Guy With As Much Clout In Washington As You Tells Prez To Fire Attorney General

By now, there are only about 15 people in the world supporting President Bush. And there are exactly zero people besides President Bush supporting Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who everyone hates because he tapped into our iPhones to listen to our phone sex conversations. Or something like that; I don’t really pay attention.

Anyway, pretty much everyone wants Gonzales to resign or be fired by Bush, but Bush won’t do it. Well, now a new voice has joined the chorus calling for the AG’s departure: Montgomery County DA Bruce Castor.

Castor, a Republican, wrote to Bush, telling him Gonzales’s presence hurts local Republicans running for office (like, say, Montgomery County DA Bruce Castor) as well as local law enforcement, because how can one prosecute breaking and entering when the attorney general keeps saying “I don’t recall!”

Anyway, Castor actually thinks Bush is going to read his letter, which is cute:

Castor — running for Montgomery County commissioner — says he doesn’t expect a reply but hopes that at some point it will reach the president’s ear so that he’ll know that whatever decision is made will have a greater reach than just inside the beltway in Washington.

Yeah, I’m sure that letter’s already in Karl Rove’s paper shredder.

DA Castor Tells Pres. Bush It’s Time to Fire Atty. Gen. Gonzales [KYW 1060]