Fredo thinks he's home free
Keeping a proper balance in Bush Koolaid is important .. if a certain level is not maintained, the smell of bullshit becomes unbearable.
"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confidently deflected House Democrats' demands Thursday for details in the firings of U.S. attorneys, appearing ever more likely to survive accusations that the dismissals were politically motivated."
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/NEWS/705110352/-1/State
Yep, apparently he's been running around telling friends that he bit the bullet over the firing of nine US attorneys, and that his job is safe despite all the calls for his resignation.
Let's hope he's wrong. Not only is the purge of the attorneys extremely serious, it's becoming so clear that Gonzales does not have the smarts or the ability to do his important job.
Congress hammered at him over and over again about who made up the list of prosecutors to be fired, and why. That should not be a hard question. The nine prosecutors who have been purged -- it was eight until the case of Todd Graves of Missouri popped up this week -- are nearly 10 percent of all US attorneys. It just defies belief that an Attorney General would allow so many of them to be fired without knowing why.
Gonzales would only say that he "delegated" .. he was not informed, and he could not recall. None of it was believable.
Rep. Wexler demanded to know who decided to fire David Iglesias, the US attorney in New Mexico. Gonzales said he did not know .. but he was certain that it was NOT President Bush or VP Cheney.
He kept trying to change the subject when they asked him if it would be a bad thing if US attorneys were pushed out to make room for eager young Republicans.
He's probably right to not worry about his job. A bunch of Republicans could march on the White House with pitchforks and torches and Bush would STILL refuse to force Gonzales out.
See, I'll bet Fredo knows some secrets .. like what all he did to help Bush back in their Texas days. Like getting him out of jury duty so he wouldn't have to answer -- under oath -- questions about drug use and DUIs.
How many qualified attorneys were turned away in favor of Republican partisans with less achievement and possibly less capability for excelling in their new positions?
When all the pieces fall into place we will see a clear pattern of firing USAs for doing their jobs properly, and hiring ones who are willing to subvert the law and carry out Karl Roves political dirty tricks campaigns on a national level.
It's becoming more obvious that the Dept. of Justice was being used as just another arm of the Republican party .. they were working overtime to influence the '06 election.
They have attempted a "silent coup" here. People should be pissed right off at all this.
Gonzales has a deplorable record. He wrote policies in the war on terror that the Supreme Court said were illegal and unconstitutional. He is supposed to uphold the Constitution .. but defended Bush’s illegal domestic wiretapping operations.
And he advised Bush that the war on terrorism renders certain Geneva Conventions obsolete and quaint .. such as how far we can go while questioning prisoners.
I wonder what our latest missing soldiers would have to say about that.
