And well deserved torture at that. The difference between Harriet Miers and Alberto Gonzales was that the attempt to put her in a job she was unqualified for was recognized and stopped. And why would George Bush think he couldn't get Harriet Miers into the Supreme Court? After all, he did get the hopelessly unqualified good old boy Alberto into the respectable job of Attorney General. He has never shown any ability other than an unqualified loyalty to the President and a willingness to ignor the Constitution. When I first saw him and listened to him I got this chill up my spine, a gut feeling about his character formed before his first smirk. There have been a lot of smirks from Gonzales since then and now I see that he isn't smirking so broadly these days. He should know that his days are numbered. The war between Republican operatives like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and everyone else goes on. The media conservatives are trying unsuccessfully to characterize the firing of the eight US Attorneys as business as usual and the accepted cost of doing business rather than the selective firings of those who were making certain Republican Senators unhappy by convicting their friends or not seeking political trials against Republican enemies. Not business as usual.
The only question here is how long he'll hang in the wind, feeling a bit of that psychological torture he has no difficulty in seeing that others suffer. He hasn't made himself any friends in DC and now his only use is in being the cover for the President and taking some of the fire that is moving it's way up the chain. A twisting in the wind that I'm happy to watch.
