You know, I remember when Ashcroft resigned, that I wondered how exactly the administration was going to find someone worse. It didn't take too long to find out -- they hired a replacement whose biggest qualification had to do with writing memos justifying the use of torture. And this guy has really lived up to that; he's spent the past two years expanding executive power beyond what King George ever claimed, aiding and abetting the administration to evade and ignore the law, lying outright to Congress whenever not under oath, and when under oath telling things which have only the most technical relationship to the truth, and working tirelessly, day in and day out, to dismantle the Constitution and replace it with an unquestionable single-man rule.
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You know, I remember when Ashcroft resigned, that I wondered how exactly the administration was going to find someone worse. It didn't take too long to find out -- they hired a replacement whose biggest qualification had to do with writing memos justifying the use of torture. And this guy has really lived up to that; he's spent the past two years expanding executive power beyond what King George ever claimed, aiding and abetting the administration to evade and ignore the law, lying outright to Congress whenever not under oath, and when under oath telling things which have only the most technical relationship to the truth, and working tirelessly, day in and day out, to dismantle the Constitution and replace it with an unquestionable single-man rule.
August 27 2007, 17:06:57 UTC 8 years ago
Yeah, I remember that day. Now I'm almost afraid to be excited that Gonzales is finally out given how giddy I was at the resignation of Ashcroft. And yet, A.G. the A.G. was so successful at actively undermining the rule of law that I just can't help it now that he's gone.
What I can't wrap my head around is that with all the disastrous and wrong-headed policies pursued under A.G. to pick from, the only reason the mainstream press can seem to come up with for his ouster was the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
August 28 2007, 01:00:33 UTC 8 years ago