Gonzo - gone-zo ...... this morning

[Stinky The Clown]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

More at this link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20459457/

[smiley_glad_hands]

1. Please elaborate.

Don't see what you're trying to say on the MSNBC page.

[flpoljunkie]

2. More from the New York Times...

August 27, 2007
Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General

By STEVEN LEE MYERS
WACO, Tex., Aug. 27 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.

Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, submitted his to President Bush by telephone on Friday, the official said. His decision was not immediately announced, the official added, until after the president invited him and his wife to lunch at his ranch near here.

Mr. Bush has not yet chosen a replacement but will not leave the position open long, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the Attorney General's resignation had not yet been made public.

<>Mr. Gonzales's resignation is the latest in a series of high-level departures that has reshaped the end of Mr. Bush's second term. Karl Rove, another of Mr. Bush's close circle of aides from Texas, stepped down two weeks ago.

The official said that the decision was Mr. Gonzales's and that the president accepted it grudgingly. At the same time, the official acknowledged that the turmoil over his tenure as Attorney General had made continuing difficult.

"The unfair treatment that he's been on the receiving end of has been a distraction for the department," the official said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1188217066-WO3NoGP2iT5nDkRlA2THyQ

[rox63]

3. I wonder what the real reason for his resignation was?

Was he about to be indicted for perjury? He held on so doggedly for such a long time that I thought he was staying til the bitter end.

Ah well, good riddance.

[Tesla]

4. Last Texan standing.... sitting....

[flpoljunkie]

14. Gonzales lost support with the Republicans in Congress. They needed to throw him overboard, but

they surely took their time in making it untenable for Gonzales to stay.

[ogradda]

5. About time

Took long enough imho

[DemReadingDU]

6. Why now?

Something must be about to come out when the Congress comes back from vacation.

[Totally Committed]

8. Exactly! --- What brought him to this decision NOW?

Is this an indication that something big is about to break or is it to head off something big from happening at all?

You can't trust these bastards!

Still, good he's going. I think. I hope.

TC

[MH1]

9. Can * make a recess appointment now?

Just wondering.

If there is any possibility of that working, Bush will try it.

[cascadiance]

13. I thought they'd did the FISA court bill as a *deal* to prevent this!

Of course, you gotta figure that desperate asses such as who's in Bushco aren't going to be good on their word on something like this too.

Is there any way that Reid and Pelosi can call emergency session out of recess to PREVENT such a recess appointment, if that's what Bushco has in mind?

[Buzz Clik]

7. Stripping back the layers of insulation.

I was insistent that Gonzo would never leave. I couldn't be happier that I'm wrong.

Another Monday morning, high profile departure. Not the normal trend

:shrug:

[grannie4peace]

10. gonzo is gonezo

THAT WOULD MAKE A MOST LOVELY SHIRT, BUMPERSTICKER, FLAG!!!!!!:pals: :rofl: :patriot: :toast: :toast:

[FloridaJudy]

11. Can we all come and start sing "ding dong" now? n/t

[saltpoint]

12. August has always been the resignation month of preference for

high-profile corrupt Republicans.

Gonzales missed Nixon's resignation anniversary, but not by much.