European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 2 2007 stars and stripes Page is opinion impeach Gonzales to get to truth quicker Arianna Huffington in his March 2425 weekend radio address president Bush said of the investigation into the attorney firings members of Congress now face a Choice whether they will waste time and provoke an unnecessary Confron tation or whether they will join us in working to do the peo Ples he got it half right if his administration continues to thwart the ability of con Gress to uncover the truth about the fir Ings there will in deed be a confront but it will hardly be if the president continues trying to run out the clock on this scandal Congress should immediately begin impeachment proceedings against Alberto Gonzales its the quickest Way to the truth appear ing on inns late Edi former attorney Joe Digenova said that if Congress insists on issuing subpoenas the White House will surely contest them and the ensuing litigation will last until the end of Bush term Digenova Point was that Congress should go ahead and Compromise but my Takeaway was just the opposite if Bush game is to stall Congress should play the impeach ment card since As american Prospect editor Robert Kuttner Points out an impeachment inquiry could be completed in a matter of Kuttner Calls Gonzales the administrations Point Man for serial assaults against the Rule of and his sordid track record As White House counsel and attorney general bears this out Guantanamo the misuse of National Security let the abuse of the Patriot act the Ille Gal spying on american citizens and now attorney general his lies about his involvement in the attorney firings Bush has 21 months left in office far too Long to continue with an at Torney general with such contempt for the Law there was an illuminating moment about All this on meet the it might even have been a moment of divine intervention Tim Russert was interview ing David Iglesias one of the fired attorneys and asked him about a Bible verse proverbs that he had referred to at the end of one his recently re leased emails Russert proverbs it caught my attention and i went to the Good Book and looked it up smite a scorer and the Sim ple will beware and reprove one that hath understanding and he will under stand explain Why you cited Iglesias ifs interesting that you would pick that up actually that a Typo i meant to say proverbs which is Many Are the plans in a mans heart but ifs the lords purpose that pre in other words All this mess May seem Cha Otic and without reason but ultimately theres a bigger plan theres a Providen tial plan so i meant to put proverbs not proverbs i say both passages Are relevant the lord May have an ultimate purpose that involves the meting out of Justice but Doest absolve us from doing what we can Here on Earth with the tools weve been Given like the ability to smite a scorer whether Gonzales hath understanding no longer matters to quote another verse Matthew be shall know them by their Alberto Gonzales fruits have proven to be bitter and Rotten to the Core its time for him to go sorry Doest seem to be the hardest word Ann Coulter when will republicans learn to Stop apologizing the Bush administration is embroiled in the most ridiculous no scandal scandal in human history set off when the administration stupidly apologized for firing its own employees attorneys Are political appointees who serve at the plea sure of the president the president May fire them for any Rea son at All that includes not implement ing the presidents pol icy about criminal prosecutions it also includes being in the Way of someone else whom the president wants to appoint for patronage reasons Why want a fuss made when president Bush fired Donald Rumsfeld he is every bit As much a political appointee As the attorneys Are democrats have the breathtaking audacity to claim that Bush replacing his own political appointees is politicizing pros ecu they say this As Sandy Berger walks free after stealing and destroying to secret National Security documents but Lewis Scooter Libby faces decades in prison for not Outing a Covert agent lets Hope Hes Learned his lesson they say this As rep William the refrigerator Jefferson sits on the Homeland Security committee while wait ing for the found in his Freezer to thaw but Tom delay remains under an indictment by some Hick prosecutor in Texas for an alleged accounting violation they say this As Senate majority Leader Harry Reid draws interest on the Sale of a property he sold in a complicated land Deal but american hero Randy Duke Cunningham rots in prison they say this while sen Chuck Schumer pays no Price whatsoever for his democratic senatorial Campaign committee having illegally obtained a copy of Republican it gov Michael Steeles credit report for which one employee Lauren Weiner pleaded guilty but served no prison time they say this while sen Teddy Kennedy is still at Large democrats have created a world in which a dec card is a get out of jail free Bush should say we did it it was political and theres nothing you can do about prickly City by Scott Stantis i oust when use you card and guilt beyond a reasonable doubt Means no doubt the defendant is if democrats keep this up  have to rethink their push to give in mates the right to then they turn around and say republicans Are politicizing prosecutions by fir ing their own employees and All republicans can do is apologize i refuse to parse the inane allegations the democrats Are making to Point out that Clinton wholesale firing of Republican attorneys was worse or to mention that some of these attorneys should have been fired a Long time ago Carol Bush should say we did it it was Politi Cal and theres nothing you can do about then he should Start holding hearings on Congress obstruction of the War Effort members of Congress should be asked to come before the administrations hearings and testify under oath about their commit ment to Victory if they Are not traitors what do they have to hide surely they will be willing to state under oath that they Are not undermining the War Effort for partisan political gain the hearings could be televised in prime time traitor or no traitor the presidents investigatory Power is better grounded than is Congress there is no hearings and investigations clause in article i describing Congress Powers but the recommendation clause of article ii Sec Tion 3 obligates the pres ident to from time to time give to the con Gress information of the state of the if the state of the Union is that we have a majority in Congress that is affirmatively undermining american National Security the president is constitutionally obliged to give Congress information to that effect How can he make that judgment without gathering the necessary data while Hes at it the Bush hearings should look into the democrats hiring and firing practices were the dedicated staff ers who worked on various committees while the republicans were in control retained by the incoming democrats or were some of those staffers fired because of their gasp partisan affiliation finally just for the democrats mention ing Randy Duke Cunningham name Bush should Pardon him immediately admittedly in this one Case the Republican was actually guilty of something Cunningham took bribes he didst kill a woman at Chappaquiddick to put it an other Way the Only thing Duke cunning Ham Ever Sank was his own career and in one glorious afternoon Over North Vietnam Duke Cunningham did More for his country than the entire democratic Cau Cus will do in a lifetime the president has absolute authority to fire attorneys hold investigative hear Ings and Grant pardons whats he worried about that the Media will be hysterical and democrats will Call him names con stantly apologizing Doest seem to have worked out too Well for him either How about doing something for the americans who elected him a but i see he has As we go to press news comes across the transom that Bush has withdrawn the nomination of Sam Fox As ambassador to Belgium because democrats Are upset that Fox gave a donation to the Swift boat veterans for truth theres no Hope