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2007.05.18

Gonzales still losing supporters.

Gonzo's school pals are even bailing on him. Seems like the only ones he can count on are his family and Bush.

The Harvard Crimson reported that 56 of Gonzales's former law school class have sent a letter to The Washington Post, criticizing  his behavior.

Fifty-six members of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ graduatingclass at Harvard Law School signed a quarter-page open letter inyesterday’s Washington Post excoriating their former classmate for his“cavalier handling of our freedoms.”

“Your country and your President are in dire need of an attorney whowill do the tough job of providing independent counsel,” the lettersays. It calls on Gonzales to “relent from this reckless path, andbegin to restore respect for the rule of law we all learned to lovemany years ago.”

The decision to write the letter was made a few days after the reunion.One of the signatories, Barbara C. Moses of New York, said that theattorney general’s appearance—which drew a small group of protesters,including one who donned an orange jumpsuit and black hood—motivatedsome of her classmates to go public with their criticism of Gonzales.Read on...

Schumer on Hardball talks about the Vote of no confidence for Gonzales (Thanks to Crooks & Liars for the vid)

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