'Prosecutor-gate': Bush's Power Grab by ROBERT PARRY -- (It's about stealing elections!)

[BuyingThyme]

'Prosecutor-gate': Bush's Power Grab
by ROBERT PARRY

In 2005, when the White House launched a plan to oust U.S. Attorneys who showed insufficient political loyalty, George W. Bush was hoping to solidify one-party Republican control of American political life, in part, through aggressive prosecution of Democrats for alleged “voter fraud.”

One part of Bush's power grab was to unleash attack-dog GOP prosecutors to rip into Democrats who had been trying to get more Americans to vote. But where Republicans claimed “voter fraud,” such as allowing some released felons to cast ballots, the Democrats saw Republican “voter suppression” aimed at frightening minority citizens away from the polls.

But the swing of a few hundred votes in some districts could mean giving the Democrats control of the House and Senate -- and subjecting the Bush administration to some serious oversight. So, by October 2006, when the White House now admits that Bush personally passed on Republican complaints to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the lack of urgency in addressing Democratic “voter fraud” cases, the GOP dream of near-permanent one-party governance was in grave jeopardy.

Ultimately, the refusal of U.S. Attorneys in New Mexico and elsewhere to fast-track the pre-election indictments of Democrats denied the Republicans a last-minute boost that might have kept one or both congressional chambers in GOP hands.

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ON EDIT: I GUESS A LINK WOULD BE IN ORDER...

http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2007/031407Parry2.shtml

[autorank]

1. K&R !!! Parry is the best!!! n/t

[BuyingThyme]

7. It's about the voter fraud, stupid.

The best thing about this commentary is how it brings voter fraud to full circle in very simple language.

[autorank]

11. Hey, I berely know you. How did you know I'm stupid;)?

You're right! In the demand letter* sent by Washington State lobbyist McCabe to Cong. Doc Hastingd, (R- WA), this one, look who is the third cc. "John Fund." Could it be the WSJ John Fund, champoin of the meaningless "voter fraud" canard? Letter

*"demanding" Hastings get Western Washington State Prosecutor McKay fired.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. prosecutor-gate is too clumsy.

Attorneygate rolls off the tongue much more easily. Possibly because of the subtle similarity to 'tourniquet', and the implied bloodletting.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Karl "had the math" remember?

Karl knew things we didn't know...remember?

[tulsakatz]

6. good point!

I had forgotten about that!!

[fooj]

9. I remember.

:grr:

[BuyingThyme]

10. The math:

Rove said, "And I add up to a Republican Senate and a Republican House. You may end up with a different math, but you're entitled to your math. I'm entitled to 'the' math."

http://progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?page=opinion&id=1325

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Karl had the Math,Ted had the Meth and Bush has another Mess!

I wonder why Ted Haggard never got busted for the Meth? Think BushCo had a fix in with the feds in Colorado? Who knows where or what they fixed? Think they fixed Ann's voter fraud troubles in Florida? Think they fixed Rush's drug troubles in Florida? Think they fixed FoleyGate in Florida? I think the BushCo Inc. Mob just might have owned somebody, some way!

EDIT...So here we have another Huge cloud around the White House this week, like we had last week with the Libby scandal.

[ryanmuegge]

4. What about the CIA purge of that time?

Right after Bush's corporate reselection as King in 2004, they proceeded to purge the CIA of anyone who disagreed with the factually flawed PR campaign leading up to the war. If you look at the circumstances there and with the prosecutors, it becomes clear that this went to the highest levels of the administration.

[blm]

12. That purge isn't going to make headlines till more agents and analysts come out

to speak about it.

[BuyingThyme]

14. Yes, it might be a while because, as people here have said,

it's the people who were not purged (i.e. U.S. attorneys) who have the most to say/lose.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. another *&^%ing -gate...

jeezus...come up with another way to refer to scandals...this has passed it's acceptable shelf-life...

[BuyingThyme]

8. ..

[DemReadingDU]

15. evening kick

[scarletwoman]

16. Another k & r -- damn good article! (nt)

[bleever]

17. And the link at the bottom to his article about "Managed Democracy"

leads to a great piece from 2005.