The Zong

Wrongfully Terminated Federal Prosecutergate, as it has been called in some circles, is really gaining some steam. Chuck Schumer is saying that it’s probably curtains for Alberto “Seedy” Gonzales, but as is very common with White House scandals nowadays, Karl Rove seems to be the guy behind the guy. The White House email trail shows that, Plamegate or no Plamegate, Bush’s Brain is still all asshole, all the time.

The e-mail messages are the latest disclosure in the uproar over the dismissals in December of seven United States attorneys. Accusations that the removals were politically motivated and that the administration has misled lawmakers about the reasons for them have led to Congressional investigations, thrown the White House on the defensive and prompted calls for Mr. Gonzales’s resignation.

A Justice Department spokesman said Thursday that Mr. Gonzales did not remember the discussions cited in the e-mail. “The attorney general has no recollection of any plan or discussion to replace U.S. attorneys while he was still White House counsel,” said Tasia Scolinos, the department spokeswoman.

The “no recollection” routine has lately been pretty popular, and it’s enough to make me think the entire federal government hit its head on something. Why the fuck can’t anyone recollect anything, and if they can’t then what the hell are they doing running the country? If I worked for the President of the United States, you can bet I’d remember every fucking conversation I had every day. What, is working in the White House boring or something?

I know from experience not to expect anything to actually happen to Rove, but he sure is a smarmy son of a bitch these days.

In other news, the California Primary got moved up! Once again, I’ll ask the question, but I know nobody’s gonna answer me:

How does it make any sense at all to have the presidential primaries on different days in different states? Shouldn’t all the states vote on the same day? What’s the goddamn problem? I’m glad my vote in the primary might actually count this year, but no state should be worth less than any other state come election time, right?

Anyhow, Al Gore had better start doing some sit-ups, because he’s gotta get in the ring by September.

- M.G.