Democrats in congress are considering giving immunity to Monica Goodling, a former aide to Alberto Gonzales. Goodling had previously stated she would plead the Fifth if asked to testify in any hearings related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Democrats--and apparently, reluctantly, a few Republicans--consider her an important witness, the key to discovering how far up the chain of command this whole thing goes.
Clearly, Gonzales is lying when he says he had nothing to do with this. His stories are already more inconsistant than the Star Wars prequels, and likely the only reason he's hanging on to his job is because the Bushinistas figure if they fire him, he might become embittered, and all too willing to talk.
So if Gonzales is already dead in the water, whose fresh blood is this? Karl Rove seems to be the unofficial target of the Democrats' investigation, but really, why stop there? Even if Bush really is the clueless rube he pretends to be, he clearly was in the loop on this. And though he, Cheney and Rove have not technically lied under oath about this affair, they've lied by proxy through the obviously scripted testimony of Gonzales, the somewhat pitiful fall guy.
They have, in other words, commited impeachable acts, though I suspect the Democrats lack the cajones to push it that far. Still, I have to give them credit for continuing to pursue this matter, long after the press has dropped it as yesterday's news. They're actually acting as if they have some sort of responsibility to uphold the laws of the land.
If you didn't know better, you'd almost think they had souls.
