Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has virtually wiped his public schedule clean to bone up for his long-awaited April 17 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee—a session widely seen as a crucial test as to whether he will survive the U.S. attorney mess. But even his own closest advisers are nervous about whether he is up to the task. At a recent "prep" for a prospective Sunday talk-show interview, Gonzales's performance was so poor that top aides scrapped any live appearances. During the March 23 session in the A.G.'s conference room, Gonzales was grilled by a team of top aides and advisers—including former Republican National Committee chair Ed Gillespie and former White House lawyer Tim Flanigan—about what he knew about the plan to fire seven U.S. attorneys last fall. But Gonzales kept contradicting himself and "getting his timeline confused," said one participant who asked not to be identified talking about a private meeting. His advisers finally got "exasperated" with him, the source added. "He's not ready," Tasia Scolinos, Gonzales's public-affairs chief, told the A.G.'s top aides after the session was over, said the source. * * *At first I thought it was odd that Gonzo's difficulties in preparing himself were being leaked to the press, but then I remembered that there is always a reason behind BushCo leaks, and the reason this leak occurred is because Rove wants Gonzales to be the center of this particular scandal. Rove is clearly preparing to throw Gonzales to the wolves.
I find this extremely hilarious because I truly believe that Gonzales had very little to do with the firing of the prosecutors, and that's why he is having such a difficult time getting his testimony straight. This whole PurgeGate Scandal has Rove's fingerprints all over it, and Bush Regime officials are clearly hoping that the scandal will be over once Gonzales takes the fall for this. And I have no doubt that a Medal of Freedom will be involved.
UPDATE: Read this (hat tip to JB).
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