I resume my call to impeach Alberto Gonzales. In an interview today with The Seattle Times, fired U.S. Attorney John McKay recalls this:

McKay said he began to have concerns about politics entering the Justice Department in early 2005, when Gonzales addressed all of the country's U.S. attorneys in Scottsdale, Ariz., shortly after he took over as attorney general. "His first speech to us was a 'you work for the White House' speech," McKay recalled. " 'I work for the White House, you work for the White House.' " McKay said he thought at the time, "He couldn't have meant that speech," given the traditional independence of U.S. Attorneys. "It turns out he did." He looked around the meeting room and caught the eyes of his colleagues, who gave him looks of surprise at Gonzales' remarks. "We were stunned at what he was saying."

If Gonzales understood anything about being Attorney General, it was that he had to keep at least the appearance of independence from the White House. And it was all about that appearance in his opening statement at his confirmation hearing:

With the consent of the Senate, I will no longer represent only the White House; I will represent the United States of America and its people. I understand the differences between the two roles. In the former, I have been privileged to advise the president and his staff; in the latter, I would have a far broader responsibility: to pursue justice for all the people of our great nation, to see that the laws are enforced in a fair and impartial manner for all Americans. Wherever we pursue justice, from the war on terror to corporate fraud to civil rights, we must always be faithful to the rule of law.

And this was about appearances, too, from the same day of testimony:

And I feel a special obligation, maybe an additional burden coming from the White House to reassure the career people at the department, and to reassure the American people that that I'm not going to politicize the Department of Justice.

"I work for the White House, you work for the White House."

Alberto Gonzales perjured himself in his confirmation hearing! He did not believe what he was telling the Senate Judiciary, he lied through his teeth in expressing his commitment to the pursuit of justice over the pursuit of his boss's political whims.

Never again can a White House counsel be made Attorney General. Never again can a real estate lawyer turned presidential lackey be elevated to a position where he or she can so much damage to our country. And this particular Attorney General is not fit to serve. Impeach Gonzales.

(H/T TPMmuckraker)