Monica Goodling

[Star]

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GW Bush political aides sleazily and clandestinely seeded the DOJ with graduates of Regent University's 4th tier law school via hirings by Monica Goodling. After being hired into the DOJ, Goodling's hires became civil servants -- civil servants are harder to get rid of than a member of the NEA.


I wonder-----I wonder where Goodlings rightwing ideologue hires are, and what they're up to today?


In the order, Gonzales delegated to his then-chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, and his White House liaison "the authority, with the approval of the Attorney General, to take final action in matters pertaining to the appointment, employment, pay, separation, and general administration" of virtually all non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department, including all of the department's political appointees who do not require Senate confirmation. Monica Goodling became White House liaison in April 2006, the month after Gonzales signed the order.

The existence of the order suggests that a broad effort was under way by the White House to place politically and ideologically loyal appointees throughout the Justice Department, not just at the U.S.-attorney level. Department records show that the personnel authority was delegated to the two aides at about the same time they were working with the White House in planning the firings of a dozen U.S. attorneys, eight of whom were, in fact, later dismissed.

A senior executive branch official familiar with the delegation of authority said in an interview that -- as was the case with the firings of the U.S. attorneys and the selection of their replacements -- the two aides intended to work closely with White House political aides and the White House counsel's office in deciding which senior Justice Department officials to dismiss and whom to appoint to their posts. "It was an attempt to make the department more responsive to the political side of the White House and to do it in such a way that people would not know it was going on," the official said.

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[TemplarKormac]

Who is Monica Goodling?

 

[LadyGunSlinger]

Where's the link?? COPYRIGHT VIOLATION********** I reported it.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

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GW Bush political aides sleazily and clandestinely seeded the DOJ with graduates of Regent University's 4th tier law school via hirings by Monica Goodling. After being hired into the DOJ, Goodling's hires became civil servants -- civil servants are harder to get rid of than a member of the NEA.


I wonder-----I wonder where Goodlings rightwing ideologue hires are, and what they're up to today?


In the order, Gonzales delegated to his then-chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, and his White House liaison "the authority, with the approval of the Attorney General, to take final action in matters pertaining to the appointment, employment, pay, separation, and general administration" of virtually all non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department, including all of the department's political appointees who do not require Senate confirmation. Monica Goodling became White House liaison in April 2006, the month after Gonzales signed the order.

The existence of the order suggests that a broad effort was under way by the White House to place politically and ideologically loyal appointees throughout the Justice Department, not just at the U.S.-attorney level. Department records show that the personnel authority was delegated to the two aides at about the same time they were working with the White House in planning the firings of a dozen U.S. attorneys, eight of whom were, in fact, later dismissed.

A senior executive branch official familiar with the delegation of authority said in an interview that -- as was the case with the firings of the U.S. attorneys and the selection of their replacements -- the two aides intended to work closely with White House political aides and the White House counsel's office in deciding which senior Justice Department officials to dismiss and whom to appoint to their posts. "It was an attempt to make the department more responsive to the political side of the White House and to do it in such a way that people would not know it was going on," the official said.

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The Bush DOJ in effect became a partisan wing of the GOP.

The politicizing of Justice alone by the Bush administration was a significantly greater failure of ethics and oversight than anything Obama is accused of.

Needless to say republicans, conservatives, and other partisan rightists, for the most part, remained silent during the scandal.

 

[whitehall]

Pretty desperate and incoherent stuff coming out of the left lately.

 

[Dot Com]

I remember this episode vividly. It was like putting koshergirl in charge of the hiring process at DOJ.

 

[OriginalShroom]

What are you claiming here? That President Bush appointed people to the DOJ, as every other President has?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

I remember this episode vividly. It was like putting koshergirl in charge of the hiring process at DOJ.

True.

But not only would she not hire lawyers because they were liberal, KG would also not hire lawyers who had sex outside of marriage or used contraception.

 

[Uncensored2008]

What are you claiming here? That President Bush appointed people to the DOJ, as every other President has?

What they're doing is blowing smoke in a desperate hope of obscuring the AP spying scandal.

"Star" is probably TM - breaking her imposed vacation. She is too stupid to grasp what she's cutting and pasting, she only knows that the hate sites said it would save Obama....

 

[tinydancer]

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GW Bush political aides sleazily and clandestinely seeded the DOJ with graduates of Regent University's 4th tier law school via hirings by Monica Goodling. After being hired into the DOJ, Goodling's hires became civil servants -- civil servants are harder to get rid of than a member of the NEA.


I wonder-----I wonder where Goodlings rightwing ideologue hires are, and what they're up to today?


In the order, Gonzales delegated to his then-chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, and his White House liaison "the authority, with the approval of the Attorney General, to take final action in matters pertaining to the appointment, employment, pay, separation, and general administration" of virtually all non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department, including all of the department's political appointees who do not require Senate confirmation. Monica Goodling became White House liaison in April 2006, the month after Gonzales signed the order.

The existence of the order suggests that a broad effort was under way by the White House to place politically and ideologically loyal appointees throughout the Justice Department, not just at the U.S.-attorney level. Department records show that the personnel authority was delegated to the two aides at about the same time they were working with the White House in planning the firings of a dozen U.S. attorneys, eight of whom were, in fact, later dismissed.

A senior executive branch official familiar with the delegation of authority said in an interview that -- as was the case with the firings of the U.S. attorneys and the selection of their replacements -- the two aides intended to work closely with White House political aides and the White House counsel's office in deciding which senior Justice Department officials to dismiss and whom to appoint to their posts. "It was an attempt to make the department more responsive to the political side of the White House and to do it in such a way that people would not know it was going on," the official said.

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The Bush DOJ in effect became a partisan wing of the GOP.

The politicizing of Justice alone by the Bush administration was a significantly greater failure of ethics and oversight than anything Obama is accused of.

Needless to say republicans, conservatives, and other partisan rightists, for the most part, remained silent during the scandal.

Really?

Clinton fired 93 US attorneys. Only one got to stay on.

Monica's "attorney gate" involved 8 lawyers.

Ooooooooooooooh oooooooooooooooooooooooh Boooooooooooooooooooooooosh bad.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Where's the link?? COPYRIGHT VIOLATION********** I reported it.

There is a link in the OP.

 

[Rozman]

Oy!

 

[tinydancer]

Pretty desperate and incoherent stuff coming out of the left lately.

No guff.

 

[Dot Com]

This was a very sad history in the republican's past

Monica Goodling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On July 28, 2008, a Justice Department report concluded that Goodling had violated federal law and Justice Department policy by discriminating against job applicants who weren't Republican or conservative loyalists. "Goodling improperly subjected candidates for certain career positions to the same politically based evaluation she used on candidates for political positions," the report concluded. In one instance, Justice investigators found, Goodling initially objected to hiring an assistant prosecutor in Washington because "judging from his resume, he appeared to be a liberal Democrat type."

ps- LGS should pos-rep the OP after what she did

 

[Oldguy]

Why is this so important to you now? It's nothing more than a lame attempt at quid pro quo to deflect attention from today's problems and it serves no useful purpose.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Why is this so important to you now? It's nothing more than a lame attempt at quid pro quo to deflect attention from today's problems and it serves no useful purpose.

And this could just as well be posted in a conservative’s Benghazi thread.

Besides, we long ago passed the point of pointless, regardless the issue under review or how long ago it occurred.

 

[Oldguy]

Why is this so important to you now? It's nothing more than a lame attempt at quid pro quo to deflect attention from today's problems and it serves no useful purpose.

And this could just as well be posted in a conservative’s Benghazi thread.

Besides, we long ago passed the point of pointless, regardless the issue under review or how long ago it occurred.

True enough.

 

[LeftofLeft]

How 'bout when Clinton fired 29 attorneys general to get to one? Bottom Line, partisan hacks love to punish their enemies (what President said that?) using the IRS and DOJ.

 

[Star]

Where's the link?? COPYRIGHT VIOLATION********** I reported it.

Claiming there is no link in my post is a typical of Republicans, i.e waste time on minor points then jump to conclusions without investigating and/or knowing the facts -- typical.
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[longknife]

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GW Bush political aides sleazily and clandestinely seeded the DOJ with graduates of Regent University's 4th tier law school via hirings by Monica Goodling. After being hired into the DOJ, Goodling's hires became civil servants -- civil servants are harder to get rid of than a member of the NEA.


I wonder-----I wonder where Goodlings rightwing ideologue hires are, and what they're up to today?


In the order, Gonzales delegated to his then-chief of staff, D. Kyle Sampson, and his White House liaison "the authority, with the approval of the Attorney General, to take final action in matters pertaining to the appointment, employment, pay, separation, and general administration" of virtually all non-civil-service employees of the Justice Department, including all of the department's political appointees who do not require Senate confirmation. Monica Goodling became White House liaison in April 2006, the month after Gonzales signed the order.

The existence of the order suggests that a broad effort was under way by the White House to place politically and ideologically loyal appointees throughout the Justice Department, not just at the U.S.-attorney level. Department records show that the personnel authority was delegated to the two aides at about the same time they were working with the White House in planning the firings of a dozen U.S. attorneys, eight of whom were, in fact, later dismissed.

A senior executive branch official familiar with the delegation of authority said in an interview that -- as was the case with the firings of the U.S. attorneys and the selection of their replacements -- the two aides intended to work closely with White House political aides and the White House counsel's office in deciding which senior Justice Department officials to dismiss and whom to appoint to their posts. "It was an attempt to make the department more responsive to the political side of the White House and to do it in such a way that people would not know it was going on," the official said.

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You Redneck Liberals simply cannot get off the "Blame Bush" platform, can you?