[Soul Seeker]

Given the way some here treated Gonzales, I'd disagree with Fred that the response in defense was not without warrent. Perhaps it could have earned a qualifier since not everyone or even a majority did so, but certainly a sizeable portion.

At the same time, a senior Bush adviser was urging journalists to read Federalist No. 76, in which Alexander Hamilton advised presidents against naming cronies to high positions.

I note people have refrained from making note of this in the Gonzales controversy.

I trust Bush. He's given me no reason to think him anything but an honest man. That is a rare quality in a politician. Usually because honest man bring the furor of their bases on their head when they admit straight up they won't do everything they want. Then again, you know where you stand with an honest man and this is why he has such trust on issues like the WOT where he has been true to course.

Could always be wrong, but I suspect he'll do right in his nominee.

[William Tell]

Soul Seeker said: "I trust Bush. He's given me no reason to think him anything but an honest man. "

Bush scores pretty high with me too.

But, I have read claims that Bush signed the Campaign Finance Reform bill expecting that the Supreme Court would find at least parts of it unConstitutional. If that claim is true, then Bush seriously misunderstands his oath and his responsibility as President. There is no ethical justification for him approving that which he expects the Supreme Court to justifiably disapprove.