troubling to me as a parent, it is my obligation as a judge to impartially apply the laws of this state without imposing my moral view on the decisions of the legislature."

Gonzales told associates at the time he felt the complaints about the memo -- written in January 2002 -- were taken out of context.

The memo warned Bush administration officials that they could be held accountable for "war crimes" if they did not agree with the conclusion of Justice Department attorneys that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Gonzales' memo was a result of the State Department's request that Bush reconsider his decision to follow the Justice Department conclusion.

If confirmed as attorney general, Gonzales will be the first Hispanic American to hold the Cabinet position.

Bush received Ashcroft's handwritten resignation letter a week ago, but did not formally accept the attorney general's resignation until this week.

The president praised the outgoing attorney general as "another superb public servant."

During his nearly four-year tenure as the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Ashcroft "reorganized the Department of Justice to meet the new threat of terrorism," Bush said. "He fairly and forcefully applied the Patriot Act and helped to dismantle terror cells inside the United States."

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, the judiciary committee's ranking Democrat, wrote in a news release, "I like and respect Judge Gonzales and look forward to our committee's consideration of his nomination.

"The Justice Department in the first Bush term was the least accountable Justice Department in my lifetime. Meaningful oversight and accountability were thwarted for years. We will be looking to see if Judge Gonzales intends to change that."

Ashcroft's resignation will become effective upon confirmation of Gonzales, Justice Department officials said.

Ashcroft, a former senator and two-term governor of Missouri, garnered criticism as attorney general on issues like the Patriot Act, which backers say helps the government in its fight against terrorism and critics say infringes on civil liberties.

Ashcroft was treated for gallstone pancreatitis in March, and his recovery kept him out of the office for nearly a month. In his handwritten resignation letter, dated November 2, he told Bush the job has been "both rewarding and depleting." (Text of resignation letter)

"I believe that the Department of Justice would be well served by new leadership and fresh inspiration," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/10/bush.cabinet/

I WOULD NOT say it is more of the same- but I will say that the Liberal HATE when a minority does not fall into THEIR party lines- I am sure it will only be a matter of time before Judge Gonzales is called a "Sell out" and is accused of being bought off by the Republican party.

Far be it for a minority to have the ability to choose on OUR own and choose the conservative way without being called traitor.

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Rainbow~
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posted November 13, 2004 06:29 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
But of course your post presents the "real" story, Pid....

There's always one that lies.....and one that tells the truth....and somehow you always manage to get ahold of the one that tells the truth! *good work*

Love,
Rainbow

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pidaua
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posted November 15, 2004 03:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well Rainbow....I am glad that you finally acknowledge that.

I guess that makes me the resident fact finder..or shall I say the bearer of Truth, Justice and the American Way

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Isis
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posted November 15, 2004 03:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Isis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think contrary to what you're saying Rainbow, that most stories have some element of truth to them. I don't believe that one has to be "right" and the other left, I mean, "wrong".

Hehehe...sorry, little conservative humor there

But seriously, I think the biggest thing that gets in the way of debate is that attitude - "if my story is right, yours has to be wrong, because only one of us can be correct" - even if you don't agree w/ my view on a subject in general, it seems that to concede to your opposition that they have a good point, means that your points in contrast must be wrong.

I believe that, when made rationally, if you have a good point, I may not agree with you on the issue, but I can say, "yeah, you have a good point" without thinking that it somehow means my points are wrong. IE; we can both have very good points, and both be right, because it's just a point of view.

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jwhop
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posted November 15, 2004 03:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Now that is truth. Liberals cannot abide a minority who made it on their own talent, motivation and persistence. Liberals save their most hateful speech for those minorities who are not their own little clubbies. Hey, is that racism at the core of liberalism? The idea that minorities can only make it in America with the help of Liberals?

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