Just when you think that things are bad in D.C., we find out it’s worse than we thought!! Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Well, I use the word testified loosely, as he mostly obfuscated and tried to dodge the questions. One area that the senators delved into was the Gonzales/Andrew Card visit to former Attorney General John “Make-the-Eagle-Sore” Ashcroft when he was post-operative and sedated in intensive care. Al Fredo finally cleared up any confusion by explaining that he, then Chimpy’s George W. Bush’s White House counsel, and Card had cooked up a big pot of chicken soup for Ashcroft and wanted to deliver it to him before it got cold. Oh, that and to have the loopy-on-meds Ashcroft sign off on an illegal warrantless wiretapping program. I’ll let The Arizona Republic tell you about it:
In May, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified that Gonzales and then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card had pressured Ashcroft in March 2004 to reauthorize the program as Ashcroft lay gravely ill in a hospital bed.
Comey said the Bush administration ran the program without the Justice Department’s approval for up to three weeks in 2004, nearly triggering a mass resignation of the nation’s top law enforcement officials.
Gonzales said the hospital visit had taken place only after the so-called “Gang of Eight” top congressional and intelligence committee leaders from both parties had told him to proceed with the program despite Comey’s opposition.
(emphasis mine)
See what I mean!! Gangs in Congress!!!! Poor Gonzy! I would have been scared, too, faced with this bunch of hooligans:
Original DVD cover.
The Gang of 8 (clockwise from top left: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Jane Harman (D-CA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Porter Goss (R-FL), Tom Daschle (D-SD), Tom Delay (R-LeavenworthTX), Bill Frist (R-TN), Pat Roberts (R-KS)
😳 Maybe Al Fredo’s memory is playing tricks on him again! Turns out that the gang members had something to say after the hearings!
From The Boston Globe:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, and Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, who were briefed on the program at the time, said there was no consensus that it should proceed. Three others who were at the meeting also said the legal underpinnings of the program were never discussed.
“He once again is making something up to protect himself,” Rockefeller said of the embattled attorney general.
…snip…
Pelosi, Rockefeller, and former senator Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, members of the Gang of Eight at the time, also sharply disputed Gonzales’ claims about the White House meeting. Daschle said in a statement that he could not recall the specific meeting and is “quite certain that at no time did we encourage the AG or anyone else to take such actions. This appears to be another attempt to rewrite history.”
On a side note, I sure hope that Bill Frist didn’t mistake either of the ladies for Miss Kitty!!!
HYSTERICAL RAISINS 
When I saw you title, I thought of Gangs of DC (ala Gangs of NY), but this is even better!
I especially liked: “Well, I use the word testified loosely, as he mostly obfuscated and tried to dodge the questions. ”
You are a trip!
What are they up to? Even a bunch as dumb as the Bush Boys would know that the Gang of 8 would deny this lame story. The Congress Members must be prevented from offering testemony on this matter due to National Security restrictions or something. This one is very strange. Great job on the picture, nonnie!
i already used gangs of ny for a rudy poster. this one was oodles of fun!
i read in one of the articles (not sure if it is one that i linked to or not) that a rethug corroborated al fredo’s story. of course, the rethug did not want to be identified. yeah, right! 🙄 i believe it!