Report finds politics played role at DOJ

Terry, Disabled Vet, Des Moines, IA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:32:51 GMT

Put this POS in a uniform and send him over to fight. Let his ass get shot off and then will he ever utter the words "Right Thinking Amercians". Respect is a two way street.

Report finds politics played role at DOJ

Carol Anne, Seattle — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:33:09 GMT

George W. Bush's DOJ Civil Rights Division: oxymoron!

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Diane from Illinois — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:35:48 GMT

No surprise here. Alberto Gonzales - The gift that keeps on giving.

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Lisa in Florida — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:36:59 GMT

And when will Schlozman and Gonzalez be going to prison?

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:37:08 GMT

"GONZO-GATE", IT WILL NEVER, EVER GO AWAY. YES G.W. EVEN IF YOU GRANT LAST MINUTE PARDONS. THIS WAS AN "OUTRAGEOUS" ABUSE OF POWER AND CLEARLY AGAINST THE "LAW".

Report finds politics played role at DOJ

Daniel DeGrandpre, Vancouver, Wa. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:37:30 GMT

One has to wonder if we will ever see true justice done as concerns the Bush administration. And when the heck are we going to get rid of the term Homeland, it sounds too Nazi-esk.

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jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:37:35 GMT

Begin legacy spinning by Bush and the shrubbies in 5...4...3...2...1.

Gee, remind me why I was supposed to SUPPORT the BUSH administration again?

January 20th can't get here fast enough.

1 WEEK UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY!
http://jawillie.blog.com

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Ron Indiana — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:44:37 GMT

Politicizing the DOJ has to be one of the top 5 illegal, unconstitional acts of the Rove/Bush/Chaney administration. Wire tapping, torturing, loss of Habeas Corpus, are all by-products of the Bush era. Restoring the laws under the Constitution will be a great gift to the American people. Along with republican Senator Hatch, I support Eric Holder as the next Attorney General.

Report finds politics played role at DOJ

jesse St.Paul Minnesota — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:46:48 GMT

Bush turned Justice into his own law firm,only hiring his party shills.Only wanted lawyers that would go after Dems.Albert was just a pawn,he did what he was told,and had no guts to stand up against LIL GWB.Calling lawyer names like LIBS,PINKOS,DISLOYAL,sounds like school yard sissy's.What rock did these people crawl out from under,and when will they be crawling back?Maybe Federal Prosecutors will re=open this with this new info.

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Brian, Cedar Hill, TX — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:47:09 GMT

Is this any surprize?

Report finds politics played role at DOJ

marty,s.c. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:28 GMT

You cant tell me that there will be no investigations of the Bush Justice Dept. Our Constitution will require it. When what has been done in the dark comes to the light, there will be a roar of discontent that wont be ignored, The American people will insist on accountability.

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The - Democrat Soldier — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:51:30 GMT

The way the GOP politicized the country is down right shameful and un-American.

They literally attempted to divide the country from the top - down.

GOP's had declared war on anyone whom had a different political view and didn't care in any shape, form or fashion about the state of this country as a whole.

The last 8 years will go down in history as the most politically divided time in history and will be seen as a disgraceful task and demeanor - thought through and implemented by the disgraceful Republicans.

The sad thing is that they succeeded in their divisive ways by raping the middle class (mostly Democrats) and filling the pockets of wealthy Americans (GB’s base).

David Gregory's MTP on Sunday - provided the numbers - he went over the percentage amount of our wealth that went to the top percent of Americans ( and others) - and even broke that down into how much the top 1 percent received.

Greed - by the Republicans ruined our country and we can "never ever" forgive them.

George Bush - was their key in raping the wealth of this country. He stood by for 8 years, did nothing and watched them steal us blind.

Now - some of his staff members want to begin to praise PE Obama and explained how his plan will make a difference.

Frankly - any comment from any of George Bush's staff members - means nothing, they just want to make an attempt to gain "credit" for the recovery that will be because of PE Obama’ plan.

Enough - I don't want to hear anymore ideas, praises or anything, that comes from any supporter of George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA

Report finds politics played role at DOJ

rhoward, Elgin, SC — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:55:51 GMT

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. It's the reason that Gonzales was selected to head the Justice Department in the first place. It sure wasn't because he was the sharpest knife in the drawer.

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edward williams, Hinesville Georgia — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:56:29 GMT

And Justice for all!!!!!!!!

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Shaun, Atlanta — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:56:40 GMT

WHY DECLINE TO PROSECUTE? If Clinton can be impeached for lying about a BJ, this schmuck certainly needs to be held accountable.

Oh wait, it's still a Republican DOJ. Just seven more days.

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Lee in A — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:58:07 GMT

Oh! How the Drooling Right would have howled like a vampire in a Coumadin factory if that distended rectum had said things like "fascist," and "nazi."

TYhere will no doubt be posters supporting the "right thinking American." Bush turned the DofJ into a partisan sewer. (Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.)

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newdayDawning — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:59:02 GMT

Oh my gosh. Did no one inform them that the days of McCarthy were over?

And why isn't this idiot being prosecuted?

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ace — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:56 GMT

not suprised. this to shall change. politics has no place in the doj. all dirt comes out in the wash sooner or later. no suprise to me.

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:02:39 GMT

Typical intolerant right wing Republican.

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Auntie Fascist — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:04:54 GMT

OK, let's prosecute this clown. And anyone who covered his gluteus maximus!!

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thats a fact jack — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:06:00 GMT

no suprise here everyone knows only far right wing fanatics were acceptable to bush/cheney/rove

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Kathy Ihde — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:07:00 GMT

WHY isn't the incoming Administration going to prosecute these horrific law-breakers???!! This is going to get old really fast ... How can we believe the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day when he holds his hand on the Bible and swears to uphold our Constitution when he won't be? Ironic, isn't it, when he TAUGHT Constitutional law yet won't uphold our Constituion and prosecute the Bush Administration abuses over the past 7-8 years?

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MSierra, SF — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:11:39 GMT

There's a shocker !!
Politics in the Bush DOJ !!

Will anyone face the consequence ?

Can Bradley Schlozman get away with it?

What about Monica Goodling ?
She took the 5th to avoid incriminating herself
Will she be punished ?

What about the Attorney, John Yoo who wrote findings that 'torture was legal' ?
Will anyone be punished for torture ?

Does being President mean never having to say you're sorry ?

If you let this slide, future Presidents will act with impunity
What happens to the 'rule of law' ?

Was Nixon right ?
'If the President does it, ti's legal' ?

Bush admitted authorizing torture.....

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Ed, San Antonio — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:35 GMT

Poor Alberto!...Gettin' thrown under the bus! Guess eventho he is a RTA...it's just isn't enough....All of the RATS are leaving the ship, trying to get to higher ground!

Eric Holder can't get on board soon enough, and all the Repukes see what's coming....and will try to derail his appointment!

A New Sheriff in Town......Run for your lives Repukes!

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Susan L., Redmond, WA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:22:40 GMT

This is a surprise to anyone? When the Traditional Media are nothing but lap-dogs for a Conservative Administration (because that's how they operate -- lap dogs for Republicans, attack dogs towards Democrats) what else do you expect? The Traditional Media has been harangued for decades about being "liberal" so much so that they bend over backwards and do a couple of back-flips, too, to try to appear balanced. What they don't get is that "balance" to the right wing is when they win everything and everyone else loses. That's why the Traditional Media will, eventually, cease to exist. They are no longer relevant. Now, after 8 years when everyone knew this was going on, you suddenly report it as if you never knew. You knew. You just thought it was okay. Bush and his political appointee unqualified cronies are the most to blame, but the Traditional Media has to bear some of the burden, too. You let it happen. You never asked questions. You let the Republicans get away with murder, but you loved going after Clinton for a blowjob. You have no credibility anymore.

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Jackson, Seattle — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:23:04 GMT

And if Bush hadn't had Gonzalez and Meiers sidestep their subpoenas, this all could have come to light so much sooner.

And so his legacy will endure....

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Marie Burns — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:24:54 GMT

Hmmm. Federal prosecutors no doubt declined to prosecute because they were RTAs (right-thinking Americans).

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Annette, Odessa, MO — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:25:51 GMT

Typical Right Wing Nut Job...He was that way in Kansas and it looks like he didn't change when he went to DC...

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tip of the iceberg — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:28:53 GMT

This should not surprise anyone. It really was quite obvious. The beginnings of the tell all books and articles. We will eventually see information that will make our hair stand on end about how close we came to totalitarian government, total all out war, the extent of the corruption and the totality of the incompetence of the Bush Administration.

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One More Week - Austin, TX — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:03 GMT

I have but one word to say - PROSECUTE!

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Kay P Tempe AZ — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:53 GMT

6-22

So tell me - what could possibly be a hang up for Holder with this sort of previous DOJ from the Bush Administration? Spector needs to put a sock in it and move on.

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TexasLou — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:37:42 GMT

Another glorious chapter in the George W. Bush legacy!

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Beth in VA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:42:15 GMT

And the Justice Department decided not to prosecute these crimes. I have to say, it doesn't seem to matter if you're a Republican. Perhaps now that a Democrat is in office, suddenly Republicans will be concerned once again with "Law and Order".

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Ralphie — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:07 GMT

Can't wait until Obama fires all of those liberty university graduates that are ruining the DOJ and the nation...and for petes sake root out any members of the young republicans club too...they are non serving flag waving cowards

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Bentley in NY — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:03:27 GMT

This is ridiculous...this country was founded on our right to disagree and not have it matter in any respect or to be held against us....for us to be persecuted for our personal beliefs and this man used it as the cornerstone of his hiring desicions. Typical of the Bush administration, if your not with us in lock step, your against us, your unpatriotic or anti-American, your the enemy. And worst of all, he's not going to pay the price for his mistreatment of prospect employees, why will no one prosecute the criminals in this administration!!!!!

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IntheMiddle, TX — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:04:28 GMT

Everybody has some political view, irregardless of where you work. Politics is politics and it is played everywhere. Man this is a NO STORY. See who comments on this story???? LIBERALS....Always got some smart azz answer.

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juan, Ft lauderdale,Fla — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:13:42 GMT

Tax payor money had to be spent to create such report? That Bushy's DOJ was based soley on complete loyalty to him and the right wing ideology was common knowlege to anyone who had a brain and not brain-washed by them. DUH!

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Richard, Washington State — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:14:32 GMT

And will continue to do so.

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Richard, Washington State — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:18:47 GMT

Isn't it political for a new president to completely clean out the justice department and start with his own? It may be traditional, but it's political. I don't trust or expect the Obama administration to be any less political in its appointments than the Bush administration.

How many of you can seriously say that Obama's justice department appointments will not be compatible with the ideology and agenda of the new administration?

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Suburban Mom paying attention, IL — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:27:10 GMT

Let's hope the spotlight will now shine brightly on Sen. Arlen Specter and the GOP's attempts to undermine the appointment of Eric Holder to Attorney General. Holder is planning to clean house at Justice, and that isn't sitting well with certain folks. The nation desperately needs integrity in the DOJ once again. Unfortunately, the GOP apparently only has one thing on its collective mind: obstruction at all costs.

I hope the American people are paying attention to their respective congresspeople, and pressure these individuals to truly work toward getting our country back on track.

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juan, Ft Lauderdale, Fl — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:32:21 GMT

When are Americans going WAKE UP and demand accountablity. It only makes hypocrites out of us for the world to see that talk is cheap, that we do not practice what we preach, that indeed we have reverted back to Nixonian beliefs that presidents are above the law. It was forgone conclusion once Bush allowed former YES MEN of Nixon (Cheney, Rumsfeld) to run over, trample and shred our Bill of Rights. U.S. VS THEM MENTALITY. Discent became unAmerican/unpatriotic, as Palin believes "Not the real Americans", and finally we are slowly but surely heading towards dangerous territory that Ben Franklin stated "Country that chooses security over liberty derserves neither"

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RBofLA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:34:17 GMT

you know what, I would gladly give up my salary for a year to see any of these a$$holes go to prison. Gonzales, Cheney, Bush, Rove...matter of fact. I would move back in with my mother and give up my salary for 10 years for any of the above mentioned to serve 1 year in jail. I mean dammit something has to be done.

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Sunyata — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:38:39 GMT

Gambling? In the casino?

Well, as ever, I am shocked. Shocked.

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Mike Nifong — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:09:57 GMT

Can't understand why anyone wouldn't trust a democrat lawyer.

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Jack Frost — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:18:06 GMT

MSNBC - "The coldest air spilled across the Canadian prairie into the Dakotas and Minnesota. Grand Forks, N.D., dropped to a record low of 37 degrees below zero Tuesday morning, lopping six degrees off the old record set in 1979, the National Weather Service said."

Forget about all this political stuff. I just hope the Obama administration deals with the "global warming" crisis.

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New Independent — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:00:21 GMT

If this country does nothing about all the illegal things the Bush administration did, what's to prevent ANY president from doing it again? The first thing that needs to be stopped is the president "signing statements" next to laws passed by Congress. No one should be above the law. They also shouldn't be allowed to use presidential privileges or national security the way they do. This is ridiculous.

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S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:17:43 GMT

This is one of the most damaging things that this administration could have done. The primary reason that the DOJ is supposed to have non-partisan hiring rules is because it is supposed to enforce the rule of law equally over the country. To penalize one group over another just because of their opinions is against what this country stands for in so many ways.

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:24:41 GMT

As a person who for 8 years has tried to get an interview at DOJ, I am not surprised. But turnabout is fair play.

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Sandy, Manhattan, Kansas — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:19:08 GMT

"How many of you can seriously say that Obama's justice department appointments will not be compatible with the ideology and agenda of the new administration?" (Richard, Washington State)

Big difference, Richard in Washington. Obama's ideology is based on fair treatment and respect for all, regardless of party affiliation. Bush/Cheney's greedy, selfish GOP was (is??)utterly focused on maximizing GOP party power, from beginning to end and top to bottom, with no thought whatsoever of sharing, respect, or the country as a whole . Obama's better ideology will inevitably yield better results.

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Pacheck, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:26:20 GMT

A show stopping mistake Pres. Obama could make is to not cut loose the DOJ on Gonzales and his gang. The DOJ under Gonzales has given the impression that it and he broke the law on several occasions. This is an office that screams for justice as an example. No pardons or get out of jail free cards. If Obama don't follow through, he is as crooked as Bush.