I'll let you guess who is who:
"Democrats Were Targets in Inquiries, Panel Is Told" by PHILIP SHENON
[If this doesn't get you fired up for IMPEACHMENT, then NOTHING will, DemocraPs!]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — Richard L. Thornburgh, attorney general in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, charged Tuesday that political reasons motivated the Justice Department to open corruption investigations against Democrats in Mr. Thornburgh’s home state, Pennsylvania.
In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Thornburgh became the first former Republican attorney general to join with Democratic lawmakers to suggest that the Justice Department under Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales had singled out Democratic politicians for prosecution.
Mr. Thornburgh, who is now in private practice and is defending the former elected Democratic coroner of Allegheny County, Pa., against federal corruption charges:
“The citizens of the United States must have confidence that the department is conducting itself in a fair and impartial manner without actual political influence or the appearance of political influence. Unfortunately that may no longer be the case.”
[That's from a REPUGLICAN, DemocraPs!
What?
I can't hear your high-pitched commentary, say again!]
Mr. Gonzales, who stepped down last month, and his former Justice Department colleagues have repeatedly denied that politics played any role in the prosecution of corruption cases in the Bush administration. The department’s inspector general is now conducting an investigation of the reasons for the firings of the United States attorneys last year.
[So? What's that gonna come to other than shit?]
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating the Justice Department’s handling of the prosecution of several prominent Democrats around the country, most notably the prosecution and conviction of former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama on federal corruption charges. A Republican lawyer there has given a sworn statement to the committee in which she said she overheard discussion of how the White House had put pressure on local prosecutors to pursue the case.
[IMPEACHABLE!!!!!
If you DemocraPs are gonna butt-prop on this, you are WORTHLESS!
Mr. Thornburgh noted a series of high-profile corruption investigations against Pennsylvania Democrats in the months before the 2006 midterm elections, including the one against the former coroner, Cyril Wecht.
[See why the government doesn't like Wecht?]
Mr. Thornburgh said, noting that there had been accusations of corruption against two prominent Republican members of Congress from Pennsylvania in that same period:
“During this same period, not one Republican officeholder was investigated and/or prosecuted — not one. [Dr. Wecht, a nationally prominent forensic pathologist] would qualify as an ideal target for a Republican U.S. attorney trying to curry favor with a department which demonstrated that if you play by its rules, you will advance.”
Dr. Wecht, who is scheduled to go on trial next year, has been charged with 84 criminal counts, including theft and mail fraud, much of it involving his use of a government fax machine and postage meter. Mr. Thornburgh described the prosecution as “bizarre.”
[Yeah, they grinding the axe to him because they don't like his politics!]
Mr. Thornburgh’s testimony drew harsh attacks from Republicans on the Judiciary Committee who accused him of trying to undermine the credibility of the Justice Department in an effort to help a client."
[Go ahead, Repuglicans!!! EAT YOUR OWN!!!!]
