Bush's "Al," Bush on Bush, Al's Bush

Dubya's defence of "Al Gonzales" last night on Charlie Rose was totally expect(orat)ed. In fact, the "buck" for that scandal can easily be absorbed by the President as SOP for a White House with a laserlike focus on politics in all circumstances. Bush had every right to replace U.S. attorneys for any reason, or for none, and he doesn't really owe an explanation to anyone, so if he wants to keep Gonzales then he will, no matter what his Republican senate colleagues say.

It has been Alberto Gonzales' inability to properly defer to his boss that has been the surprising source of his near undoing. Surprising, in that sycophancy is his strongest area. Certainly he's not "articulate", in the Obamaian sense (for a person of color, it goes without saying. Of course, that he may be a person of color is stretching it, from his demeanor and yuppie styling).

Like Iraq, the end to this story requires Dubya changing his mind, something one shouldn't anticipate occurring. In Iraq, on Charlie Rose, Dubya wasn't really admitting any mistakes, nor even indicating a real change in strategy. "Accomplishing Plan A by other means" is my recollection of how he describes the Surge, when asked what is Plan B. Rose meant to ask for the backup to the current unlikely effort, but Bush quite properly responded that The Scourge is really itself Plan B, and yet nothing really different. Just a new PR package.

Back to Gonzales, it's been clear all along that he is a chump, a lackey, a weasel. He should have lost his job for his bad counsel regarding detainees in Iraq and Guantanamo, though that predated this Attorney General gig. It doesn't really matter--wherever he is, Al is basically a yes man for Bushism, a risk manager rather than a lawyer, and full-time suck-up.

We've postulated him as the Jack of Hearts in the Bushite deck, an honorary family member. As such, he's one of the higher remaining cards, Cheney being in the discard pile (replacing that revived zombie, Ace of Spades Rove) and Bar is inactive. Just Condi (Queen Clubs) left up there on the solitaire tableau to keep company with Gonzales, and Aces of Hearts Duba. Or am I forgetting a major Bushite?
A: The other face card remaining is Jack of Diamonds Mitch McConnell, the senior remaining member of his suit.