If I wasn’t so angry and the shenanigans of the Bush Administration, I would have laughed myself silly at today’s testimony by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. After being postponed for two days because of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy, Senators from both parties appeared to be ready for the questioning to begin.

But was Gonzales? How long does it take in his reported “practice” to learn how to say “I can’t recall”? Of course, he did say it several different ways, so I have to give him credit where credit is due.

For those of us who remember the good old drinking game “Hi, Bob” (the old “Bob Newhart Show” was the subject of the game. Every time someone said “Hi, Bob.” on the show, you took a shot of whiskey), today’s testimony from Gonzales would have sent me to the hospital with severe alcohol poisoning after the first ten minutes.

Gonzales’ answers were laughable. The frustration was beginning to show among the many Senators asking the questions. I heard that the “I can’t recall” excuse was used 55 times in the first half of the hearings before they broke for lunch.

How, in God’s name, could someone who is running the Justice Department have such a horrible memory? At the very least, Gonzales should be let go, fired or impeached for an obvious reason of incompetence. You cannot possibly run such a high office and have that bad a memory.

To my estimation, as I watched on C-SPAN 3 over the Internet, I caught Gonzales contradicting himself at least once during today’s proceedings, enough to throw a perjury charge at him tomorrow morning.

This constant game of hot potato from the Bush Administration leaves me (and I’m sure many others) to conclude that not only is Gonzales lying, but so is everyone else.

Rumor has it that Monica Goodling is negotiating immunity with the Senate in regards to her subpoena. But if she is granted immunity, is she going to spill the beans? Or is she going to kick the truth around like a hacky’sack bag?

This entire chapter in our nation’s history is disgusting. The Constitution has been the subject of an obvious end run by Bush, Rove and Gonzales when a provision was slipped in during the eleventh hour of the renewal of The Patriot Act, by Senator Arlen Spector, who, himself was surprised that he did it.

The truth needs to be out. America is banking on the discovery of who did what and when. Eight prosecutors lives were destroyed and their reputations smeared for political reasons and another step toward a Republican led Fascist Oligarchy.

I am still proud to be an American, living in the greatest country in the world, but I’m now looking at other countries, who must be laughing at the Keystone Kops administration and their continued denial of the rights American citizens. This has to stop and stop now.

Only continued and escalated outrage by the voting public will, hopefully, bring and end to this “Wizard of Oz” scenario and the administration that has been the most corrupt in our brief history.