Administration complains about trying to pack Supreme Court with pro-administration majority...

The multiple ironies involved in this statement coming from our administration are mind boggling...

''The State Department accused Venezuela on Wednesday of ''packing'' it's Supreme Court to ensure a pro-government majority and said the move calls into question the country's commitment to judicial independence.'' From: US Assails Venezuela's High Court Scheme

From the same article: ''We think that separation of powers is an intrinsic part of democracy that is respected throughout Latin America and throughout the international community,'' he (State Department spokesman Richard Boucher ) said.''

Hasn't this person heard from George Bush's appointees about how judges are treated in America? America, where if a judge dares to have an actual separate opinion from the administration they are dangerous according to George Bush's Attorney General John Ashcroft?

''Ashcroft - still the acting Attorney General — warned of a ''profoundly disturbing trend'' of federal judges tending to ''second guess'' presidential determinations on legal questions.'' From: The Attorney General, the White House Counsel, and the Sun King: Why Alberto Gonzales Is Likely to Be Merely a Kinder, Gentler Ashcroft

Did the State Department speaker really get through his statement without cracking himself up? I wouldn't have been able to keep a straight face with a whopper like this one.

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