Sitting Duck Award
Posted on | June 25, 2007
Heh. Attorney General Gonzales wins an award:
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales won American newspaper columnists’ annual “Sitting Duck Award” for being an easy target.
“This is our way of saying thanks for the low-hanging fruit,” said Samantha Bennett, vice president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist.
Gonzales was widely ridiculed for his appearance before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in April to answer questions about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys amid accusations they had been dismissed for political reasons.
Asked to explain his role in the firings, Gonzales said, “I don’t recall” or “I have no recollection” 64 times, inviting criticism from even Republican senators, one of whom, Tom Coburn, called for his resignation.
Mike Argento, president of the society, explained Gonzales’ selection, “We gave it to him but we can’t remember why.”
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