# Albeto Gonzales Resigned! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089 "2007-08-27T14:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/1 "2007-08-27T14:32:13Z")
Discuss and curse… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/2 "2007-08-27T14:40:04Z")
Another White House official flies the coop after the damage has been done, and will probably never answer for his perfidy in any meaningful way. All we have to look forward to now is Bush’s speech lauding him as a good and honest public servant. _Plus ça change…_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/3 "2007-08-27T14:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] Discuss and curse… [/QUOTE] I came to thread this. Paraphrasing **VunderBob** , so long, asshole, and thanks for all the fish. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/4 "2007-08-27T14:49:14Z")
What exactly is the point of him resigning NOW? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/5 "2007-08-27T15:06:44Z")
It just makes me wonder who the hell they have waiting in the wings. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/6 "2007-08-27T15:34:14Z")
Heck of a job, Berty… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/7 "2007-08-27T15:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=Maus Magill] It just makes me wonder who the hell they have waiting in the wings. [/QUOTE] No kidding. I couldn’t imagine anybody would make me miss Ashcroft, but he turned out to be a champion of freedom compared to Gonzales. I suppose Bush must be negotiating with Ann Coulter to replace Gonzales, if the trend continues. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/8 "2007-08-27T15:43:31Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] No kidding. I couldn’t imagine anybody would make me miss Ashcroft, but he turned out to be a champion of freedom compared to Gonzales. I suppose Bush must be negotiating with Ann Coulter to replace Gonzales, if the trend continues. [/QUOTE] Word has it that the Emperor Chertoff is his replacement. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/9 "2007-08-27T15:56:22Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] What exactly is the point of him resigning NOW? [/QUOTE] Misdirection, mostly. As part of the usual ledgerdemain, we are supposed to believe that all will be well after Lord Albertomort resigns. Going by the track record, a lot of people will believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/10 "2007-08-27T16:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] Misdirection, mostly. As part of the usual ledgerdemain, we are supposed to believe that all will be well after Lord Albertomort resigns. Going by the track record, a lot of people will believe it. [/QUOTE] And because Congress still hasn’t read Machiavelli, his successor will get an easy ride to confirmation. “Well, he’s _got_ to be better than the last guy.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/11 "2007-08-27T16:05:28Z")
I don’t care if he’s resigned! **IMPEACH HIM ANYWAY!** (Nixon, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/12 "2007-08-27T16:11:16Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] Discuss and curse… [/QUOTE] Don’t you think this topic deserved a better OP? At least some satirical humor. You got the first thread on the topic into the pit - congratulations, but it will be crippled by your anorexic treatment until it sinks inevitably off the first page and into obscurity. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/13 "2007-08-27T16:15:01Z")
Oh, that hardly matters. Any old OP would do, the topic is juicy enough all of its own. Today’s pig, tomorrow’s bacon. It is well. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/14 "2007-08-27T16:25:46Z")
One small blow to diversity, one great stride for justice. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/15 "2007-08-27T16:38:31Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Oh, that hardly matters. Any old OP would do, the topic is juicy enough all of its own. [/QUOTE] I disagree. If you can’t be arsed to put something into it, have the courtesy to leave it for somebody else. There isn’t any prize for “First Thread, Beeotches!” The OP isn’t even one full sentence in length. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/16 "2007-08-27T16:43:30Z")
Who’s next? Not the new attorney general. I mean who’s going to be the next Bush admin official to resign amidst serious controversy and investigation? From what I can see, there really isn’t anyone important left to quit. Either the whole “multiple horrific political scandals” thing blows over and goes away, or Bush himself is going to start getting looked at pretty closely. My money’s on the first one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/17 "2007-08-27T16:44:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] From what I can see, there really isn’t anyone important left to quit. [/QUOTE] There’s still Cheney. Plenty of scandals there! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/18 "2007-08-27T16:45:13Z")
Now, Universe, I know I haven’t been a very good pantheist… ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/19 "2007-08-27T17:30:03Z")
Listne… Ashcroft to Gonzales to Chertoff… we just need to elect Bush another 3 or 4 times, and we will have the ideal AG. Doesn’t anyone else see the value of progression, here? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089/20 "2007-08-27T17:34:53Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] One small blow to diversity, one great stride for justice. [/QUOTE] Quite right. The USA’s population of amnesiacs is no longer fairly represented in Washington. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albeto-gonzales-resigned/417089.md?page=2)