Poor Alberto; Poor Vick
Alberto Gonzales the man that was at the center of so much badness in the Bush Administration is/has stepped down. President Bush has spoken in support of Alberto since the beginning of the various scandals. Glenn Greenwald, who is coming to Asheville on September the 13th, has a great post on him. Glenn rightly states that the Democrats have an opportunity to say that they are not going to accept neocon, yes men from Bush any more.
Michael Vick who really has nothing to do with Alberto Gonzales threw himself on the mercy of the American people in his first press conference since the dogfighting allegations surfaced. He stated that he was immature and that he was sorry. Immature doesn’t really cover it but at least it is a start.
I’ll more on these stories later.
Update: Video added for Vick. You know I was sort of with Michael during this speech. His excuse for not being able to say what he wants to say was that he has been a football player. What? He made enough money to hire his personal speech coach but it wasn’t a priority. And, I’m sorry, but the worst part of the cliche was that he has turned over his life to God. These athletes always seem to find God once they are in the soup up to their eyeballs. The worst part of the sappiest speech of all-time was the children. Yep, he hated that he let down the children. Oh, please. He hated that he got caught. I know that the speech had to be done. It was just nauseating.
The only way he shouldn’t get the full 5 years of punishment is if he helps bring down the other dog fighters. They report there are about 100,000 in the country. It is an inside network and if he would help convict some of the others only then he should get a lesser sentence. I am more outraged that the Atlanta NAACP chapter compared dogfighting to deer hunting. I saw so many people start saying the same thing and it made me sick. How you can compare putting 2 dogs together and forcing them to bite and rip each other until one dies compared to tracking a wild deer and shooting it for food and not making it suffer is beyond me. I do not know why they made that statement.It just gave all the dogfighters ammo against anyone condemming them. Micheal Vick needs to be made an example of regardless of the football. I hear the gambling is more harmful to his career than the dogs anyway. If he pays his dues for the crime then let them discuss his football after he gets out of jail. But he didn’t do enough to denounce his actions unless he helps turn in more of the same abusers.
That is the outrage.
you go girl!