It may just be me, but for some reason this news story keeps reminding me of George Bush's National Guard service without really serving.

Although resigned aide Kyle Sampson can't wait to testify about the US Attorney firings, fellow aide Monica Goodling plans to take the fifth amendment if called to testify before congress.

Let's review Gonzales's claims to the media as the White House now tries to spin the idea that there was no "inconsistency" between Gonzales claiming he didn't know much about the US Attorney firings and the recent evidence that he attended at least one hour long meeting at which he approved the then- list of six attorneys to be fired. Lets go back to what Alberto actually said to the public media back on March 13.

Thanks to Think Progress for this little deal: Seems Gonzo WAS involved after all!...

Of course, the news today that the house passed the spending bill, laced with a withdrawal timetable attached, well, it didn't exactly sit well with our bucolic dictator....

For a long time now, the right wing noise machine has tried to vilify everybody who ever objected to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and saved a special venom for anyone who wanted to close that place.

Here's what a US News & World Report blog had to say about a recent Pew poll on how interested the public is in the US Attorney firings:

The Bush apologist network is in fine voice over the US Attorney firings. Half of the proud corps of propagandists" (PCP) jumps up and down screaming Clinton fired all the US Attorneys, while the other half of the PCP has formed an echo chamber which keeps repeating "it was about immigration prosecutions, it was about immigration prosecutions, it was about immigration prosecutions."

For those who just can't wait for the next opportunity to hand James Dobson a few more dollars, here's a press release announcing Focus on the Family's new attempt to raise funds...uh, I mean religious awareness:

The Republicans are trying to defuse the furor over the US Attorney firings via one tactic they used over and over again in the Valerie Plame incident: hey, you may not like it but it wasn't a crime. Repeat "It wasn't a crime" 100 times in a row, as fast as you can, and you'll get an idea of the audience effect they're after.

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