Reply #20: The problem is, we try to maintain the fantasy that prosecutions... [View All]

[Tesha]

> If Gonzalez had said, "We fired them for political reasons, so what?"

The problem is that here in America, we try to maintain
the fantasy that prosecutions, prosecuters, and, in fact,
our entire system of judisprudence are "above politics".
This is patent bullshit and has been so for years (as
Sacco and Vanzetti could testify to if we hadn't
executed them for being anarchists) but it is a
sweet little fairy tale that we love to tell.

Having Gonzalez admit that the whole system is politically
rigged would upset this fantasy.

And once the fantasy were upset, people might start to
question things like "Bush v Gore".

Tesha