I have no strong feelings about whether the Democrats should oppose Gonzalez. Anyone Bush nominates is going to be horrible. They should use the opportunity to get him under oath on a few things, and remind the world just what AG Torturer - and the Bush administration - stands for.
[[to be clear, by oppose I mean try to filibuster. Of course they should vote against him and be on record as opposing him.]]
...some wingnuts are opposing him because he apparently is on record as thinking crazy thoughts like it's his job to uphold the law and not just make stuff up.
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"Within the short period of one week, the president has been silent on pro-abortion Sen. Arlen Specter's desire to chair" the committee, said Brown. And now, she said, Bush "has spoken out in favor of a judge with a pro-abortion track record to lead the Justice Department."
"Why is President Bush betraying the babies? Justice begins with protecting the most vulnerable in our midst. Please, Mr. President - just say no to the unjust views of Alberto Gonzales," Brown concluded.
Why indeed Mr. President? Why are you betraying the babies?
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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Fighting in Fallujah has created a humanitarian disaster in which innocent people are dying because medical help can’t reach them, aid workers in Iraq said on Wednesday.
In one case, a pregnant woman and her child died in a refugee camp west of the city after the mother unexpectedly aborted and no doctors were on hand, Firdoos al-Ubadi, an official from the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, told Reuters.
In another case, a young boy died from a snake bite that would normally have been easily treatable, she said.