No one does sanctimonious better than Arlen Specter. He's truly one of the most pompous and arrogant Senators -- and he has a lot of competition. He was on "Meet the Press" talking about the US Attorneys scandal yesterday:
A leading GOP senator is questioning whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales "has been candid" about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, while another said the issue has left a "cloud" over the Justice Department chief.Tim Russert asked a lot of questions about the scandal -- but not one question about Specter's key role in the whole mess. As TPM Muckraker reported, Specter got the law changed to that allowed the Bush administration to by-pass the Senate when it replaced the fired U.S. Attorneys. Specter and his staff played a key role in changing that law.
Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that Gonzales would have a chance to "present his case" but had some explaining to do. The attorney general is scheduled to appear before the committee April 17.
Russert never asked Specter about that. Figures. After all, Russert was at the center of the Valerie Plame outing and never gave a full accounting as a reporter. He only did that as a witness in the trial.
