The San Fransisco Chronicle reports,

With Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroding, President Bush offered renewed confidence in his longtime friend Monday and said the attacks on him were “pure political theater.”

But the president did not respond directly to a question about whether he expected Gonzales to serve until Bush’s term ends Jan. 20, 2009.

Senate Democrats last week called for a vote of no confidence in the attorney general, while more Republicans joined in suggesting his resignation. The heat on Gonzales stems from an investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year and his testimony about it to Congress.

Turning his anger on Congress, Bush said lawmakers should be focusing more on approving bills and less on what he presented as political role-playing.

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I’m sorry George, but comparing Congressional oversight to “Political Theater” is an insult to our intelligence. I dare you to accuse the growing number of Republicans calling for him to resign of participating in “Political Role Playing” to their faces.

You want real theater? How about when Andrew Card and Alberto Gonzales visited a seriously ill John Ashcroft’s hospital bed (against his wife’s wishes) to bully him into reauthorizing your super secret ILLEGAL wiretapping program. Remember that? You can’t write more twisted and warped fiction. When John Ashcroft is the Constitutional hero of the story, that’s the best theater money can buy.

Please understand that all of the backlash happening now is because we finally have oversight. You have to share your shovel in the sandbox. Your consiglieri is going one way or another because of your lies and your “Political Theater”. It’s a shame we will only get AG out of DC, it should be a two for one deal.