According to news reports, President Elect Donald Trump has offered the position of Attorney General to Alabama senator Jeff Sessions. Clearly, the senator would make a great attorney general just because of his first name. Seriously, senator Sessions is well suited to the position of AG. He was a US Attorney and also the state attorney general. He has been a senator for nearly twenty years.
None of Sessions' history will matter to the media in the coming months. Back in the eighties, Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge, and he was attacked for allegedly making a few racist comments to lawyers who worked in the US Attorney's office. Sessions denied making the statements. It was the era of Bork, however, when Democrats first started attacking Republican nominees as racists. In those days, people actually believed the attacks. It was enough to force the Sessions' nomination to be withdrawn when its prospects became iffy.
Now we have another 30 years of Sessions' exemplary history to examine. The old charges look silly from today's perspective. You can be sure, however, that the mainstream media and the Democrats will talk of nothing else. Sessions will be called an unrepentant racist. It won't be true, but that won't stop them from the effort. Hopefully, Sessions' senate colleagues will ignore the nonsense and approve the nomination.
Actually, this nomination will be a test for the new leader of senate Democrats, NY senator Chuck Schumer. The current leader, the disgusting Harry Reid, would surely make a big deal out of phony attacks on Sessions; Reid is, after all, an unapologetic liar. Schumer, however, has known Sessions for decades. He knows Sessions is no racist. He has a chance to show actual leadership. Schumer's response will be a good indicator of just how the Democrats in the senate will behave moving forward.
None of Sessions' history will matter to the media in the coming months. Back in the eighties, Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge, and he was attacked for allegedly making a few racist comments to lawyers who worked in the US Attorney's office. Sessions denied making the statements. It was the era of Bork, however, when Democrats first started attacking Republican nominees as racists. In those days, people actually believed the attacks. It was enough to force the Sessions' nomination to be withdrawn when its prospects became iffy.
Now we have another 30 years of Sessions' exemplary history to examine. The old charges look silly from today's perspective. You can be sure, however, that the mainstream media and the Democrats will talk of nothing else. Sessions will be called an unrepentant racist. It won't be true, but that won't stop them from the effort. Hopefully, Sessions' senate colleagues will ignore the nonsense and approve the nomination.
Actually, this nomination will be a test for the new leader of senate Democrats, NY senator Chuck Schumer. The current leader, the disgusting Harry Reid, would surely make a big deal out of phony attacks on Sessions; Reid is, after all, an unapologetic liar. Schumer, however, has known Sessions for decades. He knows Sessions is no racist. He has a chance to show actual leadership. Schumer's response will be a good indicator of just how the Democrats in the senate will behave moving forward.
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