Alberto Gonzalez Resignation

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

My first comment is so what. The Justice department virtually runs itself for the most part. There are so many holdovers from prior administrations it is almost impossible to get a straight story from this department. If someone says or does something someone disagrees with there is almost immediately a leak criticizing it. My feeling is that Mr. Gonzalez is a good and decent man caught up in the mess the Justice department is at this time. I believe the problem in this situation was so complex and so many different items are classified that it made him look like a fool answering the questions of some very partisan senators. Also do not bring up Senator Specter as he is nothing better than an independent if not a moderate democrat.

The other problem with these hearings as I see it is that this administration’s officials are just too damn deferential to these senators. They rarely fight back against these Senators as they continue to malign them. What they need to realize is that the Executive Branch is a coequal, per our constitution, with the Legislative Branch. When they are in the process of being smeared these administration officials should immediately take to the offensive and give it right back. The Clinton Administration did this very well and is one of the few things that I admire them for, they didn’t take any bull when being questioned by the Republican majority.

Also remember that these U S Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and if the president wants them to direct their prosecutions to voter fraud or illegal immigration and they refuse to do so then they should be fired immediately, and if anyone asks why just tell them I wanted to.

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