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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla
That being my precise point: an accurate understanding of the situation shows us the Bush Administration adhered more to the Constitution than either the Administration before his, or the one after. You didn't find senior officials telling us "The Constitution doesn't concern me" in the Bush Administration, but you do now. No wonder I didn't vote for this guy. No wonder I'm going to vote against him next chance I get, too. No wonder I'm going to contribute money to his opponents.
And what about treaties? I don't recall anyone getting shortchanged enough to notice. Where are you getting this? Leftwing blogs? Have you at the last no sense of critical thinking whatsoever? If you're a Democrat, Redux, I thank God I'm not one.
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In fact, i got it from DoJ IG internal investigation that found the Bush DoJ attorneys used "poor judgment" (a slap on the wrist...the least harsh penalty) and may have acted politically to meet the demands/expectations of the White House to justify torture. Others within the Dept, particularly, the Office of Professional Responsibility, thought it was worse than that and wanted harsher penalties.
And it was not the only internal IG investigation that the Bush DoJ put political expediency above the rule of law. It also applied to actions within the Civil Rights Division and general hiring practices within the Dept.
Three internal reviews casting doubt or finding serious actions by political appointees within the Department that were counter to the concept of following the law.
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As to the "before or after", we had that discussion
(link) and the best you could come up with about previous (Clinton) DoJ was a book, by Rush Limbaugh's brother, some wingnut site about Reno and a strip club and that someone said that they knew someone who overheard someone suggesting that Reno was involved in a lesbian sexy orgy.
So, please, dont lecture me unless you have facts to support your claims.
But if you insist on continuing a discussion of the respective DoJs, I will be happy to oblige....lets take it back to the link above.
