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• Tuesday, December 2, 2008 08:52 AM

  Another Gonzo

  While there is much for the left (which would include me) to criticize in many of Obama's nominees, I cannot understand, and Glenn has not adequately explained, why he would give Obama a pass on Eric Holder.

  Holder might be fine for some other position in an Administration full of self-righteous recycled influence-peddlers. But as Glenn himself suggests, the Attorney General is the one person who must be, like Caesar's wife, above reproach. He/she is supposed to represent the people (even Holder half says that), not kowtow to the President's whims or to insider influence-trading. As Glenn fully acknowledges, Holder has demonstrated in the Rich pardon (and elsewhere, I might add) that he is constitutionally incapable of independence, an independence that would be ever more difficult when answering to a President he admires.

  It's about time we had an attorney general who is more like Elliot Richardson and less like Alberto Gonzales. In Holder, we will get another Gonzo. I think Obama's banking on that, to the detriment of the citizens he serves. Shame on Obama, and shame on the left for taking it lying down.

  The Constant Weader at www.RealityChex.com

  —marie burns Read marie burns's other letters
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