dems make up their own rules as they go along. wing it, baby, wing it. On Nov 30, 7:46 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How Many Ethical Violations Does An Attorney General Get? > Jennifer Rubin - 11.29.2008 - 11:20 AM > Recognizing that there is no getting around the egregious behavior of Eric > Holder in the Marc Rich affair, Obama transition chief Tony Podesta offers > the “one mistake rule” in defense of the unofficial nominee for Attorney > General. Podesta concedes, unlike many other Democratic flacks, that Holder > made “a mistake.” Nevertheless Podesta claims that “if we’re all held up to a > one-mistake rule, I think probably no one would be serving in government.” > > Hmm. Did we ever hear of this “rule” before? Not in any Republican > confirmation hearing. And one wonder how severe a mistake it must be to be a > disqualify one for a cabinet post. Does a breach of ethics count? Does > fudging — that would be misleading — Congress about the extent of your > inappropriate advice to a pardon applicant’s attorney count? Does currying > favor with someone who might give you a job at the expense of fulfilling your > own legal obligations? I suppose not — at least if you are a Democrat. > > But of course the Marc Rich affair isn’t the only problem for Holder, which > Podesta surely must know. There are, for starters, the other pardon scandals. > Nevertheless Podesta, as a savvy political operative, knows that the Rich > matter is the most problematic — easily understood, recollected by many > voters and utterly indefensible. So if they can deflect criticism of that one > with the “everyone gets a mistake” invention, they are that much closer to > confirmation. (One imagines that they must be feeling some heat, perhaps > unexpectedly so, to have already dreamed up this defense.) > > Republicans should be clear. Not everyone deserves to be Attorney General. > This is not just “serving in government.” This is the chief law enforcement > officer in the country. Someone who committed multiple acts of dishonesty and > unethical behavior (even if within the context of one pardon) simply should > not be elevated to that high office. And if they want to get into the rest of > Holder’s supposedly “stellar” record, where should we start – the FALN > terrorist pardons or Elian Gonzales? > > http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/44832 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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