We prefer to think of it as a cock slap
I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to this (I know I haven’t because I’ve been on spring break for the past 10 days during which I tried my best not to give much of a fuck about anything) but apparently Attorney General Alberto Gonzales got himself into a little bit of trouble. It seems as though he fired 8 US attorneys for no reason except for that he didn’t like their faces so that Bush could replace them with Republican operatives without Senate confirmation using a provision of the PATRIOT Act. What a patriot indeed! Now it seems like the patriotic thing for Gonzales to do is resign because everybody is pissed. Since he’s not doing though – he has, after all, a wide base of support – it gives Senate Democrats a chance to smack what’s left of the Bush administration around a little bit.
Yesterday, understanding which way the wind is blowing, the White House offered up Rove and Miers for the usual friendly testimony, free from the hassle of having to place either testifier under oath. While that was certainly thoughtful of the office of the White House Counsel, Patrick Leahy politely told them to go fuck themselves and Congress is getting ready to issue subpoenas to those same couple of folks. The Washington Post is billing this as a “constitutional showdown” which is, you know, kind of an overstatement. We prefer to think of it as something else.
