Prosecutor posts go to loyal Bushies.
By on Apr 1st, 2007 at 9:17 am
Prosecutor posts go to loyal Bushies.
“About one-third of the nearly four dozen U.S. attorney’s jobs that have changed hands since President Bush began his second term have been filled by the White House and the Justice Department with trusted administration insiders,” the Washington Post reports. “The people chosen as chief federal prosecutors on a temporary or permanent basis since early 2005 include 10 senior aides to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales… Several came from the White House or other government agencies. Some lacked experience as prosecutors or had no connection to the districts in which they were sent to work, the records and biographical information show.”
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Is it any wonder? Weak people choose weaker ones. Incompetence breeds uselessness. It’s disgusting really.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:23 amAfter the invasion of Iraq they sent in a bunch of loyal Bushies who immediately went to work revising the Iraqi tax code while the country erupted in violence. After Katrina they sent in a bunch of loyal Bushies who held photo ops while thousands suffered. I just hope Mary Cheney’s gynecologist isn’t a loyal Bushie. She could be in for a very long labor.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:31 amDamn that’s ugly. After seeing how incompatent that Sampson Charector was I doubt these are people to be trusted at all in their honerable position. Leahy’s gonna lay a smack down.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:41 amImpeach each and every one of them, remove them from office.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:42 amChimpy and Gonzo are just stacking the deck, so they can get away with more crimes.
The GOP is a RICO.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:43 amNo surprise here!
April 1st, 2007 at 9:46 amBut now, the “loyal Bushevites” are fleeing like rats deserting a sinking ship…..the SS Titanic-Bush.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:46 amAbsolute Power Corrupts Absolutely - as we are now seeing firsthand. They “stacked the deck” both in Congress and in all administration posts so they had it virtually “sewn up” to get away with their criminal activities for 6 years. Now the GIG is up - BIG TIME! The mistake they made was overreaching and fixing the election of 2004 which gave them enough time to hang themselves.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:48 amHUGE MISTAKE, Bushevites! HUGE!
FoxSnooze and the rest of the right-wing media hacks are busily downplaying this attorney situation as a trivial issue. They are entirely missing the point — it is just one more in a long list of arrogant, incompetent, self-serving blunders by GDumbya and his Keystone Kops.
That mealy-mouthed Mitch McConnell was on the tube this morning ducking the issue and asserting that Gonzo “enjoys the confidence and serves at the pleasure of the President”. That strikes me as a circular argument — it really begs the question: Does this president enjoy the confidence of the American people? It is very unfortunate that there is no remedy (short of impeachment) for idiots like GDumbya to be fired when they no longer enjoy the confidence of their “boss” — the electorate.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:50 amThey’re all liars and crooks….they need to be removed from office immediately. PRESS PELOSI FOR IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS TODAY! FLOOD THEIR OFFICES WITH INSISTENCE ON IMPEACHMENT.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:51 am#9 Sure, this overt power grab is fine with Faux News! They don’t believe in democracy any more than the lying thugs espouse “fair and equal”. They’re outed to the public now and their ratings as a valid news show are dropping. They’ve become irrelevant and no one is watching them at this point. Criminal minds think alike - so it’s no surprise that Faux News is attempting to trivialize perhaps the largest “overextension of executive power” in our lifetimes. Chimpy makes Nixon look like a Mouseketeer!
April 1st, 2007 at 9:53 amLet’s face it: Anyone, and I mean anyone, (Dem or Rethug) who condones or attempts to otherwise exonerate the obvious usurpation of power by the executive branch in the DOJ scandal WILL NOT be re-elected to public office. That, along with their war stance, will finish them off in one fell swoop.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:54 amThis is how it should work. Bush is the commander in chief and the world’s most powerful man (and greatest). If you want to work for the government, you better be loyal to Bush, who is the number one man in the goverment and the leader of all.
Plus, we’re at war. Bush needs to know who is loyal to him and America and who sides with the liberals and terrorists.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:58 amBush will not escape this. By now Americans know about the role of federal prosecutors.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:00 amOne power grab after another. And the tool of choice is putting inexperienced loyalists in charge of the well being of Americans.
It’s stunning. Words cannot describe how offensive and disgusting this is. From Michael Brown to this. Wow.
You know I grew up with an image of the type of person who would stack the courts. They were always African dictators or South American dictators. Pinochet, for example. Now I can add Bush to this image.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:07 amThis obstruction of justice through putting INEXPERIENCED people in charge of the lives of Americans is a far worse crime than the Iraq war or deomestic spying, etc. This action is a direct assault. A declaration of war by Bush against the citizens of the United States.
Not surprised about this, nor that Bush appoints flunkies either.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:08 amComment by firehead — April 1, 2007 @ 9:58 am
Of course you’re right, firehead. Why didn’t I see this before! I have been so blind!
When the President leads us into a war of his choosing, we must all be loyal to that President and not the Constitution! We must gladly give up the freedoms and rights we so proudly fought for and swear fealty to our beloved leader.
The only way to keep America as the land of the free is to voluntarily relinquish our freedoms!
And people wonder why there are comparisons made between the Bush Administration and Nazi Germany and/or “1984″.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:08 am#13 – Whatever happened to loyalty to the American people? These are our public servants. Catering to 30% of the electorate on the trailing edge of the IQ curve should not be considered a mandate. We are not at war since congress has not declared war and your commander in chief couldn’t command his way out of a wet paper bag. What we are actually experiencing is an experiment in the very darkest side of capitalism.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:11 am#18 The way I see it is that we now know that this government is not one OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, OR FOR THE PEOPLE. That truth is evident now. What to do about it? Time for another Boston Tea Party perhaps??
April 1st, 2007 at 10:13 amHitler’s “diabolical energy” IS alive & well in the Bush Cabal. Didn’t one dictator recently out the scent of sulphur on the podium?? Well…..???
April 1st, 2007 at 10:14 amI wonder how long, if ever, will it take the Department of Justice to rid itself of the stigma of being viewed as nothing more than a strong-arm enforcer for a Political Party.
Let’s face it, even if there is a regime change in 2008 from Republican to Democrat, the U.S. Attorneys will be viewed with suspicion. I am sure that the Republican Party is already gearing up for a massive protest, should an incoming Democratic Administration choose to replace any attorneys.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:16 amall roads DO lead to Rove and Bush on the Turdblossom Express!
April 1st, 2007 at 10:16 amThe absence of loyalty to Bush is a reflection of Bush. Over and over again he has had to manipulate the system to maintain his power.
That is his legacy.
Firehead keep it up. When you label Americans terrorists you’re digging your own grave.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:19 amComment by veritas — April 1, 2007 @ 10:14 am
One could argue Hugo Chavez was democratically elected by an overwhelming majority. Only the wealthy elite (oil companies) consider him a dictator. However, I am concerned that he does not abuse the new powers granted to him by his legislative body.
The thing is, if Hugo Chavez succeeds in the goal of raising the standard of living and opportunities for the poor in his country by socializing the oil industry, Venezuela could become the role model for Democratic Socialism around the globe. That’s why the oil industry is so keen on taking him down.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:21 am#13 Firehead
This is how it should work. Old Bushies works for the American people. We should beable to fire his ass anytime. Pelois needs to bring Impeachment back on the table.
As far as the war goes congress didnot declare war. The only reason we are in Iraq is for OIL and to make Old Bushies and his cronies richer.
April 1st, 2007 at 11:35 amWe need to bring our Troops home NOW.
I found this via C&L and now Jake, Firehead, this is the proper answer to your ongoing questions:
http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=11715
April 1st, 2007 at 12:14 pmthe bottom line is that the reason given for firing the USAs - that they ‘failed to perform’ was in fact true. ‘Performance’ in the bush DoJ means:
1) supressing investigations of actual criminality by republicans
2) raising phoney criminal inquiries against democrats around election time
3) preventing as many democrat-leaning voters as possible from voting.
any USA failing to perform these primary functions is subject to immediate termination and replacement with one exhibiting the proper loyalty to bush and ability to foment the cult of republicanism agenda.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pmIs anyone surprised at any of this anymore? Has there been a single, solitary branch, program, or unit of the government the Bushies HAVEN’T lied about, corrupted, undermined, distorted, destroyed, or stolen from since they bullied their way into office in 2000?
W/ so many die-hard Bush supporters ALREADY embedded in AG posts around the country, one has to wonder how many investigations of GOP corruption have already been scuttled and what sort of truly nasty tricks these A*#holes are getting ready to try and pull in the 2008 elections.
Sociologist Emile Durkheim once said that criminals serve the purpose in society of uniting the rest of us in what we will or will not tolerate, more or less. In that sense, the Bush Crime Family are indeed uniters - we ALL hate them now.
How will we ever come up w/ the money we’ll need to build enough prisons for these creeps? Hmmm, perhaps we can simply lock ‘em up in the secret, Halliburton-built detention camps I keep hearing about.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:07 pmI agree w/ #5 - time to RICO BushCo! They certainly meet all the criteria required to be declared a “Racketeer Influenced and Criminal Organization”.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:10 pmThe new improved Bush/Rove GOP- Department Of Just Us- will never investigate and prosecute themselves. Carol Lam didnt get the memo from the GOP mail server. The Department of Just Us will only allow investigations to procede against persons belonging to the Democratic Party. Please try to remember the Department of Just Us serves only those of Us in the GOP.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:24 pmIT’S KNOWN AS “STACKING THE DECK”—-NOTHING LIKE PLAYING CARDS WITH SOME SURE CARDS IN YOUR FAVOR, EH, WAR CRIMINALS OF Bushland Uber Allies? NICHT WAHR?
April 1st, 2007 at 3:14 pmThe American thing for congress to do would be to subpoena those US attorneys who replaced the “fired ones” & find out how long ago the job of US attorneys was offered to ‘em?
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