Today is a sad day for anyone who is sworn to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States of America. Today is a sad day for anyone who believes in the Due Process Clause and the Supremacy Clause. Today is a sad day for anyone who believes that justice is higher then what the sovereign says and that our Legislative Branch is capable of upholding its functions.
Alberto Gonzales, by a margin of seven votes, continues to hold his office as Attorney General. Lord, help us all, but help the people in the jurisdiction of the Federal Government of the United States of America who are opposed to President Bush's Administration.
Seven votes! Shame on the Republicans who kept this man in office. Arlen Specter even said on CNN that Republicans HAVE NO CONFIDENCE in Alberto Gonzales, which begs the question why did they not do their job and vote for what they thought was best for the American people. That is a priceless comment by Sen. Specter because it proves that Republicans are willing to play partisan games and vote against their conscience, essentially "flip-flopping" to use the word they have beat to death. Trent Lott chalked up the vote as utterly inconsequential and pointless; exactly correct Sen. Lott, and it was a pointless exercise because you failed to see past your partisan blinders and remove the Bush sycophant who is utterly unqualified to serve as Attorney General.
How embarrassing, what are your comments Mr. Bush? "This process has been drug out a long time...It's political." Drug out? Political? He makes up a word and labels it as "political" which immediately conjures a negative reaction from the average American. People who do not want to do the work of politics should not be allowed on Capitol Hill and it is completely hypocritical that he would use such a politically charged word in a move that is all political maneuvering. Yes President Bush, the move was political, good job, you are starting to catch on, now repeat after me, "I am a politician. Politics is not a dirty word. I was elected by a political process, and I have the ability to run the country responsibly using politics."
That said we should realize what a tremendous blunder it is to continue to allow Alberto Gonzales to serve in office, because he has displayed time and time again unforgivable miscarriages of justice through political mechanisms. Gonzales has failed to do his sworn duty as a civil servant and instead has helped to dismantle our Constitution instead of protect it and under Article II Section 4, he should be removed from office! It just reminds me of all the reasons why he shouldn't be in high office in the first place, like his total disregard for Article VI, the Supremacy Clause WHICH RECOGNIZES ALL TREATIES WE ENTER INTO AS BINDING, INCLUDING THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS! He is completely reckless in his disregard for our laws, like the Military Commission Act, which states that citizens detained by the military always have due process of law, and because he is a cowering, malleable, miserable excuse for a United States civil servant he is excused by the President who is the only man in the government more willing to break our laws for politics. Bush votes will dismiss this whole process as "political" thinking that politics is dirty, completely ignoring the fact that they support the people who give politics a bad name. I have no confidence in the Executive Branch, and I had high hopes for the Legislative, damn.
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