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Post by bonniej2 on Mar 8, 2007 13:12:44 GMT -5
What's up with all of that? King George said "Off with their heads!" because he didn't like what they said?
I've been really swamped with work and haven't had the time to read much on this topic, and it hasn't really made the front page of the newspaper like it should have.
Opinions?
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Post by Big on Mar 8, 2007 20:49:53 GMT -5
Impossible! Can't happen in American Justice system.
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Post by Flop the Nuts on Mar 9, 2007 12:36:42 GMT -5
US Attorneys are appointed by the President, and serve at the pleasure of the President, i.e., they serve no fixed term. For example, they usually do not continue to serve when the Presidency switches from D to R or vice-versa.
The administration has given differing reasons for the firings, which is typical of this administration.
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Post by fudgetunnel on Mar 11, 2007 0:21:50 GMT -5
Clinton fired every....EVERY....US attorney when he came into office in '93. For some reason, I don't remember there being any type of "outrage" when that happened.
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Post by cyzappa on Mar 11, 2007 22:01:25 GMT -5
Bush fired all of the attorneys when he came in also. the real ? is why they fired these 8 Bush appointees now. The one that investigated Duke Cunningham. Bonnie watch or tape Hardball from MSNBC this week they are devoting 5 or 10 minutes a day on the subject.
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Post by cyzappa on Mar 11, 2007 22:02:20 GMT -5
The U.S. attorneys story is a major scandal, which reveals how extensively the Bush rot has spread throughout the Republican Party.
There was former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias of New Mexico, testifying about how Sen. Pete Domenici had "leaned on" him, pressuring him over the phone to move forward on the investigation of a state Democrat before the November election.
When Iglesias told the senator that the cases wouldn't be filed before November, Domenici said "I'm sorry to hear that," and hung up on Iglesias, who testified that he was sickened by the exchange.
Republican Rep. Heather Wilson, her eyes set on inheriting Domenici's seat, made a similar call to Iglesias, one that raised ethical "red flags" in his mind.
Another of the fired prosecutors, John McKay of Seattle, testified that the chief of staff to GOP Rep. Doc Hastings had called, looking for information on McKay's investigation of possible election fraud in Washington state's highly contentious 2004 governor's race. McKay was uneasy about the call and ended it as quickly as he could. He said that then-White House counsel Harriet Miers later suggested he had "mishandled" the voter-fraud inquiry.
It's worth noting that Hastings is the ranking Republican on the House ethics committee. And that four of the fired prosecutors were looking into corruption charges against Republicans when they were handed their pink slips. And let's not forget that Bush felt Harriet Miers -- and her heart, which he knew so well -- belonged on the Supreme Court.
Trying to control the bleeding, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse dismissed the former prosecutors as "disgruntled employees grandstanding before Congress."
Apparently Roehrkasse didn't get the memo that the fired U.S. Attorneys had refused to voluntarily appear before Congress, and only did so after being subpoenaed by the House Judiciary subcommittee.
Bush and Cheney's mendacity and fondness for bullying tactics -- put on repellant display in the Libby trial -- haven't just contaminated the White House staff. The disease has infected the entire Republican Party.
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