ElHombre
01-16-2007, 04:46 PM
Watergate buffs may recall the Saturday Night Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_night_massacre) when Nixon fired the three top people in charge of investigating his use of executive power. It seems there's something similar (http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/cats/us_attorneys/) going on now. The White House is 'replacing' 5-10 US Attorneys throughout the country using a little-noticed provision of the PATRIOT Act that was signed into law last March. It allows the White House to assign new attorneys without Senate approval, which some people are finding a bit odd.
Care to guess what kind of folks the White House is tapping to replace them? Don't (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/011958.php).
Well, top of the list seems to be his stint at the White House where he worked for Karl Rove doing opposition research on Democrats. That was until late last year. According to this Arkansas Times report, for the last ten years -- with the exception of two one year stint -- he has always worked as a Republican party opposition researcher digging up dirt on Democrats. Deputy Research Director for the RNC from 1999-2000. Research Director for the RNC from 2002-2005. Oppo Research Director for Karl Rove 2005-2006. Prior to 1999? Well, he was associate independent counsel investigating Henry Cisneros from 1995-96. After that he went to work for Dan Burton on the Hill to investigate Asian money contributions to the DNC.
Back in 2000, when he was in charge of digging up dirt on Al Gore, he apparently had a poster hanging on the wall behind his desk which read: "On my command - unleash hell on Al."
Care to guess what kind of folks the White House is tapping to replace them? Don't (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/011958.php).
Well, top of the list seems to be his stint at the White House where he worked for Karl Rove doing opposition research on Democrats. That was until late last year. According to this Arkansas Times report, for the last ten years -- with the exception of two one year stint -- he has always worked as a Republican party opposition researcher digging up dirt on Democrats. Deputy Research Director for the RNC from 1999-2000. Research Director for the RNC from 2002-2005. Oppo Research Director for Karl Rove 2005-2006. Prior to 1999? Well, he was associate independent counsel investigating Henry Cisneros from 1995-96. After that he went to work for Dan Burton on the Hill to investigate Asian money contributions to the DNC.
Back in 2000, when he was in charge of digging up dirt on Al Gore, he apparently had a poster hanging on the wall behind his desk which read: "On my command - unleash hell on Al."