GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already! (by John Nichols for The Nation)

[marmar]

BLOG | Posted 05/17/2007 @ 3:25pm
GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already!


"The president still has full confidence in Alberto Gonzales," says White House spokesman Tony Snow.

Yikes! The president still has confidence.

Even Snow, whose willingness to explore the outer limits of spin is well established, can't pretty this mess up.

There is no way to get around the fact that the Attorney General is in bigger trouble today than he was yesterday, and he will almost certainly be in more trouble tomorrow.

The latest shoe to drop took the form of the revelation by former Deputy Attorney General James Comey that Gonzales in March 2004 - when he served as George Bush's White House counsel - plotted to undermine the authority of the department he now heads by pressuring Ashcroft to approve the president's warrantless wiretapping project.

Comey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week -- which came the same day as the No. 2 man in the Department of Justice announced he was exiting -- proved to be the last straw for two more key senators.

Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, a maverick potential presidential candidate, issued a statement to the effect that: "The American people deserve an attorney general, the chief law enforcement officer of our country, whose honesty and capability are beyond question. Attorney General Gonzales can no longer meet this standard. He has failed this country. He has lost the moral authority to lead." ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=196384

[TwilightGardener]

1. The longer Chimpy stands behind him, the more I think they can't

cut him loose--he simply knows too much, and is involved in too much, that would be damaging to the WH. Even more damaging than what's known now--scary. If he resigned, would that mean the WH can no longer control him? They are obviously hanging on to him for some advantage, despite the damage he's causing.

[Bobbieo]

2. As long as he is creating damage for Bushco - leave him where he is!

He is powerless!!!!