Posted on 08/02/2006 7:52:34 AM PDT by SmithL
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, once a critic of the GOP-led impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, has nominated one of the top Clinton prosecutors to the Orange County Superior Court bench.
Former GOP Rep. Jim Rogan, who was born and raised in San Francisco's Mission District and represented Glendale (Los Angeles County) in the House for four years, splashed onto the national scene as one of the congressional managers -- i.e., prosecutors -- in the Clinton impeachment.
At the time, he called the perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges against Clinton a "slam dunk." Instead, Rogan was the one who got dunked when he lost his seat to Democrat Adam Schiff in the next election.
Rogan is now undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
What makes the Rogan appointment all the more interesting is that in 1999, Schwarzenegger told George magazine that the uproar over the Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair was a waste of time and energy and something "I will never forgive the Republican Party for. I was ashamed to call myself a Republican during that period.''
Guess that was then.
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I LOVE Rogan!!
I'm ashamed Arnie is a Republican, too.
It will be good to have Rogan back on the bench. Met him before he went into politics when he swore a relative in after passing the bar. He's a genuine guy. He should be on the Supreme Court.
Arnie, you are a waste of my time & energy. Don't expect my vote.
We need guts on the court. I hope so, too.
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