More Deja-Vu: Yet Another Resignation

My head is spinning (see last night's post about Alberto Gonzales and his Top Ten Moments of Ridiculousness). Yesterday was also Tony Snow's last day as White House spokesman. Who knew? Extreme Mortman has posted the Top Ten Tony Snow Exchanges With Helen Thomas.

Gone-zales Redux

This was so under the radar that I didn't even realize until now that today was Alberto Gonzales' last day as attorney general. To commemorate the occasion, check out the devastating compilation on Talking Points Memo of the Top 10 Moments of Alberto Gonzales Ridiculousness. It is such a pathetic display (rather like watching a wounded animal gnaw its own limb off in slow motion) I was barely able to stomach it.

Anyone want to place bets on a possible AG replacement? Chertoff? Poindexter? Ted Olsen? Can't imagine which of those three would be scarier, yet in the bizarro world we are living in, these are real possibilities.

Rove Resigns

When I woke up this morning and logged on to my computer the first headline to filter its way into my groggy brain was the one about Karl Rove deciding to resign from the White House "for the sake" of his family. Paul Gigot has the interview in the Wall Street Journal. I don't know about you, but I've been getting tired of hearing that same old lame excuse -- spending more time with the family -- being trotted out by the ever-lengthening list of resigning Bush administration officials. I was surprised to see this, though, as on the surface it seems like it would now be even more difficult for Bush to claim executive privilege in order to keep Rove from testifying in any number of investigations into this administration's wrongdoings. Obviously I need to think this through a bit more, but it seems to me that spending more time with his family (his son is away at college) can't be the real reason for Rove's departure. I think everyone knows by now that nothing anyone in this gang of "Mayberry Machiavellis" says can be taken at face value. Any thoughts?