No more mistakes: Gonzales should resign (Austin American-Statesman)

[struggle4progress]

EDITORIAL BOARD
Friday, March 16, 2007

There is really no need for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to draw out his long goodbye trying to make nice on Capitol Hill. He should resign now and give the country respite from this nasty episode of political backstabbing.

Gonzales long ago lost the trust of much of the country as he defended warrantless domestic spying and torture and argued that the Geneva Conventions are outdated in the fight against terrorists. He lost more this week with his risible "mistakes were made" argument for dismissing eight U.S. attorneys halfway through the Bush administration's second term.

It's obvious that Gonzales, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, tried to mislead Congress about the origins of those dismissals. And he ridiculously clings to the defense that those federal prosecutors were fired for performance, not political, reasons in the face of clear evidence to the contrary ...

Gonzales' two years in office have been marked by sharp exchanges with Congress — now in the opposition party's control — and a blind defense of some of the administration's most questionable policies and tactics. During his confirmation hearings, Gonzales promised to represent the people of the United States, not the White House. We supported him then, but he has not kept that promise ...

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/03/15/16alberto_edit.html

[Erika]

1. I want W and Karl charged with obstruction of justice

Having Al take the fall is just another symptom of the right wing letting the subordinates take the fall.

[jaysunb]

2. Low hanging fruit ,first,

and , then.....:evilgrin:

[Cha]

3. Well, they were stupid to support

him them..even chuck schumer didn't vote for him.