Washington, DC -- In what had to be his third or fourth appearance (who can keep track), before the Senate Judiciary Committee, to give testimony about the Attorney General firings scandal, little Alberto Gonzales once again lowered the bar on truthfulness. A bar that was already flat on the floor from his previous testimony. And this guy after all, is the chief law enforcement officer in the country, the United States Attorney General.
As we sat watching his performance on C-SPAN, our jaws agape from the abusurdity of his non answers, one in our group remarked, "this can't be real, its gotta be a skit from The Daily Show."
It was truly remarkable to watch this little man with the big smug look on his face completely stonewall the members of the Judiciary Committee with lies and obfuscations to the point where even republican members of the committee were shaking their heads in disbelief.
Perjury is a serious crime, as ol' Scooter Libby discovered, and our group was astounded that Gomey would so obviously expose himself to this charge, not to mention the ridicule that would surely follow. Why we wondered, would he allow himself to be used in a manner that could only be seen as an effort to protect the White House, regardless of the consequences to himself? This man will never be taken seriously again, with perhaps the exception of a few ideologues. Who could live with that?
Our best guess is that either he has been compromised in crimes far greater than have been speculated to date, or simply that he knows he just has to carry Bush's water for 18 more months and retire into obscurity with a big payoff. Either way it's clear he doesn't have to worry about impeachment or being charged with perjury, the LPS (Libby pardon solution), will take care of that.
Someone out there must have a more astute political read on this. Why would Gonzales subject himself to such political infamy for eternity? What are we missing?
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