Hard to find good help these days

So after months of stubbornly staying put, Alberto Gonzalez has finally resigned. This following other recent notable departures such as Karl Rove, and a bit less recently Scooter Libby and Rummy. The AG A.G. is no more. Here's W's statement concerning Gonzo's resignation:

"After months of unfair treatment that has created a harmful distraction at the Justice Department, Judge Gonzales decided to resign his position, and I accept his decision. It's sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person like Alberto Gonzales is impeding from doing important work because his good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons."

Almost all the places I went to find that quote corrected the presidents English and substituted impeded for impeding. But I heard the president say that on the radio and he definitely said impeding. Should the media really be correcting the presidents grammar? If the president of the United States is a dim-witted buffoon, shouldn't the people know about it, and not think he spoke correctly because newspapers correct him? But this is a little beside the point so maybe more on that another time.

A few points on what the president said...I don't think talented and honorable are good descriptions of Gonzo, but hey I can forgive that by thinking he was just being polite.
The thing that seems most bizarre is that W thinks it is sad if someone's name is dragged through the mud for political reasons. Maybe I've had him all wrong the last 7 glorious years, but I got the distinct impression that dragging someone's good name through the mud was one of his favorite pastimes. There's little doubt that it was THE favorite pastime of former WH hack Karl Rove. Seemingly just to add insult to injury, dragging people's good names through the mud for political reasons (and firing them) is pretty much the main thing Gonzo was being accused of anyway.

Keep watch for a more in-depth review of some of the highlights of Alberto's time in the white house