New Profiles in Courage: Senators Schumer & Feinstein
Following the news and many opinions concerning Judge Mukasey and water-boarding, I came to the following conclusions:
1) We need an Attorney General
2) Judge Mukasey is likely to be a competent (if not an excellent) Attorney General
3) GWB will not put forth a “better” nominee than Judge Mukasey
4) The Senate should confirm Judge Mukasey so that he can clean-up the Justice Department after the mess made by Alberto Gonzales.
So I am pleased that Senators Schumer and Feinstein have declared their support so that Mukasey’s nomination will probably be approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and later the full Senate. Senators Schumer and Feinstein are currently taking a good bit of abuse on the Internet but I am proud of them and remember JFK’s book “Profiles in Courage.”
5 Responses to “New Profiles in Courage: Senators Schumer & Feinstein”
The reasoning is sound, but it’s a sad day for the US
nevertheless.
It’s a sad day when the nations’s AG-to be can’t say what he thinks about waterboarding.
It’s a sad day when our heroes are people who had to settle for a questionable choice instead of a good choice.
I accept, but I do not celebtate.
Shouldn’t the Democrats, at some point, stand up to the administration’s blatant illegality? Who would have ever thought that our Congress would be confirming a man for the top law post that believes that the President has the right to indefinitely detain a person without charging them with a crime? Who would have thought we’d be confirming a man that can’t say whether or not a method of torture is illegal?
As for profiles in courage… Schumer is voting for him because of the system of NY patronage. How courageous of him. Who knows why Feinstein is voting for him, but maybe it has to do with her ties to large defense contractors.
GWB will not put forth a “better†nominee than Judge Mukasey
This has to be the stupidest reason you’ve cited. If David Duke were the best we could hope for from GWB would you be applauding Feinstein and Schumer for their courage?
I assume you’ve got some standard below which you’d object.
I think we should demand an Attorney General who believes the president is subject to the laws of the land and who won’t play cute games with the definition of torture.
[...] others, I was not supportive of Mukasey’s nomination after he hedged on waterboarding. Later, Holly’s post, on Schumer’s and Feinstein’s rationale for supporting Mukasey, forced me to re-think [...]
[...] others, I was not supportive of Mukasey’s nomination after he hedged on waterboarding. Later, Holly’s post, on Schumer’s and Feinstein’s rationale for supporting Mukasey, forced me to re-think [...]