I Told You. Bush IS Fighting Back.

Hey folks,

Happy Hump day. Yeah I know I missed yesterday. Sorry about that. But I’m here today. I will be posting another "Behind The Opn Screen" this weekend. Maybe even with a surprise or two. But that’s then. Today, I have two "I told you so’s" {Smile}

First, remember this from Monday?

"It is also the beginning of a new chapter in the continuing saga of the war at home. It seems that Bush has had enough. Also I said, "Finally, President Bush is starting to say enough of this garbage. In essence he is saying "I AM the President and Commander and Chief. You are not. We WILL do things my way."

WELL, look at this headline yesterday in Bloomberg "Bush Administration Fights Back on Prosecutor Firings"

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration sought to quell the controversy over the firing of eight federal prosecutors by giving Congress e-mails that show the U.S. attorneys were the target of complaints and had policy disputes with officials in Washington.

Besides all that, they work for the President. He can fire or hire any of them. Even all of them. Just ask Bill Clinton.

Then as a compromise, President Bush has requested that Rove and others talk to Congress. According to Reuters,

The White House offered on Tuesday to make President George W. Bush's senior political adviser, Karl Rove, available to congressional investigators but rejected Democratic demands he testify under oath regarding the firings of U.S. attorneys.

In a letter to relevant members of Congress, White House counsel Fred Fielding made clear he was not offering Rove and other aides to give sworn testimony as had been requested.

"Such interviews would be private and conducted without the need for an oath, transcript, subsequent testimony or the subsequent issuance of subpoenas," Fielding wrote.

That is to try to make some sort of peace. He is offer them to tell what happened. But there is NO CRIME. No corruption. The Bush Administration has to give Congress permission to talk to the people involved. See folks, there is this annoying little thing call separation of powers. More on that in a second.

If there is ANY doubt that Bush is starting to fight back, this article by the AP basically lays it to rest.

President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to allow top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.

That is because he IS the President. OK, Bush is the President, the Federal Prosecutors are at the discretion of the President. They work for HIM. Congress is trying to change that, with what would be un-Constitutional. Just like the war. He IS the Commander and Chief. There is only one. HIM, not Congress. That is why the are trying to change that. Which would be un-Constitutional.

It’s like you are the boss of Wal-Mart. You chose to, for whatever, fire someone, and Target tells you, you have to explain to THEM why. You get the point. But the President IS getting serious.

"We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants," Bush said in a statement from the White House. "I proposed a reasonable way to avoid an impasse."

He added: "There's no indication ... that anybody did anything improper."

But they do not care about law. They do not care about those attorneys, the war, the American people, nor this country. All they care about is getting Bush. Why did noone say anything when President Clinton fired all 93? This would include one that was investigating HIM. One investigating an associate of the Clintons, and then hired "White House" friendly people to take their spot? I guess it is only "wrong" if your last name is Bush.

Oh, and a side note. Another I told you so. According to The Washington Post.

House Democratic leaders today locked down two critical Democratic converts -- one liberal, one conservative -- for their massive emergency war spending bill that would set deadlines for the removal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But top Democrats conceded they still have not secured enough votes to pass the measure.

Any questions?
Peter

Sources;
Bloomberg-Bush Administration Fights Back on Prosecutor Firings
AP-Bush warns Democrats to accept his offer
Reuters-Rove offered for unsworn testimony
The WP-House Democrats Still Short Votes to Pass Iraq War Spending Bill