National Review Dumps Gonzales

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/28/national-review-dumps-gonzales

National Review dumps Gonzales.“What little credibility Gonzales had is gone. … He cannot defend the administration and its policies even when they deserve defense. Alberto Gonzales should resign. The Justice Department needs a fresh start.” 1:31 pm | Comment (14)

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March 28, 2007 8:15 AM

Time to Go
By The Editors

The story of the eight fired U.S. attorneys has been relentlessly overhyped. We do not know that any of them was fired because the administration put its political interests ahead of his or her prosecutorial judgment. Sen. Dick Durbin’s recent insinuation that the attorneys who were not fired had kept their jobs by compromising their prosecutions was outrageous.

If congressional Democrats are wrong to bluster, however, they are within their rights to investigate. They may yet turn up enough evidence to prove that some of the firings were improper violations of political norms.

We do not need more evidence, however, to reach a conclusion about the suitability of Alberto Gonzales for the leadership of the Department of Justice. While we defended him from some of the outlandish charges made during his confirmation hearings, we have never seen evidence that he has a fine legal mind, good judgment, or managerial ability. Nor has his conduct at any stage of this controversy gained our confidence.

His claim not to have been involved in the firings suggests that he was either deceptive or inexcusably detached from the operations of his own department. His deputy, Paul McNulty, insulted the fired prosecutors by claiming that they had been asked to resign for “performance-related issues.” But many of them received good reviews, and none of them said he was told about any disappointment with his performance. If Justice wanted to clear them out to make way for new blood, or to find attorneys who shared their prosecutorial priorities, that would have been perfectly legitimate. By saying what he did, McNulty guaranteed that the fired attorneys would lash out in the press. Gonzales’s latest tactic has been to concede that improper motives may have played a role in the firings, but to blame his underlings for any misconduct and to pledge to get to the bottom of it.

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[Cha]

1. bush's is doing the rummy syndrome

on gonza..after it's been run in to the ground and too late..then he fires his ass.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. it is not simply being stubborn; it suggests some mental illness

Being petulant is one thing, BUsh is in a league of his own

[Cha]

4. Poor America..she has a

deranged sociopath has her so-called leader and a media that props him up.

But, the pendulum always swings and those fascists better duck their fucking heads.

[yardwork]

3. The worm turns.

[Hissyspit]

5. .

[Richard Steele]

6. "..we have never seen evidence that he has a fine legal mind, good judgment, or managerial ability."

Then WHY in the name of all that's good would you
ever support his appointment as AG in the first place?

I kinda think all 3 of those things are pretty damn NECESSARY
requirements to be the USA's number one lawyer.
I also think the editors at National Review can bite me.

[deepthought42]

7. You know, I was wondering the same thing...

What's the point in defending him, if there's no evidence, from the beginning, that he's fucking qualified for the job!? :shrug: :banghead: