Sen. Orin Hatch Thinks Prosecution of Immigrants More Important Than Prosecution of Pedophiles

[McCamy Taylor]

Sen. Orin Hatch, in his position as defender of the administrations plan to fire federal prosecutors and replace them with political appointees, nailed Lam and Inglesias to crosses (while claiming that he was not criticizing theior performance) and then compared them unfavorably to the federal prosecutor in Texas, who still has a job and who was rewarded on Tuesday with a promotion by AG Gonzales.

Interesting that Orin Hatch thinks so highly of federal attorney Johnny Sutton. Sutton is under fire for his decision not to prosecute officials at the Texas Youth Commission for the sexual abuse of children under their care. The local prosecutor had refused to step in to protect these minors. The Texas (Republican) AG had declined to prosecute these apppointees of Republican Governor Rick Perry prior to the 2006 election in which Perry was running. That left Sutton as the last hope for justice for the kids at the facility. He decided not to get involved either.

So, Orin Hatch thinks that a federal prosecutor who declines to prosecute child sexual abusers is a model US attorney.

http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2007/03/did_al_gonzales.html

[fooj]

1. Most excellent catch!

KandR!

[Warren DeMontague]

2. If they have a uniform of authority- you know, correctional officer, priest, soldier- then it's not

*really* child sexual abuse.


At least, it doesn't ever seem to be prosecuted the same.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. but what of immigrant pedophile ultra conservative religious folks? huh? huh?

those are a real threat.

[fooj]

4. This needs to be on the GREATEST...

Let's get it done!

[Roland99]

5. Here's one more from me!

[fooj]

6. Yippee. Off to the greatest...

Information needs to be circulated, imo.

[melody]

7. The Bush-Reagan Boys Town pedo ring would approve

No wonder Hatch leans this way -- he got his orders.

[hootinholler]

8. Was Hatch around for that?

The Franklin affair.

-Hoot

[melody]

9. He may not have been around for it

But the people who do have his bits in a vise. That's the way they do business.

[The Count]

10. He's right. Pedophiles are GOP, while immigrants can become Democrats.

It's a no brainer! :shrug:

[bananarepublican]

13. Wait a minute, wasn't Mark Foley a democrat?

Just kidding! I'm sure either Ken Mehlman, Cheney's daughter, Ted Haggard, or the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover - upstanding republicun*s, one and all - would have corrected me soon enough.

[flyarm]

11. ahhh and yes yesterday Perry appointed conservator toYouth commisson yesterday!!

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/03/29/29tyc.html

Perry agrees to conservator for Youth Commission
Governor gives no reason for abrupt change of course.

By W. Gardner Selby
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Republican Gov. Rick Perry reversed course and yielded to legislators today on how to best manage the Texas Youth Commission. He agreed to declare the agency guilty of gross fiscal mismanagement and put a conservator in charge.

The commission has been under scrutiny in the wake of inaction in response to the reported sexual abuse of juvenile residents.


Perry said legislation carried by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, will then result in an appointed commissioner taking the agency's helm — a choice expected to be made by Perry. That person would be counseled by an advisory board.



snip:

Hinojosa said his measure, Senate Bill 103, will "build TYC from the ground up."

Perry, who previously insisted there wasn't a need to take the far-reaching step, twice declined to say why he'd changed his mind, saying: "We're looking forward, not back."

"We're going to fix an agency that's broken," Perry said. "The fact of the matter is it's time now to put a conservator in. . . . This is the right thing to do at the right time."

Perry acted the same week the House corrections panel approved legislation requiring a conservator to be appointed. The Senate previously approved a similar measure. And early this month, the Legislative Audit Committee, consisting of the speaker, lieutenant governor, two House members and two senators, had urged Perry to name a conservator.

Perry announced the action shortly before a joint legislative committee started an afternoon hearing intended to elicit public comment on misdeeds at the agency. Scores of people lined up outside the hearing room before the hearing started.

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[fooj]

12. And Gonzales said that he was busy protecting the youth of this country.

reported sexual abuse of juvenile residents.

F*cking liars. Sick, treasonous, rat bastards.