Bush appointees to Justice Department: We won't go

[Phred42]

Easy to solve. Reassign them - to gitmo, Gaza, Iraq, Alaska :evilgrin:

Bush appointees to Justice Department: We won't go
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Bush_U.S._attorneys_to_Justice_Dept._0116.html

George W. Bush will leave the White House for good on Tuesday, but two controversial U.S. attorneys appointed by him have no intention of leaving the Justice Department.

U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan of Pittsburgh, a member of the conservative Federalist Society who is close to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, pledged last month to remain in her post.

And U.S. Attorney Alice Martin of Birmingham, whose conduct has been the subject of repeated investigations by Congress and the Justice Department’s ethics office, several of which are still pending, will stay on in her post, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

[The Magistrate]

1. They Will Go, Sir: They Serve At The Pleasure Of The President....

[annabanana]

4. I think I'll fax them both a reminder on Tues:

"You serve at the Pleasure of the President"

Mary Beth Buchanan,Pittsburgh Office
fax # [phone]

Alice Martin, Birmingham Office
fax # [phone]

[roamer65]

9. Bingo. They will leave whether they like it or not.

[liberalhistorian]

11. Oh, but. but, but.........but that only

applies to democrats, doncha know that by now??/

[BlooInBloo]

22. And that's the end of this thread.

[merh]

2. Oh, they should really go, really, they should

they need to take the time to enjoy their lives before they have to defend their abuses of office.

[billybob537]

3. More childish Wingnuts

Just what chimpy needs to look even more we todd Ed

[spanone]

5. their arrogance knows no boundaries

[ThomWV]

6. I'm a lot more concerned about the (minimum extimate) 63 civilian hires lurking there

It seems to me that the real problem is the idiologicaly correct civilian hires that are burried deep in the Justice Department. They've had 8 years to move up the chains of command, 8 years from now they will be in charge of all of the various divisions and departments. Those are the people who have to be identified and assigned to posts deep in Nebraska and Montana.

[BlueMTexpat]

7. Hey ... puleeze don't inflict them on Montana!

What did Montana ... or Nebraska, for that matter ... ever do to deserve them?

Just let them go and stand in an employment line somewhere, unless there are charges that can be proven against them (could be, after all), in which case they can be gainfully employed making license plates or doing laundry.

And yes, I concur wholeheartedly that it's not just the political appointees who needed to be weeded out ... and not only from the DOJ.

:fistbump:

[KoKo]

8. Agree, they are everywhere in every department. No wonder the Chimp still smirks

he knows his moles are everywhere and will be hard to get out because of the career civil service rules.

[blaze]

14. Do civil service rules require them to remain in their current

positions?

[CreekDog]

17. if they are political appointees, they have no civil service protections

they can be fired for drinking the wrong soda.

[KoKo]

18. What I've read is that the lower level folks Bush put in can't be removed.

Civil Service means there have to be legal causes for removal. Drinking the wrong soda probably wouldn't do it, sadly.

[blaze]

19. But maybe they could be reassigned?

To toothless jobs that they hated and would want to quit?

[KoKo]

23. It's possible...and maybe they will feel so uncomfortable working for a new boss

they will leave on their own. But, some will stay just to muck things up. Still...we must have hope.

[CreekDog]

26. Bush can't put in civil service employees

and that's not who we are talking about here. we are talking about US Attorneys and political appointees. legally they have no protection comparable to civil service.

[ThomWV]

20. Those aren't the ones I mean - I mean the ones they hired

The appointees got to hire regular civil servants and they illegally hired based on political conviction. Not those little politically correct hires are GS-13's and such but 8 years from now they will be GS-15's and in charge of not only hiring of like minded people but also of the various departments and branches and all the little nooks and crannies of Government.

[KoKo]

28. Exactly...it's the ones they hired...that will be there forever...n/t

[Historic NY]

10. They need to put the moles in plain white rooms with a chair & table & nothing more..

no phones, no outside communications. They must report there daily. Its not illegal but it sure marginalizes and isolates them.

[RC]

15. That is a good idea

Use an abandoned airplane hanger in the boonies somewhere. Supply electricity and running water. A single phone and a single fax line/machine. Both monitored. Check up on them periodically and unexpectedly. Anyone not at their post is AWOL. If they are asleep, grounds for discipline and eventual dismissal. The same for any other activities not allowed during working hours. Other than that, nothing for them to do.

[MiniMe]

12. How nice of them to volunteer to work without a salary

Cut their paychecks out. You don't get a paycheck after you are fired.

[11 Bravo]

13. Uhhh, yeah, actually you will.

The fucking second your President tells you to!

[tsuki]

16. Alice Martin should be disbarred. nt

[L0oniX]

21. Little repuke nazis n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

24. They don't have a choice, do they?

They serve at the president's pleasure. If Obama wants them gone, they'll be gone.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. Come on now -- don't send them to Alaska.

We've got enough problems to deal with with Governor Princess.

[backscatter712]

27. Easily solved problem - they're fired.

This isn't Gonzo's attorney-gate - Iglesias and co. were illegally fired for refusing to follow orders to break the law.

Obama doesn't have that problem. US Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President, and he has every right to fire them for any reason that is not illegal. Including political reasons.