Eight Fired U. S. Attorneys Asked If Gonzales Should Stay

In a rare turn of events that are victims of political nonsense going to have their day in court, the eight U.S. attorneys who were fired under the vague Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was asked to decide whether he should stay on the job.

When asked how they could vote, one of the lawyers said: "I always like to give the guy who fires me a chance to keep his own position."

Another noted the testimony of Attorney General's chief of staff, Kyle Sampson, the Gonzales coordinated the evaluations of 93 lawyers "to see where changes might be appropriate."

"I think firing me was inappropriate," the deposed lawyer maintained. "And I think it is only fair to Attorney General Gonzales to enjoy a fate that is just so inappropriate."

A third member of the dismissed U.S. attorneys struck a more sympathetic note. "I do not think Albert Gonzales would have to be a victim of the kind of political witch hunt that has been all too common. I think he should stay on until he realized what a relief it is not to be a part of the current administration. "

Given the widespread feeling of the eight lawyers on their firing, there seems little doubt that they will come down on the side of handing Gonzales the pink slip. With eight to choose from, they certainly have a ready supply.

But they must realize that Gonzales believes that the first attorney general of Mexican descent, he can not, for ethnic reasons, withdraw. To strengthen his position, he said, "At the end of the day, I know what I did. And I know that the motives for the decisions I made were not based on improper reasons. I was simply making it easier for these eight lawyers to take a vacation in Acapulco. "