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I am starting to like Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards more and more each day. Yes, I know that I said this just a few days ago, but I am getting more impressed with this man as time passes!
While Senator Clinton and Obama have remained quite once again on a very real national problem, Mr. Edwards has spoken first on the Gonzales-Attorney purge saying that, " If White House officials ordered this purge, he should have refused them. If they insisted, he should have resigned in protest. Attorney General Gonzales should certainly resign now."
Now we'll just have to wait and see how long it takes the rest of the presidential candidates, from both parties, to say anything on the Gonzales ordeal. I do not expect to much from the GOP side.
Mar 13, 2007
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Senator John Edwards released the following statement calling for the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales following today's report of White House involvement in the recent firings of federal prosecutors.
"Today's news is only the latest and most disturbing sign of the politicization of justice under President Bush. From the abuse of investigative authority under the Patriot Act to the unconstitutional imprisonment of the Guantanamo Bay detainees and illegal torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Bagram Air Force Base, this president has consistently shown contempt for the rule of law.
"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales betrayed his public trust by playing politics when his job is to enforce and uphold the law. By violating that trust, he's done a great disservice to his office. If White House officials ordered this purge, he should have refused them. If they insisted, he should have resigned in protest. Attorney General Gonzales should certainly resign now."
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