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- thayanmarsh, on 10/11/2008, -5/+28This sort of overhaul of the just us department needs to be confronted, especially if someone like Palin is going to get anywhere close to it. The cronyism that I've heard about from her time in Wasilla is not something that can be tolerated at all in the national scene.
- Olon97, on 10/11/2008, -5/+27The irony is that this scandal is at the core of the whole "acorn issue", which the media IS covering (poorly). The Republican party has been making the same charges every election year since 2000 without ever providing evidence of actual voter fraud (as opposed to registration fraud). In 2006, one of the improperly fired prosecutors in New Mexico had refused to press charges against ACORN because a "sting" that was nearly identical to the one in Nevada this year turned up no evidence of wrongdoing. The Bush administration wanted charges pressed anyway. The prosecutor involved in the current Nevada "sting" is a Bush appointee and will likely have no such reservations about pressing charges with no credible evidence.
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -8/+27Palin, with her own ethics violation, fits right in with the Bush scoundrels. This can't be allowed to continue.
- 37RUSSK4N, on 10/12/2008, -2/+18Wow, Gonzales was lying ? Unbelievable...
- rento, on 10/12/2008, -5/+13Palin should step down. She broke the law:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/ ... - elipabst, on 10/12/2008, -0/+7 Yes, but he replaced *all* of them when he took office, as did Bush Sr. He didn't selectively fire ones during the middle of a term that were uniquely involved in partisan political issues, such as refusing to file charges against democratic politicians right before an election because they felt there wasn't a compelling case.
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -2/+6George isn't gone yet. And he may not go.
- rationalist, on 10/12/2008, -0/+4You didn't RTFA, did you. Nor any of the comments on this page. The article is not about Palin, it is about the illegal firing of federal prosecutors for political reasons, a very serious offense and a tragic undermining of our nation's principles of rule of law and equality under the law.
This should not be a partisan issue, any more than Watergate or Iran Contra or the Gulf of Tonkin or the falsified evidence leading to the Iraq War. This is criminal activity, including an attempted coverup, that tracks all the way to the White House.
Besides the embarrassment of being caught posting a knee-jerk partisan comment that has no relationship to the subject of this article, do you really have no concern for rule of law in America? What ever happened to the conservative movement? - elipabst, on 10/12/2008, -1/+5Soo you're against George Bush and his impending coup so much that you're going to vote for the guy he endorses. Yeah, ok. How 'bout no?
- Modulo, on 10/12/2008, -0/+3Yeah, that's the point. Idiot.
- b0rg, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4So we spent years firing all of those boring, un-sexy, not-very-political career bureaucrats, experts in law, public safety, economics, and medicine. We replaced them with people who had the bare minimum qualification - if that (yeah, I'm looking at you, Brownie) and carefully chosen to make sure they would never question any policy they were told to enforce.
Then we stacked the bench with judges who could be counted on to earn some political points - anti-abortion, pro-gun - but, much more importantly, would rule the correct way on things like "tort reform", forcing arbitation, bankruptcy reform (only the kind affecting normal people, mind you)
Toss in a war started as a spectator sport, complete with fight-suited cheerleaders and spiffy slogans.
And we act surprised when we find the entire system is like a house that's been ravaged by termites. - evilgeorgew, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4"What's the difference between George W and Sarah Palin?....lipstick."
- scotinus, on 10/12/2008, -1/+4The scary thing is we have become so accustomed to reading of the Bush administration's abuse of power, that it no longer seems shocking. In just 8 years, Bush - or rather his puppet masters - have destroyed the trust and respect that are so important to our system of government. That will be his true legacy.
- DestroyFascism, on 10/12/2008, -5/+7One day America will wake up to it all...
For decades the corporations have lobbied the government (using bribes in the form of legal 'donations' that I believe are tax deductible) to bolster favor in law and reasoning from otherwise "ignorant puppets" of government. Now some of the biggest corp's have access to and have used CIA and Military might through government puppets to expand not Americas empire but theirs. Having used all this power and reasoning for decades we now see the American people loosing their jobs. the value of their dollar and the export of jobs to third world slave conditions while importing debt. At the top of the pyramid a few men sit in their plush surrounds while the victims sort through garbage a few blocks away. The first thing Americans might wish to consider this year is the "empire" is over, its done and gone, you can't afford it. the second thing you might wish to consider is the new world order and free trade that has left America where it is. Little manufacturing and industry remains as most has been exported to SE Asia. The Companies want profits, not patriots but use patriotism to expand their agenda of profits before people. The will cut the last tree and make a dessert of this planet just to make profits, they will sell you the solutions, and lobby for funds to build them using your tax money to do so.
America has little respect globally and deservedly so. Your government with its weak mind and ethics has managed to destroy several nations for the sake of a corporate agenda that has expanded the empire of theirs and not your beliefs. Democracy replaced with Dictators for the sake of goods and products.
Like Rome the empire expanded to all known corners of the world and the world hated them. The last thing America needs now is totally selfish and dangerous people like as such substance the the vast majority of Democrats and Republicans Represent. Right now the world totally distrusts America, not only for its false flags, its abuse of the patriot acts (a very dangerous precedent) and its abuse of the term "terrorist"...
Peanut butter kills more people, we know that, America is now playing the world for favour and has been found out by many and as such has come back to you in the form of distrust and the belief America with its tons of nukes is being led by a bunch of incompetent criminal goons with a corporation or 6 telling them what to do next.
The Palin thing is just a symptom as too is the wall street criminals still walking free and the banks that supported them getting your tax dollars as debt, your debt to other banks to bolster the vacuum of corruption with an act of decency.
Problem, Solution.....the devil is in the detail.
Americans have been sold a lie. now they have to provide welfare to cover the damage that lie has caused. another symptom of something rotten in Washington. - IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3Most Americans have bought into the lies. Some of us see the truth, and the more we shout it out, the more we are called conspiracist. We can see the absolute danger coming our way. They have been destroying the US for decades and no one has stopped them.
For those of us who will not accept being chipped, see you in the "Reeducational Camps". - diggdiggerid, on 10/12/2008, -5/+7I thought this was a n Onion article for a second. I could imagine it -- "Financial crisis diverting attention from important issues such as flag pins and patriotism"
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -0/+2Fired 100 as I recall.
- Hydrowhip, on 10/12/2008, -1/+3I was glad to see this made it to the front page. After that ugly video from the Strongsville, Oh McCain rally, I feared that all of Ohio was lost in the "red". Happy to see the "Blade" keeping things in perspective.
Ohio = "Blue on the edges - Red in the Middle" - AlaskaLoneWolf, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1...politics as usual, interesting opinion piece though, and since it's old news... buried.
- sergionegro, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1Yes, the financial crisis is important - but that doesn't mean that the administration of justice in the United States is not. In fact, in crisis situations the integrity of the government is even more important - because crisis situations inspire desperate and unprincipled behavior. The next administration should vigorously prosecute all felons complicit in the scandal at the Justice Department. This means the current attorney general as well, because he is obviously complicit in covering up for his corrupt cronies.
- 08soso, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1They were Republicans selected by the Bush Administration and then fired because they wouldn't do their political bidding. If you think that's ok then I pity you - this used to be a country of laws and efforts at doing justice. This administration has buried almost all of that for the sole purpose of seeking and holding power.
- partrow, on 10/12/2008, -3/+4Didn't Clinton dismiss 93 ?
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Actually, I am still up in the air, should I vote for the candidate that Ron Paul endorsed, Chuck Baldwin, or McCain. I do believe that I will be voting for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party should he be on the ballot. I really can't vote for people who want to sell my country down the river. Obama and McCain will both do just that. They both want to do away with parts of the Bill of Rights. A people who have been disarmed are easily enslaved.
- inactive, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Here's what you geniuses don't seem to get...
The HUMAN greed and HUMAN corruption that rears its ugly little head in a capitalistic market has nothing to do with capitalism. Hell, "capitalism" isn't even a real thing, it's a name for a system that naturally evolved when we took the HUMAN corrupted government out of the markets.
The really scary thing about how you people think is that you're actually suggesting we empower a larger government. Like the HUMAN greed and HUMAN corruption would magically disappear. Well guess what? It doesn't, and creating a system that relies on it to do that is ignorant at best.
The fact is the American people have more control over their own government then any other nation on earth and our businesses and corporations are the most successful. Show me a corrupt CEO and I'll show you 10 philanthropist's to take their place. Hell we didn't even let a popular and successful president get away with a freakin bj. We aren't perfect, but we do it better then anyone else on earth. - MrSquirrel, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1They're both important, and they are both being perpetrated by the same gang of thieves. Just because a thief steals all your money, doesn't mean you have to ignore his many other crimes.
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Twertyto, admitting that you have a problem is the beginning of the cure.
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Democrats = Marxist, Republicans = Globalists. They both want to sell us down the river.
- GordonFree, on 10/12/2008, -1/+2"Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?"
"In what respect, Charlie?"
"The Bush D... what.. what do you interpret it to be?"
"His world.. view......?"
"No...[...]"
Epic Fail. - Thomasaurusrex, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1I know... It makes living here while being aware really quite frustrating.
- 08soso, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1The comments on this story are almost as disturbing as the article. If you think politicizing the Justice Department is ok, if you think using your power to take revenge on people you disagree with, if you think this is petty then you deserve the mess of a government you have gotten for the last 8 years. I only hope you suffer with the rest of us. I'm also glad that Olon97 pointed out how this scandal was the 2006 version of this year's ACORN scandal. The Republican from NM investigated the ACORN allegations in 2006 and found no indictable offense by ACORN, but the GOP didn't like that answer and fired him. I'm so glad so many of you don't care about justice and not prosecuting the innocent.
- elipabst, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1LOL, and apparently you won't either because you already said you're voting for McCain. If you really felt that strongly about it, you'd vote for or write in your favorite 3rd party candidate. There are plenty of other choices besides McCain and Obama.
- dycc07, on 10/12/2008, -2/+2As an aside, the criminal justice system has to be seriously examined. There are so many factors and biases that impedes true justice from being carried out in this country. And it ain't "Law & Order", "CSI", or even Judge Judy for that matter. The public needs to realize the way justice is meted out is disproportionately (even solely) determined by the Jury. It's scary to think that total strangers have so much power over your livelihood.
- twertyto, on 10/12/2008, -2/+2Blah, blah, blah...
When you are ready, step out from your parents basement and join the real world. It's a bit different then what you read on the internet. - Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2008, -2/+2Tap 'Fiscal Ragnarok' to return 'Judicial Asshattery Investigation' to your opponent's (the U.S. Constitution) graveyard. Lose 5 "Legacy" points and reduce your "Presidential Library" deck by half.
- emoat, on 10/12/2008, -1/+1Since this bill was started by Barney Frank and signed into law by Bill Clinton, how is that possible?
- mrmudgeon, on 10/12/2008, -0/+0This article and many of the posting here are pretty ridiculous. Excuse me folks, but a possible impending depression is much more important than the firing of 8 political appointees.
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -1/+1Sooooooo, I want everyone to vote for a third party candidate not tied to any of the schmucks in the Washington Loop in any way shape or form. I want someone who will "Just Say No" to all of the Marxist and Globalists.
But they won't will they.
And neither will you. - blacksonville, on 10/12/2008, -0/+0Truly the ART of Reverse Politics
- IMTruckingUSA, on 10/12/2008, -4/+3Gee, that was funny!
Why don't you try using that magnifying glass on your most favorite candidate.
None of the rats are clean and clear of the crap befalling all of us at this time. But you are too party affiliated to see that. Of course Palin wasn't involved in the Fannie and Freddy garbage. - KDX200rider, on 10/12/2008, -2/+1I am afraid you sir are the idiot.
- Crimsoneer, on 10/12/2008, -5/+4Yeah, nobody cares. Republican's will cry martyr, democrats will cry corruption, and nobody is going to change their minds.
- gweedoz, on 10/12/2008, -7/+5Hire and fire due to politics? (gasp). Give me a break people... this is not news, this happens all the time. Clinton and Janet Reno did pretty much the same thing.
Amazing how many believe-everything-can't-think-for-yourself people there are on digg. Wonder why. - 64bitllama, on 10/12/2008, -5/+3Sadly, the US is probably one of the most corrupt of any first world country, and most Americans won't even admit it.
- emeralddragon, on 10/12/2008, -3/+1Um...and why do we care?
- ElJif, on 10/12/2008, -5/+2Dugg in an effort to unbury.
- obscenegrace, on 10/12/2008, -5/+1I'm beginning to think this Bush administration is made up of some real scamps! (;
- KDX200rider, on 10/12/2008, -6/+1Any "news" agency that refers to itself as the "blade" cannot be taken seriously.
- PacoLugi, on 10/12/2008, -7/+1Obama, ACORN, and the democrats created the financial crisis, and Palin fired someone. What is more important?
- KDX200rider, on 10/12/2008, -10/+3What a load of crap this is. If he had fired them when he took office, like every other President, no one would say anything about it. But he was foolish enough to think he could work with them, and when it was clear they were not, he let them go. If BHussienO takes office how many Republicans are going to get their papers? (The has been one of Bush's biggest blunders, trying to work with the folks from across the isles, he has been screwed by them all, especially George Tenet.) He should have kicked them all to the curb.
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