The corrupt Bush Justice Department
If you haven’t heard someone on the left side of the of the political spectrum complain about the corrupt, politicized Bush Justice Department then, please, tell me about the ride on the turnip truck. Here in Alabama the popular refrain among leftists is that the Bush Justice Department chose to aggressively prosecute Don Siegelman (and rig the judicial system) – all orchestrated by Karl Rove, of course. They never explain why Alabama of all states was chosen for this extreme subversion of the law. Could be that we had a corrupt former governor…
Anyway, I was reading an article in USA Today about Ted Steven’s indictment on seven federal charges of failing to disclose gifts. There was a table accompanying the article listing members of Congress who have been indicted or convicted wince 2000 (six Republicans, two Democrats). Four of the Republicans (and both Democrats) were indicted and/or prosecuted by the federal government – the corrupt, politicized Bush Justice Department. How can this be?! I thought that they only targeted Democrats. (I’m not the only one to take note of the paradox.)
As far as Stevens goes, I am not surprised to learn about the indictment, in fact I am glad to hear about it. Regular readers know that I have a particularly sharp disdain for legislative pork and Stevens was the worst (or the best, depending on your point of view).
