Well, the joy of Ashcroft's departure was short-lived indeed, because Bush is dipping down into a lower circle of hell to present Alberto Gonzales as his new Attorney General. The Times this morning was reporting that nice, centrist Larry Thompson would be Bush's pick, because W. wants to play nice.
I knew this was coming; we're moving from Really Awful to Spectacularly Wicked.
Gonzalez is the evil genius who crafted Bush's "exemptions" from the Geneva Conventions, and whose tortured legalese brought us distinctions like "enemy combatant" (a means to round up US citizens and detain them without trial or legal representation or outside contact at the will of the White House), and opinions setting the framework for the shame of Gitmo and Abu Ghraib. His Bill o' Rights-detestin' fingerprints are all over Patriot Act II.
Now he'll be protecting us and our liberty?
The Dems are saying they have to pick their battles cautiously--I wonder if they'll have the cojones to cry foul over this catastrophe in the making.
Also bad news: Corzine (D-NJ), Schumer (D-NY), and Dodd (D-Conn) are sick of being minority party players, and are likely to leave the Senate in '06 to become governors of their respective states. Can anyone say 57-42-1 Senate?
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I did some research and it seems he also did some naughty stuff with Governor Bush--all those executions on Death Row, clemency etc. Atlantic Monthly I think. Real nice guy it seems. Wonderful. Speedy Gonzalez indeed.
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