Seriously....

Seriously?!? That is really the first thing streaming though my head after reading this dailykos.com post. Thank you BarbinMD for calling Bush out on his bull! I think our country has reached a critical peak when the President is overstepping his bounds claiming executive privilege for everything and continuously trying to weasel out of legitimate questions. These are fairly simple questions George! This is a serious Senate hearing and serious issues need to be addressed. The Senate cannot be expected to confirm a nomination for attorney general for a judge who is not allowed to give his legal opinion on what constitutes torture, and whose strings are constantly being pulled by the administration during his hearing. Mukasey would be a powerful figure in American politics and government, so how could we as a nation put our faith in a man who does not have the ability to stand up for himself in a Senate hearing? I think BarbinMD put it best in saying,

"Time after time, Bush and his minions deflect the question of Mukasey's views because he hasn't been briefed. By that reasoning, Mukasey can't render a judgement on whether to draw and quarter someone is torture, because, hey, he doesn't know whether we use that technique or not."

While I understand one of the reasons for not wanting to answer- to avoid criminal prosecution of CIA officers (they were only following orders), Bush’s claim that the political storm is unfair is simply ludicrous. This is politics, Bush, everything stirs up a political storm.