August 28, 2007

Lapdog Loyalty: A “Yes-Man” Takes One For The President

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In the end, Alberto Gonzales’ lapdog loyalty to his boss was his greatest downfall, not only for the Attorney General, but for the administration that he was brought in to serve.

That is what Gonzales’ resignation has taught the country.

The country’s top lawyer never proved himself to be an independent thinker. Gonzales is a sycophant, a yes-man to sign off on President Bush’s legal policies.

  • Throwing the Geneva Conventions out the window? Check

  • Attempting to manipulate a severely ill Attorney General into extending a warrantless wiretap policy that the Justice Department had already concluded was illegal? Check

  • Having repeated bouts of memory loss during important legal hearings that questioned the legality of his conduct, and his integrity? Check

    • Lapdog President George W. Bush
    The Washington Post emphasizes that “realities trumped loyalty” when the White House and GOP could not halt bi-partisan attacks over politically-motivated firings of U.S. Attorneys, and absence of real leadership inside the Justice Department.

    In the end, there is only one lapdog that President Bush can still call upon for true loyalty: his name is Barney.

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    The “Texas Mafia” Waves Bye-Bye

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    New York Times Washington correspondent Philip Shenon has a terrific video piece on Attorney General Gonzales’ resignation from the “Texas Mafia.”

    Harriet MiersShenon explains that this described “the small group of aides that Bush brought with him to Washington from Texas.” In addition to Gonzales, that group also included another Texas lawyer: former White House Counsel Harriet Miers.

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