Dare We Call It Malfeasance?

Dare We Call It Malfeasance?

VIDEO: Bush, Gonzo and Big Tobacco

There\’s a reason Republicans didn\’t do any oversight during the 109th Congress.

So, the lead prosecutor handling the Justice department\’s biggest investigation, Sharon Eubanks, which just so happened to
be focussed on Big Tobacco, not only never met Mr. Gonzales, but she had her
summation written down for her so she could read it off a script. Mash and Cujo359,
it\’s time to update Gonzopedia. The rest of you get prepared to watch an interview from Fox \”News\” that doesn\’t actually suck.

Oh, but Republicans want us to know that there is no politics being played
at Justice. Uh-huh. Watch the video.

Then there\’s this little bombshell, which proves why Democrats want Karl Rove
under oath, not only on the USAs, but also on all the other things he\’s been
manipulating since, well, the beginning. Karl, meet the Hatch Act.

Witnesses have told congressional investigators that the chief of the General Services Administration and a deputy in Karl Rove\’s political affairs office at the White House joined in a videoconference earlier this year with top GSA political appointees, who discussed ways to help Republican candidates. With GSA Administrator Lurita Alexis Doan and up to 40 regional administrators on hand, J. Scott Jennings, the White House\’s deputy director of political affairs, gave a PowerPoint presentation on Jan. 26 of polling data about the 2006 elections. When Jennings concluded his presentation to the GSA political appointees, Doan allegedly asked them how they could \”help \’our candidates\’ in the next elections,\” according to a March 6 letter to Doan from Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Waxman said in the letter that one method suggested was using \”targeted public events, such as the opening of federal facilities around the country.\” On Wednesday, Doan is scheduled to appear before Waxman\’s committee to answer questions about the videoconference and other issues. The committee is investigating whether remarks made during the videoconference violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that restricts executive-branch employees from using their positions for political purposes. Those found in violation of the act do not face criminal penalties but can be removed from their jobs. … .. GSA Chief Is Accused of Playing Politics

Even Senator Grassley calls what Doan did \”unacceptable.\”

But a Bushie accused of playing politics with a federal agency, which is against
the law? More malfeasance from the Bushies? Say it ain\’t so.

Go get \’em, Henry.