Comments on: “Just Politics” http://centerblue.org/300/just-politics/ Center-left commentary for a world in trouble Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Media Concepts http://centerblue.org/300/just-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-13841 Media Concepts Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:09:18 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2007/03/16/just-politics/#comment-13841 It may be worse than just ideological purity. Several of the attorneys were investigating or had prosecuted Republicans like Duke Cunningham. Some were supposed to be looking into Democratic candidates, and apparently weren't doing it in time for the November 2006 election. Some people view the GOP Congressional scandals such as Cunningham's as the reason why the GOP lost the election. Rove hand picked his buddy, who has dug up dirt on Dems before, to be the new U.S. Attorney in Little Rock, AR. That's where any further investigation of the Clintons would arise. Likewise, one of the firings is in New Mexico, where presidential candidate BIll Richardson is from. He is widely viewed as a hot prospect for the VP slot on a Democratic ticket, including Hillary Clinton's. It smells of a GOP attempt to use the machinery of government, rather than winning elections with their ideas, to keep a lock on power, just as they did in the illegal Texas redistricting that brought in a half dozen GOP Congressmen. It may be worse than just ideological purity. Several of the attorneys were investigating or had prosecuted Republicans like Duke Cunningham. Some were supposed to be looking into Democratic candidates, and apparently weren’t doing it in time for the November 2006 election. Some people view the GOP Congressional scandals such as Cunningham’s as the reason why the GOP lost the election. Rove hand picked his buddy, who has dug up dirt on Dems before, to be the new U.S. Attorney in Little Rock, AR. That’s where any further investigation of the Clintons would arise. Likewise, one of the firings is in New Mexico, where presidential candidate BIll Richardson is from. He is widely viewed as a hot prospect for the VP slot on a Democratic ticket, including Hillary Clinton’s. It smells of a GOP attempt to use the machinery of government, rather than winning elections with their ideas, to keep a lock on power, just as they did in the illegal Texas redistricting that brought in a half dozen GOP Congressmen.

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