Leahy, Specter ask Bush to condemn DoJ politicization

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday called on President Bush and Attorney General Michael Mukasey to condemn the politicization of the Justice Department.

Panel Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), pointed to the findings of a Department of Justice (DoJ) Inspector General’s report issued earlier this week that found that former department officials broke the law by letting Bush administration politics dictate the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and career government lawyers.

“I’m glad to see Attorney General Mukasey asking to change these practices,” said Specter during a committee hearing on the matter. “I’d like to see, frankly, a very forceful statement out of the Department of Justice as to what they intend to do.”

Leahy said the report shows that “cronyism was valued over competence.”

“The question is what Attorney General Mukasey and the president do about it to provide accountability,” Leahy asked.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/leahy-specter-ask-bush-to-condemn-doj-politicization-2008-07-30.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Hah - they think Commander AWOL has the guts to speak the truth?

Hoo Hah. That would be a first - a republicon homelander pResident admitting a massive, anti-American, anti-democracy, anti-decency intentional malfeasant boner...

[Muttocracy]

2. hmm, good luck with that. nt

[Hydra]

3. BWAHAHA!!!!

:rofl:

"Thou shalt condemn this action..."

"Why? We ordered it!"

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. But did they ask nicely and kiss his bum enough??

:eyes:

[Virginia Dare]

5. The repukes will be singing a much different tune next year..

when the Dems are in power. They're being nice and giving him a chance, which is more than they should be doing, but he's taking his whole sorry party right down with him. They're corrupt to the core, and it will come back to haunt them.

[wordpix]

6. when pigs fly, pResident AWOL will condemn it. Ditto Mukasey, part of the cabal

[asjr]

7. And the charade continues.

[htuttle]

8. Al Capone asked to condemn illegal moonshine sales...

Bugsy Siegel asked to condemn strong-arming of Vegas casino owners...

ARE THESE PEOPLE COMPLETE IDIOTS?

:eyes:

[Supersedeas]

9. once again...passing the buck

[benld74]

10. W? condemn DoJ politicization? Hell he cant even spell it!

[tanyev]

11. Now why in the world would he condemn something that worked so well for him?

[DeepModem Mom]

12. K&R

[Javaman]

13. This is like asking a sphincter not to shit. nt

[Solly Mack]

14. lololololol Get him to condemn water-boarding (torture) while you're at it

[robinlynne]

15. sure.... a brilliant request. n/t

[fascisthunter]

16. That'll Show Them....!

:sarcasm:

[superconnected]

17. Right, ask the man who ordered it to condemn it.

What next, ask cheney to condemn giving gov contracts to friends?

[superconnected]

18. Judges ask people who commit serious crimes to publically condem what they do sometime - ie drunk

driving.

[lala_rawraw]

19. I would be more impressed

if Goodling airhead was not the ONLY person to take the fall for this... so what they should be doing is asking for Karl Rove to testify

[Supersedeas]

20. you can't even get the acting AG to condemn it--so why would lil' Boots bother