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Speaking for me only, and now also speaking for Paul Krugman:

The good news is that for the first time in six years, it’s possible to hope that all the facts about a Bush administration scandal will come out in Congressional hearings — or, if necessary, in the impeachment trial of Alberto Gonzales.

Come on Jeralyn, join the Shrill! The water is just fine . . .

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    Yet another example (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by andgarden on Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 01:56:34 AM EST
    that Krugman follows you around and steals your ideas. ;-)

    Yeah, Right (none / 0) (#2)
    by jarober on Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 07:00:34 AM EST
    Because the public responded so well to the constant attacks on Reagan, Bush the elder, and Clinton.  It's clearly a winning strategy for both parties.

    Shhhhh.....don'tell them (none / 0) (#3)
    by jimakaPPJ on Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 07:02:34 AM EST


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    i'm happy (none / 0) (#4)
    by wg on Tue Mar 13, 2007 at 12:45:30 AM EST
    The original goal of this excersise was to re-acquaint the DoJ with a simple idea that their department is supposed to be APOLITICAL not a personal tool for Mr. Bush. Apolitical  in the same sense "justice" in general is supposed to be.

    For using the federal prosecutors and DoJ to obtain a political advantage, to get even with political adversaries or to further one's political agenda has become a completely accepted way of doing business in this country especially under present administration.  

    I think that goal was accomplished -- it will be a while before they will again start using the DoJ as a political tool and as openly as it has been their custom. Getting rid of that torture shyster would be a nice bonus, personally I'm happy just to see that trademark smirk of his gone.  

    Still the country needs a more permanent solution to the problem of insulating the DoJ from political pressures. The culprit is the present arrangement under which the DoJ people serve at the  pleasure of president. That's an old, long outdated feudal British arrangement that by definition invites political abuse (actually by design!) and which has no place in modern democracies. Make the federal prosecutorial system fully independent the way for example they operate in Italy.

    This will only make this a more perfect, stronger union. As would adoption of modern arrangements that  permit legislatures to remove incompetent governments and modern concepts of legal standing  in constitutional controversies.

    The country needs to think about convening another constitutional ensemble one of these years. It's about time!