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Rosie: The Attorney General is about to be fired for possibly criminal stuff and we are all talking about Alec’s phone call with his daughter.

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First, the Attorney General is not about to be fired. Maybe Rosie knows something no one else knows, but the man still has a job.

Second, there are people calling for his resignation because they believe Gonzales has failed to perform his responsibilities effectively.  Some people have also alleged incompetence. 

To say that the Attorney General is about to be fired "for possibly criminal stuff" she must be quoting blogosphere lefties.

Where are her facts? That is not to say that he won't resign. Maybe he will. Maybe he should.

The saddest thing about this Gonzales situation is that if he resigns, it will only serve to encourage the Democrats to attack more.  His resignation will be like blood in the water for people like O'Donnell and Pelosi.  Because of this, the "right" thing becomes something Republicans try to avoid.
 
The women go on:

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Elisabeth: It’s a relatability issue there too, there are a lot of families that go through this and you see this is an extreme situation so I think that is why. People will grab onto something that is absolutely relatable
BW: But they’re not going to grab onto whether Gonzales should be still hold his official position. I think its big news, it should, but I don’t know how much it affects the average person’s life. I can’t see the family sitting around and saying “What do you think about Gonzales?”
Rosie: But I think that’s purposeful because if the news really told you what it is to have the head of the judicial branch of government be corrupt

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Barbara is correct- most people do not understand or appreciate how much the political events of our times affect the average person's life. Most families do not sit around talking about political issues.  Most families do not discuss Gonzales and the firing of the U.S. attorneys.

Rosie's comment just goes to demonstrate again that she has talking points fed to her.  She does not have a clear grasp of how our government is structured. She does not have a cloudy grasp of how our government is structured.  She doesn't understand the Constitutional framework.

Rosie thinks that Gonzales is the head of the judicial branch, probably because he is an attorney and attorneys work in the judicial system, i.e. they work in front of a judge.

Let's clarify this for her:
The Judicial Branch of the federal government is run by Chief Justice Roberts, of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the head of the United States Supreme Court and the federal courts. 

On last Thursday's show, Rosie expressed her concern about there being 5 Justices on the Supreme Court who are Catholic. She believes this demonstrates how we do not have separation of church and state.  She feels her concerns have been validated because the Court upheld a ban on partial birth abortion: This is proof that the Justices' Catholic beliefs prevent them from upholding the Constitution and violate the separation of church and state.

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Rosie: You know what concerns me? How many of the Supreme Court Justices are Catholic Barbara?
BW: 5
Rosie: 5. 5 are Catholic- separation of church and state- in America
BW: However every one of them when they were going through the senate confirmation hearings said "the fact of my religion does not mean that I will vote a particular way because of my religion" so we can not say that they did it because they are Catholic. It is interesting that they are Catholic
Elisabeth: I think it’s difficult to separate your faith from your everyday life. I think it’s difficult to do that.
BW: they said that they are able to
Rosie: From your everyday life but not hopefully from the foundation of our government- separation of church and state. Judicial, legislative, executive. Judicial now – judicial compromised- Alberto Gonzales, Karl Rove's missing emails- compromised that one. Now we got 2/3s left. Let’s see what we’ll do about that.

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The separation of church and state refers to the Constitutional requirement  that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" which is written into the First Amendment.

Congress is the Legislative Branch. If Congress were to pass a law establishing religion and the President, who is the head of the Executive Branch, were to sign it the Supreme Court would have a duty to overturn the law as violating the First Amendment.  (By the way, no one seemed to suggest that the Partial Birth Abortion Act represented an establishment of religion.)

The President is the head of the Executive Branch. It is his responsibility to ensure the laws of the UNited States are enforced. The Executive Branch has what is called the enforcement power. The Attorney General serves the Executive Branch, and therefore the President, by offering them advice and opinions about legal matters.  The Attorney General will appear before the Supreme Court at times but the Attorney General does not represent the Judicial Branch of the government.

So back to the Monday show:

This segment ended with Rosie reminding the audience that Bush was "supposedly" elected in 2000 and that since then his guys just keep getting into trouble.

Rosie proudly explains that she does in fact talk politics to her kids.

PLEASE! Someone! Make sure she hires a tutor for her poor children.  Rosie may feel strongly about a lot of things, but she often has no idea what she is talking about.

Her children and all the other children in America need to be taught about the structure of our government. Let's hope we provide them with a better education than the one Rosie received.

Our future depends upon it!