Gonzales’s Former Assistant Causes Turmoil As U.S. Attorney
Gonzales’s Former Assistant Causes Turmoil As U.S. Attorney
The Justice Department has faced criticism not only for firing well-respected U.S. attorneys, but also for replacing them with loyal Bushies.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota demonstrates the havoc that ensues when the Bush administration places politics over justice. Four top staffers to Rachel Paulose, the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, have voluntarily demoted themselves in protest of Paulose’s “highly dictatorial style” of managing. Paulose has also “earned a reputation for quoting Bible verses and dressing down underlings.”
According to news reports, the staffers’ dramatic moves were “intended to send a message to Washington — that 33-year-old Paulose is in over her head.” The Bush administration tried to prevent the resignations by sending a “top justice official to Minneapolis Thursday to mediate the situation. The mediation failed.”
A look at Paulose’s background indicates that she was handpicked by the Justice Department because of her personal connections, rather than her professional qualifications:
She was a special assistant to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, worked as a senior counsel for deputy attorney general Paul McNulty and is best buds with Monica Goodling — the assistant U.S. Attorney who recently took the Fifth rather than testify before Congress.
Add to the suspicions the fact that Minnesota’s former U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger stepped down just as the White House was developing its hit list.
Paulose had been in her position for a year as an interim U.S. attorney before she was sworn-in officially last month. She created controversy when her lavish swearing-in ceremony included a professional photographer, a color guard, and a choir.
The Bush administration justified several of its firings of the eight U.S. attorneys by baselessly criticizing their management styles. We await the Justice Department’s response to Paulose.
(TPM and Sepia Mutiny have more.)
UPDATE: In a statement Friday, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse described Paulose as “dedicated to leading an effective U.S. attorneys office in Minnesota and enforcing the laws to ensure public safety. … We are confident during this transition period that the U.S. Attorneys office will remain focused on its law enforcement priorities.”
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“In over their head” will be a historical footnote to the Bush Administration thanks in no small part to the Gonzales-led Department of Justice.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pmBut, but, But…CLINTON!!! CLINTON!!!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pmIt is obvious I need to restock my E-bay store exclusively with brownshirts. Apparently there is a market for them. I have to wonder if the death of their idealogy is a painful one. There seems quite of bit of writhing, whining, and projectile oration.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:44 pmSo, the President CAN’T appoint them now based on politics even at the beginning of his (or next time, her) term?
April 6th, 2007 at 12:44 pm654 more days left of this nightmare administration
April 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pmCeremony fit for a Pharisee.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pm“Now the feds owe the church a favor” is the best line.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:46 pmDamn…. Thats what Minnesotans get for voting for Gore and Kerry….
April 6th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThe most incompetent of the incompetents
“Separation of church and state” CANNOT be used to infringe on an individual’s First Amendment rights.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:50 pmDid she also attend pat robertson’s “law school?”
April 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pmSo the safety of for the people on Minn. rely on a 33 year old ass kisser.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pmPaulose and the other 8 fired US Attys are just the beginning of something much bigger. Why else would the US Attorney General need to practice when all he needs to do is tell the truth? It is the sign of the times when the US’s leading law man needs help with explaining the truth. Why else would GOP Representatives keep at arm’s length and even call for Gonzales’s dismissal? If there was an easy and honest answer to all this we would have heard it by now. And that clear and easy answer ain’t “Clinton did it, too.”
A side note on the Paulose situation in Minnesota is that the DOJ sent a representative to Minneapolis to try to “smooth this over” but failed.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pmFor instance, of course, Paulose wasn’t immediately available for comment on GOOD Friday — freedom of religion and all that — she won’t be available on EASTER Sunday either ; )
April 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pmAnother courtier dispatched to the provinces…
April 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pmThese are the new Redcoats of our times. Doing the King’s bidding to the detriment of the citizens.
-GSD
April 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pmklyde:
Regardless, at least she passed the bar exam the FIRST time, unlike a certain KENNEDY I remember.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:56 pmAnother US Attorney scandal is breaking right now in Wisconsin.
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=128161
April 6th, 2007 at 12:56 pmFor the record, George W. Bush is not a “King” when we all know his term expires on January 20, 2009. I say “No King But Jesus!”
April 6th, 2007 at 12:58 pmMan, she must suck a wicked dick…
April 6th, 2007 at 12:58 pmJust you wait until this all bites the next Democrat elected President in his (or her) butt too.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:59 pmShe looks like she could be Gonzo and Condi’s love child…..
April 6th, 2007 at 1:01 pm.. talk about inside connections………..
#20
April 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmAt least you are acknowledging a given fact, jake, thanks…
protagonist:
Or, she’s simply highly-intelligent and, therefore, a member of the Federalist Society.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmI’m sorry, but 33 is too young to be the top federal prosecutor of a state – most 33-year-old attorneys are lucky if they are Chief Deputy District Attorneys for a large metropolitan area (or Deputy Attorney Generals at the state level) at that point in their careers.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmShe may be a good lawyer, but she doesn’t have the chops yet to take on running a large office such as this. I’m with the folks who quit their administrative posts.
John Kennedy was a US Attorney?
April 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pm#
So, the President CAN’T appoint them now based on politics even at the beginning of his (or next time, her) term?
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
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Actually, they can. And now, thanks to Bush, there will never be another Democratic scandal. I really wish I could meet the president personally, shake his hand, and thank him for this wonderful gift. Once we have a Democratic president, anyone who even thinks of investigating a democrat will be instantly fired, thanks to Bush setting it up like that. I hope this is what you wanted, Jake, since you have fought so hard to get it. Thank you for the greatest gift you could have ever given the democratic party.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:04 pmPaulose wasn’t available for comment on Thursday for publication Friday, Jake. She’ll have a comment as soon as the neocon lie-machine crafts one for her to read on FOX news. It won’t be leap for me to think the word “Clinton” will be part of her response. It’s telling that Paulose is having issues due to her lack of leadership and management skills, as though being a Gonzales lackey passes as “qualifications.”
April 6th, 2007 at 1:05 pmFor more on Paulose and the latest news, email archives, hearings, legal filings and other essential documents on the Bush DOJ prosecutor firings, see:
April 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pm“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Resource Center.”
I wonder what it would be like to live in a country where people are nominated to positions of power based on their skill level and experience instead of connections and similar religous beliefs.
Haven’t known what that’s like since January 2000 and still won’t until January 2008.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:07 pmShe may be a good lawyer
And she may suck? How many cases had she prosecuted before she was handed this plum post? Other than her law degree it seems her only qualification for the job is political loyalty.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:08 pmso she wasn’t confirmed by the senate, right?
April 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pmMinnesota is one of the states that Rove said they were targeting in ‘08. Let me guess what one of her specialties will be. The mythical “voter fraud” scourge, perhaps?
[Remember folks: "election fraud" = real, "voter fraud" = bogus]
April 6th, 2007 at 1:10 pm#23,
Yeah, sure. And Jeff Gannon/Guckert was a qualified journalist. Just as Michael Brown was a qualified Director of the worlds largest Emergency Response team.
Is there any oxygen on your planet?
April 6th, 2007 at 1:10 pmheck of a job Paulsie!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pmPaulose is a “complicit Bushie” and she will be another “fall gal” for this regime of lie and deny, steal and conceal.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pm#16 Antique Troll who is always living in the past and has absolutely nothing credible to add to any discussion. Gotta love the sheer idiocy of Jake-off.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:13 pmJeff Gannon/Gukert is singing…..and when he sings about those 200+ visit to the white house, the curtain is surely to fall on some of the debauchery going on during his visits. Ho – Hum….and they thought LewinskyGate was something?? Hahaa….when they learn the lurid truth about white house officials and their level of hypocrisy, MonicaGate will look like a mere walk in the park.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pm#16 Antique Troll who is always living in the past and has absolutely nothing credible to add to any discussion. Gotta love the sheer idiocy of Jake-off.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:16 pmComment by veritas — April 6, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
that, and the fact Jake Rape has been outted as a right wing hack!
Huh, Jake?
chimpeach: And don’t forget the 2008 GOP Convention is here in St. Paul, too. Voter fraud will be tough to “sell” in Minnesota in 2008 when we vote the GOP out by record margins.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:16 pmPaulose = Another airhead asswipe of the Bush Cabal. Do these younsters really believe the lie about themselves that they have any shred of qualification for their position – other than to be the “fall guy” when the dookey hits the fan?? Amazing egos to fool even themselves in these charades. Paulose is a case in point….qualified attorney? I think not! Experienced attorney: definitely not! Wiping Gonzo’s ugly butt: Absolutely!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pmProud to be a Minny-Soda-n.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pmFour top staffers to Clinton voluntarily demoted themselves, too. So did four top staffers to Pelosi.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pmWhat the hell is LYING A$$ Jake still doing here????
How is it that this person is still allowed to post????
Jake…. Take your lying a$$ back to DC and stick it back up Bush’s a$$……
April 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pmI am glad to see that NO ONE is responding to this twit though!!!!
There’s evidence that Paulose’s predecessor, Tom Heffelfinger, was squeezed out because he refused to cooperate with Minnesota’s Republican Secretary Of State Mary Kiffmeyer on voter-discouragement schemes in the Twin Cities and on Indian reservations.
Heffelfinger is a loyal, partisan Republican from an old Republican family which has been prominent in Minnesota since the Civil War, and I suspect that he’s uncomfortable with the semi-criminal Republican Party of today. He refuses to say anything against Paulose or Bush, but he was left out of Paulose’s cheesy coronation ceremony anyway.
Minnesota Campaign Report
April 6th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
There’s evidence that Paulose’s predecessor, Tom Heffelfinger, was squeezed out because he refused to cooperate with Minnesota’s Republican Secretary Of State Mary Kiffmeyer on voter-discouragement schemes in the Twin Cities and on Indian reservations.
Heffelfinger is a loyal, partisan Republican from an old Republican family which has been prominent in Minnesota since the Civil War, and I suspect that he’s uncomfortable with the semi-criminal Republican Party of today.
Minnesota Campaign Report
April 6th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
The heroes in this story are the brave folks who made a professional stand knowing that it very well could cost them their careers.
Most Americans wouldn’t take a stand if it jeapordized them being able to watch the latest american idol episode.
So enough about the prosititute that was put in charge, who are these brave prosecutors? I suspect that they are going to need all the public support that they can get.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:24 pmAnd if anyone had any doubts that Paulose’s position wasn’t part of the US atty purge, this post leaves little doubt. The US Atty she replaced, Thomas Heffelfinger, was one of the first Sampson pushed out the door when the purge plan first began:
Heffelfinger’s resignation and the U.S. Attorney “purge”
April 6th, 2007 at 1:25 pmhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786981/posts
A new crimefighter in town
St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 2/18/07 | ELLEN TOMSON
Posted on 02/18/2007 11:10:44 AM PST by rhema
Rachel Paulose is a U.S. attorney who is comfortable quoting Bible verses. She believes it is a blessing to live in a country where a person can take on crime, terror and corruption.
The daughter of immigrants who support her every move, she works herself hard, shorts herself on sleep and sacrifices her social life in the pursuit of justice.
Meeting her for the first time, you might not detect her underlying strengths. She easily disarms you.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pmHey Jake!
The way you defend the Bushies for damaging this great country known as the United States of America, I figure you either can’t read “too gud” or you’re a Nazi Brownshirt DeadEnder who gets all warm and fuzzy inside when you just hear the word “totalitarianism.”
So which is it? Are you stupid, or a Nazi, or both maybe? Thanks a bunch hun!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:33 pmShe had exactly one year of trial experience before entering private practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Paulose
Wow–great qualifications.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:37 pmThis evidently is what a “loyal Bushie” looks like:
TPM Muckraker: Wisconsin Case Raises Eyebrows
April 6th, 2007 at 1:40 pmKeep in mind that one of Gonzales’ objectives was to place partisans in order for them to gain the credentials to be judges. Paulose could have been one of those. This is pure patronage and ideology and loyalty are the primary requirements. There are are only 95 USAs, certainly a good Republican with the proper experience is available. Paulose’s suitablity for the job was never a concern. It is disquieting that anyone would have assumed, given her credentials, that she could have done the job. Perhaps this was a faith-based appointment.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:42 pmGramma Millie has Jake’s number. Gramma, if you’re new here, you are the sharpest gramma I ever met!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:43 pmJake is a waste of air and pixels.
She has all the qualifications for right wing prosecuter.
Lack of experience.
A pompous arrogant demeanor
An over inflated sense of self importance (come on, CHOIRS AND COLOR GUARDS at here swearing in? Gimme a break)
And the inability to get along with anyone not willing to bow to her supreme will.
She is the consumate neocon.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:44 pmI watched the video. Good grief! The actions of this administration in aggregate are taking on the dimensions of a “Manchurian Candidate”-esque movie. Closed-door secrecy. Installation of “true believers” into positions of power to carry out their secret plot to take over the world. It would be comical if it weren’t so horribly real.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:46 pmGramma Millie, If you bake cookies your’e the best Gramma ever.
Bad Jake.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pmLike I said, I would’ve been a republican, but my parents weren’t related.
:|
April 6th, 2007 at 1:49 pmJake I am supprised you show your face here again after first namejacking me, then posting your supposed Korean War veteran info by cutting and pasting, word for word mr Johnsons post from a korean war vet site.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:52 pmYou were outed as a liar.
You were caught plagerizing and claiming the info as your own.
Paulose was confirmed just before adjournment. It was leaked to local media that the Bushies had “forgotten” to run her name past (totally compliant) GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, so she probably wouldn’t be approved in time. Knowing what we now know about the extensive preparation and practice that went into this operation, you can be sure she was on the list for recess appointments, but her name was floated to see if she gathered any resistance. Coleman of course gave prompt support, and the lame duck Dem (and, boy, do we mean lame) Mark Dayton, a frat brother of Bush at Yale, took a dive and Paulose shot through approval without, I think a committee hearing. She refused to invite her GOP predecessor to her installation, saying that if he was interested in attending, the event was open to the public. But then he’s not a Federalist, so screw him, right Jake?
April 6th, 2007 at 1:52 pm#39 MrHaney
Year after year, the Republicans try to convince us that Minnesota is moving to the right. In 2000, Gore won Minnesota by about 5,000 votes. In 2004, Kerry took it by about 100,000 votes. Last year Democrats took back the MN House and increased their lead in the MN Senate, and also took back a couple of constitutional offices AND grabbed a U.S. House seat away from a Republican.
I’m afraid I’m just not seeing that rightward shift.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pmHere in Minnesnowta we are used to severe weather, 5 months of winter and a governor who thinks he’s ‘Mini-Bush’.
But we aren’t used to being played by Neocons for ulterior purposes. My God, you’d think this woman was a queen being crowned.
I guess it’s reflective of the attitude throughout Bushie country he really is the Boy King.
NOT!
April 6th, 2007 at 2:03 pmI WORFEUS,
April 6th, 2007 at 2:09 pmWell said. I sure don’t feel safe having a whack job like that in my state. Her and Michele Bachman both. They need to start there own theocratic, authoritarian country somewhere else and show us how great things could be under their supreme rule.
They are a joke.
How come we let that Australian detainee go from Gitmo with a slap on the wrist so Bush could help out his right-wing political bud in Australia while a jazz musician in the Bronx is forced to plead guilty for up to 15 years for just thinking about training al Qaeda, somehow, in martial arts? And is Gitmo really necessary to come down hard on terrorists?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/nyregion/05terror.html?bl=&_r=1&ei=5087&en=77cca271ca2edce5&ex=1175918400&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1175882357-VscF8aPynNQYnQ+TLoA7IQ
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/06/opinion/06fri1.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
April 6th, 2007 at 2:17 pmJake, go away for a couple of weeks-go to republican re-education camp- and then come back as someone else.
Tell you what, we can have a contest to come up with a new persona.
I vote that you come back as Angela, a 50 year old grandma from Queens NY with a twenty year old grandson currently serving in Iraq. That way whenever anyone criticizes bush’s war policies you can accuse them of not supporting the troops and hurting poor little “Paulie’s “moral “over there”. Your husband, “Arnie” , can be a Vietnam Vet who was spit on by hippies when he came back.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pmInteresting that a US Attorney uses the Bible in court yet doesn’t even know God’s Name. There are many Gods but I noticed most of the so called religious Christian Republicans never call Him by His Name. What God are they talking about. Even the Jews call our Creator by His Name. For those who don’t know check out the arch way at the Vatican and clearly His Name is printed. If any had listen to Pope John Paul as he called our Creator by His Name. I was thinking if a man’s name is John and their were 50, 000 people as a call came out for John how many men name John would step forward. Now if you called John Smith a person who know who your talking about. Maybe all those so called religious born again Christians should learn our Creators Name and not sell Satan bill of goods while using the Bible.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:29 pmRachel Paulose is just another Satan lover using the Bible to push Satan work.
From DailyKos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/22/5326/71374
William McGuire, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group Inc., may face criminal charges for reaping $333 million from stock options that might have been backdated to raise their value, say former securities regulators not involved in the case.
…
Dorsey & Whitney LLP, a national law firm based in Minneapolis, has served as United HealthCare’s outside counsel since the early 1980s.
…
Dorsey & Whitney–the same firm Rachel Paulose worked for until Dec. 2005. She left Dorsey in Dec. 2005 to go to McNulty’s office in Jan. 2006. But wait, on Feb. 17, 2006 she was named the Interim USA of MN. So she went from the firm that represented UnitedHealth Group, to main DoJ overseeing Health Care Fraud, to Interim USA of MN overseeing prosecution of her ex-firm’s client. And, all this “unforeseen” activity in a mere 1-1/2 months.
Man, something stinks.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:30 pm[...] This is going the first in a regular series. In the wake of the recent US Attorney’s scandal, I’m going to throw the spotlight on what the Department of Justice has become under the Bush administration. Today’s installment involves Minnesota U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose. Assistant U.S. Attorneys have complained that Paulose has “earned a reputation for quoting Biblical verse and dressing down underlings.” Her resume is slim–she was once a special assistant to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales–and she is also very young (33 years old) to be a U.S Attorney. Paulose also held a highly unusual (”unprecedented” may be a better word) swearing in ceremony. Check out video of the strange swearing in ceremony here. For some background about Paulose, go here. [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 2:32 pmPaulose was born in Kerala, India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Paulose) an ultra-liberal state in India, one of the “few regions in the world where communist parties are democratically elected in a parliamentary democracy” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala#Politics).
No wonder she fled into Pat Robertson’s arms…
April 6th, 2007 at 3:04 pm[...] Read more Turmoil [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 3:06 pm#64 — Jake, go away for a couple of weeks-go to republican re-education camp- and then come back as someone else………
Comment by bob (not the hacker)
LMAO Good one
Anyone want to checkout the thread Jake namejacked and then cut and pasted froma true veteran’s info:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/05/pelosi-syria-prove-it/#comments
What I want to know is why TP did not ban him after the blatent namejacking?
April 6th, 2007 at 3:15 pmI have often wondered where Jake was coming from, but the “no king but jesus” sentence clarifies things for me.
April 6th, 2007 at 3:24 pmPaulose has also “earned a reputation for quoting Bible verses and dressing down underlings” . . . She created controversy when her lavish swearing-in ceremony included a professional photographer, a color guard, and a choir.
Where do they get these freaks? Central casting?
April 6th, 2007 at 3:30 pmShe’s a child. What a damm joke. One year of trial experience?
My family lives in Minnesota. It scares the hell out of me to think she is in charge there.
April 6th, 2007 at 3:35 pmJake is having trouble switching gears. He can’t distinguish between incompetence and corruption. Jake, if you look at the subject header at the top of the thread you will see that it says “Incompetent Establishment”. I have a hard time understanding why you want to defend the administration when it appoints incompetent people. In essence you are saying that no one should criticize President Bush for appointing totally incompetent clowns, just because he has the legal right to do so (not that you would recognize the rule of law if you saw it).
Jake, you are an idiot.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pmRegardless, at least she passed the bar exam the FIRST time, unlike a certain KENNEDY I remember.
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Proof that she did, like a link, or did you just pull that out of thin air? How would you know if she passed or not. The only reason you know about Kennedy is because of his name. Lot’s of attorney’s have trouble passing the bar.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:28 pmAnd we are supposed to believe that the purge of the 8 last December were isolated cases deserving to be replaced?
April 6th, 2007 at 4:30 pmI don’t think so — the 8 that have been in the spotlight for two months are apparently the first we have heard about.
Paulose joins all the other inexperienced, in-over-their-head people given high positions because of political connections, falsely expanding their egos — from W himself, to Bremer and his CPA employees, to Brownie, to Gonzales, to Rice, to Rumsfeld, and on and on, we see an administration run by incompetent loyalists. The few experienced people in charge are crooks and liars; they hire these lackeys.
I say “No King But Jesus!â€
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
And I say “No Jackass buy Jake!”
April 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm#72 Incompetence is all Jaker knows. Anything beyond that is well beyond his unconscious incompetence level of existence.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm[...] newly appointed U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Rachel Palouse, has clearly been disruptive. (More background on Palouse and this story here.) She is another Bush crony, but she was not a replacement for one of the fired 8; her appointment [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 4:37 pmThe daughter of immigrants
Comment by StJs — April 6, 2007 @ 1:26 pm
Since she was born in India I don’t believe she is the daughter of immigrants, she is an immigrant.
But the Rebpublican base doesn’t like immigrants so when you saw this article did you change the facts or did the original author doctor them up just a little bit.
April 6th, 2007 at 4:43 pmregarding Comment by chimpeach: Dorsey’s a pretty damned big law firm … out on quite a limb suggesting that Ms. Paulose was involved in any of their litigation, though certainly not impossible (just an fyi)
April 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pmBREAKING NEWS: Monica Goodling is RESIGNING TOMORROW!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 4:57 pmklyde:
No, instead JFK appointed his OWN BROTHER as Attorney General — best “qualified” there too, right? You were the one who tried to smear Ms. Paulose first, not me.
Gramma Millie:
I am neither stupid nor a Nazi. I fought in the Korean War, I’ll have you know.
Anyone else (NOT on my “Ignore List”)?
April 6th, 2007 at 4:57 pmHmmm. Installed in Minnesota… where Norm Coleman is slipping in favoritism and Al Franken will be running for Senate… no coincidence at all here.. move along, nothing to see here…
April 6th, 2007 at 4:57 pm#78 wystler
Dorsey’s a pretty damned big law firm
United Healthcare’s an awfully damn big client, too. Their headquarters are in Minneapolis. Dorsey & Whitney’s headquarters are in Minneapolis. Paulose went from Minneapolis to D.C. (healthcare fraud at DoJ) back to Minneapolis.
It could be coincidence. But, when you’re talking about the Gonzales DoJ and the Rove White House, very few things are coincidence.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:06 pmAnyone else (NOT on my “Ignore Listâ€)?
Hey, Jake! It’s me, your old pal “Reality”. Am I on your ignore list, too? How come you never come to visit anymore.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pmshe’s just the top of the iceberg. these people believe in wrecking government and selling off national assets to private coporations… duh… knew this was going to happen… nothing dif. than reagan or bush 1… damn americans have no memory. remember how much NIXON sucks? oh nixon’s a good guy now… yah right.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pmStay with this story…where there’ smoke there’s fire. Lots of people in MN have been suspicious about this for awhile. The MN issue is not going unnoticed w/the House Judiciary Committee….probably why the Bushies freaked and sent an emissary to MN to spin for the bible quoting USA.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:28 pm#84 worst fears
damn americans have no memory. remember how much NIXON sucks? oh nixon’s a good guy now… yah right.
Nixon was a terrible president and a truly awful human being. But, next to Bush, he looks pretty damn good.
April 6th, 2007 at 5:30 pm[...] and family in MN with a 34 year old (likely Bible-person) with limited experience who requires an Honor Guard and Choir for her confirmation ceremony and of course this makes me feel all warm and fuzzy about justice [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 5:47 pmLavish swearing in ceremony?!? This is such a tenous, and discredited by the mainstream media no less, attempt to beat this well-educated, well-qualified person down. Have you no shame in your vitriolic attacks?
All you folks who post sophmoric comments using the nomen #$@#$ to cover your lack of vocabulary skills illustrate my point precisely.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:05 pm#87,
Please state the specific qualifications that you allude to.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:27 pm#87,
Besides, of course, that she gives a wicked blow job.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:33 pmIt’s time to PURGE the CHRISTIANIST from our government.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:45 pmThe first Christianist that needs to be PURGED is GW BOTCH!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 6:52 pmComment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 4:57 pm
Maybe you should look up Bobby Kennedy’s record as a prosecutor before you go smearing him. Asswipe.
April 6th, 2007 at 6:59 pmThis is such a tenous, and discredited by the mainstream media no less, attempt to beat this well-educated, well-qualified person down.
Well Qualified? She had ONE year of TRIAL experience and ZERO experience as a prosecutor when she was appointed as the CHIEF PROSECUTOR for the federal government in that state!
It doesn’t matter if she was the top of her class at law school and had all the educational bona fides. She didn’t have the EXPERIENCE to be given this kind of post.
April 6th, 2007 at 7:23 pmAnd how do we know if this sh!t isn’t happening in the Fed. Prison system too?
April 6th, 2007 at 7:49 pmDear Jake:
Try to be more of an authoritarian cultist moron. We’d enjoy it.
Christ, you’re an idiot. If Clinton was doing this shit, you’d be braying like a wolf at the full moon. But you’re probably to self-unaware to admit it.
I suppose we need people in the 35% Club. Just to show everyone how many fucking intellectual infants there are out there. We need to scare this country into some sanity.
And make no mistake about it, you prick: I know there are more terrorist attacks coming, and when they do, you’ll blame everyone but Bush, who has personally created more terrorists than anyone in the history of Mankind.
I will not let you get away with it. Terrorism takes a little time to be done well.
Here’s some elementary stuff for you, Jake: Assuming you have the mental capacity to accept that we cannot stop 100% of people willing to die to do us harm, can you jump to the logical conclusion that the best way to minimize the threat is to reduce the raw number of people willing to die to kill some of us?
Or is that too hard for you?
Thinking is tough business.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:09 pmWhat the hell happened to my last post?
*growl/snarl/spit*
Frustrating.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:15 pmReading between the lines of the last update seems to suggest she might be still temporary?
April 6th, 2007 at 8:32 pmWhat is the “transition phase” the DoJ official refers to?
If she ends up being an interim appointment, I want the money back from her party.
Wellstone gone, Coleman in, cover provided by attorney.
Mission Accomplished.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:05 pmClinton did it too.
And Al Gore is a liar.
So there.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:53 pm[...] Think Progress for the link on the [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 10:57 pm[...] Think Progress for the link on the [...]
April 6th, 2007 at 10:57 pmOh sure complain about some 33 year old woman on good Friday the same age as our Lord when he died but what about the Clinton’s excessive christmas card list?
April 6th, 2007 at 11:46 pmComment by Mabel’s Wig Shack #99
…wig too tight?
April 7th, 2007 at 1:53 amJT at @87 — I love it when “well educated” people such as yourself have difficulty even spelling — it’s “sophomoric” in case you’re wondering.
Also, Jake, I’m glad that you, as a proud Korean War veteran, are here protecting the integrity of Ms. Paulose, the 33 year-old immigrant from India (I assume from this that you are also in favor of an open immigration policy for this great country of ours).
Ms. Paulose may have indeed have more talents than her ability to quote the Bible and, per protagonist, to “suck a wicked dick,” but, unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to have the legal experience and gravitas to run a U.S. Attorney’s office. Other than her connections to the corporate, right-wing Christian, Karl-Rove Republican political machine, what are her real qualifications to hold this office?
April 7th, 2007 at 2:02 amDoes anyone else picture Jake shirtless and sweating, hunched over his computer reading ThinkProgress. Cursing and muttering as his blood pressure gets higher and higher. “But Clinton, but Clinton, I SERVED IN KOREA!!” Deep breaths there Jake – this nightmare can’t last forever…
April 7th, 2007 at 6:08 amI wish Jesus would take Jake back.
April 7th, 2007 at 8:35 am#87
blow me
April 7th, 2007 at 9:07 amI say “No King But Jesus!â€
Comment by Jake — April 6, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
here you go:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/287964.jpg
everyone’s favorite saviour on a stick!
CHOCOLATE JESUS…
April 7th, 2007 at 9:54 amI linked to the story above and it claimed that the Senate OK’d this woman as the USA…this couldn’t have been the Democratic Senate, could it?
April 7th, 2007 at 1:50 pmAnyone know?
Paulose was confirmed in the closing minutes of the previous republican senate. My guess is she was deeply involved in the US Attorney purge. Hopefully she will be called to testify by the Senate. We may be witness to the unprecedented spectacle of a sitting US Attorney taking the fifth amendment.
April 7th, 2007 at 3:33 pmHmmm…. Paulose + Republican convention + protestors= ?
April 7th, 2007 at 6:48 pmPaulose–ANOTHER Bushland Uber Allies CAREER CRIMINAL—THE CO-CONSPIRATORS IN THIS MESS ARE MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE LEGS ON A CENTIPEDE, AND MORE VENOMOUSLY PERNICIOUS, ALSO!!!!!
April 7th, 2007 at 7:16 pmOne of the most brilliant and highly respected U.S. District Judges was appointed by the president when he was in his early 30s. After nearly 40 years on the bench this judge is now on what is called senior status (a form of semi-retirement). If a white male can become a judge at 33, then an Indian American female certainly can become a U.S. Attorney at the seem age.
It seems the Minnesotans (many are Euros of Scandanivian descent) aren’t happy with a young highly intelligent Indian-American woman serving as the U.S. Attorney. You need to look beyond the politics and the true source of the Minnesotans dislike for this young lady’s rise to become top prosecutor.
Here is another thought. Suppose you served 25 years in the US Atty office. Then a 33 year old, who has 8 years of legal experience becomes your boss. Then this 33 year old criticizes your work and your priorities, you probably would complain too.
April 7th, 2007 at 7:49 pmDon’t forget Granny D!! That woman is a firecracker.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:52 pmI say “No King But Jesus!â€
Then why do you support Bush, you pathetic hypocrite?
April 7th, 2007 at 9:54 pmIf a white male can become a judge at 33, then an Indian American female certainly can become a U.S. Attorney at the seem age.
Let me reiterate – she had NO EXPERIENCE as a prosecutor at ANY LEVEL. You don’t tap someone to lead aprosecutor’s office that has NEVER done any kind of work in that field, no matter if they’re white, black, or green with pink polka dots.
I said it before – she may have had the educational bona fides, but she’s too wet-behind-the-ears to be handed the top spot in a state’s U.S. Attorney office.
April 8th, 2007 at 4:10 pm9 su 10! Ottenerlo! Siete buoni!
April 13th, 2007 at 5:30 am[...] the administration’s hit list, suggesting that these prosecutors were fired to make way for partisan [...]
April 13th, 2007 at 5:34 pm[...] but they replacing them with abrasive, arrogant, self-righteous & incompetent snits. From Thinkprogress… “The U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota demonstrates the havoc that ensues when the [...]
April 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pmShe is unfit for the position and should be fired. She has said she was surprised she was selcted for the postion. If she has any integretiy she would resign. Surely she knows she was not selected for her skill set. And now the world knows that too due to the self-demotion of her hand selcected staff – the real pros – all due to her clear lack of ability. And shame on the senator who finallyt sponcered her nomination. The “good” senator was elected to protect the interests of his constituents. Here, the Bushies are inflitrating Minnesota for Bush/Rove goals with this unqualified baby attorney. The Senator admits that Paulose was not his first two choices to fill the opening and that she was forced on him by Gonzales. She has ruined her career by accepting this position. She is tarred forever by this Rove/Gooding/religious sting on Minnesota.
April 16th, 2007 at 1:53 pmOne of the most brilliant and highly respected U.S. District Judges was appointed by the president when he was in his early 30s. After nearly 40 years on the bench this judge is now on what is called senior status (a form of semi-retirement). If a white male can become a judge at 33, then an Indian American female certainly can become a U.S. Attorney at the seem age.
It seems the Minnesotans (many are Euros of Scandanivian descent) aren’t happy with a young highly intelligent Indian-American woman serving as the U.S. Attorney. You need to look beyond the politics and the true source of the Minnesotans dislike for this young lady’s rise to become top prosecutor.
Comment by bradford
Interesting that you tell us about “one of the most brilliant and highly respected U.S. District Judges” who “was appointed in his early 30s” but don’t give his name.
April 21st, 2007 at 5:52 pmMoreover, if Minnesotans are as racist (against dark-skinned people) as you imply, how can you explain its recent election (Nov. 2006) of the first Muslim, a Black man, to the US Congress?
IT is truely a joke that this site actually has the guts to call themselves think progress. Whose progress are we talking about here. The attorneys are appointed by the executive branch of government. They are political appointments. They can be fired for any reason at all. Why not such a big scream about Clinton firing all of them. You brilliant people who like to scream about anyone who is a republican being evil need to look at your own I am sure democratic representatives and senators and look at all the political appointments they make and hire. You want to get real outrage and see where taxpayers money and the health of this country is being effected the most adversely. Of course then again there will be no outrage anyhow from you because either you don’t want to pay attention to this or you have the some of the nice politically appointed jobs in your districts.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:16 am