“”I was hoping for Ted Olsen. This sounds like a wimp out.”
Perhaps Ted Olson didn’t want to go through the dog and pony show. I sure wouldn’t. The work of the Justice Department is too important to hold it up with the mockery that is called Senate confirmation.
And who would want to inflict themselves and their families through it? Fergodsakes, if one of the most sterling and dutiful military officers currently on the world stage had to endure relentless vicious personal attacks on his integrity and reputation, what do you think Olson would undergo?
He lost his lovely wife on 9/11 in the plane that crashed into the Pentagon ... he’s remarried and probably has a relatively serene life finally.
Why would he or his family want endure this hell at his age and life experiences? It would be like a public forensic autopsy on a living human, without anesthesia.
Everyone expects the President to fulfll their personal wish list, 24/7 .... or else they pout and spew forth their armchair namecalling and ultimatums. People ... there’s a big picture view and priorities out there.