An Issue of Trust

I feel like I have talked about Alberto Gonzales more than enough, but, really, it is just that Alberto Gonzales is the symbolic tip of the iceberg. This scandal just serves as the facade for a much bigger problem with the administration. The nation as a whole, as is apparent to anyone with half a brain, does not trust Alberto Gonzales, but Bush stands by him. OK, fine, he does not get the message the first time around. A lot of people don't understand the severity of their problems when they are first warned, a problem that seems to be compounded when the aforementioned "warned" is a politician. So the opposition decides to show him exactly why Alberto Gonzales needs to be removed from office. Any president who has any thought as to the wishes of his people would heed a Congressional vote of no confidence in one of his cabinet members. But wait, do you remember? We gave Bush free rein in November of 2004 to do anything, and, apparently, anything, that he wants. So anyone who stands against him is simply engaging in "pure political theater." I know that Alberto Gonzales's job, as attorney general to a wildly unpopular, lame duck president, is largely devoid of all value. However, Americans place a great deal of symbolic value in the office of the man whose job it is to protect their rights, not sign off on the President's repeated and varied violation of those rights. Please, Mr. President, give them someone in that office for them to trust.