[Rhodes22-list] Another Reason to Clean House at The White House (Political)

Tue Sep 30 16:26:15 EDT 2008

http://www.slate.com/id/2165447/ http://www.slate.com/id/2165447/ 

Brad;

The above link will take you to a photo of Monica, and a pretty good summary
of her involvement in "usattorneygate".

Ben C.

Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> No, I don't remember Monica Goodling, the semi-cute but vapid blond,
> but I was married to her once.  Do you have a photo?  As I get older
> my "green arc" gets wider.  Hey, the Clinton years weren't wasted on
> me.  Back channel is fine!
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Brad,
>>
>> Man, you're wearin' me out. I know now why I'd like to fly with you.  If
>> something were to go wrong, you'd keep fightin' to stay in the air 'til
>> we
>> hit the ground.
>>
>> Anyway, yes the President can fire anybody who works for him, but not for
>> an
>> illegal reason.  You can fire a black employee, but NOT because he's
>> black.
>> Monica Goodling (you remember her, the semi-cute but vapid blond) has
>> already admitted that she hired folks for "career" (non-political) jobs
>> using political criteria (remember the bunch of Regent University grads
>> (the
>> 97,489th rated law school in the US) she hired for DOJ because they were
>> loyal "Bushies"). We'll see whether the fired US Attorneys were fired for
>> legal reasons or not because the special prosecutor is on the case (at
>> least
>> until January, and hopefully thereafter).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ben C.
>>
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>
>>> Ben,
>>>
>>> Just a point of clarification, we're talking about the executive
>>> branch here are we not? Doesn't the POTUS have the authority to fire
>>> anyone they want?  Aren't Federal Prosecutors always political
>>> appointments?  Bush 43 fired eight.  Clinton fired ALL of them which
>>> gave him some cover, the first time in history was it not? Is voter
>>> fraud politically motivated?  I'd fire there ass too if they didn't
>>> look into voter fraud.
>>>
>>> BTW, go on a cruise. You can get all the Cuban cigars you want. Every
>>> trip to China I think about smuggling some back buy I'm usually so
>>> loaded down with Chinese food that my wife forces on me that I'm
>>> nervous enough as it is.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Brad;
>>>>
>>>> Let me try it this way.....If you fly that big silver (OK, mostly
>>>> white)
>>>> bird of yours from Memphis to Miami, it's perfectly legal; but if you
>>>> fly
>>>> from Memphis to Havana to Miami, you still end up in Miami but you've
>>>> broken
>>>> the law (especially if you picked up afew cigars on the stop-over).
>>>>
>>>> So if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico for bad performance it's
>>>> perfectly legal; but if you fire the US Attorney in New Mexico because
>>>> he
>>>> wouldn't bring a politically motivated prosecution at the behest of a
>>>> senator then the US Attorney still ends up fired but you've broken the
>>>> law.
>>>> The bottom line is that the legislative branch is supposed to stay out
>>>> of
>>>> the prosecution business except to report crimes and get out of the
>>>> way.
>>>>
>>>> That's my take on it anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Ben C.
>>>>
>>>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben,
>>>>>
>>>>> The issue in New Mexico was voter fraud.  If the prosecutor is
>>>>> dragging his/her feet on investigating voter fraud that favors a
>>>>> particular party, and the AG fires him/her, how is this illegal?
>>>>>
>>>>> Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Ben Cittadino
>>>>> <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the point my friend.  You can fire all 93.  You can fire 8. 
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> fire any number, but you can't fire even 1 if it is for an illegal
>>>>>> reason
>>>>>> (like your pal Pete Domenici calling you to say "hey Karl we're in a
>>>>>> tough
>>>>>> election cycle here and the US Attorney hasn't indicted any Democrats
>>>>>> yet...I want you to fire his ass).  Capishe??(is that spelled right?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben C.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ben,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh good grief!  Eight was it?  How about Clinton firing ALL 93?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Ben Cittadino
>>>>>>> <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30attorney.html?scp=1&sq=us%20attorneys%20special%20prosecutor&st=cse
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The above link describes the latest development in the scandal
>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>> become known as the "US Attorney Firings Debacle".  I know there
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>> folks who believe that since US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> President, the replacement of a number of these federal prosecutors
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> 2006
>>>>>>>> constituted much commotion over nothing much.  That's just not so.
>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>> independence of federal prosecutors from political influence was at
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>>> a proud hallmark of the Dept of Justice.  The process to appoint US
>>>>>>>> Attorneys was undeniably political, just as the appointment of
>>>>>>>> federal
>>>>>>>> judges is political, but once "on the job" these men and women were
>>>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>>>> to be free to "follow the facts" or "follow the money" ( as some of
>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>> posters are fond of saying) in the pursuit of wrong-doing without
>>>>>>>> fear
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> favor from political operatives. They could be fired for no reason,
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>> reason, but not for an illegal reason.  AG Mukasey (who was hired
>>>>>>>> after
>>>>>>>> Gonzales was forced to resign in part over this very issue)
>>>>>>>> apparently
>>>>>>>> believes there is reason to look into whether federal law
>>>>>>>> enforcement
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> compromised by the likes of Harriet Myers, Karl Rove and others in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Bush
>>>>>>>> White House.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The only way to ensure that this investigation continues after
>>>>>>>> January
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> Elect Sen Obama as President of the United States.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ben C. s/v susan kay, highlands nj
>>>>>>>>
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