Start Your Week with Some Pure Wingnut Chutzpah

One of Our Leader's former whacko aides spews on that cynosure of whacko-ness, the Wall Street Journal op-ed page:

Republicans aren't exactly racing to defend President Bush's assertion of executive privilege against Congress's investigation of his firing of nine U.S. attorneys. This leaves former political director Sara Taylor and Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, facing possible contempt sanctions. If this sword of Damocles drops, an important constitutional showdown between the branches might well reach the Supreme Court.

Rather than run from this fight, supporters of the constitutional system ought to stand firm with the president. Presidents, Congresses, and the courts have long accepted a president's right to keep internal executive discussions confidential. Even when the Supreme Court ordered Richard Nixon to hand over the Watergate tapes, it recognized "the necessity for protection of the public interest in candid, objective, and even blunt or harsh opinions in Presidential decisionmaking."

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In no particular order: John Yoo's disrespect for the Constitution makes him an expert.

And it is very much in the public interest for the public to know as much of this administration's abuses of all things public and political. To the extent Yoo thinks Our Beloved Leader does not have to be accountable, he is dead wrong.