From Hank posted by Sunny:

Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:53 AM
To: 'oped@washpost.com'
Subject: To The Editor



“Schumer, Feinstein & Justice Mukasey”



As a current resident of New York, and a former resident of California, I have worked hard for and supported Charles Schumer and Diane Feinstein throughout their political careers. That support ends today! I learned last night that these two leading senior Senators will support President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey for Attorney General. It is incredible that every single time this President does not get what he wants he plays the terror card! What is truly terrifying is that, up to now it has worked like a charm for Mr. Bush. The Democrats, with Schumer and Feinstein now leading the way, cower in fear that they will be seen as weak on terror, and have allowed Mr. Bush to run roughshod over them in every case.



I have no quarrel with Michael Mukasey. He is probably the most qualified candidate for Attorney General the Bush administration has yet come up with. The problem is that because Mr. Bush broke the law by allowing prisoners and detainees to be tortured, Mr. Mukasey can not come out and say that he believes water-boarding and other obvious methods of torture are against the law because it would put the President in an untenable situation. Mr. Bush is between a rock and a hard place. He must defend his nominee, but by keeping him quiet on the issue of torture I thought the President might have given the Senate Judiciary Committee the backbone they need to deny Mr. Mukasey’s confirmation. Not anymore. Schumer and Feinstein came out with a mealy-mouthed statement that they feel it is more important to start “fixing” the Justice Department than to make a “political statement”. This is not a matter of a “political statement.” This is a matter of whether or not our elected officials stand for the rule of law. It has become painfully obvious that Senator’s Schumer and Feinstein do not.



Let us all send a clear message to these cowardly Democrat’s. They have declined to do what they were elected to do, and they should know that there are many loyal Democrat’s in New York and California who, starting today, are working really hard to find candidates to replace them when their terms are up.