NYT editorial: "Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch. ... He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik. ... At the end of the day, we were left wondering why the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer would paint himself as a bumbling fool. Perhaps it’s because the alternative is that he is not telling the truth. There is strong evidence that this purge was directed from the White House, and that Karl Rove, Mr. Bush’s top political adviser, and Harriet Miers, the former White House counsel, were deeply involved." Perhaps not such a fool after all.

Posted by Laura at April 20, 2007 06:57 AM