Gonzalesgate.

As everybody in the world knows, but I was too tired last night to post, Turd was linked to early queries about axing the 93 attorneys.

As we know, most of them were "loyal" enough to the sociopath, so he decided to just get rid of the eight who were causing the most trouble.
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Like Sununu, Oregon's Gordon Smith realizes the Republicans are in deep shit if they keep supporting every action of the administration.
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This editorial by the NYT is unusual in that it doesn't mince words as to what Gonzalesgate is really about:

In partisan Republican circles, the pursuit of voter fraud is code for suppressing the votes of minorities and poor people. By resisting pressure to crack down on “fraud,” the fired United States attorneys actually appear to have been standing up for the integrity of the election system.

John McKay, one of the fired attorneys, says he was pressured by Republicans to bring voter fraud charges after the 2004 Washington governor’s race, which a Democrat, Christine Gregoire, won after two recounts. Republicans were trying to overturn an election result they did not like, but Mr. McKay refused to go along. “There was no evidence,” he said, “and I am not going to drag innocent people in front of a grand jury.”

It was merely Act whatever in the seemingly neverending saga of the administration once again indulging in fraud for political ends. And Karl Rove is right at the center of it, as always.
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