Acquiescent Dem gift Mike Mukasey keeps on his illegality giving

Once again, for your non-law-abiding pleasure, it’s called Attorney General Mike Mukasey, the “Alberto Gonzales with brains” that Democrats signed off on as attorney general. First, there’s the more minor issue of him stiffing Talking Points Memo; next, there’s the much more serious matter of his flat refusal to enforce Congressional contempt citations. Florida Congressman Robert Wexler elicits this blanket refusal

WEXLER: Should Congress pass a contempt citation, will you enforce it?

MUKASEY: A contempt citation of...

WEXLER: With respect to the subpoenas, with respect to Mr. Bolten?

MUKASEY: If you're talking about a contempt citation based on Mr. Bolten's failure to appear...

WEXLER: Yes.

MUKASEY: ... in response to a direction by the president that he not appear, the answer is no. Because he can't violate that request.

True, only six Democrats actually voted for Mukasey, but that was enough. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could have held up the nomination had he so chosen, or one of the 40 opposed Democrats, or more, could have filibustered.

Or, if one of the Senate Democratic presidential candidate had actually shown up that day, they could have blocked cloture instead of an actual filibuster.

Sure, some Democrats might argue that Bush would have just let somebody worse be acting AG. Counterargument: Aside from the likes of David Addington or John Yoo, could you actually have somebody worse?

The dirty half-dozen Democrats, to remind you are, Charles Schumer (D-Hedge Funds), Diane Feinstein (D-Betty Crocker), Evan Bayh (D-Blandness), Tom Carper (D-Banking), Mary Landrieu (D-Southern Belle With Vapors), and Ben Nelson (D-Too Background To Get A Snarky Title).

Beyond that, the man and his son were both campaign advisors to Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Terrorism Nutbar, for doorknob’s sake. How could you NOT expect something like this?