CNN Called Clinton's Mass Attorney Firings A 'Clean Sweep'

News Busters has dug up a CNN report on Clinton's mass attorney firings, in which they show just how balanced their coverage is:

...an April 12, 1993 CNN special report where reporter Ken Bode called it a “one-day clean sweep.” Reno declared: “I have asked for their resignations at the request of the President…It’s important that we build a team that reflects our desire to have a Justice Department marked by excellence, marked by diversity, marked by professionalism, and integrity. I want teamwork where we’re both interested in achieving justice throughout America.”

It just so happens that in order to build diversity, Clinton had to fire every single hold-over attorney from a Republican President. The media ignores this story, Clinton firing every single Republican attorney at once (all 93 of them), but talks of how GW's firing 8 random attorneys calls for an investigation "all the way to the top?"

Here's the video from News Busters:

Dems Itching To Stop Corruption, Even If It's Made Up

This annoys me to no end.

Liberals and the mainstream media are whining and moaning that GW has fired a handful (8) of US attorneys while completely ignoring the fact that Clinton fired 93 of them!

And of course, ABC’s "justice correspondent" Pierre Thomas was quick to note:

Democrats suspect key White House advisor Karl Rove played a role in the firings and they want to investigate whether Republicans on Capitol Hill also were at play.

ABC is playing this as a scandal with the makings for "a trail that points straight to the top." However, no crime was committed here! Sound familiar (I'm looking at you, Ms. Plame!) Drudge today links to the very law that clearly states "United States Attorneys are subject to removal at the will of the President."

What is it liberals don't get about this! You waste people's time when you investigate things that aren't illegal! If the Democrats are so itching to take down corruption, they only need to look within their own party! Alcee Hastings, John Murtha, Harry Reid, William J. Jefferson, John Conyers, and Alan B. Mollohan, to name a few.

And now it looks like GW may have to throw a loyal staffer to the wolves. From Mexico (where he's busy promising Mexicans open borders), GW said "...mistakes were made and I'm frankly not happy about them." Of course, he's not referring to the firing of the attorneys, because absolutely nothing was wrong with that. He's referring to how the political "fallout" was handled.

Now, with Rummy gone, libs are itching for a new public enemy number one, and it looks like they may have found their man in Alberto Gonzalez. They've already started calling for his resignation. How long until he gets sick of the bitching and gives in like Rummy did?

Liberals are literally crippling our country's ability to defend its self. They pointlessly drag members of the Bush administration to court for hearings investigating events that aren't even crimes. They actually charge Scooter Libby for forgetting some dates while being investigated for an act that, surprise, wasn't a crime! They bitch and bitch until members of GW's cabinet resign. Can't they just let the government do its job; defend America? Apparently votes are more important to them than the lives of Americans.

Senator Clinton, 2.0?

Why do former Democrat presidents feel the need to bother the country once they're out of office. Ford, Reagan, Bush I; they settle down and enjoy the rest of their lives out of the spotlight, Democrats like Clinton and Carter continue to be media whores and won't go away. Here's a charming story on that note:

WASHINGTON — If Hillary Clinton is elected president, the next senator from New York could be her husband, Bill Clinton.

Supporters are touting that scenario in the event the seat currently held by Mrs. Clinton opens up as she moves to higher office. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat, would be tasked with appointing someone to fill the open Senate seat for the remaining two years of Clinton's term.

Come on Fox. Aren't you going to lick Clinton's balls at all?

Could Clinton still fit the bill? One of the most popular presidents with black voters, he spoke Sunday to the annual meeting of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, where he received a standing ovation.

"I know how come I'm here — I'm here because I'm a stand-in for Hillary," he said.

At the event, he spoke about health care, renewable energy technology and education, all issues that Sen. Clinton has focused on during her campaign.

"He's one of those individuals that has a reputation as a liberator for minority communities," said Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who is black and is backing Sen. Clinton for president. "Bill Clinton had a reputation for delivering. He does have a tremendous effect that I've observed when it comes to minority communities."

Nice.

State Of The Union [Update With Excerpts Via Ace!]

The State of the Union is tonight, and frankly, I'm not sure I'll watch it. I mean, it's gonna be so boring. Not to mention, it pretty much sounds like a Clinton speech:

President George W. Bush was preparing Tuesday to use his State of the Union address to unveil a new initiative to reduce gasoline use and a new system of taxation to help Americans without medical insurance.

Facing a Democratically controlled Congress for the first time in his six years in the presidency, he planned to renew calls to re-authorize his education plan, No Child Left Behind, as well as to overhaul the nation's immigration system with a guest worker program and to balance the budget by 2012.

God, that sounds like a nightmare. In fact, I'm having "war" flashbacks to the Dems' "100 hour plan," or whatever the Hell it was called. Anyway, I'll probably watch the speech, and you probably should, too. After all, we should at least hear what our President has to say and all of the plans he has that the Dems will crush.

***Update, 7:05pm***

A HUGE hat tip to Ace, who got a hold of some excerpts from tonight's State of the Union. Here're my highlights:

“A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy – and that is what we have…Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and wages are rising. This economy is on the move – and our job is to keep it that way, not with more government but with more enterprise.”

Nice, I was afraid he might not mention the booming economy!

“[I]n all we do, we must remember that the best healthcare decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors.”

Take that Hillary! Seriously, burn!

“Extending hope and opportunity in our country requires an immigration system worthy of America – with laws that are fair and borders that are secure. When laws and borders are routinely violated, this harms the interests of our country… Yet…we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border – and that requires a temporary worker program.”

Bullshit-alert!

"It is in our vital interest to diversify America’s energy supply – and the way forward is through technology.”

That and drilling oil in America, standardizing gas throughout the country, and increasing refining capabilities!

“For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger…"

I guess he forgot the Dems were there.

[T]o win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy. From the start, America and our allies have protected our people by staying on the offense. The enemy knows that the days of comfortable sanctuary, easy movement, steady financing, and free flowing communications are long over. For the terrorists, life since Nine-Eleven has never been the same.”

Not if the Dems do something about it!

"Many in this chamber understand that America must not fail in Iraq – because you understand that the consequences of failure would be grievous and far reaching.”

Nice one...

“Both parties and both branches should work in close consultation. And this is why I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties. We will share ideas for how to position America to meet every challenge that confronts us. And we will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory.”

That'll do it! A special advisory council!

Well, this all makes things look much more exciting. I'll probably watch now!

"Certain Agreement" May Lead to Certain Doom

Apparently the "U.S. end[ed] 3 days of talks with N.Korea in Berlin" recently (I guess I was out of the loop on N. Korea), and (from another story):

North Korea said on Friday that it had reached a "certain agreement" with the United States in talks earlier this week in Berlin, praising the rare direct dialogue between the two bitter foes.

Hopefully this isn't the type of "agreement" reached under the Clinton administration (Official press release from Madeline Albright: "It's settled, the US and N. Korea have agreed that Michael Jordan is awesome. We'll deal with NK's nuclear weapons later, but for now, we'll settle on giving them a ton of money, with their solemn word that they won't use it to develop said nuclear weapons.")

That said, I decided to read the second paragraph of the story - which I usually avoid in Reuters articles:

But neither side in Berlin suggested there had been any breakthrough on the communist state's nuclear weapons program.

Then what the Hell were they talking about?

But [US envoy, Christopher] Hill, arriving in South Korea to brief officials in Seoul, appeared puzzled by the reference to a deal.

"I'm sorry, I'm not really sure what [N. Korean envoy, Kim Kye-gwan is] referring to," Hill told reporters, but added: "We had very useful discussions."

Sure you did. And people say nuclear weapons blowing up America in 24 was unrealistic. With "diplomacy" like this, I'd say we're screwed.

[Hill] said the next step would be incorporating the Berlin talks into the recently revived six-country negotiations. These aim to end impoverished North Korea's nuclear weapons program in exchange for financial support and security guarantees.

"Security guarantees"? From what, their own psychopathic leader. I can see this ending with us giving even more money to the "dog eating, pot-bellied dictator" (as Rush calls him) and making some Kennedy-Castro-esque deal that will screw us out of being able to overthrow Kim. In return, N. Korea will spend our own money on even more weapons that they will one day use to kill us.

Round Up

I'm a little busy on this three-day-thanks-to-MLK-weekend, so here's a round-up of the blogs and news:

Here's two stories from Reuters, one about those arrested Iranians in Iraq arming anti-US fighters, and the other about Rice saying that Maliki will be held to his promise on cracking down on those militias.

Speaking of Condoleeza, LGF has a post on Boxer's smarmy reaction to people actually being upset that she pointed out that Condoleeza was childless and alone on the Senate floor, and they also have a post on Muslims in the UK seeking even more special treatment.

Ace of Spades HQ has a post on the Mahdi army standing down and another post on how it is now more clear than ever that Sandy Burglar was destroying sensitive documents, not "borrowing them."

The Jawa Report points out that Ibrahim Hooper is a liar (What's new?), and finally, here's a hilarious video from Youtube:





Note: That is of course Barney Frank throwing a fit at the speaker's chair, but the two Republicans causing the comedy are, first Patrick McHenry and second, Joe Barton.

Clinton Judge: US Paper Money Not Legal

This is just unbelievable: "Clinton Appointed Judge Declares US Paper Money Illegal." Apparently it's discriminatory to the blind...

You're Not Even Safe If You're With President

Is it just me, or have there been an unusual number of stories about bad things happening to those involved with or around the President? Here's what I mean:

"Report: Bush Daughter's Purse Stolen in Buenos Aires"
"Motorcycle Officer Critically Injured In [Presidential] Motorcade Crash"
"White House Aide Mugged in Waikiki"
"Clinton Neighbors Shot; Woman Dies"

I'm in no way suggesting that there's any significance to this, just had to point it out.

North Korea May Get Rewards For Threatening The World

Good News (sarcasim)! "U.S. Signals New Incentives for North Korea." Let's remember how incentives worked for Clinton:



I think it's time we tried the stick, the carrot ain't working...