Crossing the line

[maddezmom]

Crossing the line


For those who've been arguing that what's gone on in the Bush administration's Department of Justice is just more of the same old political stuff, this week's testimony from Monica Goodling should have been a comeuppance.

Hers was an astonishing performance, after which Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee offered an astonishing response: praise, for a woman who had just described routinely vetting the political orthodoxy of applicants for jobs as prosecutor, and for other nonpolitical jobs.

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Her version of events did make clear that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied at a crucial juncture. It made clear what he knew and when he knew it: too much, too soon.

It also made clear the need and the justification for calling the President's partisan enabler, Karl Rove, and his former White House counsel, Harriet Miers, to give their version of events under oath.

The kind thing would be to avoid characterizing Ms. Goodling in any personal way, but she invited such attention by claiming, "At heart, I am a fairly quiet girl who tries to do the right thing and tries to treat people kindly along the way."

more:http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/OPINION01/705250388

[MADem]

1. Crossing the line was THIS nonsense, I thought

Which one is Alberto, and which one Monica?