Michael Braun's Blog

Alberto Gonzales – this dude has lost his mind. He can’t remember anything. Everything he told congress turned out to be not true, contradicted by emails. Ends up he was a lot more involved in the firing of 8 US Attorneys than he let on. So then he goes to talk to them again, and all of a sudden he can’t remember much of anything about the whole situation. He doesn’t know who put together the list of attorneys. He can’t remember asking for a list. He didn’t bother to review the list. He didn’t bother to check the selected attorneys’ performance reviews. He didn’t give them a change to rebut their firing or tell them any reasons why they were being fired. Well, I think we should all do him a favor and let him know exactly why he needs to go.

Paul Wolfowitz – this guy is just a moron. First he architects the very successful Iraq war, and then Bush sends him off to head the World Bank. At first I thought, maybe this won’t be so bad. The guy is a psycho-neo-con, and that means he thinks democracy should be instilled by force as it will solve the world’s problems. But that also means he’s concerned with the world problems (or at least how they relate to the US). Trouble is, this guy thinks he can use his power to give money to anyone he wants. First, he gets his girlfriend a cushy with the State Department. Then he makes it so his staff at the bank make huge salaries. Now when he gets in trouble about it, he says he did wrong, but won’t resign.

So why not? Why not resign after bring shame on the position you hold? ‘Cause these folks are members of the Bush administration. They think that they are better than everyone else and can do whatever they want. And when Bush stands up and supports them, it sure makes it easier. Still, Rumsfeld left, so maybe there’s still hope. It’s time to weaken the prospects of Bush’s legacy. A few more resignations will surely help!