I've never liked Michael Isikoff

As is often the case, Isikoff looks at some issues with a remarkable amount of clarity and other with complete obliviousness.

He pisses me off with "The United States Department of Justice has not always been above politics. John F. Kennedy, after all, appointed his brother and consigliere Robert to be attorney general." What is that supposed to mean?

And he seems to think this is relevant: "Bush's role has remained shadowy throughout the controversy over the eavesdropping program. But there are strong suggestions that he was an active presence. On the night after Ashcroft's operation, as Ashcroft lay groggy in his bed, his wife, Janet, took a phone call. It was Andy Card, asking if he could come over with Gonzales to speak to the attorney general. Mrs. Ashcroft said no, her husband was too sick for visitors. The phone rang again, and this time Mrs. Ashcroft acquiesced to a visit from the White House officials. Who was the second caller, one with enough power to persuade Mrs. Ashcroft to relent? The former Ashcroft aide who described this scene would not say, but senior DOJ officials had little doubt who it was—the president."

The Democrats are so hot on the Justice Department because they know that it will ultimately be a case of no harm -- no foul and they won't have to pursue the president. They are studiously avoiding setting up grounds for impeachment. Any member of the House of Representatives that hasn't called for an impeachment investigation of the president and/or the vice-president has betrayed his oath of office and needs to go come November 08.





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