March 15, 2007
Lawbreaker?
It matters little to me who is in power at the time, but we need to have a unified national voice, and that means the offical federal government representatives, whoever they are at the time, should be the only ones negotiating with foreign powers on behalf of the United States. Period.
I'm not sure that what Howard Dean admits to is illegal, but to my layman's eye, his actions seem dangerously close (h/t phin).
When the hell is Bush going to grow a pair of balls and arrest these people?
Bring on Fred Thompson.
Posted by: 1sttofight at March 15, 2007 02:55 PMThis is the biggest thing that disappoints me about Bush. He never, ever confronts these ludicrous things head-on. He is losing it in the polls because people don't know the real story - and only he and his admin can tell that. Another case in point - the firing of the US attorneys. Yea - maybe they did not do everything by the book...but I sure as heck would be making a big stink about the fact that Clinton fired 93 US Attorneys in one fell swoop in 1993 and nobody had to hold hearings about that.
Posted by: Specter at March 15, 2007 05:32 PMa) He's a democrat.
b) Treason is the new patriotism.
a + b = no action
Posted by: Purple Avenger at March 15, 2007 06:14 PMI like George Bush! He reminds me so much of Jacques Chirac. Feels like home...
Posted by: leFrancais at March 15, 2007 06:21 PMSpecter:
Clinton replaced the USAs at the beginning of his term, as did Bush 41 before him and other presidents before them. That's SOP at the beginning of an administration.
Midterm firings are not standard.
The firings, however, are not the issue. The lies and secrecy are.
Posted by: Doc Washboard at March 15, 2007 08:46 PMThe attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. If the president wants to replace them for political purposes, he should go ahead and do it. He just needs to grow a set of balls and do it openly, facing whatever comes from public opinion.
Posted by: Doc Washboard at March 15, 2007 08:59 PM
