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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to say it, and you can place yourself where you want on this [View all]bigtree
(86,291 posts)...they've been calling for Garland to resign for years now.
They hug each other close and sing out from their jail cells every night about what a disaster Garland has been for them.
But to your point, Lincoln's generals were a collection of political figures as well as military ones. It was a political judgment that Lincoln made about McClellen due to the general's growing sympathies for the South, as opposed to the majority who were Republican (Lincoln party) supporters.
It's really something to read the complaints of folks who suppose our Democratic president should use his Justice Dept. like he was a general prosecuting a war, against his political opponent in this election.
It seems to me, that's what we're actually fighting this political war of ours to oppose; not embrace the politicalization of justice, but ensure against any perception or reality of such an abomination against our democracy.
Any suggestion that Biden's DOJ should be making political considerations, or making legal decisions based on an election timetable is an abomination of our democratic system of elections and should be a non-starter when judging this AG or any other.