Posted by
Buster Foghorn on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:36:56 PM
Today Senator Reid spoke out against the anticipated nomination of Ted Olson as Attorney General. Reid vowed to block Olson because he is a partisan.
The grounds were pure nonsense even for Senator Reid who during his Senate tenure has been almost as stalwart for his quotable nonsense as the profound Miss Pelosi in the House.
Ted Olson a former top appellate lawyer for the government isn’t disqualified in the Senator’s mind because he is unqualified. He is disqualified because he is Republican, lost a wife on 9/11, and would presumably direct the department in a manner consistent with the desires of the President and his administration.
Could it be that in the Senator’s mind no one is capable of this job but the Senator himself? After all, isn’t Senator Reid the epitome of the non-partisan man? Why not Harry Reid for AG?