Clinton opens up about attorney firings

[oberliner]

Source: Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday dismissed any comparison between the firing last fall of eight U.S. attorneys with the replacement of 93 U.S. attorneys when her husband became president in 1993.

"That's a traditional prerogative of an incoming president," Clinton said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Once U.S. attorneys are confirmed, they should be given broad latitude to enforce the law as they see fit, she said.

"I think one of the hallmarks of our democracy is we have a devotion to the rule of law," Clinton said.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_health_care;_ylt=AoxqygBFvqQf4eozqyPiZxPMWM0F

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It's amazing how every time something comes up that makes the Republicans look bad they default to the "Clinton did it too" defense.

[Iwasthere]

1. Hey, wasn't this posted earlier?

Isn't this missing the important part(s) again!?

[oberliner]

3. What was the important part?

I must have missed it.

[Skink]

2. I like her answers. If Kerry could have summed things up like that.

[Kolesar]

7. The excerpt Rodeodance put up looked very good...eom

[Placebo]

4. Yup.

There's no comparison between what incoming presidents do in regards to USA's and what Gonzo and the Bush WH did!

[rodeodance]

5. Clinton: Firings a Bush admin power grab

Source: AP




Clinton: Firings a Bush admin power grab

By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer Tue Mar 27, 1:10 AM ET

DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed the Bush administration's fear of scandal for the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, dismissals she said were virtually unprecedented.


The New York senator dismissed any comparison between the midterm firing of the federal prosecutors last fall with the replacement of 93 U.S. attorneys when her husband,
Bill Clinton, took office in 1993.

"That's a traditional prerogative of an incoming president," Clinton said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Once U.S. attorneys are confirmed, they should be given broad latitude to enforce the law as they see fit, she said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_prosecutors;_ylt=AnqIufu.hsH9g9fgBWPuKdwGw_IE

[truthisfreedom]

6. Go Hillary. She's nailed it... bushco is running scared.

They want to shut down all possible routes of investigation into their nightmare against the American People.

[rodeodance]

8. and a bit more.

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"You can go on and on," Clinton said. "I don't think it's a series of coincidences that the White House, in its waning years, is worried about the public corruption cases that have stalked it inside the White House and among the executive branch and the Republican Congress, that it would be moving to protect itself."

She said the firings were the latest attempt by the Bush administration to consolidate executive power.

"I think that if this were an isolated incident, we'd be inclined to say 'Look, they overshot it,'" said Clinton. "This is part of a long record of trying to upset the traditional separation of powers."

Democrats have accused the Justice Department and the White House of purging the prosecutors for political reasons. The administration maintains the firings were not improper because U.S. attorneys are political appointees.