I would say it is sensationalizing a few bad apples at the top. Their rot did not always trickle down. Only one department has had formal complaints, there are some others under investigation. So far no one has been charged. Most of the problems were in the Civil Rights Divsion as you point out or with the political appointment of Gonzales. The rest are speculative or under investigation. Don't accuse the whole department because of a few bad actors.

I am not accusing the whole department, I am accusing those "adult thinking" political appointees with "integrity" at the top.

Most wont be charge with a crime because their acts were not criminal. For the most part, with the exception of Gonzales' alleged perjury, they were violations of administrative law and department policies and procedures that results in firing. Most resigned before they could be fired. Others may face disbarment.

Every single member of the DOJ is an adult and capable of clear, concise, moral judgement.

I agree, but UG seems to be of the opinion that only Republicans are "adult thinking" and have "greater integrity". That was the point of my posts. But I dont expect to respond.

but I have to laugh at how you guys keep finding a way to excuse the actions of the Bush administration.

Speaking of the Justice Department....

From here

The good news is that she went from yearly contract to permanent. The bad news is that they have still not admitted guilt and paid her legal fees.

Whatever happened to Monica Goodling?

Don't lump me in with that thinking. I don't think that way. I make no excuses for Bush that I can't and don't relate to any previous administration, including but not limited to Demoncrats.

I would guess the question is did they sue for legal fees at the time of the original complaint? Or did she just bargin with them.

For a lighter recollection of Monica and the DoJ

She was a top deputy to Ashcroft when he was AG and was the one who reportedly ordered drapes to be placed over the partially nude statue of the Spirit of Justice in the Justice Department's Great Hall where he would hold press conferences.

The press would takes pics from an angle to show Ashcroft right below her breasts or so they were accused by Monica of doing it deliberately to embarrass stuffy old Ashcroft.

http://www.zpub.com/un/statue300ap.jpg

And then this came out after she had the statue covered.."I hide you, babe"

http://polisat.com/ashcroft/ihideyoubabe.html

In some ways, the "cover up" was very symbolic of the Bush DoJ.

I think John was just worried that people would be distracted trying to figure out which one was the bigger boob.;)

Once you find the rot, you assume the whole tree is bad until you prove otherwise.

Much to my shock and surprise, he turned out to be okay in the end...I am referring to when Gonzales and his flunky tried to get him to go along with illegal wiretapping and torture while he was whacked out from surgery.

Yeah, but once the decision was made after he stepped down, I didn't hear anything about him criticizing it.

I will give him props for having limits when noone else did.

Not his place, in his mind, I suppose. He was quitted, so he left.

Him, Russ Fiengold, Ron Paul, Chuck Hagel. That's about it.

Redux, that's because it's so hard to find adult thought among the common run of the Democrats. Once you've totted up Joe Lieberman, then who? It gets thin after that.

The stimulus is nothing other than a borrowing to cover the damage of bad borrowing, is it not? That's the overarching grounds for criticizing the stimulus bill. Doesn't sound like something to repose confidence in to me, yet remarkably large numbers of Democratic congresscritters are alllllllll for it. Somebody is NOT PAYING ATTENTION to the federal deficit, and that is the thing that debases the currency. But who's stopping the debasement of the currency?

Liebermann isn't a democrat.

And I was impressed with Fiengold's record, during the last 8 years of fucked up lawmaking.