Exactly two weeks ago when Rove resigned I predicted on our show that Gonzales would resign in a couple of weeks because they didn't want it to seem like Rove left after Gonzales -- because then it would seem like it was all tied to the US attorneys investigations (and the larger Hatch Act violations).
This resignation was designed and agreed to weeks ago. It played out exactly as I predicted (you can watch the video here).
If Gonzales had resigned first and then Rove after him, it would have looked like they were both running away from the investigations (which is exactly what they are doing). But if Rove resigned first, then they could play it like the Rove resignation had nothing to do with the investigations and he chose to leave on his own terms.
The press shouldn't let them get away with this. The resignations have nothing to do with spending more time with the family; they have everything to do with Congressional subpoenas and the US attorneys investigation.
Most importantly, the Democrats shouldn't let them get away with this. They should continue the investigations to see where it leads anyway. If crimes have been committed by Rove and Gonzales (and people higher than them), they should be fully investigated whether some of these people are still in government or not.
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so-yeah that would be why Rove would want to go-with the ties to Ark.
For the country's sake.
"The Base" needs to be exposed.
I want to know their names and where
they are located.
We don't need any "political Taliban" in this country.
one "sheeple" at a time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2007/08/27/gonzo-gone/
Great call, yet I am afraid the Democratic Leadership will quash the investigations. Don't look forward for any accountability, sorry. Agape.
I, too, had suggested the same way back when Rove left. No matter how the Bushies spin this whole business, the American People know the real reasons. Hopefully tomorrow's History texts will tell the True Story for future generations to contemplate.
To those on this thread who constantly belittle the Congressional Democrats I would like to suggest you pay more attention to the wants and needs of the Constitutional duty the Democrats are fulfilling daily. To suggest that these resignations are mere happenstance based on Rove's and Gonzales' personal preference is wantonly naive. Great pressure, and "Offers they couldn't refuse" were the underlying cause no matter what Trolls say here.
And, Democrats who are "afraid" and "scared" of this-and-that should be banned from comments altogether. Draconian, I know, but Fear is what it has always been, i.e., a fantasy.
Brick
But someone on the first Gonzales resignation thread this morning posited that Gonzo's resignation was designed to allow Bush to put Lieberman in the AG office. A Republican would fill his senatorial seat, and with Cheney as the tie breaker, the Republicans would have control of the Senate once again.
It sounds far-fetched, but nothing these crooks do would surprise me.
But then I remember that John Mitchell served 19 months in prison, and that Spiro Agnew got busted for tax evasion and got a suspended sentence. Plus the watergate burglars did their time. So I hold onto the hope that there will be some accountability this side of the grave for these un-American proto-fascists.
If they do get their just desserts, it will be because you people like you kept the story in the public eye. So forget that 1st paragraph, and keep up the good work. Love your show.
For once, Carville sounded reasonably good in his counter-punching - and appropriately laughed at the insanity (really) spilling out of the neocon's pie hole. So we should be seeing how the "leadership" will meet this new challenge over the next week. The Dem leadership blew it by not impeaching gonzo. Will they step up and meet this stupidity with determination and courage?
Damn... I can only hope...