01-31-2017, 10:46 AM
I'm going to be the one to come in here and say it had to happen, and it would have happened if it had been Obama and a Bush appointee had done this. When Yates made her statement, she was going to be fired. She knew it, the whole world knew it. What I think was too far was the White House statement afterwards. That was uncalled for and shows the pettiness that the administration is going to engage in.
I don't know much about the ICE director situation, so I can't comment on that. But another Obama appointee in a position where he was likely to cause a ruckus.
I don't like what happened, but there are some other news items from yesterday that are going to have longer lasting effects. Though the Yates firing could cause some waves down the road. Her martyrdom is going to make her a big figure in politics.
I don't know much about the ICE director situation, so I can't comment on that. But another Obama appointee in a position where he was likely to cause a ruckus.
I don't like what happened, but there are some other news items from yesterday that are going to have longer lasting effects. Though the Yates firing could cause some waves down the road. Her martyrdom is going to make her a big figure in politics.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
