Comments (39)

jri wrote on March 19, 2007 11:21 AM:

That must mean that he's out.

Anonymous wrote on March 19, 2007 11:24 AM:

white house = liars club

does anyone, really, believe a word that Tony Snow says, or Bush, or Condi, or Gonzo?

Swoosh wrote on March 19, 2007 11:24 AM:

Now there's a ringing endorsement, if there ever was one.

draftedin68 wrote on March 19, 2007 11:26 AM:

We hope...?

We? Who's we, Tony and Duhhbya?

Maybe it's REALLY up to Darth and Turd Blossom.

Like everything else.

notKeith wrote on March 19, 2007 11:30 AM:

Things to hope for:
(1) Gonzales stays
(2) Iran greets us as liberators, complete with flowers
(3) Halliburton sends their love from Dubai
(4) Dubya's Library has good security

MarkC wrote on March 19, 2007 11:31 AM:

The continued politicization of legal decisions made by my subordinates threatens to compromise the operations of the Department of Justice. In a time of war, our national security depends on these operations. For this reason, I have tendered my resignation to the President of the United States. While I am certain that history will recognize that there was no wrongdoing, my role as a servant leader requires me to do no less.

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on March 19, 2007 11:31 AM:

I hope AG AG stays, too. If he tenders his resignation, I hope the president refuses to accept it. I want to see the Imperial Presidency fight this investigation tooth and nail.

brains wrote on March 19, 2007 11:32 AM:

when the going gets tough the chicken hawks rat each outher out; oh hello harriet

Hoppy wrote on March 19, 2007 11:34 AM:

Heckuv a job, Al!

linda wrote on March 19, 2007 11:36 AM:

a news report on aar said tony snowjob told a network reporter to 'zip it'. getting a little testy at the a.m. gaggle...

Zach Edwards wrote on March 19, 2007 11:37 AM:

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Legalize wrote on March 19, 2007 11:40 AM:

I'm with Snow Job on this one. I totally hope the Abu Al-Gonzales sticks around for the next 2 years, thereby furthering dragging down the GOP; I hope that scandal after scandal, and investigation after investigation causes the GOP to ingest itself; I hope that the lies, failure, and corruption that have been the halmark of this administration and its GOP bitches in the Congress, for 6 years are dragged kicking and screaming into the daylight and feel the burning of public disgust.

By all means, PLEASE keep Abu Al-Gonzales on the payroll.

david baerwald wrote on March 19, 2007 11:45 AM:

I hope they throw him under a bus. The only way to get a big-time organised crime boss (like Cheney, for instance), is to crank up the heat on his underlings, forcing them to betray other underlings, which leaves the boss more vulnerable on two levels: A; he loses a layer of cover; and B: his former defenders become potential witnesses against him. For some reason my mind keeps on wandering back to the Mark Bowden book about the hunt for Pablo Escobar...

r€nato wrote on March 19, 2007 11:48 AM:

we HOPE he stays?

Boy there's a vote of confidence.

MikeC wrote on March 19, 2007 11:54 AM:

They are reaching the point where their pol numbers can't go any lower. They are hurt very little if he stays.

Of course, if their pol numbers have bottomed out and there is no hope of moving them any higher... they don't need Karl either.

Legion wrote on March 19, 2007 11:57 AM:

When sports coaches express confidence in their starting QB's they're signalling that a change is imminent.

freelunch wrote on March 19, 2007 12:05 PM:

I'm still hoping for April Fools' Day for the announcement that Gonzales wants to spend more time with his family. Gonzales has to know that Bush's concept of loyalty is completely one-way. Bush has never sacrificed anything of his to help his friends.

freelunch wrote on March 19, 2007 12:06 PM:

Mrs Panstreppon wrote: "I hope AG AG stays, too. If he tenders his resignation, I hope the president refuses to accept it. I want to see the Imperial Presidency fight this investigation tooth and nail."

Is this because you think this will get Bush, Cheney, Gonzales and Rove impeached and convicted faster?

EH wrote on March 19, 2007 12:10 PM:

I figured he was gone as soon as the administration started calling him "Al," all the time.

Mrs Panstreppon wrote on March 19, 2007 12:14 PM:

F.L., Nah. I just think it will be more fun to watch a sitting AG grilled on national television.

Seriously, replacing Gonzales will take some of the momentum out of the investigation by making it look like the Bush administration "fixed" the problem when the real problem hasn't seen daylight yet.

Richard L. Adlof wrote on March 19, 2007 12:15 PM:

Talk about forecasting the thump-thump of the bus wheels . . .

The question now becomes does Bush imply that he might have made an error appointing his lapdog and Torture Czar to an actual job with duties OR will the vain little prick go against years of existence and do the right thing by resigning.

Mrs. Linder-Phx.AZ wrote on March 19, 2007 12:25 PM:

I hope he stays too but by the sound of Tony, Gonzales will be Gone-saling soon.
I want Gonezales to testify before Congress and before the American people, under oath, hand on Bushie's christian bible. Alberto is not the head of the snake. Rove created Bush, the Manchurian candiate.

Minoin wrote on March 19, 2007 12:32 PM:

Translation: It's up to Tortureboy.

Anonymous wrote on March 19, 2007 12:39 PM:

I figured he was gone as soon as the administration started calling him "Al," all the time.

Say, don't you remember,
they called me Al;
It was Al all the time.

Why don't you remember,
I'm your pal?
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Dem-agog wrote on March 19, 2007 12:41 PM:

I think Gonzo should be fired immediately and replaced with Vicky Toensing. No only will nothing get done for the next 2 years but we'll all have massive headaches listening to her.

kentuck wrote on March 19, 2007 12:42 PM:

That means they have already decided to cut him loose? Of course, Bush is loyal - he never fires anyone. Alberto will resign voluntarily, of course.

SteinL wrote on March 19, 2007 1:08 PM:

Uh-oh! That means it's time for Tony to polish another of those "Presidential Medal of Freedom" thingies.

"Bring me the head of Alberto Gonzales!"

Paul Dirks wrote on March 19, 2007 1:16 PM:

We hope he stays....

Not to be confused with "a heckofa job"

rackNruin wrote on March 19, 2007 1:29 PM:

I hope he stays because it gives the Democrats one shining chance to get it right -- learn how to go for the throat, bite hard, and hang on. The repubs won't run for cover until they see one of their own castrated, crucified and burnt for no other reason than we had the power to do so. Yes, I'm backing the arbitrary, vindictive persecution and destruction of some high-level scumbag. Drive him to suicide.

Pontius Pilates wrote on March 19, 2007 1:49 PM:

"Yes, I'm backing the arbitrary, vindictive persecution and destruction of some high-level scumbag."

There is such a nice collection of them...

erasmus wrote on March 19, 2007 2:50 PM:

Hope springs eternal...

Midwest wrote on March 19, 2007 2:58 PM:

If he gets canned, you can be sure he will get the Presidential Medal of Honor to keep him quiet.

mbbsdphil wrote on March 19, 2007 4:08 PM:

"We hope he stays." Does that mean that Mr. Gonzales, like about a thousand other political appointees who are subject to Senate cofirmation, no longer serves to pleasure the President?

If Mr. Gonzales has a choice, it is more likely whether he wants the figurative sword and the partnership at a Republican law firm, or a literal boot and a day job working the courthouse in Harlingen. It is not whether he stays.

Mark F. wrote on March 19, 2007 7:56 PM:

"We hope he stays."

Translation: "We've got him by the ankles and we're going to swing him around a few times and then let go. We hope he lands on the deck rather than in the water."

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