Comments on: Gonzales No Longer ABA Journal’s “Lawyer of the Year” http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mespo727272 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-11456 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:07:59 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-11456 Patty C:

Well, we are well through the age of Aquarius, and I, for one, believe that we have a chance to turn things around with a new approach. Regardless of who wins the Presidency, the key to moving things forward is the Congress. I don’t care what the party affiliation, but I do hope for a 20 point rise in IQ and increase in ethical and legal sensitivity by an order of magnitude of at least one. That should flush out most neo-cons.

]]> By: Patty C http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-11452 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:47:59 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-11452 I may regret posting this little factoid, AND for those who have more than a passing interest in astrology, as I do (and No, I don’t mean the daily Sun Sign newspaper variety) it might be intersting to note that Obama and Fredo share the same birthday, 8/4, both being ‘fiery’ Leos
- as is Bill Clinton, btw (Born August 19, 1946 – age 61)

What are unknown to me are birth times.

I have read Obama has Scorpio Rising… :o

Gonzales…Born : August 4, 1955 (1955-08-04) (age 52)
San Antonio, Texas

Obama……Born : August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 46)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

Sorry, y’all. I’m just not buyin’ the whole ‘Hope’ hype. I think he is too easily swayed depending on who he’s talking to at the time and I am not comfortable with him cutting his teeth on this upcoming term.

If I can’t have Al Gore, I think would rather have Hillary, and, in
a way Bill, by osmosis.

]]> By: rcampbell http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4088 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:46:50 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4088 Perhaps Jonathan has already answered my question, but i keep wondering what kind of twisted, tortured (pardon the irony) logic it would take for the Bar Assoc. to name this thug even “Newsmaker of the Year”? How could anything Alberto Gonzales did during his miserably failed tenure be considered news the ABA needed in the public domain about lawyers? I think even if he was a used car salesman, he’d still be an embarrassment to the profession.

]]> By: jonathanturley http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4079 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:39:24 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4079 Unfortunately Gonzales is a model for too many lawyers who view ethics and morality to be fluid and relative concepts. Most lawyers do oppose the Administration’s shredding of core principles, but the Bar has done will beyond resolutions.

]]> By: randron http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4076 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:34:23 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4076 How about if “Lawyers in favor of law and the Constitution” take a page out the Pakistani playbook and demonstrate “en masse” in Washington tomorrow in support of no immunity for telecoms who broke the law and allowed themselves to be used by Bush and Gonzales?

]]> By: ABA OUTRAGE http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4072 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:16:06 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/16/gonzales-no-longer-aba-journals-lawyer-of-the-year/#comment-4072 I, for one, am outraged that the ABA would thumb their nose at this nation by placing this *man* in such light. It’s helpful to know that lawyers went to bat and stopped it from happening. That’s a good thing. But, they should do more. Abandon ship! Get out of there. Build something honest and new and begin again. The ABA obviously is in someone’s back pocket. A whole lot of lawyers can make it a mission and send a message. It would be most welcome by us little people.

Thanks for letting us know.

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