Republican call for Gonzales’s termination
by Hanlon on March 14, 2007 at 11:31 pmIt had to happen eventually. I feel negligent in that I haven’t been on top of the attorney-firing scandal. Basically eight US federal attorneys were fired late last year and early this, in what appears to be pure political motivation (for example, not investigating Democratic corruption enough, or pursuing Republican corruption). Most had extremely high performance ratings, and were booted anyway.
Gonzales’s involvement in the scandal has been someone of a specifically sore point, and lots of Democrats have called for his resignation. Today John Senunu became the first Republican to join in.
Support from many Republicans had been muted, but there was no outright GOP call for his dismissal until now.
“I think the president should replace him,” Sununu said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think the attorney general should be fired.”
The article as a whole provides pretty good reading on the scandal, and I’d recommend it. It just strikes me as amazing that Bush’s entire team, more than any other president I’m aware of, is going down in flames along with him. People are calling for his vice president, his attorney general, his advisor, his secretary of defense is already down, his press secretary is making an absolute mockery of the job.
I’m simply amazed. As I said before, I’d love to have a camera that could look into the White House like a reality TV show, I want to see what in the world goes on in there.
Posted: March 14th, 2007 under corruption, lawmaking, scandals.
Comments
Comment from Hanlon
Time March 15, 2007 at 12:19 am
I try and limit the “Good Reading” list to sites that aren’t particularly well-known and that I personally think deserve a little extra recognition. I could put up a list along the line of “The Big Dogs” for TPM, ThinkProgress and the like.
I will admit I need to read TPM a lot more, though. They are a damn fantastic source for things you might not hear elsewhere and this is a good example, thank ya friend.
Comment from galexkeene
Time March 15, 2007 at 12:06 am
Hanlon,
Not sure if you read it as it is not in your “Good Reading” list, but TalkingPointsMemo.com has been all over this scandal since the beginning. The site, and its offshoot tpmmuckracker.com cast doubt on the firings almost from the minute they happened and have really pushed to story along (see this post from Time magazines DC bureau chief noting TPMs good work: http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/03/where_credit_is_due.html ).
I realize I sound like a ridiculous cheerleader, but this is a very important story that has finally blown the doors wide open on the crass arogance of this administration, and how much it has permeated everywhere, not just the White House.
Alex