Lamar Alexander panders to Stupidville
GOP Senator calls on Holder to resign for upholding the Constitution
The man accused of attempting to blow up a jet liner outside of Detroit on Christmas Day was, at some point, informed of his right to hear the charges against him in a trial setting, as required by the Constitution of the United States.
Because of that, a Republican Senator wants U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to resign.
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), appearing on Fox News Sunday, slammed the Department of Justice for imprisoning Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, as a criminal.
“He’s doing a better job of interrogating CIA employees than he is of interrogating terrorists, and he’s not making a distinction between enemy combatants and terrorists flying into Detroit trying to blow up planes and American citizens who are committing a crime,” he said, according to The Hill. “He needs to go to Congress and say I made that decision, and here’s why. And based on that perhaps he should step down.”
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), also appearing on Fox News Sunday, took issue with the suggestion, dismissing it as purely political. When the Bush administration dealt with shoe bomber Richard Reid, he too was imprisoned as a criminal and not held as a prisoner of war, Hollen noted.</em>
Ever get the feeling that members of the GOP had their brains rewired to only utter nonsense that plays well on Fox? This guy probably answers “With us or against us!” when asked “paper or plastic” at the grocery store.
