"Throwing your own people to the liberal wolves over something that is fundamentally absurd — such as the firing of presidential appointees by the president — is not a sign of character or moral superiority. It's disloyal and self-destructive. Besides, when you reward this kind of politics, you get more of it. And the Democrats don't much care whether Gonzales is conservative or the eight U.S. attorneys were the greatest U.S. attorneys in American history. They didn't stop with John Bolton, they didn't stop with Donald Rumsfeld, they didn't stop with Lewis Libby, and they won't stop with Gonzales. Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and ultimately George Bush are in their sights. And there is little political downside for the Democrats to march on when the Republican and conservative response is so pusillanimous."
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Here's my take on Gonzales and the firing of the US Attorneys. Generally an incoming President will replace all the attorneys. Replacing a handful mid-term is more unusual but not improper in itself. A US Attorney can be legally fired for political reasons, or for no reason at all.
However, a US Attorney cannot be legally fired for any reason. For example, firing an Attorney because he refused to frame a Democrat would likely be illegal. Firing an Attorney because he was about to indict a guilty Republican would probably be obstruction of justice.
I am not saying that anything like this has taken place. But they are hiding something. The Congress should and will investigate.
Gonzales has apparently lied about the matter, which is reason enough for him to be removed, in my opinion.
Actually, Gonzales should never have been confirmed in the first place, given his role in justifying torture before he became Attorney General, but that is another matter.
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