More GOP Scandal Overload

The Alberto Gonzales death clock just got a little closer to midnight-

The top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly quit on Friday, almost two weeks after telling Congress she would not testify about her role in the firings of federal prosecutors.

"I am hereby submitting my resignation to the office of attorney general," Monica M. Goodling said in a three-sentence letter. There was no immediate reason given, but her refusal to face Congress had intensified a controversy that threatens Gonzales' job...

(She was also a a graduate of Pat Robertson's law school, by the way)

Gonzales won't resign, of course. Not for a while still. They have to drag this out. The President only hires loyal Bushies-- no one remotely independent allowed-- and he's fresh out of those.

Meanwhile, there's controversy brewing over one of the new U.S. Attorneys appointed during the 'purge'. Minneapolis' Rachel Paulose (who had worked in AG Gonzales' office before be giving this plum new job) "has earned a reputation for quoting Bible verses and dressing down underlings."

Then on Friday came the news about Paulose's office that "Three lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis resigned their management posts [and] have decided to 'go back to the line to be full-time prosecutors.'"

The destruction of the DoJ's integrity is just another thing to add to the President's legacy.