Be careful, as the above comment is not quite right in multiple respects—not the least of which is that the Senate Judiciary Committee now has direct evidence of much of what I pointed out.  What I said to Legal Times is sufficent, especially as sadly amplified by AG Gonzales himself; it need not be embellished.

I dont recall what I was going to say.

This man is called a lawyer and lawyers usually have very good recall, for this Gonzles to say he forgot a lot of information is bull.  The man can use the phrase I misspoke, I cannot recall all of the phrases used by a lier. 

I think that when you try arm twisting monovers and the ruse does not fly even by the Republician Senators than Gonzles should quit.

Even some Republicians have morals, that person being the senator from Pennsylvania.

What should be happening is Impeachment of Bush and Chaney because the country is going down the path of a Banana Republic.

Madden than a wet hen from the state of Washingrton, city of Vancouver.

Gonzo is just that. He can’t even bullshit the Republicans on the committee. Bu$h will have to get another DUI to keep him. Heck of a job___________! There’s a nice GOP think tank (oxymoron) job waiting for you somewhere. Bye, bye.

This could have been called a confirmation hearing, it confirmed what we all knew to be true, that Gonzales is a disgrace to the DOJ; we, the people; and the constitution. He’s toast.

The hearing also resolved a question many have had: What is Orrin Hatch’s function as a US Senator? He appears to consider himself of importance, and close to the president. He may be correct.

Apparently, he is on call to the Prez at all times, and whenever the Prez feels the need to defecate, the call is made. Orrin rushes over, pulls down the Prez’s trous, and makes sure He is comfortably seated.

Then Orrin observes the emitted turds, exclaiming with great praise upon their size, number, shape, density, and aroma. When the Prez is done, Orrin wipes His a**, and then leads the triumphant parade, exclaiming over the perfection of the Prez’s latest move.

Orrin is an over-achiever, it’s very fortunate he lucked into the Senator gig, otherwise he’d have to take a really shi**y job to survive.

Bye, bye Gonzo - it wasn’t good to know you! Nothing improper from a Bush appointee? Never!

Let’s get those so-called purged emails, subpoena a few staffers including Rove and his assistant Cheney, then let’s see what’s left!

Gonzales appeared to be pretty confident that he had beat the rap, but several Republican committee members expressed outrage and their concern that he should be removed from office (notably Sen. Specter, who got into a fight with Gonzales right away).

The big question now seems to be what information does Monica Goodling have that could entice Congress into granting her immunity? Without a smoking gun they probably can have Gonzales removed, but no hope of tracing the wrongdoing back to Rove.

The committee should hear from Daniel Metcalfe, the recently retired career prosecutor for the Justice Department. He makes it clear, in no uncertain terms, that Alberto Gonzales, at the behest of the President, made it his primary mission to use his department as a political arm of the administration, and to vigorously pursue Bush’s political agenda at the expense of true law enforcement.  He said that the fired U.S. attorneys were on a “hit list” Gonzales kept, strictly for political reasons.  He also said that morale among the career U.S.attorneys was very, very, low.