Gonzales Testifies

Yesterday’s testimony by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales could be paraphrased as follows:”I believe I don’t recall having any recollection of anything except that I did not do anything for a wrong reason, though I also believe I don’t recall what the actual reason may have been.”

Gonzales became a Bush sycophant when George wanted to run for Texas Governor without disclosing his drunk driving arrest and Alberto figured a way to hide it. Gonzales kept that same focus as White House Counsel and Attorney General. His testimony to the Senate was in the same mode, hiding the truth, but he has also come across as an incompetent administrator. His only significant supporter is Bush, who may keep him around to hide other wrongs.

The most potentially explosive aspect of this scandal is the use of the Republican National Committee e-mail by White House officials like Karl Rove to conduct government business in a more secretive way. That mail trail supposedly has been obliterated, but electronic trails are particularly hard to totally eradicate. If the trail can be found and published, it promises to be quite revealing of the duplicity of the Bush Administration.