Do As I Say, Not As I Do

It takes a lot for the Disgruntled Investor to go political on this site. In general, I hate politics and loathe what the constant childlike sniping between Democrats and Republicans is doing to this country. But sometimes, I see something that just makes me want to bang my head against my desk.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I hate politics.

-From the Associated Press

Clinton Opens Up About Attorney Firings

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - 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.

She conceded that should she win the presidency in 2008, she likely would replace all of the U.S. attorneys appointed by President Bush. She said that's merely following traditions in which presidents appoint prosecutors of their own party.

Clinton argued that the Bush administration's firing of the eight federal prosecutors has caused an uproar because it is seen as a conservative push to shift the balance of power in favor of the executive branch.

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


Could someone explain to me how these two statements from above...

-"She said that's merely following traditions in which presidents appoint prosecutors of their own party."
-"Democrats have accused the Justice Department and the White House of purging the prosecutors for political reasons."

...describe different things??

Meanwhile, there are 500,000,000 more important things our Congress could/should/won't be working on while this political piss-match goes on.

....That sound you hear is me banging my head against my desk, knowing that this is going to go on for at least another year and a half....

...Disgruntled

P.S. T-minus 8 days until the second house goes up for sale. Stay tuned!