[Speed Gibson,
Friday May 18, 2007 at 8:17am]
Takes One to Know One
U.S. Senator and former Hennepin Country District Attorney Amy Klobuchar was on TV again, calling for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to step down. In fact, she now wants an investigation into Justice Department on reports that former U.S. Attorney Thomas Heffelfinger was on a list of potential dismissals.
She said she was "angry and appalled" when she learned that he might have been fired. (Heffelfinger resigned in 2006 for family reasons.)
Klobuchar and now U.S. Senator Coleman may have a point, but she personally has no standing to complain about managerial incompetence. Her own Hennepin County department had many of the same troubles, even by Star Tribune accounts.
Her advice and consent in such matters is clearly worthless, and would do better to let Coleman take the lead.
She said she was "angry and appalled" when she learned that he might have been fired. (Heffelfinger resigned in 2006 for family reasons.)
Klobuchar and now U.S. Senator Coleman may have a point, but she personally has no standing to complain about managerial incompetence. Her own Hennepin County department had many of the same troubles, even by Star Tribune accounts.
Her advice and consent in such matters is clearly worthless, and would do better to let Coleman take the lead.