Streets Without Joy, 2007
Calvinball at Q and O
27
Aug

Adios, Alberto

by John Cole

Gonzales to resign.

*** Update ***

Best quote so far from the blogosphere- Steve Clemons:

The inevitable certaily does take a long time in this administration.

Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin. | 9:24 am |

27 Responses to “Adios, Alberto”

  1. 1
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:29 am Reply to this comment

    The Other Steve

    Gonzeles just announced he does not recall resigning.

  2. 2
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:35 am Reply to this comment

    canuckistani

    With every passing day, the air smells more like Watergate.

  3. 3
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:36 am Reply to this comment

    Ned Raggett

    I hear Chertoff is the likely replacement but why not go whole hog and nominate Michael Brown? It’s still an improvement.

  4. 4
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:39 am Reply to this comment

    Punchy

    Bets as to the new toadie?

    I’ll go on a limb and say Orin Freaking Hatch. Whether or not he can hold both that gig and be a Senator (doubting…crossing 2 branches) is unclear.

    Also predict—Dems will vote for anyone outside of Rove to be confirmed. They got rolled on FISA, they’ll get rolled here, too.

  5. 5
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:40 am Reply to this comment

    Faux News

    The Other Steve:

    I just hate it when the first posting basically says it all and shuts down the thread. Good job!

    Faux News

  6. 6
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:42 am Reply to this comment

    Snarky Shark

    I wonder if Bush will violate his agreement with Reid, and do a recess?

    Nawwww, surely not?

  7. 7
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:47 am Reply to this comment

    Zifnab

    Wait, I don’t get it. Why resign? When did the Bush Admin give two fucks about Congress, inquiries, or the image of propriety? This looks just like the Rumsfeld resignation. Exactly six months too late to matter. No one is going to look more highly on the White House now that Gonzo is Gonzo. The whole reason you sack these people quick is because you don’t want them getting up in front of the Judiciary Committee once, much less twice, to make total asses of themselves.

    Every move this Administration makes seems to be caked with seven layers of incompetence. I mean, at this rate, why not force Congress to drag Gonzo out kicking and scream? I just… don’t get it.

  8. 8
    August 27th, 2007 at 9:51 am Reply to this comment

    Face

    Rove alone = hmmm…..

    Gonzo alone = dirty scumbag finally saw the handwriting…

    Rove + Gonzo = something very, very bad (Iran, IMO) is about to happen.

  9. 9
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:32 am Reply to this comment

    Jake

    BeGoneZo!

  10. 10
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:39 am Reply to this comment

    srv

    Where’s Harriet Myers now?

  11. 11
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:44 am Reply to this comment

    srv

    Wait, I don’t get it. Why resign?

    I think Alberto realized he was never going to get a Supreme Court seat, so he’s going to start a vaudeville act with Tony Snow and Karl Rove.

  12. 12
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:49 am Reply to this comment

    Mr Furious

    I think the White House correctly did the calculus that Gonzales being raked over the coals as sitting AG hurt them, and it had become impossible to defend him through their minions in the media—he was that bad. But now, if he is up there stammering before Leahy’s Committee, the FOX News, Rush etc. can play the “the guy resigned already, what do the Democrats want?” card and start to swing him over to sympathetic character.

    As opposed to merely pathetic.

  13. 13
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:53 am Reply to this comment

    The Other Steve

    Every move this Administration makes seems to be caked with seven layers of incompetence. I mean, at this rate, why not force Congress to drag Gonzo out kicking and scream? I just… don’t get it.

    Perhaps it is because they are, in fact, incompetent?

  14. 14
    August 27th, 2007 at 10:56 am Reply to this comment

    The Other Steve

    I think the White House correctly did the calculus that Gonzales being raked over the coals as sitting AG hurt them, and it had become impossible to defend him through their minions in the media—he was that bad.

    That’s complete utter bullshit.

    Are you seriously telling me that Bush knows Calculus? I don’t think so. I fucking failed Calculus twice in college before finally passing and I’m way more smart than Bush.

  15. 15
    August 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am Reply to this comment

    myiq2xu

    Shorter Occam’s Razor = The simplest explantation is probably correct.

    The simplest explanation = The rats are deserting a sinking ship.

    To assume this is all part of a diabolical plan is to assume competence in the Roach Motel White House.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 11:39 am Reply to this comment

    Dreggas

    heh, I liked how they framed it on MSNBC, the last member of the “Texas Mafia” is gone. Of course then they had senator Cornhole (Retard-TX) on there who was decrying it as a real shame that they were picking on poor little gonzo and how he was the highest level latino official and that the latino community was proud of him blah, blah, blah.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 11:40 am Reply to this comment

    Punchy

    Best quote so far from the blogosphere- Steve Clemons:

    The inevitable certaily does take a long time in this administration.

    I find it funny (apropos?) that Cole’s “best quote so far” is one with a pretty major spelling error in it. Par for the course, I suppose. You tell John to “get Webster”, and he just instinctively runs to grab the rookie card of the best center the Steelers had in the 70’s and 80’s.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am Reply to this comment

    Mr Furious

    That’s complete utter bullshit.

    LOL! I didn’t say Bush did the calculus!

    I’m with Punchy. It’ll be Hatch.

    He’s just about the only “respected” guy who remained unashamed to defend Gonzales and the Administration through all of this. He’s been auditioning for the role all year.

    Hatch would cruise to confirmation because he’s in the club—collegiality will trump Constitution—even though he will be just as obstructionist as Gonzales was.

    Bush may still nominate somebody offensive (or at least un-confirmable) first to pick a fight and score points, then offer up Hatch as a compromise.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm Reply to this comment

    ThymeZone

    According to Sen. Cornyn, this is a sad day for America.

    According to George Bush, Gonzales’ name was “dragged through the mud.”

    So there you have it.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pm Reply to this comment

    myiq2xu

    ‘Orrible Orrin ain’t gonna give up his Senate seat so he can be AG for less than 1 1/2 years, unless he’s already planning to retire.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 12:30 pm Reply to this comment

    The Other Steve

    heh, I liked how they framed it on MSNBC, the last member of the “Texas Mafia” is gone. Of course then they had senator Cornhole (Retard-TX) on there who was decrying it as a real shame that they were picking on poor little gonzo and how he was the highest level latino official and that the latino community was proud of him blah, blah, blah.

    That’s because Democrats are racist. They only care about Darfur because they are pandering to blacks.

  22. 22
    August 27th, 2007 at 12:37 pm Reply to this comment

    The Other Andrew

    We can only hope he resigned because some major story is about to break. More likely, it’s because it’s almost September, and people are starting to pay attention (relatively speaking) to the news again. I’ve always heard that August is a dead month, and they probably didn’t want Gonzales hanging over their head when things get going again.

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    August 27th, 2007 at 1:26 pm Reply to this comment

    PaulW

    We need to start calling our senators and tell them the only candidates we will accept as our next Attorney General will be any of the eight US Attorneys forced out of office for political reasons. Hell, I’d love Bud Cummins to get revenge for losing his office to a Rove lackey. I’d love to see Iglesias get confirmed, head up to the Oval Office, and shout “HA HA” at the SOB still sitting in there.

  24. 24
    August 27th, 2007 at 1:27 pm Reply to this comment

    PaulW

    We need to start calling our senators and tell them the only candidates we will accept as our next Attorney General will be any of the eight US Attorneys forced out of office for political reasons. Hell, I’d love Bud Cummins to get revenge for losing his office to a Rove lackey. I’d love to see Iglesias get confirmed, head up to the Oval Office, and shout “HA HA” at the SOB still sitting in there.

  25. 25
    August 27th, 2007 at 1:29 pm Reply to this comment

    yet another jeff

    Why do the Gonzales stories all happen when The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are on vacation?

  26. 26
    August 27th, 2007 at 1:31 pm Reply to this comment

    Michael Demmons

    No, the best quote of the day is from Fark: “White House officials say Attorney General Gonzales has submitted his letter of resignation. However Gonzales says he can’t recall writing any such letter, or his reasons for taking such an action”

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    August 27th, 2007 at 2:43 pm Reply to this comment

    Dreggas

    Michael Demmons Says:

    No, the best quote of the day is from Fark: “White House officials say Attorney General Gonzales has submitted his letter of resignation. However Gonzales says he can’t recall writing any such letter, or his reasons for taking such an action”

    Gonzales went on to say there was a process in place but would not go into any real detail on what that process was.