ROBERT PARRY: Bush Family's Prosecutor Games

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Bush Family's Prosecutor Games

By Robert Parry
March 4, 2007

George W. Bush learned at least one lesson from his father: You want your federal prosecutors to be team players who will throw a political elbow or two when the White House needs some help.

When George H.W. Bush faced a tough reelection battle in 1992, his administration tried to destroy Bill Clinton by implicating him in criminal investigations. But those plans collapsed when federal law enforcement officials, including a U.S. Attorney in Arkansas, resisted what they saw as improper White House political pressure.

Now, the younger George Bush is moving to ensure that he won’t be sabotaged by similarly independent-minded prosecutors. The Washington Post reported that the White House approved the firing of seven U.S. attorneys at the end of 2006 after the Justice Department identified them as insufficiently supportive of the President’s policies.

The Justice Department got input on the firings from congressional Republicans, including Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico who criticized the performance of U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, the Post reported.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/030307.html

[The Count]

1. Amazing! Didn't know Whitewater was cooked to help Poppy win!

"The Whitewater investigation also never weighed the possibility that the scandal had started as a political dirty trick intended to help George H.W. Bush win reelection, as U.S. Attorney Banks suspected."

Whic is probably why the MSM is so obstinate in never allowing the public to know it was bogus and the Clintons weren't guilty of anything.
I remember a scene from the Hunting of the President where Clinton had a press conference on the Pillsbury report exonerating them. He was talking and noticed no one was taking notes. "You are not going to cover this, are you?" There was silence.
And there was our problem, manifested in that moment.

They were going to repeat that over and over - bih headline lies, next to nothing correction with Gore, WMD, war - everything. All of them, not just Fox.

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2. This administration is NOT Rove's first dance ...

Not by a long shot ...

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3. nor last, I'll wager

I watched him last night on c-span when he was asked to comment on '08 candidates. He wouldn't, except for Huckabee. He said he didn't want to be a "prognosticator." But I'll wager that he is already signed up with someone and is providing strategy. It might very well be Mike Huckabee. He said Huckabee has a nice personality and a good "story."