Bye bye Alberto!

Alberto Gonzales resigns! At last
H/T TPM
Update: As dKos diarist seesdifferent pointed out (drawing upon Robert Niles writing at the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review), a lot of the credit for Gonzales’ resignation goes to Josh Marshall and TPM and their work “breaking and publicizing the US Attorney firings” (to steal MissLaura’s words).

Rove resigns

Bush’s senior political adviser, Karl “Turdblossom” Rove, has resigned.
It’s always good news to hear that one more of them is gone. Rove has been behind so much of the evil of the Bush administration - his departure gives a sense of relief. In reality, it probably has no effect - Rove was an [...]

Orange Revolution

Over at Demcrats.com they have launched an Orange Revolution (Start Impeachment/Stop the War).  Although the name’s already been taken (remember Ukraine?) I like the idea.
Bob Fertik has an outline of some of the upcoming activities, including sit-ins and calls for people to wear orange on Fridays.  I’m all for impeachment; I still don’t have enough [...]

Another take on impeachment

Bruce Fein, who drafted the first article of impeachment against Clinton, said that Bush’s crimes are far worse than Clinton’s. With regards to Clinton, Fein said:
He was setting a precedent that placed the President above the law. I did not believe that the initial perjury or misstatements that came perhaps in a moment [...]

Impeachment

According to the American Research Group, 54% of Americans want impeachment proceedings brought against Dick Cheney, which 45% of them want impeachment proceedings against Bush. While it’s nice to see a clear majority of Dems in favour of impeachment (76% for Cheney, 69% for Bush) it’s reassuring to see that Independents favour impeachment of [...]

Go Keith!

Keith Olbermann’s special comment tonight deserves applause.  I applaud you Keith!

Straw that breaks the camel’s back?

While the Libby pardon (sorry, commutation) should have just been one more in a tale of corruption and lawlessness by the Bush administration, it felt different, it felt disproportionately insulting.
Writing at HuffPo, Cenk Uygur calls it the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Bill Maher wrote this morning that Bush letting Scooter Libby’s off the hook [...]

Disgusting

Bush commutes Libby’s sentence. As Joe Wilson points out:
[President Bush] has brought himself and his office into reasonable suspicion of participation in an obstruction of justice.
Update: Bruce Prescott makes a good point:
There is little doubt in my mind that George W. Bush refused to commute death sentences for convicts that were more deserving of [...]