If you are so honored to fly aboard Air Force One (sic) there are certain rules you need to follow. Basically you need to shut up and not say nice things about the President or those that work for him. It actually sounds kinda fair to me, its his house and even though it is Air Force One, you are in tight quarters, so why let it be messy (even if Bush is a serial breaker of laws in general)? Senator Arlen Specter obviously didn't feel that way and broke both rules.
From The New York Times:
Mr. Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, wandered back into the press cabin as the plane sat on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base before the president arrived from the White House.
According to a pool report of the encounter, Mr. Specter expressed anew his criticism of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales but said he saw no signs that Mr. Gonzales would be forced to resign. Mr. Specter attributed Mr. Gonzales’s job security to Mr. Bush’s “personal loyalty” to him.
Mr. Specter spoke derisively of Mr. Gonzales’s appearance Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he faced accusations that he misled Congress last year when he said there had been no disagreement within the administration over the National Security Administration’s domestic surveillance program.
“Our hearing two days ago was devastating,” Mr. Specter said. “But so was the hearing before that, and so was the hearing before that.”
If the hearings were so devastating as you say Arlen, why not do something about it? Those hearings showed the Attorney General has no respect for the rules he was sworn to uphold. He lies without a care to Congress and expects to get away with it all.
Despite your tough talk Senator, you are an enabler. By not pressing for his impeachment, you sir are helping to further the sinister cause of Alberto Gonzales and the White House that he is so loyal to please. Every time you participate in a hearing without taking the appropriate action, you make a mockery of the Congress, the Constitution and this nation. And that goes for every single Senator that acts this way.
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