The Gonzales Clown Show

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love the title of the headline (even though old news) from the WPost. My feeling is that Gonzo will not resign, nor will Bush ask him to do so.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/04/20/BL2007042001046.html?hpid=topnews
The Gonzales Clown Show

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, April 20, 2007; 1:16 PM

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took another massive blow to his reputation yesterday, but he also continued doing the White House an enormous service.

As long as Gonzales remains front and center in the furor over last year's mass firing of U.S. attorneys -- as long as his goofy stonewalling continues to distract attention from all the elements of the purge that point so incriminatingly toward the White House -- he simply enhances his position as the ultimate "loyal Bushie."


Absolutely nothing Gonzales said yesterday cast doubt on the theory that some if not all of the prosecutors were fired because they had somehow inspired the wrath of presidential adviser Karl Rove and his staff of brass-knuckled political operatives.

But Gonzales didn't add fuel to the fire, either. It was a classic stalling maneuver. Gonzales was entirely unable to explain to anyone's satisfaction why those U.S. attorneys were fired -- although he comically insisted that he was sure he had made the decision himself, and that it was the right one.