Comments on: No Attorney General? You Promise? http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/02/no-attorney-general-you-promise/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:48:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/02/no-attorney-general-you-promise/#comment-60022 SpiderJ Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:47:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4850#comment-60022 "a new standard for confirmation that could not be met by any responsible nominee for attorney general..." Actually, the standard remains the same. Be willing to uphold the law instead of finding ways to weasel around it with ambiguous interpretations. Gonzales' favorite phrase was "I don't know," and Mukasey's seems to be "I can't say," which to most reasonable people is not a marked improvement. “a new standard for confirmation that could not be met by any responsible nominee for attorney general…”

Actually, the standard remains the same. Be willing to uphold the law instead of finding ways to weasel around it with ambiguous interpretations.

Gonzales’ favorite phrase was “I don’t know,” and Mukasey’s seems to be “I can’t say,” which to most reasonable people is not a marked improvement.

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/02/no-attorney-general-you-promise/#comment-60021 C.S.Strowbridge Fri, 02 Nov 2007 09:25:14 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4850#comment-60021 "So could it be that Mukasey's past ties and friendship to Rudy Giuliani are what's really holding up his nomination?" That certainly has something to do with it. Rudy Giuliani doesn't have a good track record when it comes to associates. That and the whole torture thing makes Mukasey unacceptable for a lot of people. “So could it be that Mukasey’s past ties and friendship to Rudy Giuliani are what’s really holding up his nomination?”

That certainly has something to do with it. Rudy Giuliani doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to associates.

That and the whole torture thing makes Mukasey unacceptable for a lot of people.

]]> By: MrGreyGhost http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/11/02/no-attorney-general-you-promise/#comment-60020 MrGreyGhost Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:40:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=4850#comment-60020 C'mon OW, Mukasey was personally recommended to Bush by a staunch liberal (Chuck Schumer D-NY) after he did everything he could to get rid of Gonzalez. So could it be that Mukasey's past ties and friendship to Rudy Giuliani are what's really holding up his nomination? C’mon OW, Mukasey was personally recommended to Bush by a staunch liberal (Chuck Schumer D-NY) after he did everything he could to get rid of Gonzalez. So could it be that Mukasey’s past ties and friendship to Rudy Giuliani are what’s really holding up his nomination?

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