Payback for Alberto

The important thing to keep in mind as we watch the Department of Justice (sic) Gonzales Follies, is that Alberto had it coming. In a healthy polity he would've been brought to heel long ago for his torture memos, his approval of unconstitutional surveillance of citizens, his willingness to 'disappear' suspects, his notion of 'signing statements', and a raft of other misdeeds. All issues the cowards in Congress can't yet handle. But their resentment simmered. If the current question were just about the political firing of a handful of U.S. Attorneys, while there would have been a hue and cry it would most likely have subsided leaving Alberto only mildly shaken. Now, however, there's a bone to chew — and it will be chewed with gusto. Besides which, the longer the spotlight's on Alberto the more likely congressional pursuit of the deeper abuse of power becomes. Whether he survives is uncertain, but for as long as he stays the Tyrant, et. al. face a serious rear-guard action.