Gonzales preparing for the performance of his life
Posted on April 14, 2007
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It’s worse than sad that the AG needs to “practice” testifying before the main event at the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday. A certain amount of preparation before critical testimony might be expected but 2 weeks worth seems to be for something of a performance rather than an opportunity for clearing the air and truthtelling.
The suspicion here is that the AG is practicing remaining consistent on his and the administration’s version of the story, learning and practicing how to minimize the potential for untruths by means of obfuscation. To keep from revealing anything and keep from lying in a way that can be caught, he will have to answer questions with non-answers and somehow make the non-answers seem satisfying just the same.
The leaks from those practice sessions suggest that Gonzales is not doing very well in his preparations. Is anyone actually buying that? Apparently the MSM is. These suggestions that the AG’s preparation is not going well are continually reported straight, without reporting on why the leaks might be made.
But who are these leakers? A person in the know would be very close and would have an agenda. Remember when George W. Bush was preparing for political debates against reputedly much more articulate opponents? His political team worked the media to lower expectations of Bush’s performance. The idea was that if expectations were low enough, all Bush would have to do was not make an ass of himself and could be declared the winner. Is something like this being spinned on Gonzales’s behalf? Are the leaks advance preparation for his defense? Is there an allowance to be made for false testimony because an “unknown source” revealed that Gonzales privately had trouble keeping the facts straight in his own mind? And this is the U.S. Attorney General?
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John Paul -
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