The "debate" in the Senate concerning the appointment of alberto gonzales to top defender and enforcer of law (Attorney General) in the United States of America despite his work legitimizing the circumvention of international law while White House legal counsel has shown that the president's "mandate" has brought out the teeth in what has been a quiet, bush-lite Senate minority. Though a filibuster is not likely, it would be nice if alberto gonzales beat john ashcroft's record number of "No" votes (42).
The republican defense of gonzales's appointment seems to be that he is "hispanic", and would be the first of his ethnicity to hold the position. This is an interesting defense from the opponents of affirmative action (except when it pertains to colin powell). A position from former friends and allies of strom thurmond, the man that holds the record for the longest filibuster (against a civil rights law, of course). Cheney and friends, who voted against Martin Luther King Jr. Day, now can't seem to stop talking about the "races" of their appointments.
First they take fiscal irreponsibility from the democrats, now they're taking the race cards. What will the "reds" pigeonhole democrats as in two years?
"Every Hispanic American is watching," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
"Mr. Gonzales is at the center of a torture policy that has run roughshod over the values that Americans hold so dear," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
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