Bullypulpit
Senior Member
There is nothing to go under oath about
Fox News has reported reason for three of the eight firings. They were NOT doing their job
From Bill O'Reilly;s talking points memo....................
The ultra-liberal Baltimore Sun says: "Either he," the president, "doesn't recognize the weakness of his position or he has something awful to hide."
Uber-left Newsday writes: "Gonzales wasn't telling the truth when he said the prosecutors were fired for poor job performance."
OK, Newsday, prove it. Prove it. Demonstrate the attorney general was lying. If you can't, close up shop.
And the absolute topper comes from The Brattleboro Reformer, which says: "This whole affair is too reminiscent of Watergate."
No, it's not. There's not even a hint of illegality in play. By the way, the radical left Vermont paper has also called for the president's impeachment.
Now, the only way this dopey story matters is if the Bush administration fired a prosecutor who was looking into political corruption. If that happened, the president is doomed. But there's no evidence of that. In fact, "The Factor's" initial investigation shows that at least three of the fired U.S. attorneys were controversial, to say the least.
In San Diego, U.S. attorney Carol Lam was under fire for failing to prosecute illegal alien criminals. On June 15, 2006, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein complained about Ms. Lam to Alberto Gonzales saying: "It is my understanding that Ms. Lam may have some of the most restrictive prosecutorial guidelines nationwide for immigration cases, such that many Border Patrol agents end up not referring their cases."
That was Feinstein then. Here she is now.
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF.: The White House is in a bunker mentality: won't listen, won't change. I believe there is even more to come out.
Yes. And then there's fired U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton, who wouldn't prosecute pot-smuggling cases unless they were above 500 pounds. Wow.
How about San Francisco federal prosecutor Kevin Ryan? Here is what the liberal Los Angeles Times wrote about him today: "It was only when a Democratic judge threatened to go to Congress to raise a public fuss over Ryan's poor performance that Ryan was put on the termination list, according to e-mails released by the White House."
So, in 24 hours, we have come up with plausible explanations for the dismissal of three of the eight U.S. attorneys. And we only gave it a day. But, again, the White House should be doing this, not us. I'm going to send them a bill.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260665,00.html
Come, now, I have yet to see you display an original thought. Come to think of it, Bill O'Reilly hasn't yet displayed one either. Like you, he merely parrots the GOP talking points, treating their unsubstantiated claims as fact, just like you. Unlike you, however, he has a nationally syndicated platform from which to do so.