Monday, August 27, 2007

This is Why (I Love John Edwards)

So Gonzo joins Karl not so coincidentally today. Is it the Federal Prosecutor scandal or is it the Hatch Act violation? If the People ever get to the emails and depose the perpetrators, there would be jail time for sure. Or more pardons.

Here's Democratic Presidential nomination frontrunner Hillary Clinton's statement on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' "resignation":
This resignation is long overdue, and so is the appointment of an Attorney General who will put the rule of law and our Constitution above partisan politics.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took an oath to uphold our Constitution and respect the rule of law, but time and time again, he demonstrated that his loyalties lie with the President and his political agenda, not the American people or the evenhanded and impartial enforcement of our laws. In his actions and inaction, from warrantless wiretaps to the firing of U.S. Attorneys, his loyalty was to the President, not the American people.

The Department's hardworking lawyers, law enforcement officers, and staff are trusted to defend our Constitution, not one Administration or political party. That trust is central to the sanctity of the rule of law and the vitality of our democracy. Because he betrayed his obligations and the trust of the American people, I welcome today's announcement that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned his post as Attorney General of the United States.

My hope is that the President will select a new Attorney General who will respect the rule of law and abandon partisanship, who will serve the American people and not the President's political ideology, and who will answer to the Constitution and not political operatives. It is past time to clean up this mess and restore non-partisan accountability and competence to the Department of Justice.

The second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is one more reminder that the President must appoint someone to lead the Department of Justice with the leadership and competence necessary to defend the Constitution.

Here's lead fundraising Democratic Presidential nomination candidate Barak Obama's statement:
"I have long believed that Alberto Gonzales subverted justice to promote a political agenda, and so I am pleased that he has finally resigned today. The President needs to nominate an Attorney General who will be the people's lawyer, not the President's lawyer, and in an Obama Administration that person will first and foremost defend and promote the rights and liberties enshrined in our Constitution."

Here's Democratic Presidential nomination candidate John Edwards:
"Better late than never."

People wonder why Democrats can't simplify their language to get to the heart of the matter in a way everyone can understand. There you go.

At least one of the candidates has a sharp, pithy sense of humor.

And he's dead right.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Agreed. Edwards gets it -- that a small number of well chosen words in the right place are very effective. Today's fav: his promise to create & pass a "Brownie's Law" stipulating that all senior federal appointees are actually qualified for their jobs. I nearly spit coffee thru my nose when i read that.

(ps: I hear Gonzo's Medal of Freedom is being engraved as we speak.)

Anonymous said...

I like the idea of having a woman or an African American as president but neither Hillary or Obama are doing it for me. John Edwards didn't seem that exciting to me at first, and doesn't now actually, but I don't want exciting. We need someone who can get down to business to repair all the damage. Frankly, who'd want to come in after this administration and clean it up and redeem America to the rest of the world? Hillary is just too damn aggressive. Edwards reminds me of Kennedy. Are people already saying that? I don't have a tv so I don't know.

Mark Netter said...

Let it be said that there are a lot of things I like about all the Dem candidates, down to Biden and Dodd. But Edwards has been the most demonized by the press. They love to brand him as a hypocrite.

From what I can tell, per the MSM, I guess you either have to act or be completely poor to advocate poverty issues!

And ipso facto, if you do have money, I guess you have to advocate plutocratic issues like dismantaling social security, keeping healthcare private, cutting capital gains and estate taxes, reversing our progressive taxation system!

Edwards just needs to drink the Kool-Aid and then maybe the MSM will actually deal with him on the issues!