I listened to much of Attorney General's Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was sad. This guy is our top law enforcement official who heads the second most important department of the federal government (some might say the most important one, ahead of Defense), yet he came across like a nincompoop who could not explain why he fired some of the U.S. attorneys and had difficulty recalling events on 70 or so occasions. Sound familiar?
At one point, he even said: "I now understand there was a conversation with myself and the president." Duhhhh...
But his was no partisan grilling. Republicans and Democrats both seemed exasperated with Gonzales and contributed tough questions. Even Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), hardly a liberal, called on him to resign.
Gonzales is a guy who got his job because he was a FOG - Friend Of George. But today, he was in a daze. It's hard to tell whether he's just plain inept, or a toady of Bush and Rove, or both (I vote for this), or what.
Read about it at:
www.csmonitor.com/2007/0420/p25s02-uspo.html
www.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/washington/20gonzales.html?hp
Gonzales graduated from Harvard Law School, but today it sounded as though he would've been hard-pressed to pass the salad bar.
I'm sorry Alberto, but you've got to go.
"Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then." -- Chinese proverb
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