Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Is he Gone-zo yet?

Yet another top Republican is coming down hard on Alberto. I almost feel sorry for him....Nah!!! Peter Hoekstra said he bungled the firings of the US Attorneys.

Bungle - To work or act ineptly or inefficiently

Or in other words incompetent!

Here's more at the NY Daily News:
Gonzo keeps on gettin' hit

BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 4:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took another blow from a top Republican yesterday as his own inner circle fractured over the growing U.S. attorneys scandal.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Gonzales is "badly weakened" from bungling the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

"The explanation has been absolutely abysmal," Hoekstra told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal."

No Republicans have defended Gonzales. Two GOP senators have said he should quit.

Gonzales' claim that the dismissals were not because of political loyalty and that he was not involved have both been contradicted by White House memos.

Hoekstra spoke out as Gonzales' closest advisers turned on one another, according to documents and sources.

"It's unreal - it's open warfare over there," a former Justice official with close ties to Gonzales' team told the Daily News.

The AG's ex-chief of staff Kyle Sampson will testify in the Senate tomorrow, and Gonzales' ex-counsel Monica Goodling pleaded the fifth and refused to talk. Gonzales has blamed Sampson for mistakes in how the firings were handled.

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, who privately blames Goodling for misleading him on the matter, may also be jockeying to take over if Gonzales resigns, sources said.


Getting closer!!

UPDATE: Had to add this from Jon Stewart's Gonzo slam...
"Wow. I guess Alberto Gonzales is the Attorney General kind of like the homeless guy is Mayor of the park. He's not actually involved in the day-to-day operations, just kind of like a general observer."

1 comment:

Sunshine Jim said...

these "Boyz" reek don't they?

like some 'horror story' version of American politics but real.

"conspiracy theories" never had it so good.

think the number of conspiracy theories proving true is around 170.

i keep losing count though...