Even the GOP is ripping on Gonzales
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Wally
8:15 AM
Perhaps the voice of god that Bush hears speaking directly to him sounds a lot like Tammy Wynette, telling him to "Stand By Your Man". Or maybe he's not smart enough to figure out that it's not, in fact, the voice of god, but the voice of the CD player in his limo. Either way, while he's defending Alberto Gonzales for "doing a heck of a job" the rest of his party is quietly backing away.Stopping short of demanding Gonzales' resignation, Sen. Arlen Specter cited a Nov. 27 calendar entry placing the attorney general at a Justice Department meeting to discuss the dismissals. Those documents "appear to contradict" Gonzales' earlier statements that he never participated in such conversations, said Specter, top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee that oversees the Justice Department.
"We have to have an attorney general who is candid, truthful. And if we find out he has not been candid and truthful, that's a very compelling reason for him not to stay on," said Specter, R-Pa.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Gonzales has been "wounded" by the firings. "He has said some things that just don't add up," said Graham, who also is on the Senate Judiciary panel. And Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said the Justice Department has continually changed its story about the dismissals.
"You cannot have the nation's chief law enforcement officer with a cloud hanging over his credibility," Hagel said. Perhaps Bush is standing by him so staunchly because as soon as he is no longer part of the administration, he won't be able to plead "national security" or "executive privilege" anymore, and he knows where all the bodies are buried. After being his legal council for over a decade, think of all the dirt that Gonzo has has on Bush. You can almost hear the phone conversation "Go ahead George, fire me. I dare you. I've been documenting everything going all the way back to when you were governor of Texas, and I've got Waxman, Schumer, Pelosi, Reid, and Leahy on speed-dial."
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