CBS: Will Gonzales Fall For Attorney Firings? (Sources: AG's Ouster Is Inevitable)

[brooklynite]

One of the eight recently fired U.S. attorneys at the center of a growing political scandal tells CBS News that he lost his job because he "did not play ball" with powerful Republicans.

"I believe, and I think all my colleagues believe, the real reason is partisan politics," the former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, David Iglesias told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric. "I believe I was fired because I did not play ball with two members of the Republican delegation here in New Mexico. I did not give them privileged information that could have been used in the October and November time frame."

The fallout from the firings continues to grow in Washington, and sources tell CBS News that it looks like Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will take the fall.

Republicans close to the White House tell CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod that President Bush is in "his usual posture: pugnacious, that no one is going to tell him who to fire." But sources also said Gonzales' firing is just a matter of time.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/16/politics/main2580260.shtml

[texpatriot2004]

1. K & R nm

[truthisfreedom]

2. "his usual posture: pugnacious"

That's our little boy bush!

[Wednesdays]

3. I dunno, I think considering all that went on today, his position

is fetal. With a half-empty fifth of Jack Daniels in his grasp.

[Monkeyman]

5. And two empties on the side

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Pugnacious = asshole with a chip on his shoulder. nt

[Cha]

4. And this is why they really didn't want

the Dems to take over Congress in 2007!!

Shoulda fired rummy before the election! Would that have made a difference? Alas, we'll never know.

[dbt]

6. Too bad that this came out on the KatieFluff Show.

If it had been on ABC, NBC, or properly on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, people might have watched it!

:argh:
dbt
Get the news before it gets you.

PS: fuck the usual pugnacious bu$h.

[goclark]

10. Katie Fluff ~ that is so funny and perfect! nt

[AlinPA]

7. IMO, no, he will stay. Rove, Cheney, Bush** and Gonzales make up

the brains of the entire Bush** administration. All decisions are made by this group. No chance he will leave.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Iglesias should had stated that he would not illegally provide privileged info

The media need to hype it up a bit as to to the fact that Iglesias could had been prosecuted if he revealed privileged information.

Right?