U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales snuck into Birmingham, Alabama, with no advance notice today and with no clear mission, at least according to the way NBC Channel 13 and ABC 33/40 news reported the visit. There’s no link up yet, but from the little interviews on TV, it looked like another instance of Bush administration officials using local TV news for PR purposes.

One reporter did manage to eke out a question about U.S. Attorney Alice Martin. The predictable answer: Gonzales supports her.

As for the loss in the case of deposed HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy and the dismissal of the case against former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, he said, “These are hard cases.”

Duh.

Like Bush said during the presidential debates, “It’s hard work.”

Right. Try incompetence if not downright corruption.

Perhaps the local TV news reporters should check out WhiteHouse.Org to find out some facts about our esteemed attorney general.

And maybe someone over at the Birmingham Snooze or the AP might consider doing their jobs and letting us know this stuff is coming in advance. I had a few questions for Gonzales myself.

For starters, how does he justify his position on torture of prisoners and his oath as an attorney and attorney general?

Tags: HealthSouth's Richard Scrushy On Trial

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