Over the past few months as people asked the question, "Why hasn't Gonzales resigned yet?" the answer I kept hearing was two words long, "Karl Rove."
The White House fear was that if Gonzales left all the Democrats firepower would be aimed at Karl Rove and that wouldn't be a good thing. It isn't the least bit surprising then that Gonzales is now gone on the heels of Rove's resignation.
I don't have much more to say than that. I hope that there will be healing and I hope that the president will nominate a man or a woman worthy of the job.
Add to Del.icio.us
Add to Technorati
Add to Digg
Add to Newsvine
Add to Facebook
Add to StumbleUpon
In the case of Rove and Gonzales, it's a good thing God holds people accountable as it's quite apparent the Religious Right will/does not.
Seems to me that "Gonzales" could have played the race card, since it sure seems like the Democrats ran him out of town because of his ethnicity, since he did nothing wrong at all.
But, you know, accusing leftist-bigots of being racists never does any good. They scream louder than men with class.
Mr. Gonzales, go with God.
I suppose Larry Craig has now been accused by leftist-bigots as well.
Is it never possible that the Republican party can do wrong, Donny? Is it really that lopsided in your world view? Is that really being a man of class? Is everything in your mind seen with that degree of hatred? That seems to be a strange mindset for a Christian.
My heart has gone out to the three young Gonzales children throughout the last few years. I hope that as a family, the Gonzales have been able to have healing conversations in recent weeks and that those children are able to walk through the world with their own heads high. God bless the whole family.
Nan, you are right to think of Mr. Gonzales's family, especially his children. Our compassion, however, shouldn't blind us to the facts. Gonzales might have been a bad AG, but that's not why his family is suffering. They are suffering because Mr. Gonzales lied under oath, and he got caught. (Perjury cases are hard to prove, but there's no reasonable doubt that Gonzales lied; to suggest otherwise is akin to debating what the meaning of is is.) Those who blame Democrats, liberals, and other things that go bump in the night for the Gonzales family's suffering are implicitly condoning Gonzales's dishonesty.
Peace.
Post a Comment
By submitting these comments, I agree to the beliefnet.com terms of service, rules of conduct and privacy policy (the "agreements"). I understand and agree that any content I post is licensed to beliefnet.com and may be used by beliefnet.com in accordance with the agreements.