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walznotwalls

(92 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 06:14 AM Sep 12

Bush's Attorney General Backs Kamala Harris

Source: Political Wire

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales endorsed Kamala Harris in Politico, warning that Donald Trump is “perhaps the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation.”



Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/12/bushs-attorney-general-backs-kamala-harris/



it's a trend. whose next? Karl Rove? Rick Santorum? Condi Rice?
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Bush's Attorney General Backs Kamala Harris (Original Post) walznotwalls Sep 12 OP
They got that torturing tyrant? EYESORE 9001 Sep 12 #1
Any Republican who values the Constitution and our Constitutional system COL Mustard Sep 12 #3
Exactly. First things first, people. paleotn Sep 12 #4
Yeah, I'll give him that EYESORE 9001 Sep 12 #5
Another war criminal Deminpenn Sep 12 #2
Most serious threat in a generation? 20 years ago, BushCo was the threat, and you led the charge. Eugene Sep 12 #6
Thank you PatSeg Sep 12 #9
War criminal says what? Enemy of my enemy is my short term friend.. irisblue Sep 12 #7
Hey, he seems to have completely recovered from the amnesia episode tanyev Sep 12 #8
"in a generation" cactusfractal Sep 12 #10
I would take Colin Powell. CaptainTruth Sep 12 #11
Just realized Powell passed away in 2021! CaptainTruth Sep 12 #12
LIHOP Mme. Defarge Sep 12 #15
I believe LIHOP. CaptainTruth Sep 12 #17
Powell most certainly did enable the Iraq invasion Deminpenn Sep 12 #18
I have not forgotten. CaptainTruth Sep 12 #19
Oh my!!! wolfie001 Sep 12 #13
In a generation? KPN Sep 12 #14
Rove: No. Santorum: Hell no. Condi Rice: Maybe. LeftInTX Sep 12 #16

EYESORE 9001

(27,473 posts)
1. They got that torturing tyrant?
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 06:43 AM
Sep 12

Not exactly a stellar endorsement in my book, but if it gives permission for other repuQs to abandon the orange menace, GOOD!

COL Mustard

(6,861 posts)
3. Any Republican who values the Constitution and our Constitutional system
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:06 AM
Sep 12

And wants to back Kamala, I'm all for! We can sort out the policy differences later but we have to preserve the Country.

EYESORE 9001

(27,473 posts)
5. Yeah, I'll give him that
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:19 AM
Sep 12

Lots of folks dig that torture and I’m guessing most are already repuQs, so, yes, I’ll take their votes. It’s time for repuQs to turn their backs on a wannabee dictator and finally - at long last - show their allegiance to the Constitution. All of it - not just the parts they like. This is existential for democracy itself.

Eugene

(62,626 posts)
6. Most serious threat in a generation? 20 years ago, BushCo was the threat, and you led the charge.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:25 AM
Sep 12

You opened the door to all of this Mr. Gonzales.

PatSeg

(49,681 posts)
9. Thank you
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:46 AM
Sep 12

I'm more than glad to take votes away from Trump, but I'm not about to paint these criminals as the good guys. They laid the path for someone like Trump to move into the White House. Now they care about the constitution and democracy?

After eight years of that disastrous presidency no one was held accountable. Just because Trump was awful, doesn't mean we've forgotten what those people did to this country. Apparently Gonzales and Cheney think we have.

tanyev

(44,425 posts)
8. Hey, he seems to have completely recovered from the amnesia episode
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:41 AM
Sep 12

he had while testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007. Imagine that.

cactusfractal

(550 posts)
10. "in a generation"
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 07:47 AM
Sep 12

... Because he was part of the last threat a generation ago.

We remember.

We fought Dubya, and thought Republicans couldn't get more stupid at the time. Boy, were we wrong.

CaptainTruth

(7,183 posts)
11. I would take Colin Powell.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 08:16 AM
Sep 12

Powell was not part of the PNAC, he was not part of their "new Pearl Harbor" plans to "transform the Middle East," he did not help craft their lies about Iraq WMDs. In other words, he was not part of the group that used 9/11 as their "new Pearl Harbor" & pushed lies about Iraqi WMDs as an excuse to invade Iraq & pursue their goal of an "imperial America."

That group needed someone with credibility to push their lies to the world & they used Powell for that purpose. He, like most others in government & most Americans, believed what the PNAC cabal were saying & he presented their "evidence" of WMDs in good faith, believing it was true. It wasn't until much later that he realized he had been deceived & used, & I will not hold that against him.

Sadly, I don't believe most Americans understand what really happened.

CaptainTruth

(7,183 posts)
12. Just realized Powell passed away in 2021!
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 08:23 AM
Sep 12

Oooops!

I'm totally out of my time zone right now... need sleep & coffee.

CaptainTruth

(7,183 posts)
17. I believe LIHOP.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 09:46 AM
Sep 12

The letters they sent to Pres Clinton & Netanyahu before Bush was elected (appointed by SCOTUS) made it clear how badly they wanted that war, & all the warnings sent to the Bush admin that something was coming, some with very specific details, were apparently ignored, or certainly not acted on.

Deminpenn

(16,243 posts)
18. Powell most certainly did enable the Iraq invasion
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 10:04 AM
Sep 12

Myabe you've forgotten Powell's full of WMD lies to the UN. I haven't.

CaptainTruth

(7,183 posts)
19. I have not forgotten.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 11:56 AM
Sep 12

He was definitely deceived & used by the PNAC crew to enable the invasion. They used him as the reputable "face" to deliver their lies.

All evidence I've seen indicates that he acted in good faith, believing that what he was saying was true. (You may remember a whole lot of Democrats in government believed it was true too.) The PNAC lied to him & used him, just like they lied to all of America & the world.

LeftInTX

(29,872 posts)
16. Rove: No. Santorum: Hell no. Condi Rice: Maybe.
Thu Sep 12, 2024, 09:34 AM
Sep 12

I think Rice will likely vote for Kamala, but have no idea whether she will endorse her.

Rove: No. He lives for GOP dirty tricks.

Santorum: Abortion ban. Abortion ban! Trump. Trump.


I think Bush and family will vote for Kamala.
They just aren't endorsing.

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