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September 28, 2008

WaPo Loves Them Right-Wing Talking Points

by AltHippo @ 3:34 pm. Filed under US8

Washington Post-It Note:

U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president and can be fired for any reason. But the contradictory explanations for the dismissals, and the steady release of internal email messages suggesting the plan had evolved over two years in consultation with White House officials, damaged the department’s reputation and credibility. The report will sift through all of the conflicting data about prosecutors who found themselves on lists prepared by D. Kyle Sampson, the former chief of staff for Gonzales.

At this point I’ve read enough of Jane Mayer’s “The Dark Side” to know that there is probably some memo written by David Addington that says that the President’s War-Time powers include the right to intervene in US elections. What’s left of the domestic common sense would argue that Karl Rove, Kyle Sampson, and Monica Goodling can’t staff the Justice Department with doctrinaire freepers who use the office to make elections Republican friendly.

I’m not arguing this as some hypothetical. This appears to be what’s taken place. I only wish there was a way of letting my local newspaper understand this.

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