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Chertoff as the next Attorney-General:

Many names have been floated as possible replacements for Abu. But two names probably have the inside track. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is a likely candidate because of the extraordinary incompetence he showed after Katrina destroyed most of New Orleans. The Bush administration knows well that incompetence leaves a political appointee with slavish loyalty as his only redeeming qualification.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee has also been mentioned because of his previous experience as an Attorney General on the hit television series “Law & Order.” But he might decline because he might seek a starring role as the next president.

The reasoning is difficult to argue with.

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2 comments

  1. Opie

    March 20, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    Is there any reason they can’t bring back John Ashcroft?

    He was great… I’ll never forget how when he was nominated, one of the evening network newscasts tried to scare the pants off everyone by doing this expose where they led by showing footage they had discovered of Ashcroft singing in a Southern Gospel quartet with some other senators and congressmen! It was like, “THIS is the man who could be your attorney general soon… be very scared…”

     
  2. Frank

    March 22, 2007 at 7:21 pm

    I agree.

    Although John Ashcroft had some kind of wierd quirks (like being scared of marble breasts), in terms of his stewardship of the Department of Justice, he served with honor and rectitude.