The Rule of Law
When James Comey related to a Congressional committee the scene of John Ashcroft's refusal to overrule Comey's rejection of a Bush administration eavesdropping program, it reminded me that politics can be a very strange sport. The only reason that Ashcroft was Attorney General was that he had lost his Senate seat in the 2000 election, and one does not expect noble gestures to value the Rule of Law over political expediency from appointees was are, in essence, patronage hires.
and one of the reasons that there is much more than a lick of difference between the Democratic and Republican parties is that in a Republican White House, men like Comey and Ashcroft, who at least pay lip service to civil liberties, are rare. In a Democratic White House, they are common. (The problem with both types of White House is that fools like Gonzalez keep showing up.)
Labels: James Comey, John Ashcroft, Rule of Law, Surprise
