WTF Is It Now?!?

Editorials call for axing AG
"We haven't seen a renegade US Justice Department like this since John Mitchell ran it for President Nixon."

Scathing editorial pages across the country are calling for the firing of Bush's pet Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"Now that the political costs are higher than the administration could have imagined, now that senior officials have squandered their claim to credibility, it is imperative that the entire story of the firings be uncovered. As we have said previously, the administration is entitled to prosecutors who reflect its policies and carry out its priorities. It is not entitled to treat federal prosecutors like political pawns -- nor is it entitled, any longer, to the benefit of the doubt about the propriety of its conduct.

"Mr. Gonzales can make self-serving declarations about his belief in 'accountability,' as he did at a news conference yesterday; he can proclaim his plans to 'ascertain what happened here... and take corrective actions.' Nothing in his record gives any reason for confidence that anything will change in a department under his leadership."