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Bush's new attorney general follows in Alberto Gonzales' footsteps perfectly with slavish, fact-free devotion to the president's whims.
  • Mike Mcconnel on the Constitution (from his speech at Furman University on Friday)

    "The Vietnam veteran, who said he’s tried to retire three times, waved a copy of the Constitution and implored students to read it by day’s end.

    “This is a precious document. It is why we have survived. It is why we will survive. And it is why we will prevail in the future,” he said. “What’s the magic? The magic is how it starts: We the people. For the first time in history, government was about the people, not a leader.”"