Attorneys, dear, attorneys. But the sentiment is still the same. The district judges are Title III - presidential appointees, whose appointment lasts until retirement or death. They cannot be fired, but can be impeached.
That's twice I've done that. No more posting after too much coffee. Sorry babe.
But your assessment that presidents playing political games with the judicial system is intolerable, is right on target. The fact that any previous president may have done it makes it neither right nor acceptable nor insignificant. Those are in the past, we need to concentrate on the present and the future.
But other presidents HAVEN'T done it, not in the midst of a term, and after positive reviews. I'm sick as FUCK of bushites bringing up things that are entirely different and they trying to claim they're the same thing. What's being done here is NEW and extra special. Now, if it weren't a republican doing it, how do you think they'd feel?
You and I get pissed when anyone does shit like this, but too many of the bushies only get pissed when "their guy" gets called on his shit. It's fucking retarded.
I'm anxiously awaiting to see what happens; why george was willing to let AG AG testify, but not Karl or Harriet or their aides; what george plans to do if the subpoenas are issued (one of his statements sounded like a (very) thinly veiled threat).
What I'd like to see is someone make a nice list of all of bush's cronies and their list of crimes, convictions and felonies. Then perhaps we should seriously look at ways to reduce, and eventually eliminate cronyism from our government, for everyone. (yes, that means non-partisan, for the excruciatingly slow)