National Review Editors call for Alberto Gonzales to resign

[LynneSin]

It's pretty sad when one of the biggest conservative magazines calls for one of their own to resign!!

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTNjY2U3Yjk0NTRmNTcyNjg1M2EwM2FlNTA0OTYyMzU=
March 28, 2007, 8:15 a.m.

Time to Go

By The Editors


The story of the eight fired U.S. attorneys has been relentlessly overhyped. We do not know that any of them was fired because the administration put its political interests ahead of his or her prosecutorial judgment. Sen. Dick Durbin’s recent insinuation that the attorneys who were not fired had kept their jobs by compromising their prosecutions was outrageous.

If congressional Democrats are wrong to bluster, however, they are within their rights to investigate. They may yet turn up enough evidence to prove that some of the firings were improper violations of political norms.

We do not need more evidence, however, to reach a conclusion about the suitability of Alberto Gonzales for the leadership of the Department of Justice. While we defended him from some of the outlandish charges made during his confirmation hearings, we have never seen evidence that he has a fine legal mind, good judgment, or managerial ability. Nor has his conduct at any stage of this controversy gained our confidence.

His claim not to have been involved in the firings suggests that he was either deceptive or inexcusably detached from the operations of his own department. His deputy, Paul McNulty, insulted the fired prosecutors by claiming that they had been asked to resign for “performance-related issues.” But many of them received good reviews, and none of them said he was told about any disappointment with his performance. If Justice wanted to clear them out to make way for new blood, or to find attorneys who shared their prosecutorial priorities, that would have been perfectly legitimate. By saying what he did, McNulty guaranteed that the fired attorneys would lash out in the press. Gonzales’s latest tactic has been to concede that improper motives may have played a role in the firings, but to blame his underlings for any misconduct and to pledge to get to the bottom of it.

[wicket]

1. National Review needs MORE COW BELL!!!!

:rofl:

K & R

[ShortnFiery]

8. I love it! The rats are tripping over themselves to jump Dimson's ship!

That beauty in action. We must savor these moments. :-)

Pucker up Unitary Executive - Here comes a sloppy wet kiss from your buds at The National Review.

[wicket]

11. I prefer to call it the Urinary Executive

:D

[NewJeffCT]

2. If Gonzo has lost the National Review...

He's in serious trouble.

[donco6]

3. Gonzales - meet Dead Horse.

Can you just GO so we can stop the beating? It's getting ridiculous.

[maddezmom]

4. NRO wants this to be "getting to the bottom of it"

Leahy, I believe isn't going to stop if he resigns....he'll only dig deeper. :D

[JNelson6563]

5. Wow. Gonzo's really friendless now

If that rag is even turning on him, it's over.

Buh-bye Gonzo, we'll see you at the hearings. :hi:

Julie

[ClassWarrior]

6. You mean Alboatanchor Gonzales?

:rofl:

Sink Radical RW... Sink...

NGU.

[aquart]

7. Dear me.

And without the smallest admission of criminal wrongdoing. That's skill.

[youngdem]

9. Twist is they probably are coming at it from the other direction and really want someone crazier

The opening sentence is a bald lie and the article goes on to read like a Republican talking points bulletin fattened into a fluff article.

They are only throwing him over the side because he is a bad liar and a liability to their agenda for the last 20+ months they have left. They probably also have someone else in mind who is even crazier and more addicted to the Kool-aid.

One thing's for sure. They ain't doing it out of decency or any sense of outrage at his conduct.

[MasonJar]

10. I do not see "sad" in this picture; this numbskull had no conscience

about torturing people, denying detainees trial, spying on US citizens, or firing attorneys doing their job. Why should anyone feel the least compunction that he will have to go? I just wish he would take Stump with him and Cheney too.