Since clinton was not removed from office for highcrimes and misdemeanors.

Finally clinton DID fire attorneys that he appointed, he fired over 120 attorneys, 30+ of which HE appointed.

One comment about Clinton’s firings…presumably his appointments were subject to Congressional approval, as Bush’s are not, thanks to the sneak provision that should have never been included in the bill that should never have been passed (the so-called patriot act). One would think any overly biased prosecutorial nomination would have been disapproved or not nominated to begin with.

The fact remains Gonzales slandered the reputations of these people & then lied to Congress about who was & was not involved in these activities. Hell, their own paper trail proves this. Counter that . And, please try to stay on topic, for a change.

Gonz and Co. royally messed up by lying about it, and then getting caught red-handed and actually helped give this story legs. If nothing else, they showed the political skills of rocks

This is true enough, Lit3Bold. But please notice how the target has now shifted. Where once the anguish was focused on the alleged political motivation of the firings – having discovered that that argument is a non sequitur – it has been converted to the much more palatable and tried-and-true issue of lying.

What is fascinating to watch though are the hacks, like some guy in Florida named Bob, try to link this episode of political klutziness to a litnany of constitutional disagreements with the DOJ – as if the “enemy combatant” status of terrorists is evil fruit from the same the tree.

Calls for Gonz. to step-down play well with the moonbats and have little effect on the rest of the electorate, because every knows it won’t happen. So the Dems are being smart in pushing this, it is a no-lose situation and an opportunity to shore up their Jonestown base, but in the end, it’s just noise that distracts us from the business at hand – detaining, torturing and spying on American citizens.

Try to remember that these guys were fired in December, pushed out the door in January. There was no uproar from anyone up until the Attorneys saw the press about their being fired for performance reasons. The only way to protect their reputations & resumes was to go public, which they did.

Still, it would only have been a 2 day headline except the admission of illegality of the FBI’s surveillance in 10s of thousands of cases. Gonzales, as their boss, let it happen, if not encouraging it. Or the fact that he either did not know what his own Chief of Staff was up to or he lied to Congress.

The man needs to go. Nuff said.

political prosecutions

I don’t know even where to start with that gem. Are you alleging that there was pressure to prosecute innocent individuals for their political positions/speech? Because that truly would be appalling and I would be the first to call for someone’s head. Or is it that there was pressure to prosecute the crimes of one’s political nemisis? If that be the case, welcome to a democracy. Prosecutorial discretion implicates Politics — if you don’t believe me, just talk to Scotter Libby — oh, that’s right, politics had NOTHING to do with that spectacle. Again, laughable.

For me its the latter, that the positions are politicized. I don’t believe the law should be interpreted depending on political affiliations/beliefs. I understand it’s a reality, it’s just one I don’t like.