[Howlin]

GW could not purge the DOJ of democrats when he took office because he did not have the legal authority to do so.

I have been saying this for SIX YEARS but nobody will listen.

Heck, Ashcroft even went to Congress just to try to MOVE some people around and Congress said NO. You cannot get rid of civil servants, period.

And the last thing Bill Clinton did as he went out of the door of the Oval Office was to make the vast majority of his political appointees CIVIL SERVANTS.

[Miss Marple]

Heck, I have had to explain it TWICE already this morning. Check my posts to see where!

I can't understand why people REFUSE to understand how the Civil Service laws work. The compulsion to blame Bush must just be overwhelming!

[Mia T]

Didn't know this. But even if this was/is the case, why isn't the scheme reversible?? Seems an argument could have been made that the clintons' 'midnight' maneuver to make the vast majority of their political appointees CIVIL SERVANTS was nothing more than a cynical attempt to prevent the next president from doing precisely what they had done--purge the DOJ of the enemy.

COPYRIGHT MIA T 2007

[jrooney]

Howlin, once again you hit the nail on the head, as usual. It is hard to try and explain that to people whom can't see past the end of their nose and are willing to blame GW when they have a hang nail or a bad hair day. People like that are being foolish. I for one will call them on it.