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It has been another one of those days for me which is why there has not been to much of anything posted here.
mcjoan over at the Daily Kos has an interesting look at the Alberto Gonzales press conference that he had on Tuesday and what some of the faithful are saying about it.
It is indeed time for Gonzales to pack his bags and to leave his office for what would hopefully be a real Attorney General instead of a stooge for the White House.
One White House mole going down, who's next?
Given the efforts of the White House to stress a "growing rift" between Bush and his long time loyal lackey, and these mass desertions by the GOP, Gonzales's days in office can probably be numbered on two hands.
Alberto Gonzales should have never been confirmed as Attorney General two years ago. The issue driving this blog and all those who joined with us in opposition to his appointment was a critical one: torture.
The morally satisfying end of his tenure would have been impeachment over that issue. But his forced resignation over the Prosecutor Purge would ultimately prove as satifsying. For he would be ousted because of his repeated elevation over the political interests of the White House over the rule of law.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), the administration's most faithful legislator, said "the appearances are troubling" for Gonzales. "I'm concerned," Cornyn said with Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) at his side. "This has not been handled well." The best Cornyn could offer Gonzales: "In Texas, we believe in having a fair trial and then we have the hanging."
Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire on Wednesday became the first Republican in Congress to call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' dismissal, hours after President Bush expressed confidence in his embattled Cabinet officer.
And how about the punditry? He's lost that most non-shrill of the DC punditry, Ruth Marcus at WaPo:
In his now famous "overblown personnel matter" column in USA Today last week, Gonzales wrote, "While I am grateful for the public service of these seven U.S. attorneys, they simply lost my confidence." (Or did he mean Kyle Sampson's confidence?)
It's time -- past time -- for the president to say the same, perhaps more quietly and more politely, about his friend, his counselor and his failed attorney general.
1 Comment:
What continues to irritate me is that the "bukck does not stop at the top." It wasn't Scooter Libby that gave the order to trash a CIA agent, it was the Vice President. Why aren't members of Congress calling it like it is. It wasn't Gonzales who gave the order to purge the Justice Department of those who were not "on the team," It came from the President's office. Call a spade a spade, don't allow the administration to get by with throwing someone to the wolves with- out being smeared.
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