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Please let me state the obvious (none / 0) (#1)
by Key on Sun Sep 02, 2007 at 12:03:52 PM EST
4 times as many Democrats as Republicans?  Please let me state the obvious....  We've seen something like 8 times the number of Republican scandals go public as we have Democrats.

This leads me to three conclusions:  1) The DOJ was looking in the wrong place; 2) By looking in the wrong place, the DOJ kept the Democrats more honest while the Republicans ran wild; and 3) Should the Dems come to power in 08, they should work really hard to make sure the DOJ goes after all corruption, regardless of party.  But if they had to pick one to focus on, maybe they should continue to focus on the Dems, since the Republican corruption seems to make itself public anyway....

And the not so obvious (none / 0) (#2)
by NMvoiceofreason on Sun Sep 02, 2007 at 02:35:30 PM EST
The scheme was a criminal conspiracy under 18 USC 601 et.seq. to use AUSA's for political benefit, to the detriment of democrats, and the benefit of republicans.

18 USC Section 601: "Deprivation of employment or other benefit for political contribution", http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=601
 18 USC Section 606: "Intimidation to secure political contributions", http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=606
 18 USC Section 1505: "Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees", http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=1505

There is only one way out of this. Pass a "Competence in Government Act". Require partisan hacks to have at least as good a credentials as the people the appoint, and set up a panel to vet those appointees, before the President gets to pick from the list. Since the Senators can't do their job, we have to do it for them.

Prosecute all who break the law, or it really isnt the law, its just a coverup for doing what you want against people that you don't.

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