Gonzales Aides Comedians

Gonzales helped out comedians everywhere by taking responsibility for the politically-motivated firing of eight U.S. Attorneys and then quickly claimed he wasn't responsible:

Gonzales refuses to resign over firing of U.S. prosecutors

WASHINGTON -- Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales refused to step down yesterday in a widening scandal over the politically motivated firing of eight federal prosecutors, which has already led to the resignation of his chief of staff.

"I believe in accountability," Mr. Gonzales said during a hastily called news conference here. "Like every CEO of a major organization, I am responsible for what happens at the Department of Justice. I acknowledge that mistakes were made here. I accept that responsibility."

Yet Mr. Gonzales immediately placed the blame for the controversial firings on his top aide, Kyle Sampson, who resigned on Monday.

If this latest Bush administration scandal was the only one Gonzales was involved with, then I could understand his decision to refuse to resign, but it is one of many:

He argued that Bush had the right to torture prisoners.

He argued that Bush could break the law.

He supported Bush's illegal spying on Americans without a warrant.

He claims that Bush can ignore laws passed by Congress.

He supports Bush at the expense of the rule of law.

He supports Bush at the expense of the Constitution.

He pushed for the unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus.

Then there is this one: (from Discourse.net - h/t Crooks and Liars):

Alberto Gonzales's Role in the Plame Cover-Up

Everyone seems to have forgotten that then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales also presided over one of the more sordid aspects of the Plame scandal. When Gonzales first learned that the Justice Department had started an official investigation into the Plame leak, Gonzales waited twelve hours before putting the White House staff on notice that they had to preserve documents and electronic files. Which seemed than -- and seems now -- like an open invitation to "shredding and deleting," not to mention getting your story straight. In short, obstruction of justice.

And it's not as if Gonzales dithered trying to make up his mind what to do. He told White House Chief of Staff Andy Card about the investigation right away -- many hours before sending the official notification to preserve all evidence.

[...]Lest you think this is much ado about nothing, consider that when Patrick Fitzgerald came looking, key emails to or from the Vice President's office mysteriously could not be found in the White House computer system's archives.

Gonzales should resign or be impeached. Either way he should not be (nor ever have been) Attorney General of the United States of America.