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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Look, the whole "jury service" incident itself isn't a big deal, but lying to Congress (if he did so) is supposed to be a big deal.


It seems hard to believe that Gonzales would have so faulty a memory of the only time he went to Court for Bush, but it was years ago -- and in any event he is undoubtedly smart enough that everything he said was literally true.

I think, however, that "misleading" a Congressional committee who is reviewing your nomination should itself be grounds for defeat as a nominee.

If you think that lies to Congress (or misleading Congress) to protect the President from embarassment are OK so long as they match with the "record" you're endorsing a remarkably low standard of conduct for our public servants. Some Clinton nominees were sunk for allegedly lying to the FBI (Cisneros was one -- though he lied to protect himself from embarassment, not out of loyalty to his "padrone"). Any Bush nominees who mislead Congress or the FBI should suffer the same fate.

Of course, given the track record of this Administration . . . .

S_A_M

P.S. Hear about the new request for another $80B for Afghanistan & Iraq? Looks like Larry Lindsey was right in the ballpark about the cost of the war, just as Shalikashvili was about the numbers of troops which would be required for the aftermath. They were, however, way off of the party line. God Bless the USA.

Here's what I think happened. They asked him about it. It was ten years ago, so he had to refresh his memory by reading the transcript. The in chambers stuff was not in the transcript and he forgot it happened.