Clinton Spin Machine at Full Throttle
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday dismissed any comparison between the firing last fall of eight U.S. attorneys with the replacement of 93 U.S. attorneys when her husband became president in 1993.
“That’s a traditional prerogative of an incoming president,” Clinton said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Once U.S. attorneys are confirmed, they should be given broad latitude to enforce the law as they see fit, she said.
“I think one of the hallmarks of our democracy is we have a devotion to the rule of law,” Clinton said.
She conceded that should she win the presidency in 2008, she likely would replace all of the U.S. attorneys appointed by President Bush. She said that’s merely following traditions in which presidents appoint prosecutors of their own party.
You see, it is so simple — When a Democrat President fires people who serve at the pleasure of the President, it is tradition; When a Republican President fires people who serve at the pleasure of the President, it is politics.
Does anyone remember, “It depends on what the meaning of the word is is.”
People who have more than a few randon brain cells in working order already know that each and every time any President fires someone who serves at the pleasure of the President, it is political. Why else would these people have been appointed to the position in the first place? Almost every person who receives a Presidential appointment, regardless of the position, receives it because they support and believe in the policies and agenda of the President that appoints them. That is the entire reason the President is appointing them to that position — to strengthen and further his political goals.
Don’t let the Hildebeast™ fool you — when she says she is going to fire all of the US Attorneys appointed by President Bush, she’s firing them because of politics, not tradition.
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April 2nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Excellent job, Nick. In a few words, you captured the essence of the debate. It’s Washington–by definition it’s political. Doran