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Leave it to comedian Bill Maher to point out the oft-overlooked obvious!
Tuesday night, Keith Olbermann (“Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” MSNBC, 27 March 2007) asked guest Haher for his thoughts on what might be learned from the current Justice Department scandal over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
Maher replied, “Well, I hope what comes out of it, first of all, is that Congress learns to start reading the Patriot Act. How long has it been since they have had this Patriot Act and STILL HAVEN’T READ THE DAMN THING? They were surprised to learn - excuse me - they were surprised to learn that the statute was in there that said that the Bush administration was able to fire these attorneys without any oversight from the Senate.” (LINK)
My thoughts, indeed, Mr. Maher!
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Like somebody said, if we have the power and don't use it (the power to fire the attorneys), what's the point of having the power.
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