Embattled Attorney General Resigns
This comes about six months too late, but at least it's finally happening.
I was struck by this detail of the news accounts:
A senior administration official said today that Gonzales, who was in Washington, had called the president in Crawford, Tex., on Friday to offer his resignation. The president rebuffed the offer, but said the two should talk face to face on Sunday.
Gonzales and his wife flew to Texas, and over lunch on Sunday the president accepted the resignation with regret, the official said.
I hope the reporters confirmed this narrative, because it sounds like pure fiction -- or at best, political theater. I'm betting that the resignation was part of a deal Bush made with Congress in exchange for expanding the the government's wiretapping powers a few weeks ago.
And I love this little gem:
On Saturday night, Gonzales was contacted by his press spokesman to ask how the department should respond to inquiries from reporters about rumors of his resignation, and Gonzales told the spokesman to deny the reports.
He couldn't resist one last lie.
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