http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2208411,00.html
One Democratic supporter, Senator Dianne Feinstein, said the choice was "whether to confirm Michael Mukasey as the next attorney general or whether to leave the department of justice without a real leader for the next 14 months". "This is the only chance we have," she said, referring to Bush's threat to appoint an acting attorney general not subject to senate confirmation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/washington/09cnd-mukasey.html?hp
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, said she was confident that Mr. Mukasey would be nonpartisan and that his refusal to make a judgment on torture without knowing all the facts of interrogation policy should not keep him from the post.
“This man has been a judge for 18 years,” said Ms. Feinstein, who along with Mr. Schumer provided the key supporting votes to push Mr. Mukasey through the Judiciary Committee. “Maybe he likes to consider the facts before he makes a decision.”
1st I googled "new attorney general" and got the guardian article (UK) and then I googled Mukasey and got the NYTimes article. So I guess you can't even get to the Major American Media news unless you already know it.? Notice the difference in the report facts in the two articles?
But here's the thing that bothers me: MM was (apparently) only confirmed because the savy amongst the Senate knew that Bush would fill the position with an appointee and they (felt? knew?) that it is better to deal with the devil you know rather than the devil that you don't know. (I am not the sharpest crayon in the box when it comes to politics, but I "got' that and I guess I would have voted for him too. My PolWiz says that those who voted "no" were just Covering Their Ass. So doesn't it seem as though the Pinball Machine is on "Tilt" yet the game goes on? [meaning = if the system of checks and balances is so off-kilter how can anything that gets done be considered to be according to the law?] Are we not dangerously close to falling into the abyss of lawlessness? Or has this been the case for many years and I just haven't noticed?
One Democratic supporter, Senator Dianne Feinstein, said the choice was "whether to confirm Michael Mukasey as the next attorney general or whether to leave the department of justice without a real leader for the next 14 months". "This is the only chance we have," she said, referring to Bush's threat to appoint an acting attorney general not subject to senate confirmation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/washington/09cnd-mukasey.html?hp
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, said she was confident that Mr. Mukasey would be nonpartisan and that his refusal to make a judgment on torture without knowing all the facts of interrogation policy should not keep him from the post.
“This man has been a judge for 18 years,” said Ms. Feinstein, who along with Mr. Schumer provided the key supporting votes to push Mr. Mukasey through the Judiciary Committee. “Maybe he likes to consider the facts before he makes a decision.”
1st I googled "new attorney general" and got the guardian article (UK) and then I googled Mukasey and got the NYTimes article. So I guess you can't even get to the Major American Media news unless you already know it.? Notice the difference in the report facts in the two articles?
But here's the thing that bothers me: MM was (apparently) only confirmed because the savy amongst the Senate knew that Bush would fill the position with an appointee and they (felt? knew?) that it is better to deal with the devil you know rather than the devil that you don't know. (I am not the sharpest crayon in the box when it comes to politics, but I "got' that and I guess I would have voted for him too. My PolWiz says that those who voted "no" were just Covering Their Ass. So doesn't it seem as though the Pinball Machine is on "Tilt" yet the game goes on? [meaning = if the system of checks and balances is so off-kilter how can anything that gets done be considered to be according to the law?] Are we not dangerously close to falling into the abyss of lawlessness? Or has this been the case for many years and I just haven't noticed?
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