Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Making the case
Atrios posts part of a statement from Daschle, further excerpted here. This is, I think, exactly the kind of thing we've been talking about here, demonstrating the pattern of outrageous bahavior. Will it stick?

"The purpose of government isn't to make the President look good. It isn't to produce propaganda or misleading information. It is, instead, to do its best for the American people and to be accountable to the American people.

The people around the President don't seem to believe that. They have crossed a line -- perhaps several lines -- that no government ought to cross.

We shouldn't fire or demean people for telling the truth. We shouldn't reveal the names of law enforcement officials for political gain. And we shouldn't try to destroy people who are out to make country safer.

I think the people around the President have crossed into dangerous territory. We are seeing abuses of power that cannot be tolerated.

The President needs to put a stop to it, right now. We need to get to the truth, and the President needs to help us do that."


{UPDATE: Read the whole thing here.}

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