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An Old Kind of Politics

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by FranchiseBlade, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. FranchiseBlade

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    These are all quotes by a member of the Bush department of Justice under Alberto. The guy was not only a member of the Justice Dept., he was the head of the civil rights division. It's unbelievable.

    And some people seem shocked and like minorities don't have a reason to vote against Republicans. Well just look the commitment to civil rights here.

    Remember that under oath he said that he never used political leanings as a criteria for hiring.
    http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/DOJ/Story?id=6637861&page=1

    http://www.rollingstone.com/nationa...cism-in-the-bush-doj-_civil-rights_-division/

    John Tanner also gets into the action. This is from the same link.

    What kind of commit to civil rights is this to put these people in the justice department and as head of the civil rights division. How shameful can it get?
     
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  2. SamFisher

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    That is classsic GOP/Bush style though. Take agencies/departments that you object to and fill them with hard core party hacks who are against them will destroy them, then turn around and claim "this agency doesn't work!" It has happened many times.

    John Bolton thinks the UN is useless and diplomacy is for idiots? Hey put him in as the UN ambassador!

    Hate environmental regs? Have Dirk Kempthorne run it, where he spent 250,000 on office renovations and purposefully ignored the regulations that he swore to enforce.

    Wrecking government agencies on purpose is a backhanded way of pushing the "less government" agenda. It's pretty sick though.
     
  3. Invisible Fan

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    But-but-but do they put their hand on their heart when the anthum plays?
     
  4. FranchiseBlade

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    Agreed. I just hope the next election when someone comes on the board and starts talking about Democrats taking minority vote for granted, and that maybe the Republicans could count on a larger percentage of the minority vote, they will remember this.

    That line taking minority vote for granted gets trotted out almost every single election.
     
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    Just a little update. Despite being a Perjurer who has been proven unfit to have anything to do with hiring practices this guy works...

    http://www.hinklaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=130

    It's just unbelievable that he is able to work in that field.

    I'm also surprised that the people who always talk about how bad it was that Clinton committed perjury aren't piping in about how bad it is that Schlozman did the same thing.
     
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    Not really. Most people who work in the employment law field work to protect discriminators and keep people from exercising their rights as employees. That is where the money is. Schlosman may have gained skills in depriving employees of their rights.
     

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