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Bye Bye Gonzo

by Tryan Hartill

NY Times comes out swinging:

If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had gone to the Senate yesterday to convince the world that he ought to be fired, it’s hard to imagine how he could have done a better job, short of simply admitting the obvious: that the firing of eight United States attorneys was a partisan purge.

Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch…. He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik….

Some of his answers were merely laughable. Mr. Gonzales said one prosecutor deserved to be fired because he wrote a letter that annoyed the deputy attorney general. Another prosecutor had the gall to ask Mr. Gonzales to reconsider a decision to seek the death penalty…....

Mr. Gonzales said he did not know why the eight had been on the list when it was given to him, that it had not been accompanied by any written analysis and that he had just assumed it reflected a consensus of the senior leaders of his department…..

At the end of the day, we were left wondering why the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer would paint himself as a bumbling fool. Perhaps it’s because the alternative is that he is not telling the truth…. We don’t yet know whether Mr. Gonzales is merely so incompetent that he should be fired immediately, or whether he is covering something up.

Although not as snarky, many Right-wing websites echo the same tune. Whether Gonzo is lying, or whether he is just an idiot, he must go. It’s almost as if he wants out. If you think about it, he really had to say nothing. Congress gave him the power to fire and re-hire Attorney’s, without the consent of Congress, when they voted for the Patriot Act. That is really all that needed to be said. This would have been over in a day.

Apr 19, 10:51 pm | Tryan Hartill
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3 comments on this article (post your own)

1 On Apr 20, 09:33 am, scott wrote:

From TPMMuckraker.com:

Gonzales Resignation Roll Call (Gonzales Resignation Roll Call)

Since our last rundown of Republicans who want Gonzales gone, a number of others have made outright calls for his resignation. Still more have stopped just short, though they’ve made it clear that they hope Gonzales will do everyone a favor and resign.

2 On Apr 20, 11:43 am, Pierce wrote:

Think he’ll be around long enough to launch a contest as to the hour of his resignation? I’ll give him maybe a week.

3 On Apr 20, 11:49 am, THartill wrote:

I am noticing a pattern developing with Bush hires/appointments. Seems that all get in over their head at some point. I think this has to do with Bush appointing people that are politically similar, rather than the best person for the job.

I just hope this doesn’t set a precedent that other leaders will follow.

Instead of “Well Clinton did it!”

It’ll be “Well Bush did it!”

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