Fun Tidbit from Comey’s Testimony

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I wrote yesterday about how former Deputy Attorney General James Comey’s testimony before Congress shed even more light on why Alberto Gonzales is unfit to be Attorney General, and why Gonzales’ behavior during the warrantless wiretapping episode rendered his nomination disgraceful from the beginning. (For an in-depth examination of all of Comey’s testimony, see Glenn Greenwald.)

Today, I found this entertaining tidbit from Comey’s testimony. Comey is speaking with Arlen Specter, senator from Pennsylvania.

SPECTER: Can you give us an example of an exercise of good judgment by Alberto Gonzales?

[Gap in testimony.]

SPECTER: Let the record show a very long pause.
COMEY: It’s hard — I mean, I’m sure there are examples. I’ll think of some. I mean, it’s hard when you look back. We worked together for eight months.
SPECTER: That’s a famous statement of President Eisenhower about Vice President Nixon: “Say something good.” “Give me two weeks.”
COMEY: Right.

Full transcript available here.