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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

"Not Death By A Thousand Cuts...Death By Eight Self-Inflicted Wounds"

AP TOM RAUM March 27, 2007 12:50 PM

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' battle to keep his job in a brewing constitutional clash is riveting. Yet the drama of a political appointee fighting for survival has played out many times in Democratic and Republican administrations alike....

...Paul Light, a New York University professor of public policy, predicts Gonzales' resignation is just a matter of time. He says Gonzales will continue to lose support among Republicans, who have expressed annoyance about being misled, as he keeps amending his account of his role in the eight firings.

"It's not death by a thousand cuts. It's death by eight self-inflicted wounds," said Light.

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Now wouldn't it be appropriate if another Monica, where to bring down the Bush Presidency.
Justice in the making Hmmmmmm, I wonder if she will be given imunity?

Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer4 minutes agoWASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday."The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.He said that members of the House and Senate Judiciary committees seem already to have made up their minds that wrongdoing has occurred in the firings.

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