Cronyism
The Bush regime has quietly and methodically placed reliable partisans in positions of influence throughout the Justice Department and in U.S. Attorneys’ offices throughout the country. Bush’s Justice Department isn’t an institution to fairly protect all citizens. To them it's nothing more than a partisan resource to influence the outcome of elections.
Bush and many congressional Republicans won’t abide by the limits of decency in their campaign to hold on to power. They don’t hesitate to abuse the law, ignore experts or defy public opinion in pursuit of their right-wing, fascist agenda.
Joseph Rich has been a civil rights attorney, with the Justice Department for 35 years. He served under presidents of both parties, and describes the “destructive pattern of partisan political actions” within the Bush administration as follows:
“In a five year period the Department brought NO voting cases and only one employment pattern or practice case on behalf of African-Americans. And NO voting cases on behalf of Native Americans. At the same time, there were several reverse discrimination employment cases brought and the first ever case on behalf of white voters alleging discrimination by African-American Democratic Party operatives in Mississippi.”
According to Mr. Rich, the credibility of our chief law-enforcement agency has been undermined by party-driven prosecutions, abandonment of voting-rights enforcement, and the replacement of competent career attorneys with allies of Karl Rove.
In key swing states such as Florida, New Mexico and Iowa, top prosecutors were replaced with Republican Party loyalists. At least two of the eight fired U.S. Attorneys were investigating claims of Republican corruption and one was fired for refusing to indict Democrats before the 2006 election.
Our tax dollars should be working in the public interest, not paying political operatives to improve the prospects of the Republican Party and sabotage the rule of the law.
For the Bush regime, partisan politics comes first and justice for the American people come last.
Bush and many congressional Republicans won’t abide by the limits of decency in their campaign to hold on to power. They don’t hesitate to abuse the law, ignore experts or defy public opinion in pursuit of their right-wing, fascist agenda.
Joseph Rich has been a civil rights attorney, with the Justice Department for 35 years. He served under presidents of both parties, and describes the “destructive pattern of partisan political actions” within the Bush administration as follows:
“In a five year period the Department brought NO voting cases and only one employment pattern or practice case on behalf of African-Americans. And NO voting cases on behalf of Native Americans. At the same time, there were several reverse discrimination employment cases brought and the first ever case on behalf of white voters alleging discrimination by African-American Democratic Party operatives in Mississippi.”
According to Mr. Rich, the credibility of our chief law-enforcement agency has been undermined by party-driven prosecutions, abandonment of voting-rights enforcement, and the replacement of competent career attorneys with allies of Karl Rove.
In key swing states such as Florida, New Mexico and Iowa, top prosecutors were replaced with Republican Party loyalists. At least two of the eight fired U.S. Attorneys were investigating claims of Republican corruption and one was fired for refusing to indict Democrats before the 2006 election.
Our tax dollars should be working in the public interest, not paying political operatives to improve the prospects of the Republican Party and sabotage the rule of the law.
For the Bush regime, partisan politics comes first and justice for the American people come last.
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