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As the riight wing media have been reporting for the past week, Alberto Gonzales is learning that being a friend of Dubya ain't the same as being a friend of Bill. Gonzales has, apparently, no other friends in D.C., and he is living his last days as attorney general

The whitehouse is seeking replacements. In a breaking story, Politico reports:

...names floated Monday by administration officials are Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and White House anti-terrorism coordinator Frances Townsend. Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson is a White House prospect. So is former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson, but sources were unsure whether he would want the job.
Republican sources also disclosed that it is now a virtual certainty that Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty, whose incomplete and inaccurate congressional testimony about the prosecutors helped precipitate the crisis, will also resign shortly. Officials were debating whether Gonzales and McNulty should depart at the same time or whether McNulty should go a day or two after Gonzales. Still known as "The Judge" for his service on the Texas Supreme Court, Gonzales is one of the few remaining original Texans who came to Washington with President Bush.

Our readers might find a twinge of emotion to hear, from politico, that

In a sign of Republican despair, GOP political strategists on Capitol Hill said that it is too late for Gonzales' departure to head off a full-scale Democratic investigation into the motives and timing behind the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

"Democrats smell blood in the water, and (Gonzales') resignation won't stop them," said a well-connected Republican Senate aide. "And on our side, no one's going to defend him. All we can do is warn Democrats against overreaching."

Apparently, the article reports, Bush,whose surrogates--Snow, etc, say he supports Gonzales, has not spoken to him since a conversation the two had when Bush was in Mexico.

A friend of Bush... we're learning what that means... as they, one by one, disappear from the Whitehouse. Now that the Democratic subpoena train has left the station, built up steam and is really rolling, it will be interesting to see some the loyalty Bush's friends have when they are put under oath.

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Mark A. Goldman is an activist, author, financial planner and recent unsuccessful Candidate for Congress.
Mark A. GoldmanMark A. Goldman is an activist, author, financial planner and recent unsuccessful Candidate for Congress.

the teflon president

Everyone is held accountable but Bush and Cheney. Not a stellar commentary on American justice.

by Mark A. Goldman (81 articles, 2 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 243 comments) on Monday, March 19, 2007 at 10:22:31 PM

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First Gonzales

I've long felt that we had to get rid of Gonzales to make progress judicially. I'd like to see him be the first to do the perp walk. Then, he's squeal like a pig-- rolling over on Bush, Rove and Cheney.

When a criminal is running the justice department, that's really bad.

I'm also very concerned that the Dems will go spineless on Bush's nominee. They should not accept anyone who is even brushed with any partisanship.

by Rob Kall (890 articles, 4056 quicklinks, 350 diaries, 1922 comments) on Monday, March 19, 2007 at 10:35:30 PM

I live in the capital city of a major blue state.
MaxwellI live in the capital city of a major blue state.

I disagree

They should not accept anyone who is even brushed with any partisanship.

They should blackball anyone to the right of Noam Chomsky. Show Bush what "obstructionists" Democrats can really be. He could consume the rest of his presidency trying to appoint a new AG.

by Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 302 comments) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 9:19:41 AM

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Sandy SandSandy Sand began her writing career while raising three children and doing public relations work for Women's American ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training). That led to a job as a reporter for the San Fernando Valley Chronicle, a weekly publication in Canoga Park, California. In conjunction with the Chronicle, she broadcast a tri-weekly, 10-minute newscast for KGOE AM. Following the closure of the Chronicle, Sand became the editor of the Tolucan Times and Canyon Crier newspapers...

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Here today, Gone-salez tomorrow

Dateline: Tues. March 20, 2007

At 07:45 EDT Alberto Gonsalez received a wake-up call from the Appointer-in-Chief assurring his best bud that his job was safe from those E'ville congress people.

After consulting with Don Rumsfeld and Harriet Miers, the AG, AG dashed to Office Depot for a new supply of packing boxes.

by Sandy Sand (198 articles, 0 quicklinks, 227 diaries, 1548 comments) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 9:15:31 AM

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WH: Miers & Rove Will Not Take Oath and Bush at 5:45pm is...

...going to tell us why.

by Amanda Lang (23 articles, 13962 quicklinks, 431 diaries, 601 comments) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 2:56:05 PM

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I think you meant to say...

"At 5:45 Bush is going to tell us lies."

by Charlie L (2 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 736 comments) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 4:15:19 PM

Stop the mighty war machine once and for all.
This is just a reproduction of what occurred during Vietnam.
Fred FStop the mighty war machine once and for all.
This is just a reproduction of what occurred during Vietnam.

remember Deliverance the movie

Rob you have seen Deliverance one two many times. Gonzales won't squeal like a piggy, he will ask for more. Shame on me for writing that, but most likely true enough.

by Fred F (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 13 comments) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 7:48:02 PM