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Posted By ameliog 1 year ago in Political NewsThe Justice Department has agreed to pay for a private lawyer to defend former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against allegations that he encouraged officials to inject partisan politics into the department's hiring and firing practices.
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tehranchik1 year ago
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So not only will the taxpayers pay for a private attorney, they will pay double because Gonzales has requested a private attorney.
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Will we have to pay for his attorney in the prison corruption case as well? He's been indicted with Cheney in Texas, FYI.-
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Endoscopy1 year ago
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That Texas indictment is a joke. The prosecutor made a whole lot of indictments of a lot of public officials since he lost the election and is going out of office. He is leaving a mess for his successor to clean up.
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Here is the kind of prosecutor he is.
After Guerra's office was raided as part of the investigation early last year, he camped outside the courthouse in a borrowed camper with a horse, three goats and a rooster. He threatened to dismiss hundreds of cases because he believed local law enforcement had aided the investigation against him.
This guy is nuts.
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Lurch1 year ago
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Of all the trillions of taxpayer dollars stolen from working class Americans during the Republican Reign of Middleclass Terror, this is not the worst by far.
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However, it does set a horrible precedent and is completely partisan.
Hopefully when Obama takes over the new and clean Justice Dept will quickly put an end to this BS.
Imagine if your lawyer knew that you were not paying his bills and that the pot was bottomless. Can you imagine the cost run-up on behalf of this criminal?? -
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simonsez1 year ago
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Obama will clear up all these problems in government easily and quickly. In addition, we'll get:
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Universal healthcare. That will solve the problems of the big three because they can dump their retirees on government (which is us).
Cap and trade system: Any company that makes anything will soon have a new product to sell ... carbon credits. That means that all those coal plants out there can sell carbon credits instead of power to make money. Duke Energy can't wait ...
Of course, we pay more for electricity, but maybe Al can add some jobs to his carbon business.
A new tax on fuel. We all know that we can't stand to have gas prices down in the $2.00 range, so lets add a buck or two tax to keep the peons from buying what they want to drive. We need to put them in little cars even though most of them are too fat to fit.
Shut off criticism. We need to protect objective sources of information like MSNBC, Huffington and moveon.org, but close down FOX and talk radio. We'll keep an eye on the others to see if they cower properly and act accordingly.
Higher taxes: Government can never function with less money, so we have to make sure they have more. We won't miss it, they tell us.
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simonsez1 year ago
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We're seeing partisan politics in every department of government as this transition takes place. Are we to sue everyone for the hiring decisions they make.
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It appears to be a frivolous lawsuit. Of course he should have a private attorney paid for by the Justice Department.
These students will recover. re-submit now because they now fit in with the mood.
Conservatives probably don't need to apply unless they want to sue later for seriously hurt feelings.-
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dwemm1 year ago
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Wow. Partisan politics in Washington? How about 150 DoJ lawyers appointed from Regent University? Was that partisan? What about bans on stem cell research in order to appease religious fanatics? Was that partisan? What about the hard-core evangelicals that form the crusading center of the Pentagon staff? Are they partisan?
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Did Bill Clinton get a government subsidy to defend himself? He was president, not just Attorney General.
We'll be seeing golden parachutes for all the lackeys in the Bush/Cheney cesspool for the next two months.
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