Anybody But Ted
14 September 2007 9:35 am by Taylor Marsh
Okay, so I was going to ignore the rumors about this one, but now I simply
can’t. Borking? This is hilarious.
Not content with having run Attorney General Alberto Gonzales out of town,
the Democratic posse on Capitol Hill is already gunning for his replacement–even
before he’s nominated. More preposterous still, they’re disguising this pre-emptive
borking as a plea for a “consensus” choice.“Ted Olson will not be confirmed,” declares Senate Majority Leader
Reid. “He’s a partisan, and the last thing we need as an Attorney General
is a partisan.” That standard could certainly stand some fleshing out.
As “partisans” go, Mr. Olson doesn’t come close to Bobby Kennedy,
the brother of JFK; or Griffin Bell, close friend of Jimmy Carter (and a fine
AG); or for that matter Janet Reno’s Justice Department, which was run for
years not by Ms. Reno but behind the scenes by close friend of Hillary Clinton
and hyper-partisan Jamie Gorelick.Is Mr. Reid saying that a Republican President can’t nominate any Republican
as Attorney General? Or does he mean that President Bush can only nominate
a certain kind of Republican–namely one who agrees with the Senate Democratic
agenda, or short of that one who can be easily rolled? … ..
First, see Mr.
Olson’s campaign contributions, then read
Jeralyn.
Then I have two words for you: Arkansas Project. Read
Joe Conason, follow the links in his piece.
If that’s not enough for you all you have to do is read Barbara Olson’s book
on Hillary Clinton (which I have done) to prove Ted and his former wife, who
was killed on 9/11, have always had it out for the Clintons (broader read: Democrats). That’s one problem.
As for Ted, he has endorsed Rudy Giuliani. That’s fine, but it certainly
is a disqualifier for A.G. considering the politicization of the Justice department that happened under
Gonzo.
But the case Matt
Cooper makes and the fact that he actually believes Olson’s nonsense is
eye popping. No wonder Cooper got duped by Rove.
