I am quite unimpressed by the ability of many on the left of the political spectrum to behave in a precise mirror fashion of those the criticize on the right. Why is it that a voice of reason has to be bashed for disagreeing on one issue? What is with those who would have the left behave like a bunch of royalists requiring conformity to the sole imperial mantra? Worse still, what is with being such childish a**holes towards anyone, including the most senior and respected members of the Dem majority, if they hold an opinion contrary to one's own. What we really need around here is:
A Voice for Reason. And, the ability to listen to what other voices are dsaying and assessing the complexities of their views. Let's se if there is even a chance that DUers can show such traits. Or, is this just a place for trolls, ratf**kers, and a**moles to bash Dems for any slight that can serve as a wedgie? Congratulations to Sen. Chuck Schumer for stating his case and following his conscience (irrespective of what I personally think I would do in his shoes).
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A Vote for Justice
by CHARLES SCHUMER - Nov 6, 2007 - Op-Ed Contributor
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/opinion/06schumer.htmlI AM voting today to support Michael B. Mukasey for attorney general for one critical reason: the Department of Justice — once the crown jewel among our government institutions — is a shambles and is in desperate need of a strong leader, committed to depoliticizing the agency’s operations.
The department has been devastated under the Bush administration. Outstanding United States attorneys have been dismissed without cause; career civil-rights lawyers have been driven out in droves; people appear to have been prosecuted for political reasons; young lawyers have been rejected because they were not conservative ideologues; and politics has been allowed to infect decision-making.
We are now on the brink of a reversal. There is virtually universal agreement, even from those who oppose Judge Mukasey, that he would do a good job in turning the department around. My colleagues who oppose his confirmation have gone out of their way to praise his character and qualifications. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, for one, commended Judge Mukasey as “a brilliant lawyer, a distinguished jurist and by all accounts a good man.”
Most important, Judge Mukasey has demonstrated his fidelity to the rule of law, saying that if he believed the president were violating the law he would resign.
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