Gonzales: "No Place For Politics At Justice"

[bemildred]

Edit: I believe Gonzo is being thrown under the bus.

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No one is fooled any longer by Gonzales’ Captain Renaud imitation. Surely he is not really shocked—SHOCKED!—to find his Justice Department politicized. After all, he is one of the people who helped politicize it. It was Gonzales who failed to protect career professionals at Justice; it was Gonzales who encouraged or tolerated the hiring practices that brought partisan hacks into the Department at the expense of non-partisan veterans. And it was Gonzales who allowed his patrons at the White House to turn Justice into just another arm of Karl Rove’s political machinery.

In a piece Tuesday focusing upon Gonzales’ testimony, and the related news that the House of Representatives is pushing ahead with contempt proceedings against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolton and former White House counsel Harriet Miers, the Washington Post’s Dan Eggen wrote:

Most members of Gonzales's senior staff have resigned or are on the way out. Several outside candidates turned down chances to be considered for the job of his deputy, and more than a half-dozen other top positions remain filled by temporary appointees. Some of the department's key legislative priorities -- including intelligence law revisions and anti-crime proposals -- have also bogged down because of the fight with Democrats over the prosecutor firings.

"It takes away from normal work," one recently departed Justice official said about the persistent controversy over Gonzales's role in the firings and the use of improper political considerations in hiring career employees. "It obviously has a serious impact,” said the former official, who would discuss the department's internal workings only if not identified.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/07/24/couricandco/entry3092503.shtml

[bumblebee1]

1. Call me naive or something,

but I don't think there's supposed to be politics in the Justice Dept. You're supposed to interpret the laws of our nation. You're also supposed to leave your politics at the front door.

[driver8]

2. But Gonzo does interpret the laws...he interprets them the way Shrub tells him to.

Gonzo is quickly moving up my list of "most despicable" rethuglicans.

[damntexdem]

3. There's no place for justice at Justice, and there won't be until ...

there's no place for Gonzo at Justice.

[BootinUp]

4. Sooner or later

a bolt of lightning is gonna fly right up his @ss.

[Bitwit1234]

5. I want to know the answer to this question, if anyone knows it.

Who told this republican administration that the American People were as stupid as they are. Who, other than bush's base of 25% NOW believe all the crap they are throwing us. Can anybody, anybody at all explain why they would think we are this gullible. I admit some Americans believed that the terrorist were coming, the terrorist were coming.

[bemildred]

6. Dumb people don't really understand what it means to be smart.

I don't believe anyone told them, they just assume everybody else is like them.