Gonzales Lied

The NYTimes dances as far around the word "lie" as they can, but their statement is clear,

An accumulating body of evidence is at odds with the statements of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales that he played little role in the deliberations over the dismissal of eight United States attorneys.....

Mr. Gonzales also said, more explicitly: “I never saw documents. We never had a discussion about where things stood.” This directly conflicts with documents released late Friday

And, despite the president's statement yesterday, support for Gonzales is sliding among Republican lawmakers and among Republican bloggers.

The politics on this is still going the wrong way for this administration. How long will they continue to let themselves bleed?

Also: Bush taped his message of support for Gonzales before the Friday document release. Sure, he could have changed it, but that would have been news, too.