ROVE IDENTIFIED 11 PIVOTAL STATES FOR '08; BUSH HAS APPOINTED NEW U.S. ATTORNEYS IN NINE OF THEM

[DeepModem Mom]

McClatchy Newspapers: New U.S. attorneys seem to have partisan records
By Greg Gordon, Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers

....Last April, while the Justice Department and the White House were planning the firings, Rove gave a speech in Washington to the Republican National Lawyers Association. He ticked off 11 states that he said could be pivotal in the 2008 elections. Bush has appointed new U.S. attorneys in nine of them since 2005: Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. U.S. attorneys in the latter four were among those fired.

Rove thanked the audience for "all that you are doing in those hot spots around the country to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is protected." He added, "A lot in American politics is up for grabs."

The department's civil rights division, for example, supported a Georgia voter identification law that a court later said discriminated against poor, minority voters. It also declined to oppose an unusual Texas redistricting plan that helped expand the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. That plan was partially reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Frank DiMarino, a former federal prosecutor who served six U.S. attorneys in Florida and Georgia during an 18-year Justice Department career, said that too much emphasis on voter fraud investigations "smacks of trying to use prosecutorial power to investigate and potentially indict political enemies."

Several former voting rights lawyers, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of antagonizing the administration, said the division's political appointees reversed the recommendations of career lawyers in key cases and transferred or drove out most of the unit's veteran attorneys....

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16962753.htm

[K8-EEE]

1. What's so suspicious about THAT? -- Just EVERYTHING...!! k&r!

Wow.....just wow!!

[a kennedy]

2. This is why I love DU......

Thank you so much for this info DeepModem Mom :hug:

[robinlynne]

27. absolutely. I can't wait to get home and find out what's happening on DU.

[brettdale]

3. There goes 2008

:-(

[cali]

17. You're kidding.

With every passing day, the repukes chances of winning in '08, wane.

[ejbr]

54. Unfortunately

even if you are right, this post suggests that the repugs can continue to get away with voter fraud through suppression via the U.S. Attorney's office, turning an evitable Democratic win into a loss. Just as they did to Kerry in 2004 :yoiks:

[ejbr]

53. I agree with you Brettdale

Americans are too slow and stupid to catch on to this travesty before the elections. I mean, most of us knew Bush & Co. were thieves who were not to be trusted on ANYTHING since he was selected president in 2000. And here we are, years later, still wondering why the populace is not OUTRAGED that Bush is not allowing Rove to testify under oath for the "possible" (:sarcasm:) politicization of the justice department, while Clinton was required to testify under oath for a blowjob. Americans, as a whole, appear to be fucking dense. :banghead:

[IChing]

4. Well that just proves there is no need for him to testify under oath

without transcripts and in closed session.

In other news Iran took 15 british soldiers while their patrol boat was near the white cliffs of dover.

[Supersedeas]

77. Nothing to see here -- feed them more snow in winter stories...or something superficial

[varkam]

5. Ruh-roh.

That's either one big coincidence or...

oh what the hell am I saying? That's one big, festering, steaming pile of Rethuglican crap.

K&R

[caligirl]

8. This is exactly the idea I conveyed to Issa's staffer a couple weeks ago,

the guy got real excited.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Hold it Issa has been one of the hit men

[w4rma]

22. Representative Darrell E. Issa (R - CA)'s staffer was probably excited in a happy way. (nt)

[glitch]

59. Gave him hope for his future.

If he's working for Issa he's gonna need it.

[C_U_L8R]

6. and have any of the attorneys been approved

by congress ??? Or were they snuck in with their weasel homeland security provisions.
If so.. how do we get them out? (and why aren't the old USAs being offered their jobs back?)

[loudsue]

32. That's the whole point of the provision that Specter snuck into the Patriot (sic) Act

It bypasses the people's congress.

These slimey assholes know damned good and well what they have been doing. DUers, and many other bloggers, have hammered and hammered the Dems to get on this problem with our elections, but the Dems just keep acting like abused spouses; so afraid the media will call them "sore losers".

But Karl Rove has stated, and it is obvious, that he intends to make sure that the republicans have the majority forever. And it is so brutally apparent that republicans have NO CONSCIENCE about stealing elections, or railroading democracy. That is why Dems HAVE TO insure that this Holt bill, or anything RESEMBLING allowing republican-owned machines, to program our election software, or put that software in any of the machines or central tabulators, DOES NOT PASS. We need paper ballots, hand counted, with follow-up audits that are the ONLY things that determine winners in an election.

The republicans have hijacked the media and the voting machines: you CANNOT have a Democracy without

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS


OR


COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS!!!!!!

These repervlikins are liers and cheats of the highest magnitude!!! They've proven it time and again. As long as Karl Rove is alive and breathing, there will be lying, cheating and criminality in the republican party. As long as Cheney is in there, there will be fascism.


:kick::kick::kick:

[The Straight Story]

7. 9...11....Hmmmm

:tinfoilhat: :rofl:

[varkam]

9. LOL!

Just more proof that the government is lying to us.

[caligirl]

10. If only ampson would spill the secrets on Florida 2000 now.

[proud patriot]

11. Snap* Clap* who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

Not me ...

then who ?

Bush fired the attorneys from the American judicial system ..

That mother fucker !!!!!!!


:grr: :mad: :grr:

[mod mom]

12. Woo Hoo we're off the list. They know many of us in Ohio are on to them and

we're organized!

[flyarm]

67. ahhh we were organized and on to them and prepared for them in Fla in 2004

just this time the media and most around the country ingored the steal in fla in 2004...

don't be too confident!!

they will do it again next time to Ohio..if they can..and this time it will get ignored!!

don't mean to be a downer..but been there done that!!

fly

[mod mom]

81. We have a Dem SOS who is interested in fair election- the big difference.

but don't worry, we won't let down our gurad. :hi:

[southerncrone]

13. "to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is protected." GIVE ME A BREAK!

Turdblossom sure has a lot of nerve! The lying 2-faced bastard! He has NO IDEA what INTEGRITY is!!!:grr:

[barbtries]

52. this is opposite world

when rove says "the integrity of the ballot" you can be sure that what he MEANS is "our ability to steal elections"

[Morgana LaFey]

64. no, he means REPUBLICAN "integrity" of the ballot

simple. The Dems have no right to govern, so they have no right to legal and valid elections. If the people aren't smart enough to elect the right people, they'll need a little help. Better by far than "a little convincing," if you know what I mean.

[femrap]

70. This a major tactic used by Rove.....

Accuse the Democrats of what the Republicans are doing. It's all part of what I call their 'Bully Strategy.' It's taught on the playground to 3rd graders!

[Patsy Stone]

14. Karl's sticky wicket

A Citizens Commission on Civil Rights study found that "the enforcement record of the voting section during the Bush administration indicates this traditional priority has been downgraded significantly, if not effectively ignored."

--

Rove gave a speech in Washington to the Republican National Lawyers Association.

Rove thanked the audience for "all that you are doing in those hot spots around the country to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is protected."

WELL? Which one is it? :eyes:

[Justice Is Comin]

16. Nothin' says lovin' like somethin' in the oven...

I think we got us a whole lot of elephant cooking right now.

[ninkasi]

18. I'm grateful I wasn't attending that speech

According to the article, "Rove thanked the audience for "all that you are doing in those hot spots around the country to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is protected." He added, "A lot in American politics is up for grabs."

I would not want to be standing anywhere near Rove when he utters words like "integrity of the ballot," lest a vengeful deity finally was so disgusted with Rove's lies that he hurled a bolt of lightening big enough to take out a continent sized piece of land around Rove. We all know that Karl belongs to the dark side, but I think even they are getting tired of being connected to the current Republic leadership, and wish they would all just disappear in a cloud of sulfur.

[tom_paine]

45. If a venegful God didn't strike down the Nazis themselves with lightning

What makes you think He/She is going to srtike down that Nazi-Lites, who are killing so many fewer than the Nazis did while pursuing essentially the same aims?

"Nazi-Lite: Same Great Oppression with HALF the Genocide"

[Morgana LaFey]

62. And much better propaganda

Great slogan, btw: "Nazi-Lite: Same Great Oppression with HALF the Genocide"

[CrazyOrangeCat]

65. Would be a tremendous bumper-sticker.

But so few would even get it . . .

Sigh.;)

[Labors of Hercules]

57. With all the damage that's been done...

Who's going to get to the bottom of this shit and ensure it doesn't happen again?

These people need to be in jail, not living in mansions or the White House! :grr:

[MagickMuffin]

19. I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE DAY 1.....

Sorry for Shouting, but this is exactly what they had in mind with this "plan", so I guess now I have hard proof I was right:evilgrin:

[DeepModem Mom]

23. You were right! And no apology needed for shouting -- I had to shout the subject line! nt

[MagickMuffin]

25. Well let's just say Rove is PRETTY DAMN PREDICABLE ;=D

And he's been called a "genius":rofl: It really doesn't take a rocket scientist to know how his mind works.
He has a PATTERN to his MADNESS

[Raksha]

30. He's not a genius. He's never been a genius.

He's just never been inhibited by even the most rudimentary ethical considerations. He has no sense of ethics AT ALL, and no conscience whatsoever. That's not the same thing as genius.

[MagickMuffin]

31. Yep, I've NEVER considered him a genius, I consider him to be a PUTZ

[Frustratedlady]

48. Rove is not a genius.

He is a schoolyard bully. Look at what happened to him when Fitzgerald stared him down. He lost a ton of weight. I still don't understand what happened there, but Rove was running scared until he found out he wasn't going to prison.

Rove is the kind that would talk an underling into doing his dirty work, then stand back with that innocent, "Who, me?" look on his face.

It's time that all the "kids" on the playground teach him a lesson. In no time at all, he'll be back to sucking his thumb.

No genius here! Move on!

[rocktivity]

20. Yum!

:P
rocknation

[Malikshah]

21. So to use a phrase ubiquitous to the Law and Order franchise...

What's to happen w/ the USAs appointed by the admin...

Aren't they fruit from the poison tree?

Has there been any media discussion of this.

I, for one, don't want folks who were clearly placed there by neocon machinations anywhere near a courtroom.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Perhaps as.... defendants?

:evilgrin:

[robinlynne]

26. ok. who is going to report this (the rove speech-11 states) to the judiciary committee?

if I call or write with one more story they will think I'm a nutcase.

please somebody get this part of the story with appropriate info about the source to the judicairy committee.
(short facts work best.)
let me know, otherwise I'll call monday morning.
i just don't want to lose credibility by calling too often.

[caligirl]

28. McClatchey, aka knight ridder, is a big paper, I'd have confidence

they will see this. Just google it, its spreading like the plague.

[robinlynne]

55. good. thank-you caligirl.

[2008]

29. k&r (nt)

[cassiepriam]

33. This is only one piece of his plan. Lots of other things in place as well I would guess.

[Kurovski]

34. K&R.

It never ends.

[Breeze54]

35. This is HUGE!!!! TY!!!

Thank You for sharing this info.

Took me awhile to post it on my messageboard.
DU glitches...or it seems.

This is just sooooooo cool!!! :woohoo:

:)

[Duer 157099]

36. So what happened to the prior USAttys (not the Gonzo 8)?

We need to find out the circumstances that led to the vacancies in FL, GA, WI, CO, and MN, right? We know about the other states (MI, NM, NV, AR).

And were those USAttys Senate confirmed?

[saltpoint]

37. Rove barely survived indictment by Fitzgerald regarding the Plame leak.

He might realize that this time he might not be so lucky. His fingerprints are all over this Gonzales mess.

I bet he's phoned up his lawyers already. I bet notes have been taken.

[Swamp Rat]

38. "A lot in American politics is up for grabs."

Said like a true reptile.

[jazzjunkysue]

39. K&R! Alert the media! Ok, start some media! n.t,

[HuffleClaw]

40. wow

the plot thickens n'est pas?

[RedEarth]

41. Very, very interesting.......it all starts coming together....... KR

[tom_paine]

42. We are getting eversomuch closer to the BushPutinist State

Loyal Bushies now control vast swaths of the legal system, and they are beholden to no law but the whim of their Bushevik Masters.

None.

I fear for the future now that it has been revealed just how far the depths of Bushevik cirminality has gone, just how many felonies have been committed.

Nazi Law Enforcement is in place. Nazi judges are in place (wnat to bet there's a similar Loyal Bushie scandal in judge appointments). Nazi LAWS are in place, just awaiting another 9/11 to implement. God Forbid that shall ever happen, because then the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

[Auntie Bush]

72. No wonder they were so sure they would control the presidency and congress for

at least the next 50+ years. But as USUAL they were WRONG!

[indepat]

43. Absolute power corrupts absolutely but members of the cabal were absolutely corrupt before seizing

absolute power. And now almost all the Federal government has been politicized: absolute corruption of the entire establishment is near.

Edited to add last sentence

[GCP]

44. I've forwarded the link to Sen Patrick Leahy

I hope somebody on his staff reads it.

[annabanana]

51. Let's hope Specter doesn't get hold of it first...

He might not pass the information on. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=3171312

[cyberpj]

46. The better to control election investigations my dear...... and now I'm gonna EAT YOU!! nt

[glitch]

47. If there was any evidence of fraud in the elections they would have investigated.

Oh wait.

Remember hearing that in 2002, 2004, 2006? This USAs scandal sure shines a new light on that creepy crawly little meme.

[Morgana LaFey]

63. Yes -- because the replacements USAs have a HISTORY of "helping"

the Bushies on such things.

Justice's new U.S. attorneys have partisan records (Dem vote suppression experience!)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2779325


BUSH Appointed Attorney Accused Of Participating In Florida 04-Dem Voter Suppression (McClatchy)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x487446


not sure how useful this on is: GwB43: The White House, vote theft, and the email trail
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x476723

a little irony:
Justice Dept. Recognized Prosecutor's Work (Iglesias) on Election Fraud Before His Firing
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2771988

[glitch]

69. Even more indictments on their ulterior motive. Other than looting and corruption of course.

Now that it's all coming out it is nice not being pestered by the naysayers repeating their talking points ad nauseum.

[EnviroBat]

49. Oh my Gawd!

I'm coming unglued at this shit. These fuckers should be swinging like Saddam...

[juno jones]

68. I think hanging is still on the books for TREASON! n/t

[bridgit]

50. kick...

[OregonBlue]

56. THOSE STATES BETTER GET PAPER BALLOTS NOW!!!

[Morgana LaFey]

66. Yeah, what ARE those 11 states. Anyone know? nt

[wicket]

58. Jesus Christ!!!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[halobeam]

60. another kick

[MnFats]

61. 'protect the integrity of the ballot" Hello again, Mr. Orwell.

Stunning, simply stunning.

[bonito]

71. K&R

[ooglymoogly]

73. There is one thing that seems at the moment to be saving us

from complete capitulation to Nazism and that is the internet. DU, Huffington Post...etcetera...and may the gods bless them for that.

[jimshoes]

74. Very interesting...

These repubs are leaving such a stink wherever they go. It follows them like rotting meat.

[mzmolly]

75. The good news is that we are aware.

Now, what to do?

Rec # 106. Great info, thanks!

[gatorboy]

76. They can forget Arkansas.

Considering how Bush and his FEMA cronies treated us after our tornado damage, turning us red again won't be easy.

[caledesi]

83. Supposedly, the thugs wanted the power in ARK to find dirt

on Hillary (ala Am. Spectator) and trash her so she no chance of winning. That's the reason that they replaced Cummins (US Att), good job done, liked in ARK with the guy who had little experience.

[goclark]

78. Why does the Corp Owned Media say"this is no big deal"

it's only "political appointments" and every president has done that, "nothing to see here" according to the TUCKERS.

My head is spinning.. why is this different, I'm sure it is but I really am not sure now. :crazy:

[Cobalt Violet]

79. K & R

:kick:

[merh]

80. I posted this earlier in the week

merh
Wed Mar-21-07 11:20 PM
17. Here is the list

* Carol Lam (Southern District of California)
* David Iglesias (District of New Mexico)
* H. E. Cummins III (Eastern District of Arkansas)
* Paul K. Charlton (District of Arizona)
* John McKay (Western District of Washington)
* Kevin V. Ryan (Northern District of California)
* Daniel Bogden (District of Nevada)
* Margaret Chiara (Western District of Michigan)

Let's see, Arkansas, could that be because Hillary Clinton has baggage worth investigating in Arkansas? Didn't Clark announce his 2004 presidential bid from Arkansas? And isn't Arkansas a week red state?

New Mexico, Richardson is a dem candidate, does he need further scrutiny and isn't New Mexico a barely red state that had voting issues in 2004? Weren't New Mexico's electoral votes important in 2004?

Nevada, a barely red state.

California, a blue state that has the most electoral votes and a republican governor, do they think it is vulnerable and do they need to increase the investigations into dems?

Arizona - McCain? Is he not their annointed successor?

Michigan - 17 electoral votes and a state that is barely blue.

Washington ??



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3175377&mesg_id=3175426

Rove just confirmed my suspicions.

[drm604]

82. But... But...

Clinton fired 94 Attorneys...

and...

and...

THE CLENIS!!!
:sarcasm:

[yardwork]

84. k&r