Reply #91: Now reported in Seattle P/I & Seattle Times

[govegan]

Link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_gonzales_democrats.html

White House spokesman Tony Fratto called the Democratic measure the "partisan attack of the day," and added: "Democrats are running through their list of partisan stunts - subpoenas, investigations, hearings, special prosecutors, contempt, no confidence votes to get headlines. Americans are tired of these partisan antics."

Inslee denied the move was a partisan stunt, and said he has long been critical of Gonzales, from the mass firing of U.S. attorneys - including Seattle-based John McKay - to the current controversy over surveillance programs.

"It's indefensible to allow the continued violation of American privacy, and it's indefensible to treat the truth with such cavalier disregard when talking to the American people and Congress," Inslee said. "So if the president won't do his job (and fire Gonzales) we'll do ours."

For a neo-fascist like Tony frat-boy Fratto, anytime the Congress tries to do the work of the people it is ipso facto a "partisan antic."