Bring Me the Head of Alberto Gonzales

Attorney General resigns

Published on August 27, 2007 By singrdave In US Domestic

This morning the New York Times is reporting that Alberto Gonzales has resigned.

The protracted Gonzales character assassination has afflicted Washington for a couple of months now. Calls for his resignation have been superceded with accusations of perjury and mismanagement. It has been a long several months of hearings and recrimination.

From the New York Times:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.

From The Economist:
Mr Gonzales is currently at the centre of a constitutional tug-of-war between Congress and the White House. Congress has subpoenaed two former White House aides to answer questions about the dismissal of nine US attorneys, or government prosecutors, last year. (The Democrats say they were sacked because they refused to do the bidding of George Bush's political machine. The administration denies this, but has failed to produce a plausible counter-explanation.) Expect plenty more tugging and counter-tugging in the weeks to come. A second tussle is going on over documents relating to a wiretapping programme operated by the administration without proper authorisation.

These two affairs have already done a great deal of damage to the Department of Justice, which the attorney-general heads. Mr Gonzales himself has destroyed whatever reputation he might have had with his lobotomised performances on Capitol Hill. (During one session he said that he “did not recall” events related to the controversy no fewer than 70 times.) Senior staff have jumped ship. Others describe the morale of the place as “rock bottom”. Politicians on both sides of the aisle describe the department as “dysfunctional”, “crippled” and “a shambles”.

In my personal opinion, this guy was a small man in a big firestorm. He was collateral damage in the ongoing war against George W. Bush. Gonzales was smacked down by a Democrat bullying squad trying to find chinks in the armor of the President. They couldn't "get" Don Rumsfeld -- they got Scooter Libby instead. They couldn't "get" Dick Cheney -- but now they have gotten Alberto Gonzales.

Comments (Page 2)

Dr Guy

on Aug 29, 2007

Unless you're totally blinded by bias, you've got to think that maybe all of the AG's ducking and diving, not remembering and contradicting as of late is stereotypical behavior of a guilty liar.

Only to those predisposed to believe such. You can also spin that as to show the unlimited jihad the democrats had against him with no speck of proof, just inflammatory allegations.

It is one thing to be a Bush appologists, and there is no shortage of them. it is another to blindly accept all allegations made by the left without any critical thought as to what they are or what they mean - just listen to the histrionics and follow the torch weilding mob blindly to destroy the monster.

singrdave

on Aug 29, 2007

it is another to blindly accept all allegations made by the left without any critical thought as to what they are or what they mean - just listen to the histrionics and follow the torch weilding mob blindly to destroy the monster.

But 50,000 lemmings can't be wrong, whichever direction they're running!

I don't remember exactly who said it, but there was a French statesman who once remarked 'Tell me which way my people are going that I may lead them.'

Deference

on Aug 30, 2007

But IMHO he was part of a larger campaign by the Left to undermine and subvert everything that's happened in Washington since Al Gore lost the contested 2000 election. - singrdave

That's a problem I have with this thread and the responses following it. It seems as if some very few people want to simply believe Gonzales resigning as simple politics.

The mantra - It's just the dem's hacking away at the Bush administration, as usual - is such an overused excuse to stick one's head in the sand and believe that no wrong doing has actually been done by some member of the administration. It's just smear! Certainly, there will be partisan opportunists ready to blow any ant hill into a mountain, but Gonzales leaving simply due to some angry 'lemmings' in the number of 50,000? Come on.

Anyhow, refreshing response(s) singrdave and Doc. .

...a French statesman who once remarked 'Tell me which way my people are going that I may lead them. - singrdave

yes, I too remember the days following 9/11....

singrdave

on Aug 30, 2007

The mantra - It's just the dem's hacking away at the Bush administration, as usual - is such an overused excuse to stick one's head in the sand and believe that no wrong doing has actually been done by some member of the administration.

Good point, but you forgot the most important part of the mantra: All politicians are whores.

I'm not saying that Gonzales was above reproach: his decision to institute and/or uphold torture as a method of intelligence collection was horrible and inhumane. He was also accused of many underhanded things which he hoped he'd weaseled out of. Some behavior for our most powerful law enforcement official.

Without question, he's leaving a legacy of ineptitude -- but as the Democrat target, is he a fall guy for a larger scheme?

Deference

on Aug 31, 2007

Kripes, what a sincere, thoughtful, and honest answer, Singrdave.

What has JU come to.

Without question, he's leaving a legacy of ineptitude -- but as the Democrat target, is he a fall guy for a larger scheme? - Singrdave

A larger scheme of what? The image of the Democrats being the opposition? I fully believe the Democrats will continue to utilize all the power their predecessors have virtually handed them when they take the White House. There will be another Gonzales - this time it will be the other half of the country's turn to swallow it all hook, line, and sinker.

singrdave

on Sep 04, 2007

There will be another Gonzales - this time it will be the other half of the country's turn to swallow it all hook, line, and sinker.

Of course there will. There are many bodies strewn alongside the road of governmental politics. This is the latest.

Kripes, what a sincere, thoughtful, and honest answer, Singrdave.

I bow deeply to your keen eyesight.

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