Patrick Fitzgerald is a Republican

[stepnw1f]

Republican or not, he's a damn good prosecutor and an ethical one at that. Dear God, do not allow partisanship to blind this man...

just heard this on the Laura Flanders Show.

[babylonsister]

1. I heard he's not a member of any political party.nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. by today's daffynitions, that makes him a democrat.

just kidding.

Here in Illinois, he is highly respected. He has done great work cleaning up all the corruption locally.

[babylonsister]

20. I'm in love with him for his ethics and for

fighting the bad guys!:loveya:
And you're right, I'm sure he's a Dem at heart. ;-)

[meow2u3]

25. That's the same thing I heard, too

It was even on the news that Fitz is literally nonpartisan.

[hang a left]

26. Yes...

heard it out of his own mouth.

[sweetm2475]

2. Last I heard it was that he USED to be a Republican..

But has since changed to Independent or NO AFFILIATION. I'll have to try to double check that.

[Zen Democrat]

3. And his father's hero was Robert F. Kennedy.

[shraby]

5. When he was indicting Libby, he said in his

speech that "one day I read I was a Republican, the next day I read I was a Democrat, and the only thing I did was sleep overnight"

[sweetm2475]

29. .

Fitzgerald is careful to be apolitical in his targets and his public life alike. He registered to vote as an Independent in New York, only to discover, when he began receiving fundraising calls, that Independent was a political party. He re-registered with no affiliation, as he did later in Chicago.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55560-2005Feb1?language=printer

[JerseygirlCT]

23. That's what I'd read, as well. nt

[sweetm2475]

30. here's where I read it (WaPo).....

Fitzgerald is careful to be apolitical in his targets and his public life alike. He registered to vote as an Independent in New York, only to discover, when he began receiving fundraising calls, that Independent was a political party. He re-registered with no affiliation, as he did later in Chicago.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55560-2005Feb1?language=printer

[jaxx]

4. I thought it was said his politics are kept under wraps.

I've heard several things in the last few days trying to demean Fitzgerald........is he too busy? Is he going to let the Rove thing just drop? Is he attorney general now? Is there a conflict of interest? Are the swiftboaters on another smear mission?

What I got out of all of it is that the repubs are shakin in their bootstraps and wish to hell they'd never heard of him.

[tulsakatz]

18. if only he were Atty Gen'l!!!

He would make a great one!! And even if he were a Republican, he wouldn't let partisanship get in the way of interpreting the law.

When he did his press conference (Libby indictment), it was so wonderful to see someone who has so much respect for the law!! It was a beautiful thing to watch.

What a shame our pResident doesn't have that level of integrity............

[meow2u3]

27. I'd nominate Fitz as AG

If he declines, I'd put up Vince Bugliosi, the man who ripped the Fascist Five (who installed **)

[joefree1]

6. A Repub? That would be too delicious.

Past the salt.

[sweetm2475]

31. ROFLMAO! n/t

[xray s]

7. so was Abraham Lincoln

maybe there are still a few ethical Republicans left.

[stepnw1f]

8. if He's a Prosecutor First, All Else Won't Matter for Me

[marmar]

10. Just none in the executive or legislative branches...

I've never seen a political party so ethically, morally, and intellectually bankrupt.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

9. Wrong, wrong, wrong

He's not registered as anything. He's simply a registered voter with no party affiliation.

When he registered first, he did so as an independent. When informed that "independent" was a political affiliation, he went back and changed it.

Here's a hint for future allegations:

Believe half of what you see, none of what you hear, and nothing on a talk show. Ever.

[stepnw1f]

12. lol...

Gotcha!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

24. You did?

How?

[stepnw1f]

32. Meaning: Ditto (nt)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

34. Well, okay, then.....

If you're happy, that's good.

Welcome to IgnoreLand.

[stepnw1f]

35. I Think You Misunderstood My Reply

I thought what you said was appropriate and funny. I realise the statement that Fitz is a Republican was an error. Why am I on your ignore list?

I was not laughing at you sir.

[SmokingJacket]

11. I would hope he is politically neutral.

It's a lot to ask these days, but that would be my preference.

[H2O Man]

13. Not. n/t

[tulsakatz]

15. no he isn't!!!

He's an independent!!!

This Laura chick must be spreading old information. I believe he was a Republican at one time but not any more........

[Straight Shooter]

16. Debunked.

Absolutely nonpartisan to the core.

:hi:

[mucifer]

17. Here in Chicago Fitzy has his hands full going after dems and repubs

[NNN0LHI]

22. Yep equal opportunity prosecutor n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

19. This is a prosecutor's dream - to be in the world's courtroom stage.

Why would he screw it up? I think he'll show what a good prosecutor he is.

[tiptoe]

21. WashPost, 02/02/05, Fitzgerald: "...I'm not part of a political party..."

On today's Laura Flanders show Bruce Shapiro of The Nation responded to a question about the political recess-appointment of prosecutor Alice Fisher: "Well...It is important to remember that even Republican prosecutors when there's enough evidence can do a good job...Let's not forget that Patrick Fitzgerald -- the prosecutor who's made so much trouble for the administration on the Plame case -- is himself a Republican, and worked under John Ashcroft and Gonzalez...I don't think it means that there's going to be a whitewash in the Abramoff case..." (re which, see Tom DeLay's House of Scandal)

Here's what was reported about Patrick Fitzgerald last year in the The Prosecutor Never Rests Washington Post, February 2, 2005; Page C01 (bold emphases mine)

...
Fitzgerald is careful to be apolitical in his targets and his public life alike. He registered to vote as an Independent in New York, only to discover, when he began receiving fundraising calls, that Independent was a political party. He re-registered with no affiliation, as he did later in Chicago.

He spit fire last year when reporters asked whether the racketeering indictment of Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah, a fundraiser for the Islamic militant group Hamas, was timed to boost President Bush's reelection campaign. The case was trumpeted first by Attorney General John Ashcroft.

"I am not running for an election. I'm not part of a political party," Fitzgerald said at the time. "The election is irrelevant to this case. The reason we brought this case now is we're ready to proceed."

Nor has Fitzgerald signaled where his own ambitions lie. He insists that he has already advanced further than his imaginings, but he is clearly aware of his emerging star status. Asked about the notion of becoming FBI director after Robert Mueller, another prosecutor who quit private practice to put bad guys behind bars, he laughs. "That's probably Director Mueller when he's having a bad day, trying to unload it on somebody else."
...

( DU Folding@Home Team is seeking hundreds more member CPUs for a good cause.)

[Missy Vixen]

28. Laura Flanders needs to check her facts

He's registered as a non-partisan.

Julie
president for life of the PFEB

[stepnw1f]

33. It Wasn't Laura... it Was Her Guest

and no, I don't know who it was, but she did not correct him, so assumed the info stood. But then again, I had doubts, so I posted here to see if people knew he was a rep. I guess it was a mistake.