Gonzalez's Head on a Platter: Some Thoughts about Power and the Corporate Press [View All]

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Gonzalez's Head on a Platter: Some Thoughts about Power and the Corporate Press

by Andrew Bard Schmookler


DELAY THE AMPUTATION

A couple of days ago, on NPR's All Things Considered, Senator Patrick Leahy was interviewed. Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was talking about the unfolding scandal involving the firing of the U.S. Attorneys.

I got the distinct impression that Leahy was not eager for any quick resignation from Alberto Gonzalez, that he would much prefer that he still be Attorney General when he comes before the Judiciary Committee to testify under oath.

If I'm right about Leahy's desire for Gonzalez to stay in place while this scandal plays out further, I would heartily agree with the Senator: much better for the president's loyal lackey to remain a vital organ in the body of this presidency as the press and the public explore the meaning of these corrupt developments.

When someone resigns, then the press and the public --or at least this is my intuitive sense of it-- give less regard to the reality that their past conduct discloses. "He's out of power now," the thinking seems to go, "so this isn't a problem that needs to concern us so much."

So I hope that Gonzalez and Bush dig in their heels, and thus keep the toxin at full strength and in full public view while the meaning of this corruption of our justice system gets excavated and displayed for the whole nation to see.

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