forget the attorneys ... fire the teachers
#1
03-15-2007, 07:53 PM
forget the attorneys ... fire the teachers
oh common Bill.
of all people, i would expect you to look at politics with a balanced eye.
Bush fired 8, Clinton fired 93. -- what is that called? precedence?
actually, it was done long LONG before Clinton was in office,
he just took it to a hgher level.
BTW, dont assume too much of my personal opinions when it comes to politics.
you seem to be interpreting my "dont bash a sitting President" with thinking
that i approve of what is said and done? ohhhhh Bill Bill
ORIGINAL: wcoates
Fired for job performance deficiencies when personnel files say otherwise. I think Gonzales is a Republican lackey and Rove is pulling the strings.
Sorry Zal, but GWB is the sorriest excuse for a President that I've seen in my 60 short years!
Fired for job performance deficiencies when personnel files say otherwise. I think Gonzales is a Republican lackey and Rove is pulling the strings.
Sorry Zal, but GWB is the sorriest excuse for a President that I've seen in my 60 short years!
Justice denied: as President Clinton has time after time made a mockery of his oath of office, his attorney general has followed suit - Janet Reno[/align]National Review, Sept 1, 1998 by Robert H. Bork[/align][/align]
In the history of the Republic, the names of Bill Clinton and Janet Reno will be forever linked, a prospect that ought to appall Miss Reno. That is entirely due to her efforts to preserve the President from his own follies, to use a polite word. Bill Clinton heads what is probably the most corrupt Administration ever, while Miss Reno has been called the worst of all Clinton's Cabinet appointments. From his point of view, of course, she may be the best, which comes to much the same thing.
Miss Reno's only visible qualifications for the post of attorney general were two: she is a woman and she had been a prosecutor. The first characteristic was indisputable, although, in any non-feminized era, it would have been irrelevant. The second seemed heartening, but it did not prepare her for Washington. Coming from obscurity, she must have been caught off guard by the rampant corruption into which she was thrust. So varied and unceasing have been this Administration's infractions of law that Miss Reno resembles a desperate tennis player, running from side to side of the court and from net to baseline in a frantic effort to hold down the score. Unfortunately for her White House coach, she is becoming winded and wobbly-legged.
She was not in charge from the beginning. Upon taking office, in an unexplained departure from the practice of recent Administrations, Miss Reno suddenly fired all 93 U.S. attorneys. She said the decision had been made in conjunction with the White House. Translation: The President ordered it. Just as the best place to hide a body is on a battlefield, the best way to be rid of one potentially troublesome attorney is to fire all of them. The U.S. attorney in Little Rock was replaced by a Clinton protege. The long-running Waco emergency that culminated in the deaths of eighty Branch Davidian men, women, and children again proved that Janet Reno was not in charge in the Justice Department. Webster Hubbell, Hillary's former law partner in Little Rock and Bill's man at Justice, coordinated tactics with the White House. The President did not even talk to his attorney general throughout the crisis.
In the history of the Republic, the names of Bill Clinton and Janet Reno will be forever linked, a prospect that ought to appall Miss Reno. That is entirely due to her efforts to preserve the President from his own follies, to use a polite word. Bill Clinton heads what is probably the most corrupt Administration ever, while Miss Reno has been called the worst of all Clinton's Cabinet appointments. From his point of view, of course, she may be the best, which comes to much the same thing.
Miss Reno's only visible qualifications for the post of attorney general were two: she is a woman and she had been a prosecutor. The first characteristic was indisputable, although, in any non-feminized era, it would have been irrelevant. The second seemed heartening, but it did not prepare her for Washington. Coming from obscurity, she must have been caught off guard by the rampant corruption into which she was thrust. So varied and unceasing have been this Administration's infractions of law that Miss Reno resembles a desperate tennis player, running from side to side of the court and from net to baseline in a frantic effort to hold down the score. Unfortunately for her White House coach, she is becoming winded and wobbly-legged.
She was not in charge from the beginning. Upon taking office, in an unexplained departure from the practice of recent Administrations, Miss Reno suddenly fired all 93 U.S. attorneys. She said the decision had been made in conjunction with the White House. Translation: The President ordered it. Just as the best place to hide a body is on a battlefield, the best way to be rid of one potentially troublesome attorney is to fire all of them. The U.S. attorney in Little Rock was replaced by a Clinton protege. The long-running Waco emergency that culminated in the deaths of eighty Branch Davidian men, women, and children again proved that Janet Reno was not in charge in the Justice Department. Webster Hubbell, Hillary's former law partner in Little Rock and Bill's man at Justice, coordinated tactics with the White House. The President did not even talk to his attorney general throughout the crisis.
#2
03-15-2007, 09:23 PM
RE: fired attorneys ...
more?
President Carter replaced the U.S. Attorney who was investigating kickbacks
at the Hahneman Hospital in Philadelphia. David Marston was fired, even though
he was conducting an investigation into charges against Democratic Representatives
Joshua Eilberg (who requested Carter terminate Marston) and Daniel Flood
"If there is a new President from a different party, it is expected that all of the
resignations would be accepted. The attorneys are then replaced by political
appointees from the new President's party."
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Bill,
keep in mind that no where have i stated whether i agree or disagree with
the practice. simply stated, all of this is a matter of law and IMO does little
if anything.
if the President has followed the law, so be it. if the people do not agree with
the law, then let the people change it.
#7
03-16-2007, 07:09 PM
RE: fired attorneys ...
Just how intelligent was it to dump the whole bunch at one time after already having had six years to do so. What did they expect the media to jump on now that Libby is over with and Nichole in the ground . They get smarter and smarter!
#8
03-16-2007, 09:57 PM
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RE: fired attorneys ...
somebody even went yawn. that Stealth,line.
just wacking the beehive -for damn near 20 responses after numerous stretches where not one damn word written. come on boys! is really boring yonder!
just wacking the beehive -for damn near 20 responses after numerous stretches where not one damn word written. come on boys! is really boring yonder!
#9
03-17-2007, 12:11 AM
RE: fired attorneys ...
zinzin does have a point.
timing is everything, they should have dumped them at a different time.
at the start of the Nichole might have done it.
other than that, it is like it is, at the mercy of the President for any
reason incluidng no reason. that's the law. so, i YAWNN ! ! !
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#10
03-17-2007, 01:42 PM
RE: fired attorneys ...
Bill,
i gotta hand it to you. you are really trying and trying over yonder,
but .. .. i believe the general attitude is not with it.
i dont see any passion over much of anything.
IMHO - at fault may be a long term coma. a coma resulting from a variety of
conditions, including intoxication, metabolic abnormalities, central nervous
system diseases, or acute neurologic injuries.
however, be carefull, sometimes the hornets take over a bee hive and
by wacking it, you may get a face full of hornets.
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i gotta hand it to you. you are really trying and trying over yonder,
but .. .. i believe the general attitude is not with it.
i dont see any passion over much of anything.
IMHO - at fault may be a long term coma. a coma resulting from a variety of
conditions, including intoxication, metabolic abnormalities, central nervous
system diseases, or acute neurologic injuries.
however, be carefull, sometimes the hornets take over a bee hive and
by wacking it, you may get a face full of hornets.
ORIGINAL: wcoates
somebody even went yawn. that Stealth,line.
just wacking the beehive -for damn near 20 responses after numerous stretches where not one damn word written. come on boys! is really boring yonder!
somebody even went yawn. that Stealth,line.
just wacking the beehive -for damn near 20 responses after numerous stretches where not one damn word written. come on boys! is really boring yonder!
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