Gonzales Rejects Calls for Resignation

[cyberpj]

Mar 13, 8:03 PM EDT
Gonzales rejects calls for resignation
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.

Gonzales acknowledged his department mishandled the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys and misled Congress about how they were fired. He said he was ultimately to blame for those "mistakes" but stood by the firings.

"I acknowledge that mistakes were made here," Gonzales told reporters at a news briefing after he canceled an out-of-town trip. "I accept that responsibility." He promised changes "so that the mistakes that occurred in this instance do not occur again in the future."

He focused on his department's dealings with Congress concerning the firings rather than the actual dismissals - which Democrats have suggested were politically motivated - and the planning behind them.

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[TahitiNut]

1. Shocking. Shocking, I tell you.

:shrug: Warts are easier to get rid of than these leeches.

[robinlynne]

2. what a surprise.

[ReadTomPaine]

3. I'd prefer impeachment over resignation in any case.

I want the Dems to hunt him down and bag him. Enough with avoiding confrontation - they need to get used to taking on the GOP directly and grabbing the bull by the horns. The time for timidity is over.


Poll: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=404847&mesg_id=404847

[Generator]

4. That shitty little twerp

is not competent to practice law. It's obvious. What he's competent to DO is to ass kiss one Bush. That's all he's ever been good at. Your remember other regimes in history? Number one qualification:loyalty to your stupid king. He's an ace at that.

[jimshoes]

5. Inevitably, pResident Humpty Dumpty

is going to take a great fall and all the kings horses and toadies ain't going to be able to piece him back together again no matter how much they stack the courts. I can feel it coming.