Getting Warmer

by digby

Emptywheel’s at it again — she’s deep in the weeds and figures out the probable reason why Gonzales abruptly ended his press conference today:

If you click through and watch the video, you will see precisely what question got Abu Gonzales so scared he ran away: When did you approve the final list of USAs to be sacked? “It was sometime in the Fall of 2006,” Abu Gonzales answered, then showed Chicago the hand and walked away. It’s a curious answer and an equally curious moment to abandon the Press Conference. After all, as I pointed out just after the most recent document dump, the November 27 meeting, at which Abu G purportedly approved the list, does not answer the outstanding questions–not about the gap, and not about the decision to fire the USAs. Most importantly, that November 27 meeting still doesn’t explain how we go from wondering whether Harriet’s boss needs to approve the firings on November 15 (just as Bush left town for two weeks) to when the WH says “we’re a go” on December 4, just after Bush has returned to DC.

I had wondered the same thing. Do they actually think they can get away with saying that the gap is perfectly reasonable and pretending that the November 27th meeting answers the questions?

His dashing away at the press conference was just strange.

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