FOX NEWS REPORTS PENDING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN WHITE HOUSE AND MARY FRANCES BERRY

Fox News | The Fox News All-Stars (Brit Hume and panel)

[Howlin]

Brit Hume reports that Mary Frances Berry, chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, is refusing to acknowledge the Bush White House's latest appointment to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.

Ms. Berry sent a letter to the White House Counsel, Al Gonzales, saying that if they do intend to send the nominee to the meeting tomorrow, they best send along the U.S. Marshalls to seat him, as she will not allow it.

Fox reports that the term of one of the Democrats has expired and President Bush is exercising his right to appoint a member of his choice. The Panel on Hume's show said that this has NEVER been done before; that when someone is appointed to fill a term that hasn't been expired, when the term expires, the person leaves the committe. They also report that the woman who is being removed from the commmittee plans to show up tomorrow with a civil rights attorney and claim that she should get a full six year term, not just complete somebody else's.

Ms. Berry contends that the person leaving the committee was appointed for six years, not just to fulfill the term of a member who either died or left the commission (I can't remember which!)

CAUTION: this is typed from memory. Nothing on the news site yet.

[Howlin]

I just think that Bush should get rid of her and take the heat for it. He can make the case for it.

[Hugh Akston]

Nah, just wait for morning. They generally have the transcript of the panel up by 8:00 AM EST.

[christine]

Mother of God, when did the Democrats' "big tent" policy begin to include embracing raving lunatics?

hhmmm....i can't think of one democrat that isn't a raving lunatic, can you? :)

[JoeSixPack1]

Its LINK from the MOD Squad in drag

[xzins]

Who is Mary Frances Berry, and WHEN is her term up?

Other than that, if there's a vacancy then it's Bush's to fill. That's the law. He doesn't need a marshall.

[StormEye]

My question is: Why do we have a "Civil Rights Commission?"

I think it's time for this pointless, DemonRAT star-chamber government "Commission"
to be disbanded and parasites like Berry be thrown out of the government.

[vaudine]

Mullah Mary's moxie makes many mad cause she bad! It would be LOL if she hadn't already made so many ludicrous pronouncements, as in the "burning of black churches.

If Bush can't get a handle on this, it's really too much.Please,please,don't appease!.

vaudine

[Ditto]

Mary Francis Berry should be removed for perjury for that piece of pure fiction she did on the 2000 Florida election. It is time to slap this partisan hack down big time.

This looks like a great opportunity to point out that the Civil Rights Commission is a servant of the American people, not the personal fiefdom of Ms. Berry.

Send in the Marshals. We did it to George Wallace in 1962. There is no reason not to use them with against another racist like Berry.

[OldFriend]

Cut off the funds....that should end it. I remember with great joy the day Newt cut off the congressional black caucus from their special privileges. Oh the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.

[Hugh Akston]

but President Clinton didn't get around to putting Berry in that slot until January 26, 1999. The White House clerk's office, staffed by career bureaucrats, insists that Berry's term ends in December 2004. Berry, however, says it concludes on January 26, 2005 — just a few days after the end of President George W. Bush's term.

Bet this means that even back then, Clinton knew Gore would lose.

[jackbill]

You may be surprised about that.

Your examples are good. I guess I get most of my impression from listening to the black venom that comes through on C-SPAN's Washington Journal every morning. Every morning.

[mathurine]

Just leave that worthless entity out of the budget; provide them no government space and forget about them. I have not forgotten that of all government agencies the Civil Rights Commission has the poorest record for filing income taxes. This, in itself would be a good reason to get rid of them, although any agency that could be headed by Marion Berry is worthy of being eliminated just on general principles.

[mathurine]

oops. shoulda said Mary Barry or Nary Berry or Nellie Belly or some forgettable moniker for a forgettable person.

[1L]

Is this civil rights committee established by Congress? If not, Bush needs to executive order this thing right out of existence.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

How about an executive order.Is that possible? Also, bieng a former californian that Cruz Reynoso who is a professor of Law at UCLA had some sort of fracus in the past but alas my brain is over 50 and I for the life of me can't remember. Maybe another freeper from California knows.Heck maybe all he did was run for some office. But the name sure sent bells off.

[N00dleN0gg1n]

I actually think Bush should let her stay. It'll make totally abolishing the comittee a much easier sell in Congress. This institution is not worth saving - the best thing to do is give them enough rope to hang themselves.

[Redleg Duke]

Oh, God! She fell outta an ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down!

[N00dleN0gg1n]

Even Mara Liasson admitted that the President was going to win on this one but I think a win should be defined as getting rid of Berry once and for all.

No, a win would be abolishing the commission.