New Attorney General

Alberto Gonzales is finally Gonzo.

If you are a reader of Slate, then perhaps you also followed Deathwatch. This was a series of articles documenting the downfall of our former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. These articles were written by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Dahlia Lithwick of Slate magazine. (Click on the above image to be taken to the last installment) So with Attorney General Gonzales no longer in office, who will be his replacement?

While reading my copy of the Times this morning, I found out that a man named Michael B. Mukasey appears to be in line for the position of Attorney General. From a New York Times article by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Philp Shenon:

But people in both political parties say he possesses the two qualities that Mr. Bush has been looking for in a nominee: a law-and-order sensibility that dovetails with the president’s agenda for the fight against terror

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Mr. Mukasey must be quite an individual with the type of flexible moral fiber that is required to work in the Bush administration. I mean how are you suppose to have a law and order sensibility, when the President keeps pushing his nonsensical policies? President Bush's "war on terror" has nothing to do with sensibility. I think that if one has a law-and-order sensibility then you would have to be directly opposed to many of the President's idea about how to fight his imaginary war. Another article talking about Mr. Mukasey nomination can be found here.
I have concerns over anyone who President Bush is willing to appoint for AG even in his last days in office. Trust is one of those things that, once you lose you have to work very hard to regain it. Bush lost my trust a while ago and has not yet done anything to gain it back.