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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Gonazles' response when this was revealed by Sen. Whitehouse was: "I do recall being concerned about that as White House counsel.” If Congress hadnt "milked it," it is unlikely that this would have surfaced. I obviously think this is more serious than you or Gonzales (who, although "concerned", hasnt done anything about it since moving from WH counsel to AG). |
You pretty much ignored the point. So I will point out the point again. What if the White House gave authority to the White House janitor to contact appointed members of DOJ making the number 301, in terms of political pressure what would the difference between 300 and 301 be? I think zero.
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As far as my priorities list...I would have a list of "legislative priorities" and a list of "oversight" priorities, recognizing that Congress can and should do both. Oversight of the DOJ to ensure that our chief law enforcement agency is acting competently and credibly and without undue political influence would certainly be among my top 100 "oversight" priorities.
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Again, this matter could have been handled in a matter of days, not months and by staff. As a Washington insider I am sure you can tell us endless stories across every administration about the incompetence of political appointees. Political appontees almost never have real credibility going in, the real work gets done by career staff people - including DOJ. Congress is acting like Don Quixote tilting at windmills.
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Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."
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http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/t...windmills.html
Host, thats for you - to support the tilting thing - since credibility on an anonymous board is oh so important to me.