This is one appointment that should never have been made. Gonzales was the first of George Bush's crony appointments. He was never remotely qualified for the position. The latest U.S. Attorneys' firing "scandal" only highlighted his political maladroitness. When he should have been defending the firings as perfectly within the president's Constitutional authority, he instead apologized for the manner in which it was done thereby muddying the waters. He rang the Democrat sharks' dinner bell when he did that. This was an Attorney General who on a variety of issues was unable to make a Constitutional argument even when it was obvious. And to think, George Bush appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court and was grooming him for the U.S. Supreme Court! One staggers under the realization that instead of Roberts and Alito we could have been saddled with Gonzales and Miers on the Court. Who says there's no God?
This is one appointment that should never have been made. Gonzales was the first of George Bush's crony appointments. He was never remotely qualified for the position. The latest U.S. Attorneys' firing "scandal" only highlighted his political maladroitness. When he should have been defending the firings as perfectly within the president's Constitutional authority, he instead apologized for the manner in which it was done thereby muddying the waters. He rang the Democrat sharks' dinner bell when he did that. This was an Attorney General who on a variety of issues was unable to make a Constitutional argument even when it was obvious. And to think, George Bush appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court and was grooming him for the U.S. Supreme Court! One staggers under the realization that instead of Roberts and Alito we could have been saddled with Gonzales and Miers on the Court. Who says there's no God?