OK, let's get one thing straight right up front--I have no dog in the George Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Republican Party hunt. Being from Texas I have the distinct (notorious?) distinction of being able to claim having voted for George Bush four times. When his opponents include Ann Richards, Al Gore, and John Kerry can you blame me?

So I am not a left-of-center, Republican-hating, Bush-basher. But I am also not his cheerleader any longer. With the Dubai Ports thing, the Harriet Myers thing, and his rather disappointing stance on illegal aliens, not to mention Iraq, I am not inclined to preserve, protect, or defend this President any longer.

That all being said, allow me to delve into one of what I hope to be a very infrequent conversation regarding politics as usual.

I am of the belief that seldom do two events occur on the left without each being equally linked to the other. Case in point, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Now, AG Gonzales is one of Bush's most loyal and closest supporters and backers. Hence his name being thrown around as a Supreme Court nominee. Hence his position as AG. Hence the President's unwavering support for his "guy."

AG Gonzales, if you hadn't been paying attention, has been in somewhat of a hot spot lately with the Justice Department attorney firings. I would say scandal except that it really isn't. And if Bush/Gonzales are in the midst of a scandal for firing 8 attorneys, where does that put a Bill Clinton, who fired all--what?--94 of the suckers??

Just today, the Senate failed to garner enough votes in its cloture vote to close debate and seek a vote of no confidence in the AG. Now, this might sound perfectly normal, except that a vote of no-confidence amounts to a claim that Iraq is harboring WMD's. There's no substance to either.

But remember, there are two things going on here like I alluded to earlier. What could the second be? Why would Democrats be so hell-bent on getting rid of AG Gonzales?

Think about other news from last fall and this spring that involved the Attorney General. What is the one issue that a true Liberal will come to blows with you over. Not Iraq, the contemporary issue. Not illegal aliens. Not Social Security. Think Supreme Court.

Roe.

Democrats fully support abortion rights because their ultra-Liberal handlers require them to. And wouldn't you rather find yourself between a cub and it's mother than attempt--even THINK!--of assaulting a woman's right to an abortion.

Well, who did just that in the last year--and succeeded!? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...

In Gonzales v. Carhart, the Attorney General sued in order to keep an Act of Congress restricting partial birth abortion constitutional in the eyes of the Supreme Court.

And Liberals HATE him for it!! For the first time since 1973, a chink was found in the armour. Granted, not a very big chink, but you know what happens to water when it seeps into a crack between two rocks and water freezes there, right? Abortion rights activists have for decades fought tooth and nail for ever opportunity to have abortion on-demand--or any relevant issue--declared constitutional.

Then along comes the present AG. Gonzales v. Carhart went the other way. Opponents of abortion see it as a sign of future successes related to the issue of abortion in the court system. I believe, personally, that in addition to throwing a little bit of egg on President Bush's face, it is nothing more than sweet revenge to have the AG squirm a little bit before Congress on ANY TOPIC that they can bring him in for.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is not a victim of circumstance. His present state has been wildly planned down to the minute detail. Do you really think that the party of Kennedy, Clinton, and Kerry wouldn't like to see gonzales at least resign, therefore fueling their own arguments? And even better would be if something really dirty were to come down the pike for the AG and his "boss."

Ironically, nobody on talk radio, notorious for its conservative tendencies, is talking about the link between these two current events. Not O'Reilley, not Rush, not Medved, Prager, Savage, Ingraham, or any of the many subs these guys call when they take a day off to play golf, etc.

Look for more such shenanigans from Democrats and their Liberal handlers as we head into the last 17 months of the Presidential election!