Classic Bush

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black.

Yesterday’s presidential push back press conference yielded no surprises.

President Bush, in a classic example of how his administration has practiced politics told the gathered reporters, “We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants.”

Talk about inventing your own reality.

The imbroglio over the firing of U.S. attorneys by the Bush administration is about exactly that – putting partisan politics ahead of the law, something the Bush administration has been doing since the 2000 election.   

The president’s words are little more than an attempt to divert blame, to reframe the issue.  In doing so, the president is hoping to recast the public debate from a discussion of whether his office tried to improperly use the Department of Justice for partisan gain, to one blaming Democrats for pursuing a partisan witch hunt. 

The lack of honesty in the president’s comments is appalling, but not surprising.  In this administration the truth is what the president (or Karl Rove) says it is.

But the Democratic Congress should not let him get away with it any longer.   The president of the United States does not get to make up the truth and he is not above the law.  Congress should move immediately to issue subpoenas and question members under oath about the firings of the U.S. Attorney Generals.

Comments

[Catigula]

2008 is right around the bend! http://catigula.journalspace.com

[LYONSPOTTER]

After all the time that has passed, things can get distorted and out of perspective. So on a day like this, 6 years to the day of the horrific attacks against the US, we need reminders. We should watch videos like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF-RiMzGpk

It puts things into the proper perspective.

[Ellen Hershey]

Dear Rock,
In your last line, I think you mean to refer to the firings of U.S. Attorneys. Of course, it was the U.S. Attorney General who signed off on the firings, and it now turns out, was briefing on the firings at least five times that he doesn't remember - since, no doubt, this was such an insignificant matter to someone preoccupied with defending torture at Guantanamo. . . .

[houseofpolitics]

Yes, that's a classic Bush....