John Sununu (remember him?), now Republican Senator from New Hampshire, just became the first member of Gonzales' own party to call for his head on a pike.

Won't be long now.

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Gonzales can't have it both ways.  Either he knew about White House pressure and responded to such with the ousting of certain USAs; or he didn't know about White House pressure and the subsequent firings, which would make him a completely incompetent AG.

Either way, he's just the latest in stooge appointments by the Bush administration, and another example of how the Bushies are far more concerned with consolidating power than with the business of the United States as a whole.  

Anyone else amused by Gonzales' version of "taking responsibility"?

First, explain how you overcame all these hardships, remind those white bastards that you're a minority.  Then, tell them that you just had no idea what was going on, because you supervise a huge department.  Then, tell them you take full responsibility, but you didn't know about it, and also you're a minority.  

Nice.

But the thing that makes this more amusing is that when Gonzales was asked about this months ago, when Dianne Feinstein started making a stink, Gonzales said he would "look into the matter" and get back to her.  He never did, until the sh*t hit the fan quite a bit later.  Remember that I posted a story about this here on TnT back in January.  The fact is that the only reason this has blown up so badly in the face of the Justice Department is because when they were questioned they blamed "performance issues."  If they had just said "it was decided on an individual basis, for various reasons," and stuck to that, the former USAttorneys would've kept their mouths shut like the good little Republicans they are.

Thalia

Going nowhere. Nothing is going to happen..  I mean.. Rumsfeld fucked up 10 times worse and lasted for how many years? Gonzales will serve out the rest of Bush's term

Tipping Sacred Cows

Yet I do not accept any consequences.  Ahhhh, the white collar defense.  This mindset infuriates me.  How many times have we heard someone in this particular administration say 'I accept responsibility' or 'the buck stops'.  But what good is accepting responsibility if you there are no consequences to your actions (or inactions) or you dont believe there should be any consequences for your actions (or inactions).  So now the phrase 'I accept responsibility' has no meaning whatsoever (not that it probably has in the last thousand years).

And lets not delude ourselves that this is a Bush admin trait only, they just happen to be in power so the shit is always going to be hitting their fan.  Im sure if the Dems were in control they'd do the same thing.  No one wants to give up power - ever.

As someone else noted with Gonzales - either he knew and is lying and should be fired (because he lied) or he didnt know and he is completely incompetent and should be fired.  Pretty simple.  So if he is responsible then he has to go.