This article in today's Washington Post caught my attention because of a few remarkable statements from Vice President Dick Cheney regarding Alberto Gonzales (emphasis mine).
"I'm a big fan of Al's," Cheney said in the radio interview. "...I think Al has done a good job under difficult circumstances. The debate between he and the Senate is something they're going to have to resolve. But I think he has testified truthfully."
Cheney said he does not agree with lawmakers, including Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who say that Gonzales's credibility has been gravely damaged. "I think the key is whether or not he has the confidence of the president, and he clearly does," Cheney said.
Gee, Mr. Vice President...all this time, I was thinking that the key to an Attorney General's credibility was how well he honored the rule of law and the Constitution, rather than remaining in the President's good graces. I guess that little mistake of mine explains my confusion over why the President would allow such a politically-motivated man to keep his job as the nation's top law enforcement official.
UPDATE: The Vice President sure has a lot of work to do in correcting public opinion of Gonzales' credibility. A new survey from Rasmussen finds that 51% of likely voters have an unfavorable view of Gonzales (h/t Think Progress).
Score one for the good guys.
A federal judge has ordered the White House to release two years' worth of visitor logs outlining visitors to Vice President Dick Cheney's office and residence.
The order, by District Judge Ricardo Urbina, orders the Secret Service to give up the records by Oct. 27 or identify them and justify why they should not be released.
This comes three months after The Washington Post asked the White House for visitor logs covering people visiting Cheney, his legal counsel, chief spokesman and other aides. The Secret Service refused to handle the request, and attorneys representing the federal government called it "a fishing expedition into the most sensitive details of the vice presidency."
"Fishing expedition?" That old dog won't hunt.
(Whoops. I probably shouldn't write the words "hunt" and "Dick Cheney" in the same blog post! Somebody might get ideas.)
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