The Democrats campaigned on the promise of an era of post-partisanship. That was the campaign. Their governing style, however, is as rigidly partisan as ever, as these remarks made by Senator Pat Leahy demonstrate.
Speaking at a forum at Georgetown University, the Vermont Democrat suggested the creation of a truth and reconciliation commission to uncover the "misdeeds" of the past eight years.
"Many Americans feel we need to get to the bottom of what went wrong," said Leahy. "I agree. We need to be able to read the page before we turn the page."
OK. But what about all those promises not to prosecute that we've been hearing from the Senate?
The Senator also stated that Attorney General Eric Holder never gave assurances to Republican Senators that he would not prosecute Bush administration officials who may have been involved in illegalities such as authorizing torture or warrantless wiretapping.
"There are some who resist any effort to investigate the misdeeds of the recent past," he said. "Indeed, during the nomination hearing of Eric Holder, some of my fellow Senators on the other side of the aisle tried to extract a devil's bargain from him in exchange for the votes — a commitment that he would not make… That is a pledge no prosecutor should give and Eric Holder did not give it. But because he did not it accounts for some of the votes against him."
At some point the Senator reportedly began slamming the lectern with his fist. A sure sign of open-minded discourse..
Leahy framed his commission idea — which he had not discussed publicly prior to Monday — as a middle ground of sorts between those who adamantly oppose investigations and those who say "we must prosecute Bush administration officials to lay down a marker."
The Senate, he proposed, would "authorize a group of people universally recognized as fair-minded and without any axe to grind" to investigate the Bush administration's actions.
"Rather than vengeance, we need a fair-minded pursuit of what actually happened," he said.
Fair-minded. Right. Just what we expect from Senator Leahy. When asked if maybe his remarks had gone a little too far, he replied, "I like being able to say what I want to say."
So do I, Senator, and while you and your elitist liberal buddies in Washington are working overtime to find ways to suppress analysis and criticism of your behavior, I'll keep on doing what I do - trying earnestly to demonstrate what dangerous morons you and your liberal friends are.
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