{"id":382,"date":"2007-03-17T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2007-03-17T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=382"},"modified":"2007-03-20T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2007-03-20T21:42:08","slug":"kurtz-watch-alberto-gone-zales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"Kurtz Watch: Alberto Gone-zales?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howard Kurtz is weighing in<\/a> on the chaos at the Justice Department where eight U. S. Attorneys were dismissed under suspiciously political circumstances. The controversy extends to various shifting explanations from Alberto Gonzales and connections that reach into the White House. Kurtz begins by conceding that the matter was “badly botched,”<\/em> calling it a “fiasco,” “disturbing,”<\/em> and saying that it “raises questions about the Justice Department’s credibility.”<\/em> That said, according to Kurtz, it still “doesn’t seem like a career-ender.”<\/em> Kurtz must be holding out for a dead intern in Gonzales’ trunk.<\/p>\n

The reasons for his leniency are that the scandal is not overheating the water-cooler circuit and that the only relevant decider is The Decider™. It’s too bad that Kurtz’ criteria has nothing to do with whether or not the Attorney General’s job performance is either competent or lawful.<\/p>\n

Most of the rest of the comments regarding GonzoGate include excerpts from other columnists that seem to be uniformly advocating ditching the AG. And this is not just from progressives like Josh Marshall<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“Who wants to guess how many days remain before Gonzales decides his presence at Justice is becoming an obstacle to the fulfillment of President Bush’s important law enforcement policy objectives?”<\/span><\/p>\n

…but also from the far right National Review<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“The administration’s supporters should consider whether the price of keeping Gonzales in office will be the surrender of important policies in order to try to appease his critics.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But still, Howie doesn’t think there are enough gossips driving the story to merit serious discussion of Gonzales’ departure. Perhaps he needs to invent<\/a> more typical<\/em> bloggers that will back up his biases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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