Nbadan
03-22-2007, 05:00 PM
Maybe the Washington Post isn't as 'liberal' as sterotyped by some wing-nuts....
Source: Editor&Publisher (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003561554)
'Post' Finds Nothing 'Nefarious' in Attorney Firings -- AP Suggests Otherwise
By E&P Staff
Published: March 22, 2007
NEW YORK - The Washington Post in an editorial today declared that it saw nothing unusual or "nefarious in the dismissal process" in the recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys. It called it "the supposed scandal." At the same time, however, The Associated Press is out with a story that suggests that something fishy -- or political, as the Democrats charge -- does seem to surround the move.
The Post warned, "The stubbornness and overheated rhetoric on both sides threaten an unnecessary constitutional crisis that would only bog down the inquiry in a distracting fight over process....
"Lawmakers would do well to demonstrate more understanding of the legitimate institutional concerns at stake here -- is the president not entitled to confidential advice on personnel matters? -- and to remember that the tables could easily be turned, as they were not so many years ago, with a Republican Congress eager to rifle through the files of a Democratic administration," the editorial stated. "At the same time, history does not support unlimited presidential privilege."
The AP story follows.
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Six of the eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department ranked in the top third among their peers for the number of prosecutions filed last year, according to an analysis of federal records.
In addition, five of the eight were among the government's top performers in winning convictions....
The Post should tell us more about "Saddam has WMDs" and "Saddam caused 9/11" while they are at it. The Editorial board are whores, slime.
Source: Editor&Publisher (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003561554)
'Post' Finds Nothing 'Nefarious' in Attorney Firings -- AP Suggests Otherwise
By E&P Staff
Published: March 22, 2007
NEW YORK - The Washington Post in an editorial today declared that it saw nothing unusual or "nefarious in the dismissal process" in the recent firing of eight U.S. attorneys. It called it "the supposed scandal." At the same time, however, The Associated Press is out with a story that suggests that something fishy -- or political, as the Democrats charge -- does seem to surround the move.
The Post warned, "The stubbornness and overheated rhetoric on both sides threaten an unnecessary constitutional crisis that would only bog down the inquiry in a distracting fight over process....
"Lawmakers would do well to demonstrate more understanding of the legitimate institutional concerns at stake here -- is the president not entitled to confidential advice on personnel matters? -- and to remember that the tables could easily be turned, as they were not so many years ago, with a Republican Congress eager to rifle through the files of a Democratic administration," the editorial stated. "At the same time, history does not support unlimited presidential privilege."
The AP story follows.
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Six of the eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Justice Department ranked in the top third among their peers for the number of prosecutions filed last year, according to an analysis of federal records.
In addition, five of the eight were among the government's top performers in winning convictions....
The Post should tell us more about "Saddam has WMDs" and "Saddam caused 9/11" while they are at it. The Editorial board are whores, slime.