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To: one_less who wrote (103845)	7/25/2007 2:08:18 AM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 173976

Arlen Specter Says Impeachment Of Gonzales Might Be Necessary (* Pur president and VP are crooks, people, really-really bad ones) Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), the ranking Republican on the committee, also said that Gonzales' acceptance of responsibility was not sufficient. "That is not enough," he said. "The question is whether or not the Department of Justice is functioning as it must." Specter criticized Gonzales for failing to give a clear explanation for why the prosecutors were fired. He also slammed the White House for lacking flexibility in preparing oversight. "Now we have a very remarkable turn of events: we now have the announcement that the administration will preclude the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from bringing a contempt citation," he said. "The president in that manner can stymie Congressional oversight...if that is to happen, the president can run the government as he chooses." Specter then suggested the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor because he said the President had a conflict of interest. He went on to also offer the alternative that the Senate could try a contempt charge of its own, or consider the model of the impeachment of Alcee Hastings, a former federal judge who now serves as a Democratic Congressman from Florida.