ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES, A GOOD MAN DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation today effective September 17. President Bush reluctantly accepted the resignation stating, "After months of unfair treatment that has created a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales decided to resign his position and I accepted his decision."

The President further stated that Gonzales was a good man who was , "dragged through the mud, " for political reasons. Democrats have been after Gonzales almost since he was first appointed Attorney General more than two years ago.

Now as a result of a scandal that was only a scandal in the eyes of power hungry and vindictive Democrats a good and honest man whose reputation and name have been dragged through the mud unnecessarily has stepped down from the office of Attorney General so that the Justice Department can work as it should without the shroud of ridiculous Democrat investigations hanging over the AG.

Democrats have succeed in pressuring Gonzales into leaving amidst false allegations of illegalities in the firing of eight federal attorneys whose job is at the discretion of the President and as with any job if the boss decides that it is time for them to go then they are terminated.

Every President since the formation of the federal attorneys in the Justice Department has hired and fired attorneys whenever it was deemed necessary and in almost every instance in numbers vastly larger than eight. In fact most President's replace most if not all federal attorneys either at the beginning of their Presidency or in the course of their years in the White House.

It has been stated time and again as an example that Bill Clinton fired 93 at one time while President and no investigation followed since it is accepted that the hiring and firing of federal attorneys is at the discretion of the President and handled through the Justice Department and the office of Attorney General who is their immediate supervisor.

That is until Democrats in this Congress saw an opportunity to play political games with the firing of the eight and since the first months of this year have had hearing after hearing investigating Gonzales over the firings and each hearing came to no conclusion except to have another hearing. Alberto Gonzales finally resigned after being fed up with having his name and reputation constantly being slandered by liberal Democrats who sought nothing but blood from some member of the Bush administration.

This entire fiasco over the firings has been Democrat politics at its worst, yet the very Democrats who have slandered and accused Gonzales falsely this day are patting each other on the back and in some back room meeting deciding which administration official they will go after next for the sole purpose of dragging them through the mud and destroying for the sake of destruction only.

Democrats have searched without evidence anything they could drum up to scandalize the Bush White House. Everything from the non-existent , "outing, " of Valery Plame, to false accusations of the VP and Haliburton and now the resignation of Alberto Gonzales over normal Justice Department procedures in the firing of federal attorneys.

Democrats who are in the majority ONLY because of a back lash against the GOP, still understand that they cannot win at the polls by stepping into the arena of ideas and having a serious discussion of the issues. So their usual strategy is to search for scandal, make false accusations and play these both in the media wing of the Democrat party to gain a political advantage at the expense of good public servants and the nation.

The real losers in this Democrat sponsored fiasco are the American people who had to suffer through wasted Congressional time and money that should have been used for the best interest of the public and not a witch hunt for Democrat power grabs and of course the loss to the American people of a good and faithful public servant in Alberto Gonzales, a good and decent man.

Ken Taylor