It is nice to see the Senate prepare to scorch Gonzales over the media flames again with a no confidence vote next week in the Senate. It would have been fantastic for them to fulfill their constitutional role and impeach the morally bankrupt Attorney General. Everyone knows he's a liar now, even some Republicans on Capitol Hill want him gone, but it is still not enough for what Gonzales deserves.
From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats announced on Thursday they will seek a U.S. Senate vote of "no confidence" in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, hopeful it will prompt President George W. Bush's embattled friend to resign."
The White House brushed off the Democrats' latest move tied to their widening investigation of Gonzales for the firing of federal prosecutors as "nothing more than a meaningless political act." A White House spokesman added that the attorney general still had "the full confidence of the president."Democrats said they intend to hold a "no confidence" vote on Gonzales as early as next week and expect it to pass with the support of a number of Republicans.
I'm almost certain it will pass. I also find it hard not to disagree with the White House that it is a meaningless act. If the Democrats think it will make Georgie push Gonzales to resign, they obviously haven't paid much attention to the President. Bush will hang on to Alberto for far longer than he did Rumsfeld. His Attorney General is so important to him precisely for all the criminal acts he has committed. Bush is trying to hold the ship together and he doesn't intend to let it go.
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