# OMG! I Just Realized Why Bush is Keeping Gonzales! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977 "2007-08-01T14:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/1 "2007-08-01T14:51:37Z")
It’s _so_ obvious that I can’t believe I didn’t notice it before! Alberto Gonzales is the Attorney General and his initials are “AG,” which, of course, could _also_ be short for “Attorney General”! So Bush can greet him by saying, “Yo! AG!” and laugh because he’s making a pun! It’s the _only_ thing that makes sense! I can just hear him now at a meeting, “Yo! AG! Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. What do you think about this?” All we have to do to get Bush to dump Gonzales is find him another lawyer with the same initials. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/2 "2007-08-01T15:08:48Z")
You might be on to something there… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/3 "2007-08-01T15:19:41Z")
So is Dick Cheney still VP because his initials are DC, as in in “Washington DC”? Is there anyone Bush can get with the initials “VP” in case Cheney kicks off, or is forced to leave? (another thread is asking who to replace him with – this could give us our answer! Only I can’t think of any appropriate "VP"s right now.) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/4 "2007-08-01T16:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] So is Dick Cheney still VP because his initials are DC, as in in “Washington DC”? Is there anyone Bush can get with the initials “VP” in case Cheney kicks off, or is forced to leave? (another thread is asking who to replace him with – this could give us our answer! Only I can’t think of any appropriate "VP"s right now.) [/QUOTE] Does it matter that Vincent Price is dead? Cause that’d be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/5 "2007-08-01T16:14:36Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] So is Dick Cheney still VP because his initials are DC, as in in “Washington DC”? Is there anyone Bush can get with the initials “VP” in case Cheney kicks off, or is forced to leave? (another thread is asking who to replace him with – this could give us our answer! Only I can’t think of any appropriate "VP"s right now.) [/QUOTE] Shame Vincent Price is dead. ETA: Damnit, that’s what I get for opening a thread 15 minutes ago and then looking at other things before responding. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/6 "2007-08-01T16:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=koeeoaddi] Does it matter that Vincent Price is dead? Cause that’d be cool. [/QUOTE] Well, you know, Lewis Black has a great routine about how the best way for us to defeat al Qaeda is to “outcrazy” them. He thinks that we should reelect Ronald Reagan and have his coffin sworn in by Rehnquist’s coffin. We could use Vincent Price as VP for a dry run of things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/7 "2007-08-01T21:48:41Z")
VP - Valerie Plame ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/8 "2007-08-02T00:50:42Z")
Too bad Archie Goodwin is fictional. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-i-just-realized-why-bush-is-keeping-gonzales/413977/9 "2007-08-02T01:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] Too bad Archie Goodwin is fictional. [/QUOTE] I fail to see why this should be an impediment.