The notion that Gonzales will be compelled to resign through increasing political pressure is nonsense. Gonzales is the firewall behind which Rove, Cheney, and the whole sick BushCo crew are protected from prosecution. The only way to clean up the law-breaking of the Bush administration is to remove Gonzales and replace him with an honest and responsible Attorney General. The only way to remove him is impeachment. This diary addresses the means by which Congress can be motivated to impeach Gonzales.
Democrats will be able to start impeachment of Gonzales with their majority in the House. It is the two-thirds vote in the Senate, required to convict, that must be secured. Since a half dozen Republican senators have already come out against Gonzales, the crucial struggle will be to secure ten more Senate votes. Here is how that can be accomplished.
- The most vulnerable Republican senators up for election in 2008 should be told that the progressive movement and the Democratic Party will use their support for Gonzales against them in the 2008 campaign.
- A petition campaigns aimed at the conviction of Gonzales should be launched in the state of every senator resisting the removal of Gonzales.
- Newspapers and media outlets should be deluged with citizen appeals to support the removal of Gonazales.
- Steps should be taken to have Gonzales disbarred.
- Gonzales should be picketed and protested wherever he dares to appear.
The removal of Gonzales is the crucial first step in the unraveling of the evil empire of BushCo. Without his impeachment, most of BushCo's crimes will never come to light. Gonzales can be removed. It will be difficult, but it must be done if our Democracy is to be preserved.