Why Repubs Want Gonzales To Resign: He's Bush's Intellectual Equal

Even disgraced Repub Newt Gingrich believes Gonzo should consider resigning.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday urged Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign, saying the "self-created mess" over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year has hampered his ability to do his job.

"I cannot imagine how he is going to be effective for the rest of this administration," Gingrich said on "Fox News Sunday."
"They're going to be involved in endless hearings, which is going to take up an immense amount of time and effort.
"I think the country, in fact, would be much better served to have a new team at the Justice Department, across the board."

Why, oh why, Newt?

Easy answer: Gonzo can't seem to master his list of lies without contradicting himself.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has virtually wiped his public schedule clean to bone up for his long-awaited April 17 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee—a session widely seen as a crucial test as to whether he will survive the U.S. attorney mess. But even his own closest advisers are nervous about whether he is up to the task. At a recent "prep" for a prospective Sunday talk-show interview, Gonzales's performance was so poor that top aides scrapped any live appearances. During the March 23 session in the A.G.'s conference room, Gonzales was grilled by a team of top aides and advisers—including former Republican National Committee chair Ed Gillespie and former White House lawyer Tim Flanigan—about what he knew about the plan to fire seven U.S. attorneys last fall. But Gonzales kept contradicting himself and "getting his timeline confused," said one participant who asked not to be identified talking about a private meeting. His advisers finally got "exasperated" with him, the source added. "He's not ready," Tasia Scolinos, Gonzales's public-affairs chief, told the A.G.'s top aides after the session was over, said the source. Asked for comment, Scolinos told NEWSWEEK: "This was the first session of this kind that we'd done."

Hm. Sounds like Gonzo needs someone to save his ass (like he saved Bush's ass back in Texas).

But who can save Gonzo's ass?

Anyone?

Anyone?

Bueller?

Bueller?



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