More time with the family .. yes yes
Ya think Rove told him, "You blabbed your head off and if you don't get the hell out of DC, I'll demote you to janitor!"
Attorney General Gonzales' number 2 man, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, sent his soon to be former boss a resignation letter .. he will stay on until a successor can be put in place.
Meanwhile Fredo continues to sit is his office all day cackling and lighting cigars with letters of resignation.
From the Washington Post: "McNulty, 49, said in an interview that the political tumult over the prosecutor dismissals-- including his role in providing inaccurate information to Congress-- did not play a part in his decision. He said he has not lined up a job but is considering his options.
... Nine U.S. attorneys were forced to resign last year, including seven on one day in December, as part of a two-year effort by senior White Hose and Justice Department officials to remove prosecutors based in part on their perceived disloyalty to Bush administration policies."
If Gonzales really loved his boss he would resign. This is just another good example of how out of step BushCo is regarding the nation. Can't they see that allowing Fredo to keep his job feeds the story .. allows it to remain on cable news and in the papers?
The trail is now sniffing around Karl Rove .. the last man Bush wants investigated in regards to this story.
Another resignation won’t make us forget the unanswered questions:
Who developed the list of the US Attorneys to be fired?
How did US Attorneys end up on that list?
What happened to the public corruption cases those US Attorneys were investigating at the time of their departures?
McNulty stepping down won't distract John Conyers and Patrick Leahy from their sniffing out major wrong doing by Rove and Gonzales.
Conyers said it's just "a sign that top level administration at the Justice Department may be crumbling under the pressure of ongoing revelations, and what is yet to be disclosed."
Chuck Schumer had the best line: "It seems ironic that Paul McNulty, who at least tried to level with the committee, goes while Gonzales, who stonewalled the committee, is still in charge. This administration owes us a lot better."
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff on Bush's "Bloody Monday": "The White House was hit by two sudden resignations late Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official, and Lanny Davis, the only Democratic member of the president’s civil liberties watchdog board, announced they were stepping down. Both resignations are likely to fuel allegations of White House political meddling in law enforcement and national security issues."
Likely to fuel allegations? .. huh? .. no, really, I want to know more.
