'If I applied that standard to you....'

Man, Roberto Gonzales is fucked.... and a fuckhead.

On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support

It was no surprise that the Democrats on the panel skewered Mr. Gonzales. But it was also apparent that even Republicans had serious doubts about his fitness for the job.

"I don't believe that you're involved in a conspiracy to fire somebody because they wouldn't prosecute a particular enemy of a politician or a friend of a politician," said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina. "But at the end of the day, you said something that struck me: that sometimes it just came down to these were not the right people at the right time. If I applied that standard to you, what would you say?"

It was a devastating question — one reflecting pent-up Republican anger not only at the attorney general, but at President Bush as well.