Editorial Pages Call for Axing Attorney General

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Editorial Pages Call for Axing Attorney General


By E&P Staff

Published: March 14, 2007 7:50 AM ET updated 10:40 AM ET

NEW YORK The New York Times got the editorial ball rolling on Monday, calling for the firing of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales due largely, if not completely, to the burgeoning scandal involving the forced departure of eight U.S. attorneys. Now the notion has spread across the country.

"We haven't seen a renegade U.S. Justice Department like this since John Mitchell ran it for President Nixon," declared the Sacremento Bee. "With a new Congress beginning to exercise serious oversight, the problems at the Justice Department and with its leader, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, are becoming clearer by the day. And what is becoming most clear is that Gonzales must go."

The Washington Post today implied the same thing. The Los Angeles Times agreed but placed much of the blame on President Bush. The Philadephia Inquirer demanded: "U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales should resign. If he ever does, the nation could take it as a clear sign that President Bush finally grasps the need to preserve core civil liberties while guarding against terrorism."

The Buffalo (N.Y.) News: "He should go. The country needs an attorney general who wants to uphold the law, not subvert it."

From Florida Today in Melbourne: "He should be removed and replaced with someone willing to protect the Constitution. Chances are Bush won't do that."

The Financial Times weighed in: "Mr. Gonzales had every right to sack prosecutors, who are political appointees. But he had no right to mislead Congress about why he did so – even though he is now blaming lower officals for the misinformation. Mr Gonzales has shown a disdain for Congress and the rights of the American people. He has amply proved that he will never be anything other than Mr Bush’s lawyer – a mere apologist for the imperial presidency. The affair has already claimed one top scalp at the justice department. It is high time Mr Gonzales stepped down too."

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[rodeodance]

1. it took them 4 plus yrs with Rummy---guess their learning curve is smaller.

[Singular73]

2. Gonzalez will get sacked a day after Dems win in 08

Sounds about right

[whistle]

3. George Dubya is clinging to every last straw to maintain his delusions

....that he is a great president, so he will never fire or ask Gonzales to resign, he will keep KKKarl Rove under executive privilege so he won't be called to testify, he'll continue to push for war with Iran so Dick Cheney will save face and all of these actions or inactions on shrub's part will push the U.S. system of governing closer and closer to the brink of financial disaster and political extinction, which is exactly what the British Monarchy and Tony Blair have hoped and worked toward accomplishing.

[Cha]

4. Wonder if gonza is shaking

in his high-powered boots?