Remember Francoise Duclos? She was communications director for Canada’s then prime minister Jean Chretien. In 2002, she famously though undiplomatically called George W. Bush “a moron.” Mr. Bush, the” War President,” “the Decider,” and now “the commander guy” has spent the last 5 years proving Ms. Duclos right. Alas.
By percyslogthrop-mail | May 4, 2007 9:06:10 AM |
Eugene Robinson’s column Washington Post

I fear Mr. Cohen is engaging in wishful thinking again, as he did two days ago vis a vis Elizabth Holtzman's realism. Messrs. Bush and Gonzales are locked in a death embrace. If Bush were to nominate a person of high competence and integrity as Attorney General, he would leave his administration vulnerable to attacks from within, investigations he could not dismiss as mere 'partisan politics' like the congressional oversight investigations and hearings. Plus, once Gonzales was a goner, protected by neither his office nor the personal fealty of POTUS, he would quickly become fair game for even more attacks from administration insiders and other Republicans than he is enduring now. It wouldn't take long for him to start retaliating and trying to mount some kind of defense of himself and the only likely defensive targets for him would be the political people in the White House and indirectly, the Decider himself, at whose pleasure, as we all know, the US attorneys serve. Perhaps Gonzales would simply fall on his sword and go through the rest of his life with his honesty and integrity thoroughly discredited, but it doesn't seem likely. Witness George Tenet. If he does bite the dust, my bet on the likely replacement nominee is not Comey or Fitzgerald, but that loyal Bushie Michael Chertof. He's screwed up the Department of Homeland Security and the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina; why not give him a shot to continue the good work at the Department of Justice where he used to work. Maybe he could bring back Heckofajob Brownie as his deputy AG.
Posted by: P. Bosley Slogthrop | May 4, 2007 09:58 AM