Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday it's up to
President Bush whether he remains in the administration and said he wants to
stay and explain to Congress the circumstances surrounding the firings of eight
U.S. attorneys.
Way to accept responsibility, Alberto. As someone commented in a dkos thread yesterday, when a Republican says "I accept responsibility" what he means is "shut up and move on." Now he has passed the buck to Bush, who, as we all know, has never admitted to making any mistakes and has never held anyone in his administration accountable - with the possible exception of Rumsfeld, but there are no longer any elections to be lost on Bush's watch - for any mistakes he has made. Katrina? Heckuva job, Brownie. Plame? I will fire anyone involved in it. Iraq? Mistakes were made.
Furthermore, Gonzales has been a loyal lieutenant. Unitary executive theory? Check. Torture? Check. Illegal wiretapping? Check. Firing prosecutors who were not partisan enough? Check. After all, Gonzales was only doing the White House's bidding. I have a feeling we will get a "Gonzales is doing a heckuva job" line out of Bush. Once again, it falls to the Democrats to fix another mess created by Republicans.
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