Thread: Rohrabacher voices harsh criticism of DoJ, Gonzales

I love this guy! He's got guts!
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Rohrabacher voices harsh criticism of DoJ, Gonzales
By Klaus Marre
March 16, 2007
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.) on Friday became the latest Republican to strongly criticize the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, but he stopped short of calling for Gonzales’s resignation.
“It is ultimately the President’s decision but perhaps it would benefit this Administration if the Attorney General was replaced with someone with a more professional focus rather than personal loyalty,” Rohrabacher said.

While the administration’s handling of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys has led Democrats to call for Gonzales’s resignation, the fallout of the growing scandal has also revealed that some Republicans have deep reservations about the attorney general and DoJ on a variety of issues.

For Rohrabacher, one such issue is the case of imprisoned border patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

“There’s been a pattern of arrogance in this Administration,” Rohrabacher said. “They’ve demonstrated contempt for Congressional oversight and now we see a misuse of FBI authority, heavy-handed firings of U.S. Attorneys along with the ruthless prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean.”

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/roh ... 03-16.html

Rohrabacher blasts Bush administration

He says the president should be impeached if two convicted Border Patrol agents are killed in jail.
By Alicia Robinson

EDITOR'S NOTE: Behind the Headlines is a regular feature that focuses on the people involved in the stories making news. It allows them to speak in depth on the issues that have the community talking.

Always-outspoken Huntington Beach Rep. Dana Rohrabacher this week stepped into the latest Capitol Hill controversy, joining two other Republican members of Congress in calling for the dismissal of U.S. Atty. General Alberto Gonzales. Rohrabacher is displeased with how Gonzales — and the White House — handled the recent conviction of two Border Patrol agents, and the firing of eight U.S. attorneys has added fuel to the fire. Rohrabacher answered questions by phone Friday about Gonzales and President Bush.

Question: The fired federal prosecutors have been a news story for a while, and you've had other complaints with Gonzales' performance. What convinced you he should be fired?

Answer: If it was just the U.S. attorneys, I would say we shouldn't be calling the president's appointee into question, but the fact is that the heavy-handed approach that the president used toward these U.S. attorneys reflects a pattern of arrogance in this administration, and those of us even in the Republican congress recognized a contempt of congressional oversight by this administration as compared to other administrations. We've seen an abuse of power by the FBI, we've seen an incredibly ruthless prosecution of [Border Patrol agents Ignacio] Ramos and [Jose] Compean. All of those things combined would signal that the president is not well served by having a very good buddy as attorney general rather than someone with a more professional focus. It is the job of the attorney general as the president's legal counsel … to give direction and offer advice to the president and to make sure that what he's doing is both politically and legally advantageous to the president and the president's authority, and the president has not been well served by Gonzales.

The president has every right to fire U.S. attorneys — in fact, maybe he should have done so the first day of his administration, the way Bill Clinton did…. He has every right to throw the book at Border Patrol agents while pardoning drug dealers. The fact that these things are happening would suggest to me that you've got Mr. Gonzales not being forceful enough to advise the president that he's on the wrong track. For all we know, they could be Mr. Gonzales' policies.

Q: Do you see yourself as breaking ranks with the president and the party?

A: I think the president broke ranks with the Republican Party on a lot of issues. He's broken ranks with us; we're not breaking ranks with him…. If this wasn't part of what I saw as a pattern of arrogance, I wouldn't be complaining at all. This is part of a pattern of the president's stubbornness and heavy-handedness.

Q: You've also castigated the president for failing to pardon the two convicted Border Patrol agents and have threatened to call for impeachment if they're killed in jail. Do you think Bush should be impeached?

A: If they're murdered in jail, yeah, I do. If either one of these men is murdered in jail after it's clear to the White House that they were in danger…. Hopefully that would never happen, that would really be something that would push me over the line, so I'm not calling for it now.

This White House had every opportunity to go to the judge and say, let these guys out pending appeal…. These guys are being treated worse than common criminals, and this is coming directly from the White House. It reflects a meanness and an arrogance that, if it results in a loss of life, it's going to persist into an even bigger crisis for the president.

For four years, I've been the point man in defending the administration's position in Iraq … and here I am, at loggerheads with the president, and that just shows how inept he is at dealing with people like me.

Q: What's your assessment of the Bush administration's overall performance, and what will its legacy be?

A: It is likely that the president's only legacy will be that he was able to respond to the massive terrorist attack on the United States and was the guy who oversaw the counterattack, and that's going to be his legacy. Hopefully we will defeat radical Islam in the meantime, and he will have some credit for that if we succeed.

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007 ... dana17.txt

For me, that A-Hole's (Gonzales) comments about gang members "they're folks who have run into a spell of bad luck" , should be enough to get him canned. He's supposed to be our top cop and he sides with the worst of criminals over us.

This is part of a pattern of the president's stubbornness and heavy-handedness

Or maybe stupidity, and complete idiocy?

it would benefit this Administration if the Attorney General was replaced with someone with a more professional focus rather than personal loyalty,”

Amen to that.

Gee, I Just can't imagine why Gonzales would be detrimental for America.

NCLR WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GONZALES TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

Washington, DC – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., today welcomed President Bush’s nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as Attorney General. If confirmed, Gonzales would be the first Hispanic ever to serve as Attorney General.

“We are very encouraged by the Gonzales nomination. We previously criticized the Bush Administration for not having an Hispanic in the cabinet since the departure of former HUD Secretary, now Senator-elect, Mel Martinez. We are pleased that one of the first acts since the President’s reelection both rectifies that situation and marks an historic milestone for the Latino community. Never before has an Hispanic served as head of one of the four major cabinet posts – Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, and Attorney General,” stated Janet Murguia, NCLR Executive Director and COO.

Murguia also noted Gonzales’ ties to the Hispanic community throughout his career. “Alberto Gonzales served with distinction on the board of directors of one of NCLR’s oldest and most respected affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) in Houston, Texas. Moreover, during his tenure as White House Counsel, he has been one of the most accessible members of the White House staff to NCLR and other Hispanic organizations,” added Murguia.

Murguia concluded, “We acknowledge that this is the first step of a long confirmation process that requires that his record be fully examined. That being said, Gonzales is a thoughtful, reasonable public servant, a man of his word, and we have every expectation that his nomination will be very well received in the Latino community.”

http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/28109/



Also, I think La Shawn Barber agrees with us:


Posted by La Shawn @ 6:32 am
Filed under: Bush Bad , Cultural Decline , Illegal Aliens Ever heard of the National Council of La Raza? If so, you may know La Raza literally means “The Race.” No, it has nothing to do with the 100-yard dash. It refers to race, the subject we can’t stop talking about.

La Raza and its supporters try to downplay the racial element, claiming that the proper translation is “The People.” Which people? Hispanic people. In other words, the Hispanic “race.” The word games we play with each other…

George Bush’s nominee for Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, the person who’d be in charge of enforcing federal law, is a card-carrying member of a group that wants to stop enforcement of United States immigration law.

La Raza touts itself as a “Hispanic think tank” concerned with poverty and discrimination. Among other things, they want to strip law enforcement of the ability to protect our country against terrorists so that “Latinos” here illegally won’t be deported. Arabs are crossing our borders along with Mexicans, but La Raza wants the borders to remain “open.”

Under the guise of “family reunification” this group advocates open immigration for Mexicans, which is not in the best interest of the United States. But as we know, Bush wants to legalize millions of illegal aliens, so having an Attorney General whose job is to enforce law rather than subvert it, isn’t unusual. And I voted for this man.

This kind of stuff makes me ill.

Back to race, race, race. Some say that La Raza is just another civil rights group like the NAACP, but an argument can be made that those organizations are also separatist. Here’s the hypocrisy: when whites do it, it’s called racist. When “minorities” do it, it’s called cultural awareness, improving opportunities or some such euphemism.

What’s the difference between La Raza and, let’s say…Council of Conservative Citizens (C of CC)? La Raza claims to “speak out” for Hispanics; the Council of Conservative Citizens, for white “European-Americans.” But one group is considered a hate group. Can you guess which one? Are only whites racists? Regarding race, C of CC says:

Most of the issues addressed by the C of CC and its local chapters have nothing to do with race. But, on some issues, such as forced busing, quotas and immigration, the Council does indeed speak out for white European-Americans, their civilization, faith and form of government, but we do not advocate or support the oppression or exploitation of other races or ethnic groups.

The fact is that race influences politics, society, and culture. The great explorations, scientific discoveries, inventions, literature, art, and architecture encompassed by Western Civilization have no rival anywhere in the world. The C of CC recognizes that European Christian heritage is essential for the survival of our standard of living and way of life. There is no superior replacement for the civilization that has evolved through the Greeks, Romans, Celts, and Anglo-Saxons.

They’ve got a point, don’t you think? There isn’t a superior replacement for the civilization that evolved through the Greeks, Romans, Celts and Anglo-Saxons. If you don’t believe me, visit any country in Africa or the Middle East or anywhere else. I’m not going because I’m already convinced. Anti-American Americans need the perspective.

You won’t find such plain language on La Raza’s site, but you’ll find this under Health and Family Support:

While Latinos are affected by a wide range of risk factors and diseases, nearly every health disparity they experience could be prevented or more effectively managed given timely access to health care. Unfortunately, a number of barriers — including a widespread lack of health insurance and an inadequate supply of language services — currently operate at multiple levels within the health care system to prevent Latinos from gaining access to quality care.

NCLR seeks to eliminate the incidence, burden, and impact of health and environmental problems in Latinos, and seeks tangible improvements in Latinos’ access to health coverage, and high-quality, culturally-competent health care. NCLR uses a two-tiered system to address the health concerns of the Latino community.

In plain language, La Raza advocates more free health care for people already getting free health care, without regard for the people being taxed to death to pay for it. Great.

If you’re going to call groups like C of CC racist, you must say the same for other racialist organizations. Besides, which group is being up front about what they believe? I’ll take honesty over politically correct euphemistic tripe (especially the kind that costs me money) any day.
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Links: Malkin on illegal aliens on Long Island.

Washington Times: Pandering to Interlopers?

San Diego Union-Tribune: Border agents are bracing for expected surge of immigrants.

http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/11/29/topcop/

Resign Gonzales, another traitor down, HURRAY!!