How about giving McKay his job back?
Dave Reichert has submitted three names as possible replacements for fired US attorney John McKay. So not to disparage any of the nominees (well, maybe just one,) but seeing as McKay was so diligent, professional and well qualified, maybe one of our Senators should um, see if they can get him his job back.
Again, nothing against someone like Michael Vaska, who seems to be not only well qualified but smart (he saw through Tim Eyman's disastrous ideas early on,) but I'm kind of surprised nobody is talking about giving McKay his job back. He already has experience in the office, after all, and while I'm sure all of this has been stressful he's only been away from the office for a few months, kind of like an extended vacation where you testify before Congress and talk to lots of reporters. McKay could not be blamed if he doesn't want that job again, but he should be considered.
Since the bogus Patriot Act provisions that allow replacement of US attorneys without Senate confirmation were supposedly designed by a mid-level Justice Department lawyer (without the knowledge of top officials at Justice or the White House,) then nobody can really complain if Congress quickly strips those provisions out, can they?
Meaning Dave Reichert doesn't get to say squat. By tradition this is the call of the Senators in the state, and it goes to show you how arrogant Republicans are. Even after they lose an election they think they can act like they are the majority. You gotta admire the stones, but you also gotta teach them a lesson. Make them squeal like pigs, really. (And you know they will, but they will be defending not only a bogus law nobody knew about, they will be defending the firing of thoroughly competent attorneys around the country.) A veto, you say? The very idea warms my heart.
Time to throw some Senatorial weight around.
Again, nothing against someone like Michael Vaska, who seems to be not only well qualified but smart (he saw through Tim Eyman's disastrous ideas early on,) but I'm kind of surprised nobody is talking about giving McKay his job back. He already has experience in the office, after all, and while I'm sure all of this has been stressful he's only been away from the office for a few months, kind of like an extended vacation where you testify before Congress and talk to lots of reporters. McKay could not be blamed if he doesn't want that job again, but he should be considered.
Since the bogus Patriot Act provisions that allow replacement of US attorneys without Senate confirmation were supposedly designed by a mid-level Justice Department lawyer (without the knowledge of top officials at Justice or the White House,) then nobody can really complain if Congress quickly strips those provisions out, can they?
Meaning Dave Reichert doesn't get to say squat. By tradition this is the call of the Senators in the state, and it goes to show you how arrogant Republicans are. Even after they lose an election they think they can act like they are the majority. You gotta admire the stones, but you also gotta teach them a lesson. Make them squeal like pigs, really. (And you know they will, but they will be defending not only a bogus law nobody knew about, they will be defending the firing of thoroughly competent attorneys around the country.) A veto, you say? The very idea warms my heart.
Time to throw some Senatorial weight around.
