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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 03:58 PM
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Bush’s Justice Dept. blacklisted LGBT groups
Edited on Wed Jul-15-09 04:00 PM by Newsjock
Source: Washington Blade

Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush administration, the Blade has learned.

Numerous applicants were denied entry to the department’s Honors Program and the summer intern program starting in 2006 because of their previous work in what were deemed to be liberal organizations, according to an internal Justice Department report issued last year. The practice occurred while Attorney General Alberto Gonzales led the department.

The Blade recently learned that among the blacklisted groups was Immigration Equality, which focuses on LGBT-related immigration issues.

Also blacklisted was the immigration project for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.



Read more: http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26236
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freesqueeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:01 PM
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1. what else...
was on this list of "too liberal" associations?



Are they too liberal or too gay?
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:10 PM
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2. deemed to be liberal organizations,
Non-liberal organizations favored by the GOP included:

KKK
Westboro Baptist Church
Aryan Nation
and
C Street House
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:13 PM
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3. Not Talon News. nt
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mbperrin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:14 PM
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4. What a shock!
No, wait...
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:22 PM
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5. they probably didn't want any 'wide stance' GOP'ers getting too attentive

It's hard to keep two wars going when your conservative base won't leave the restroom
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 04:38 PM
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6. Gosh, I wonder what Monica Goodling is up to these days?
Some of Monica's interview questions:

Tell us about your political philosophy. There are different groups of conservatives, by way of example: Social Conservative, Fiscal Conservative, Law & Order Republican.

What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?

Why are you a Republican?


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/goodling_to_interviewee_what_i.php
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FreeJG Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 10:12 PM
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7. Oh he's gay.....
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FreeJG Donating Member (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 10:13 PM
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8. Victor Ashe...
sorry for the spelling error!
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 10:30 PM
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9. Note the pettiness . . . the concept of "loyalists" stinks --
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