Schumer Wants Gonzales Gone - Shocker

You'd think that this wouldn't be news. I think I should start predicting when Chuckles wants someone gone. It's not like that is a hard thing to predict.

The nation's top lawman should ride off into the sunset after a string of embarrassments, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

The New York Democrat accused Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of treating the Justice Department as just another political tool to help President Bush.

"For the sake of the nation, I'm asking Attorney General Gonzales to step down," Schumer said.

Gonzales has taken a whipping from Democrats and some Republicans after his inspector general found last week that the FBI had abused its authority to spy on Americans under the Patriot Act.

That followed a mushrooming controversy over the sudden firings of eight U.S. attorneys, including some involved in politically sensitive probes.

Schumer said Gonzales hasn't made the mental leap from being the president's top counsel to being America's top cop.

"The Justice Department must be above politics," Schumer said. "Attorney General Gonzales is a nice man, but he doesn't understand he's no longer the president's lawyer."

Schumer had long been a critic of Gonzales' predecessor, John Ashcroft, but said Gonzales was worse.

Gonzales' inspector general found this issue, so internal auditing actually found the issue. Not Schumer or any demospratic oversight. Looks like the processes in place are doing their job. Too bad when the do, some jackass has to make political hay with the results.