We do the checking and balancing

[now that the executive branch tries to restrict the legislative which tries to circumvent the judicial which tries to establish its credibility.]

In the past week, Washington [D.C.] has been up in arms over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. From what I have gathered, being somewhat politically uneducated by my own non-action, the white house is fighting for the executives right to remove any U.S. Attorneys with the consent of the DOJ [Dept. of Justice]. Congress has come to terms with the awkwardness of the attorneys expulsion but they are not satisfied with the explanation thereof. Because of inconsistencies between the white house explanation and the U.S. Attorney General Al Gonzalez’s statements, NY Sen. Chuck Schumer is heading the legislative investigation into the proceedings involved with the firing of those 8 attorneys.

This whole fiasco is a wonderful test of the stability and effectiveness of the U.S. system of checks and balances within government. However, with media as a form of impartial litigator upon government, we citizens and contributors to media [aka bloggers and the like] are doing the checking and balancing. Look how fast documents and news can be spread. The Dept. of Justice papers and emails were released at after midnight and by 130am there were over 200 posts regarding excerpts and interpretations of the documents.

I can see from various articles and speeches that the investigation is, at the core of it, made up of partisan drives. Some Democrats are continuing forth with the view that the republicans are trying to make a last stitch effort to get done what they want done before the President’s term is up. While some Republicans continue forth with the idea that the Democrats are out to remove and tarnish the Republicans name while the President is still in office. They [r] placate their motives behind a veil of protecting future president’s right to executive privilege. The President warns democrats to not take this further on their premise of partisan politics, but in making that statement he is protecting his own partisan motives. Dems want nothing more than to be in complete power, they are close, and so need to show they have weight. By criticizing the President at each and every turn they gain more and more supporters.

I’m sure my readers will fill me in soon enough. Let the conversation BEGIN!

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