"Because it's more manly for them to come forward and admit their error rather than to call them out personally."
What is there for anyone to apologize for, and who should these nebulous people apologize to?
It's not unreasonable to expect that Gonzalez might have been the nominee- after all, he was nominated to the AG post.
Bush has made some good appointments, and some bad ones. Good, Rumsfeld. Bad, Asa Hutchison.
If the shoe doesn't fit you, you don't need to wear it.
But there are some real toadies here who have done NOTHING but criticize every move Bush makes---usually wrongly---then never have the guts to come back and say, "I was wrong. He did a good thing."