Posted on 03/14/2007 9:50:24 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle
planning on naming a Clinton USA holdover, other than MJW?
Bush signed off on the firing of US Atty's because they were not sufficiently loyal. That is unconscionable.
Moreover, Bush should fire US Attorneys who are not carrying out the administration's policy. That is why he was elected, and why he is the head of the executive branch. These are his people.
His authority does not extend so far as to install people "loyal" to him. That is the kind of crap that goes on in banana republics and crooked Third World Nations.
Rove notes one US Attorney who was fired for refusing to prosecute capital punishment cases
That's his after-the-fact justification. The document dump today indicates it was due to drug and immigration prosecution disagreements, but also due to loyalty.
Besides - ROVE HAS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY. I don't give a damn what Rove thinks.
You are amazingly uninformed.
"In fact, the dismissals were unprecedented: Previous Presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, had both retained holdovers from the previous Administration and only replaced them gradually as their tenures expired...."
That is a really excellent point. And it once again drives home the hypocrisy of the media (and some of the trolls here).
One of the things that Congress is pretending to be outraged about is that Bush is replacing federal prosecutors before the end of their terms. (I don't know if that is true or not.)
But certainly Clinton must have done so with his housecleaning. And Congress never said a word about it.
Hey, I was wrong. I found a Clinton holdover. Fred Black, USA for Guam. Although, technically, he is a Bush holdover, as he was appointed in 1991 by HW Bush. He was replaced in 2005.
Edit...Fred Black was replaced in 2002.
I don't blame the media. I blame Bush. No one should have resigned at the DoJ. Gonzales never should have admitted anything was handled badly. Bush should never have said he was "displeased" with anything...he should have mentioned that Clinton fifed everyone and he only fired 8..so what's the big deal? That's IT, dammit. What is wrong with these folks, do they have no balls left at all?
You are right, context matters...however, you'd sound a lot less confused (and would undoubtedly be less outraged) if you didn't depend upon the media to provide all the context you need in the article.
Those with any awareness of politics longer than five years are familiar with the issue of US Attorneys...how they are hired and fired, why 1993 was precedent setting, and why this so-called issue is no issue at all.
It does seem there are two kinds of people in the world...and you undountedly know which one you are...;-)
Is not irony ironic, and was it not ever thus?
Get a life.
How flattering that you pried yourself away from your Natalie Halloway and "Single Lonely Men" threads to post to me. LOL
How's the book selling?
How's the stalking?
When a total of two replies on one thread constitutes stalking, the mojo has gone out of the "stalked."
Ever was it thus.
Stalking would encompass using phrases from me and mentioning purported things about my life. None of which is relevant to this thread.
It is funny though, what a deep impression I have clearly made upon you. I can't remember you from Adam. Why is that?
(That's a rhetorical question. I really don't care. And I don't feel like being trolled anymore today.)
"But invade their privacy and attempt to downgrade their status as PEOPLE---"
I've never done any such thing.
You loathsome creep.
They are political appointees who are serving at the pleasure of the president.
If he finds them unsatisfactory, then he can fire them.
If a president is authorized to set policy in the executive branch, and if the attorney general and the Justice Dept are part of the executive branch, then the president can move anyone to see to the implementation of his policy.
Policy implementation has nothing to do with loyalty.
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