Goodbye Alberto
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Law
Today’s hearing was disastrous for the Attorney General. Senate Republicans were hinting that he should quit left and right.
Take Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for example:
“At this point, I think (Gonzales) should be given a chance to think it through and talk to the president about what his future should be,” Sessions said, adding that he was most troubled by Gonzales’ inability to recall attending a meeting at which the firings were discussed. Documents provided by the Justice Department show he was present at the Nov. 27, 2006, meeting.
Psst. Alberto…maybe you should (wink,wink) talk to the President about your future (nudge, nudge) and say no more, yes?
Then Tom Coburn (R-OK) just came right out and said it:
“The best way to put this behind us is your resignation,” Sen. Tom Coburn (news, bio, voting record) of Oklahoma bluntly told Gonzales, one conservative to another. Gonzales disagreed, rejecting the idea that his departure would put the controversy to rest.
Alberto, your top aide is already gone. Another one is pleading the fifth. Nobody really cares about them except that they lead back to you. If you quit, this will put this controversy to rest. You got caught in a lie about something you didn’t even need to lie about, and now you have to pay the political penalty for losing your party’s trust.
But will he quit? I certainly have my doubts since he’s stuck in there this long. I thought for sure he was going to be gone a week ago.
But with this President’s numbers where they are, I think we’ll be seeing Alberto’s walking papers sooner rather than later.
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April 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Captain Ed concurs with you, as do I.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Gonzales says that he thinks he should stay as long as he can “continue to be effective as the attorney general of the United States.” If, as that statement implies, he thinks he has been effective in the past, it is hard to imagine what he would consider becoming ineffective. What, after all, would take him past that standard?