Why isn't AG Gonzales testifying under Oath?

[greenpagan]

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[Vickers]

1. Because he's a lying sack of shit traitor like George and Dick?

Just a guess, mind you.

[Broken_Hero]

11. Yep and you win, a cookie!...n/t

[JohnnyRingo]

13. I didn't know there were snacks...

I would have jumped in and answered with the obvious first.
...dammit

On Edit:
The real question to me is:
Why do we allow this admin to consistantly testify casually, like they're chatting in their kitchens about our country's security?

[Broken_Hero]

14. I'm a sub teacher...

And I live by the rule of "bring enough for everyone"...so, cookies all around!!...:) I wish I had cable/satelitte...days like this makes me want to order Direct Tv .....

[JohnnyRingo]

17. And a very good sub, by all appearances.

My disdain for broadcast TV is such that I would give up my phone before I surrender my cable.
Watching reality shows and common denominator sit-coms would probably drive me out of the house during most of the day.

I would probably end up doing a lot more work around here when I was home, and would probably enjoy better health due to a more active lifestyle.

But can you really call it living without CSPAN, The Learning Channel, and Comedy Central?

[Broken_Hero]

21. Yes, very true...

I can get abc/cbs/nbc with the anntennae, and the programming blows...there isn't one show I look forward to seeing, and they all carry the most worthless sports...except cbs and college football, most of the time they are showing tennis/golf/nascar, and I really have zero interest in those shows. I love cspan, cspan II, comedy central, and a few others...at times, i wish i would just swallow the bullet and get direct tv...but anyways...:)

[guidod]

12. That's a pertty good guess.

He's also a DICK.

[DemInDistress]

2. for the same reasons "Lunatic Stevens" wouldn't allow Big Oil

to testify under oath..LIES have a habit of coming back to bite you on your ass....

[guidod]

26. The repuke committee members

won't let it happen.

[fooj]

3. Specter wouldn't swear him in. It's that simple.

Peace.

[applegrove]

4. The whole idea of "Oath" is outdated. So 1961. So Robert Frost - and

he is an evil poet. Anything that competes with the TV advertising must be stopped.

:sarcasm:

[BOSSHOG]

5. He's a "conservative" with nothing to hide

[BlueEyedSon]

6. To avoid a perjury rap.

[oldtime dfl_er]

7. haha

:rofl:

oh sorry was that a serious question????

[zulchzulu]

8. Everyone realizes it doesn't matter..he'll lie anyway...

Why waste time with an oath...winky, winky, nod, nod...

[melissinha]

9. Its a defense mechanism of a guilty individual

Cause he knows it will be perjury if he's proven to have lied.

To show that they are conducting oversight they needed to include him, but they have no intention of receiving truthful information if he doesn't take an oath because he probably wouldn't appear if told he would be under oath.

[calimary]

10. You won't believe what a Specter staffer just told me.

I called in on one of the TOLL FREE lines. A staffer answered. I asked why Mr. "Torture's Okay" wasn't sworn in, under oath. She said Specter had reviewed the statutes and determined that as an officer of the government, gonzales was in effect already sworn to tell the truth (!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!) simply by testifying to Congress.

Uhhh... yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh... suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrre...

I said, what if he's lying? She said he's technically already sworn to tell the truth. JEEEEZZZ. Let's be sure we remember that one, the next time one of our guys has to testify.

[Loge23]

15. So is the idiot pres.

and look where that has got us!!

[Ian David]

16. That's what Spooky's staffer told me, too...

That anyone testifying before congress is automatically under oath, whether they are sworn-in or not.

I complained that "swearing-in" would then still be a symbolic gesture for the American People to see on television, and that it is disingenuous and partisan of the senator to spare Gonzales the indignity or swearing on a bible.

[incapsulated]

18. Are you questioning the honesty and integrity of our leaders?

Their righteousness is innate and beyond question, conferred upon them by our Glorious Leader.

Please step this way and have your papers in order....

[MrBenchley]

19. The culture of corruption.....

The attorney general won't testify under oath, and the chairman of the hearing won't try to swear him in....says it all, doesn't it?

[Uncle Joe]

20. Because Cheney could not do it with him. n/t

[Steve A Play]

22. The next time I'm called for jury duty

I'm going to refuse to be sworn in. If it's good enough for the AG, it's good enough for me. I'm going to tell the judge that "I'm going to give you the same answers whether I'm sworn in or not", and remind him of these hearings. :)

Steven P. :kick:

[Bluesplayer]

23. Bible shortage

With all the repubs taking oaths these days, there's been an epidemic of bibles bursting into flames.

(Could that be a sign of something?)

[realFedUp]

24. jury duty

just did my duty and a whole room of potential
jurors were sworn in, whether we served on the panel
or not.
Maybe we need a real judge in Justice, not just
one who practiced real estate.

[Kablooie]

25. They thought testifying as an Oaf was more appropriate.