Ashcroft, Gonzales, and Mukasey

While thinking about Mukasey, it occurred to me:

Remember how we thought that Ashcroft as AG was The Worst Thing Ever? We were wrong. Alberto Gonzales was worse. Much, much, much worse. (When Ashcroft on his hospital bed can become a comparative hero for standing up to BushCo, you know how far things have fallen.)

The scuttlebutt in DC is that while he’s conservative, Mukasey is actually worlds better than the clowns running DoJ now — the ones Gonzales brought in. (Yes, that tells you just how awful Main Justice is right now.) And Bush is never going to appoint anyone we like. (Movement conservatives like Richard Viguerie came out against Mukasey early on precisely because he was someone that many Democrats didn’t find utterly repulsive. Again, that should tell you something.)

So while Mukasey’s never going to be confused with Louis Brandeis, know that — sadly — he’s as good as we’re probably going to get out of the worst group of persons ever to occupy the White House.