Comments on: Bush’s Idea of Worthwhile Candidates to Be Immigration Judges

By: yonodeler

yonodeler — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:29:01 +0000

George W. Bush and crew usually come right on out with their simplistic dichotomy of good and evil, finding it very convenient in national security, military, and surveillance matters, among others. Yet they won’t flatly state that Republicans are good and Democrats are evil. Such a statement would be so scurrilous and ludicrous that even they would be embarrassed by it. By their actions, conducted through underlings, they have drawn and pressed the evil Democrats and good Republicans dichotomy more than mere words ever could, and no one should be allowed to forget it or to pretend to forget it.

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:06:44 +0000

Monica reminds me of Fawn Hall, not necessarily a bad person, but blinded by misguided loyalty.

By: Citizen92

Citizen92 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:44:14 +0000

One such example is Gary Malphrus.

In 2000, in Florida, he was a 20-something involved in the “Brooks Brothers Riot.”

After that, he was given a White House job as Associate Director of Domestic Affairs (a near-secretarial job at $47,000).

After that, he was appointed as a career immigration judge. That position, which is a LIFETIME term, pays $147,000.

We knew this in 2007. “On Politics and Immigration Judges.”

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:16:57 +0000

The more this stench is uncovered, the better those fired AGs look.
David Iglesias, Carol Lam, John McKay, etc should be proud they’re no longer tarred by association.

By: DeadLast

DeadLast — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:24:43 +0000

One strange thing. These IJs seem to be republican lackeys groomed for quick deportation/no rights/no questions rubber-stamp justice. I know I should not have been so foolish, but I thought Bush actually wanted to work out an immigration policy with Dems. After all this, I think it was a hoax, because as soon as it failed in the Congress, that is when the ICE raids started en masse. Too soon for it not to have been a misdirection play.

By: DeadLast

DeadLast — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:13:06 +0000

Lets be careful about the “Michael Brown” insinuations. He was a front for something else, i.e., he may have been the “Dan Quayle” shiny object that took our focus from something else. There is a great article at Salon about the possibility of a Church-type Committee investigating Bush et al. Apparently FEMA is a big secretive organization that is unable to disclose much of what it does because it involves national security, the continuation of government contingency plans, and its links to the NSA. The article also discloses the likely relationship between secret databases and Ashcroft/Comey/etc. threatening to resign en masse. The programs were instituted by Reagan, continued under all presidents, including Clinton, but ran amouk under W.

Don’t misunderestimate the enemy. Goodling could be a good weak link when they need one most. Not that she is unimportant, but Abu Gonzales gets off scot-free in this report. He is the smoking gun. Goodling is just a casing.

By: SparklestheIguana

SparklestheIguana — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:49:44 +0000

Wow.

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:33 +0000

This administration engaged in this sort of hiring across the federal government, in career positions, from the FCC to Commerce, DHS to the DOJ. I’d like to see the reports from every department’s IG on point.

By: pdaly

pdaly — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:52:19 +0000

Well, all day long at work I hear how great Monica is at this or how wonderful Monica did that! Monica, Monica, Monica! (h/t Jan Brady)

These series of Monica posts are pretty damning evidence against the “yes I guess I cross the line” Badling who knew exactly what she was doing and why she was hired. Also today’s series of posts very clearly show how the WH and DoJ knew, too.