Does Gonzales have Alzheimers, and should we have an AG whose brain can’t retain information?
Saturday, February 27th, 2010During the Senate hearings, AG Gonzales claimed over 200 times that he “couldn’t recall” incidents that we know took place (including meetings he himself had called!) and statements we know he made.
If your boss asked you questions about your job and you kept replying “I don’t recall,” how long would you stay in your job? Not long, I suspect.
We should cut him some slack if he has Alzheimers or brain damage that prevents him from remembering prominent and critical events & facts, even if it is only those that might be harmful to his job or reputation (or that of the President). But if that’s the case, should he remain as AG anyway?
Should America’s top law enforcement executive be a person who admittedly “can’t recall” his most important decisions and actions? Wouldn’t it be more honorable if he admitted his mental deficiencies and resigned, rather than embarrass himself and the President even more than he has already?
PUSHERHOMBRE: You asked if I am pining for the days of Janet Reno… Tou mean those days of human rights, budget surpluses and global respect for America? When the worst thing the President lied about was blow jobs in the oval office? When those 3,300+ brave young Americans were still alive and had bright futures ahead of them? You BET I miss those days.
RMAGEDON: It’s so easy to throw numbers out there. Care to back them up with unbiased references?
CLARIFICATION: Gonzales used the “I don’t recall” excuse 64 times during the hearing. Counting the number of times his chief of staff used it, that’s 122 times. My reference to “over 200 times” included his many “I don’t know” type answers (claiming to know about critical actions and information in his own office, AND his own actions).
Of course I meant to say Gonzales claimed NOT to know about things in his own office, and even his own actions.
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