MUKASEY TAKEN HOSTAGE!

BY THE LEFTIST DEMS!

NYTIMES:

...two Democrats who will have a powerful say over whether Mr. Mukasey gets confirmed — Senators Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Charles E. Schumer of New York — vowed today to use the nomination to pressure the White House into turning over information that the Senate Judiciary Committee has been seeking on the domestic wiretapping program and the government’s treatment of military detainees.

“All I want is the material we need to ask some questions about the former attorney general’s conduct, on torture and warrantless wiretapping, so we can legitimately ask, ‘Here’s what was done in the past, what will you do?’ ” Mr. Leahy, the committee chairman, told reporters.

Whether that is a negotiating tactic, or a threat that could turn into an all-out battle, was unclear today. But Mr. Leahy did say he had told the White House counsel, Fred F. Fielding, that the nomination could not go forward without the information, and that “cooperation with the White House would be central” to scheduling hearings.

• LEAHY AND SCHUMER ARE SCUM.
• BUSH WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, AND THIS IS HOW THEY RESPOND.
• BUSH SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO TRY TO APPEASE SCUM LIKE THIS.
• THEY ARE A TRAITOROUS FIFTH COLUMN AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.