tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post8989119607779380846..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Attorney General Nominee Pretends to be StupidWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-5068159918886689052007-10-29T01:47:00.000-05:002007-10-29T01:47:00.000-05:00Love this approach.Always was waiting for a someon...Love this approach.<BR/><BR/>Always was waiting for a someone to deal with Gonzales (and others) in a similar way when they do the "I don't recall" bit. Take him at his word and suggest that with so many memory lapses you are forced to assume that he is no longer competent to fulfill the duties of an legal officer, which requires a high degree of mental clarity, and an excellent memory for details of the statutes and case law. Then ask him to prove your assumption incorrect.<BR/><BR/>Essentially this is the equivalent of a "check", and forces them to move their testimony to adapt. Either he makes a claim that the office does NOT require a high degree of mental functioning and detailed memory -- allowing him to be "competent" for the job (and thus admitting to a mental competence problem). Or endorsing that the job DOES have such requirements, but then DENYING what he himself has just given testimony too, the "obvious" evidence of his own memory failings as demonstrated by the series of "I don't recall".<BR/><BR/>Either choice and you have him boxed. Then it's a matter of requesting an evaluation of his mental competence and memory. If he PASSES that by proving his memory is indeed good at retaining details, the only exception being the "selective" areas he was under questioning about, and you have prima facie evidence for obstruction of justice and/or perjury proceedings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com