tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post1423561144258856021..comments2023-06-13T04:19:36.351-07:00Comments on Thinking Out Loud: A "Known Known" - Gonzales and The Texas Clemency MemosGail Jonashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01112450907788303779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-83076712713939442732007-03-16T19:48:00.000-07:002007-03-16T19:48:00.000-07:00Well, yes, Clinton fired every prosecutor when he ...Well, yes, Clinton fired every prosecutor when he took office. So did Bush. It's kind of standard procedure when a presidency changes party. What's unusual is that Bush interfered with the independence of the Republican prosecutors he himself appointed--because he didn't like their prosecutions.Weedgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10322038593316976561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-90182961216759943422007-03-15T12:48:00.000-07:002007-03-15T12:48:00.000-07:00Every action this administration has taken is view...Every action this administration has taken is viewed thru a political prism only. Damn the unfortunates who are affected by it. As for the "liberal press", just another part of the establishment that guards its own standing. We've lost so much as a country this past 6 years, we don't deserve the democracy we used to have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-43495899805159006082007-03-14T23:10:00.000-07:002007-03-14T23:10:00.000-07:00Gail -To be fair, didn't Clinton purge EVERY feder...Gail -<BR/><BR/>To be fair, didn't Clinton purge EVERY federal prosecutor when he came into power? And, crazy as it sounds, Karl Rove urged Bush not to "pull a Clinton" when he got into office as he thought it would reflect poorly. All in all, Clinton's heavy-handedness was far, far more egregious, and both actions are totally legal. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Tod<BR/>(weird, I just defended Bush's team...but only as those who attack him need to understand their own party is guilty of the very same offense, magnified)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23460707.post-89776495092360659582007-03-14T19:41:00.000-07:002007-03-14T19:41:00.000-07:00Can't say much now. In a big paper on "duty to war...Can't say much now. In a big paper on "duty to warn" but I must say I'm glad to see yet another layer of the onion peeled away almost daily. Libby verdict, FBI letters, prosecutor purge, what's tomorrow?John in Cincinnatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948497488311768857noreply@blogger.com