Why Fire U.S. Attorneys, Anyway?
McClatchy puts it together:
Last April, while the Justice Department and the White House were planning the firings, [Karl] Rove gave a speech in Washington to the Republican National Lawyers Association. He ticked off 11 states that he said could be pivotal in the 2008 elections. Bush has appointed new U.S. attorneys in nine of them [...]
No Budget Left Behind
The only agenda Bush ever had has been the dismantling of the federal budget to enrich cronies. Blogger Mandevilla connects the dots nicely in the matter of the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, tracking down the Bush buddies enriched while our children’s educations suffer. Follow the money in part six of the series:
The Associated [...]
Of Course
Attorney General Gonzales tried to portray himself as out of the loop in the matter of the fired US attorneys. The Friday news dump says otherwise. Not every word that Gonzales speaks is necessarily a lie, but that’s the way to bet.
The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five top [...]
