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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (8325)	12/7/2001 8:01:37 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Flagrant demolib hypocrisy and disregard for civil rights: 'Lawless' Berry: No Civil Rights for Bush Appointees Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001 The "lawless," extremely partisan head of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights doesn't seem to believe in civil rights for President Bush's appointees. Now the White House is fighting back at her divisive and "inflammatory rhetoric." Mary Frances Berry, a Democrat activist and hard-line supporter of failed presidential nominee Al Gore, told the Bush administration that U.S. marshals would have to force her to seat the president's new appointee. "In frustrated tones, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer took the unusual step of detailing the heated, private conversation earlier this week between White House counsel Alberto Gonzales" and Berry, the Associated Press reported today. "She said that she would refuse to seat any new people appointed by President Bush in this manner. She said she will refuse to swear him in. ... She further said that the only way she will let this person be seated is if the U.S. marshals show up and force her to do so," Fleischer told reporters. "Particularly coming from the Civil Rights Commission, that is exactly the wrong approach a nation that needs racial healing needs to hear. This is inflammatory rhetoric for a commission whose mission has to be to bring people together. ... That type of bellicose language drives people apart," he said. Gonzales urged Berry in a letter Wednesday to respect the president's appointment of Peter Kirsanow, a Cleveland lawyer who is a member of the largely conservative Center for New Black Leadership. Berry refuses to accept the reality that a commission seat is open. Bush nominated Kirsanow to replace Victoria Wilson, who was appointed by Bill Clinton on Jan. 13, 2000, to fill an unexpired, six-year term that ended Nov. 29. "Her commission has expired," said White House spokeswoman Anne Womack. "We would expect her to abide by the law, and the commission to abide by the law." "Berry has been advised by the Office of Legal Counsel that the commissioner's term has ended," said Rep. Steve Chabot, Ohio Republican and co-chairman of the House subcommittee on the Constitution. "To have Wilson keep this seat beyond her term is a lawless action." As the Washington Times reported today: "The seat is key because if it goes to Mr. Kirsanow, the eight commissioners will be split 4-4 along party lines. The deadlock would end the outright authority Miss Berry enjoyed since 1992, when Democrats became the majority on a board created in 1957 with a bipartisan charter." newsmax.com