Griper Blade: Gonzo is Gonzo

There has to be some reason why Alberto Gonzales is still the Attorney General. He's hung on beyond all rationality, clinging to the position despite the fact that pretty much all he's doing from dawn until the late hours is defending himself. It can't be fun and there's no possible way he can be effective. The big attorney purge as spread into an investigation into warrantless wiretapping and shows no signs of ever going away. Any sane person would've quit a long time ago. Seriously, what's the deal?

It can't be that the job's so great. He's only got a year and a half to go anyway, with full pension no matter what. He's set. Is he worried about his career after the White House? Obviously not. Every time he winds up in front of a Senate committee, he makes a complete ass of himself -- being a well-known liar may fit the lawyer joke stereotype, but who wants to be represented by someone who's proven they suck at lying? Could he be a law professor? Maybe, but it's hard to see some kid fresh out of law school bragging that he'd studied under Alberto Gonzales. Back to the judiciary? Don't make me laugh.

The most common hypothesis I've seen is that Bush is letting him stay because he knows where all the bodies are buried. But that doesn't make any sense -- as I pointed out earlier, the job must suck. Keeping the position could hardly be called a reward for loyalty.

In any case, it's clear that Gonzo's not going anywhere under his own power. If he's finally convicted of something, they'll have to chase him down like a carjacker on COPS...

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