Gonzo's Crumbling Cookie

This is the way Gonzo's cookie crumbles.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales confronted a fresh call for his resignation from a fellow Republican Thursday as he struggled to survive a bipartisan Senate challenge to his credibility in the case of eight fired prosecutors.
"The best way to put this behind us is your resignation," Sen. Tom Coburn (news, bio, voting record) bluntly told Gonzales, one GOP conservative to another.

Disagreeing, Gonzales told the Oklahoma Republican he didn't think resigning would put the controversy to rest.

The exchange punctuated a long day in the witness chair at a Senate hearing for the attorney general, who doggedly advanced a careful, lawyerly defense of the dismissal of the prosecutors. He readily admitted mistakes, yet told lawmakers he had "never sought to deceive them."

Nope, not deceive, just fire some judges who were not sympathetic to the bushies, lose 5,000,000 e-mails.....

Gonzales sat alone at the witness table in a crowded hearing room for the widely anticipated hearing. There was no doubt about the stakes involved for a member of

President Bush's inner circle, under pressure to resign since the dismissals of the prosecutors.

"The moment I believe I can no longer be effective I will resign as attorney general," Gonzales said after first making it clear he did not believe it had come to that.

The White House offered support. Spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters, "I think the president has full confidence" in his attorney general.

Struggling to save his credibility and perhaps his job, Gonzales testified at least 45 times — before lunch — that he could not recall events he was asked about.

Returning for an afternoon session, Gonzales faced fresh challenges to his credibility, including from Republicans. "Why is your story changing?" asked Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, noting that the attorney general was now accepting responsibility for the firings after initially saying he had played only a minor role.

In response, Gonzales replied that his earlier answers had been "overbroad" and the result of inadequate preparation.

Preparation? What's to prepare for? I mean, if you're being summoned to answer questions honestly, and that is your intent, then what's to prepare for? Unless, of course, you need to attempt to get your stories straight.

Interestingly enough, even the republicans in the senate are turning against him, calling for Gonzo's resignation. Bush, of course insists upon standing by his latest scapegoat. One would think that these victims of loyalty would learn. This administration will not protect them, they will not help them, they sit high above on their golden thrones and watch as their riches pile high and their loyalist pay the price.

If one of these scapegoats would sing, tell all, we could impeach this idiots, end a war, save lives and use congress to tackle real issues, like health care, stem cell research, things that would actually help the basic American.