Goodling Tried To Block Hiring Of ‘Liberal,’ Leading To Internal Justice Investigation
Goodling Tried To Block Hiring Of ‘Liberal,’ Leading To Internal Justice Investigation
The Washington Post confirmed tonight that former Gonzales counsel Monica Goodling, who will testify tomorrow before the House Judiciary Committee, is under investigation by the Justice Dept. inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility because of her effort to block the hiring of a career prosecutor last fall because he was too “liberal.”
Goodling — a 33-year-old graduate of Pat Robertson’s Regent University with six months of prosecutorial experience — tried to thwart an effort by interim U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor to hire Seth Adam Meinero, “a Howard University law school graduate who had worked on civil rights cases at the Environmental Protection Agency and had served as a special assistant prosecutor.”
Goodling stalled the hiring, saying that Meinero was too “liberal” for the nonpolitical position, said according to two sources familiar with the dispute. […]
Taylor complained to Goodling directly, according to two sources who were told about the conversation, saying that a U.S. attorney’s office hires all kinds of people. Taylor also complained to Sampson, who was a friend and eventually gave Taylor the authority to bypass Goodling.
Taylor mentioned the experience to U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of Alexandria, the sources said. After Rosenberg became Gonzales’s temporary chief of staff following Sampson’s resignation, he asked the department’s inspector general to look into Taylor’s allegations, they added.
Such allegations against Goodling are nothing new. Media accounts have documented how she “moved to block the hiring of prosecutors with résumés that suggested they might be Democrats,” and quizzed “applicants for civil service jobs at Justice Department headquarters with questions that several United States attorneys said were inappropriate, like who was their favorite president and Supreme Court justice. One department official said an applicant was even asked, ‘Have you ever cheated on your wife?‘”
Hiring for such positions based on political affiliation is a violation of federal law.
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Can’t wait!
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:34 amWhat a laugh, she is being investigated by the Justice Department for not hiring enough liberals….
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:37 amA surefire indicator that one is a Republican, right?
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:41 amNo Heckuva, she is being investigated for hiring unqualified, political hacks.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:43 am#4 — JPark
….such as herself.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:45 amZoo, it is a lie that opposites attract. Goodling loves batty f^cking fundy freaks.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 amOH NO……………. NO NO NO, NOT GONZALES.
LISTEN AT THE RATE OF BABBLED ON TONIGHT, I THINK IT’S TIME I
TAKE ANOTHER CHILL PILL AND
CHILL
OUT
FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS REGARDLESS ON MY ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
DUDE… I AIN’T SAYING NOTHING MORE :) NOT THE FIASCO GOING ON
REGADING WITH THE CORRUPTION WITH THE DOJ…..
DUDE, I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE :)
DEFINITELY IT’S ABOUT TIME I DO SOME CHILLIN DUDE
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:54 amOnce again, we look forward to watching the foxes “investigate” the slaughter in the hen house and eagerly await the findings of this investigation.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:56 amZoo, it is a lie that opposites attract. Goodling loves batty f^cking fundy freaks.
Comment by JPark
Have you ever seen “Jesus Camp?” If not, rent the DVD. It will freak you out — seriously.
Goodnight, JPark.
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:59 amI have not seen it yet. I have read articles on it and it seems very scary. These people are nuts.
Night Zoo.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:10 amFor the latest news, document dumps, email archives, hearing transcripts and other essential materials in the firings of U.S. attorneys, see:
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:14 am“The U.S. Attorney Scandal Documents.”
Although the media refused to air live coverage of the Gonzales hearings, they will certainly provide live coverage of Goodling’s testimony.
How do I know?
Goodling is blond, and she has boobies.
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:15 amBut she isn’t missing, Kane!!!
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:20 amLOL, Grumpus (#3).
Don’t be too hard on the Gooder. All she ever wanted to do was to serve this preznit and look what she got! Boohoohoo!
What a beacon of the fine legal education provided by Pat Robertson U!
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:25 amShe has that empty look you see on fundy music commercials. The look that says…”I might speak in tongues soon if my dreams come true. I may be retarded but I am SAVED!!!!”
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:29 amGoodling’s testimony is going to do one of two things tomorrow, a) it will provide us all with some astounding muck to rake, or b) it is going to be an unrevealing attempt at stonewalling, which will most likely anger some the Senators.
It will be interesting to see how Goodling, a completely unseasoned novice in the public arena, holds up under the questioning of Senators, who know how to wield power in a committee hearing.
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:12 amMonica may be a Regent/Pat Robertson right wing fundamentalist flunky;but she’s definately fuçkable !
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:29 amNo, horny guy, she would have that empty moronic look there too. Sorry, not too satisfying.
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:34 amComment by JPark
Well then,I’d just have to double bag her head. lol
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:47 amNah, horny, that incredible lack of movement or verbiage would bug me. Sex with Republicans is really not very good.
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:50 amComment by JPark
LOL! Night JP..
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:13 amGOPer females are extremely strange and frigid nincompoops.
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:29 amObviously, Goodling, a grad of Pat Robertson’s Regent University, doesn’t reside in the reality-based community. Now in the world of most who’ve refused the Kool-Aid, that’s a problem. However, in the Bush administration, as the president clearly stipulated, to Ron Susskind, “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors … and you, all of you, will be left to study what we do.”
Silly rabbits!
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:06 amShow me someone who hates liberals, and I’ll show you a degenerate.
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:32 amInspector General, 33 years of age..!!
Pat Robertson University !!
Political appointees….’No liberals allowed…… ha
May 23rd, 2007 at 7:01 amWho decides if soemone is liberal or not…? Is there a law to ban liberals on the books?!!
And when is she going to be drilled before congress? Why hasn’t it happened already?!
Thus far evidence suggests obstruction of justice and electioneering throught the Judicial Dept. and I want to know what the hell is taking so long to hold these Bush folks accountable!
NOW!
Why are they debating Immigration??????????????????????
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:20 amThis is the Rightard’s Monica.
No BJ’s, just pure political bullshit.
Monica, they deserve you. Have fun on The Hill today, girl.
You’re in the spotlight now; just where you’ve always wanted to be.
BTW, paybacks are a bitch.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 am“One department official said an applicant was even asked, ‘Have you ever cheated on your wife?‘â€
This was the key question. If they answered yes then she would know that you are a corruptible person and that is what she was looking for. I’m fairly sure she would rather have the applicant answer yes than no to that question.
I would also be interested in knowing how many females she interviewed for the Justice Department and did she ask them if they cheated on their husbands.
This administration is so corrupt it is corrupting the soul of this country. It’s time for “we the people” to take our country back.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 amCould someone please get a petition going to have Constitutional LAW taught at that embarrassment of a law school?
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 amThose in the DOJ who are not political appointees have the same rights that all of use have and if yo think being asked if yo cheat on your wife is a question you would allow during YOUR job interview then you are either unemployed or ignorant or both.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 amDoes Bush still gets messages from Jesus to kill Iraqis?
Twenty five years of alcochol and cocaine was bad for the brain cells and for US.
Wonder if Goodling suffered similar addictions and gets similar messages.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 am“Is there a law to ban liberals on the books?!!”
No, but I’m fairly sure that there is a law saying that you can’t discriminate against hiring someone because of their political affiliations. For the life of me I can’t understand why any Liberal would want to work in the Bush administration, but if they do, then they can’t refuse to hire them because of their political views.
It’s like all of the 30 something kids that were hired by the Coalition Provisional Authority. They were blatantly asked if the supported Bush and his mission in Iraq. If they said “yes” they were hired regardless of their qualifications. And, can anyone tell me about anything they did that was a success, other than sucking up billions of our tax dollars?
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:43 amNazi Youth. Just how can Goodling tell if someone is a liberal from their resume?! Oh, right. It is spelled correctly and she had to look up the words she didn’t understand in the dictionary. Oh, and their degrees came from legit universities.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:57 amAnyone else notice that Monica bears a striking resemblance to Tonya Harding in the picture above?
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 amComment by Jim — May 23, 2007 @ 6:06 am
You are sooo confused Jimbo. It’s libs that create their own reality. They do it while they are “finding their own truth.” Remember “finding your own truth?”
“Who decides if soemone is liberal or not…? Is there a law to ban liberals on the books?!!”
Comment by tarazan — May 23, 2007 @ 7:01 am
C’mon Tarzan, don’t you recognize your own kind? You are obvious to the rest of the population. Is there a law to ban liberals? No, but if you study a little history, you will discover that the political party of the president in office tends to have greater representation in most all levels of appointments. Not all go overboard like Bush and appoint partisans at the expense of quality, but the practice is the norm.
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:29 am#34 She really does! Although, have you seen Tonya Harding lately? She’s pushing maximum density now…
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:29 amAnyone else notice that Monica bears a striking resemblance to Tonya Harding in the picture above?
Comment by ginseng — May 23, 2007 @ 9:15 am
All blond females serve the same purpose for ya, ginseng?
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 am#34 She really does! Although, have you seen Tonya Harding lately? She’s pushing maximum density now…
Comment by Kiki
Tonya would kick Monica’s butt and just keep moving. Don’t y’all be messing with Tonya. She’s our local icon.
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:35 am“Ms. Goodling should be evicted from the Church for wearing a shirt promoting a known homosexual who supports such gay causes as ‘Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’ and ‘Gay Men’s Health Crisis’. She’s obviously a closeted Librul and Libruls are bad”.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:03 amRosenberg was not made Gonzales’ permanent chief of staff. Can’t send a message that says we’re too soft or allow ourselves to be tainted by hints of partisanship, now can we now, ‘Fredo.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 amAt least Monica’s testimony is not on any (major?) channel.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 amThe President is speaking in an hour re: al Qaeda threat.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:16 amGoodling said: Meinero?! That last name sounds too foreign to be a loyal Bushie! He MUST be a liberal!
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 amAt least Monica’s testimony is not on any (major?) channel.
Comment by Jake —
The President is speaking in an hour re: al Qaeda threat.
Comment by Jake
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Figures. That “liberal bias” in the media, you know.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 amIf goodling’s behavior doesn’t totally digust you, then you are no friend of Democracy.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:41 am#42, The President is speaking in an hour re: al Qaeda threat.
Comment by Jake — May 23, 2007 @ 10:16 am
What a shock. When in the toilet, bring out the boogeyman and crank up the fear. This was old 3 years ago, and pathetic now.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:54 am#38 I wouldn’t mess with Tonya, personally. I know she could kick my butt, even without backup.
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:56 amThe plot thickens.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 am