Purge-gate: Bush, Gonzales DOJ _SUBORNED PERJURY_ - pushed US Atty. Iglesias to MAKE FALSE PROSECUTIONS vs Dems accused by GOP hit-squads....

The heart-and-soul of the PURGE-GATE SCANDAL is that President Bush (his political director, Karl Rove) and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales SOUGHT TO USE THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - the US government - as an election bully, intimidator, extortion thug, and hatchet man, by getting US Attorneys TO CREATE FALSE PROSECUTIONS, out of thin air as with so many Rove/GOP smear operations, in order to swing close elections in Congressional, Senate and presidential races.

In short, the Bush-Cheney-Rove-Gonzales White House is trying to REASSERT VOTER SEGREGATION, using the DoJ not to ENFORCE voter rights, but TO DENY and INTIMIDATE legal voters from voting.



<< Iglesias: What they wanted me to do was come up with some BOGUS PROSECUTIONS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF VOTER FRAUD. That's number one. And number two, they wanted me to rush indictments against democrats who were engaging in corrupt activities. I couldn't do that because the case wasn't ready. It's that simple. >>


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BILL MAHER VIDEO: David Iglesias Interviewed on US Attorney Scandal, Says 'They Wanted Bogus Prosecutions, I Couldn't Do That'

Conservative Bush Apologist Steals Spotlight with Jaw-Dropping Analysis: Politics Comes Before Duty for Political Appointees
Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer
April 29, 2007
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On HBO's Real Time Friday night (click to play the video at left) Bill Maher was going over the basics of the US Attorney scandal with former New Mexico US Attorney David Iglesias when conservative guest Lisa Schiffren chimed in that Iglesias was failing to understand that US Attorney jobs were political. A surprised Maher tried to clarify by differentiating the appointment of US Attorneys from their actual law enforcement duties, but Schiffren stuck to her point. In addition to condoning the selective enforcement of the law, Schiffren implies that the oath to uphold the Constitution, taken by political appointees, was also secondary to politics. And she speaks from experience as a former political apppointee!

Clearly Schriffren just earned herself a jury duty pass for the rest of her life. To understand the outrageousness of her suggestion one need not look any further than the statement Iglesias made about his firing two minutes earlier:

Iglesias: What they wanted me to do was come up with some bogus prosecutions with no evidence of voter fraud. That's number one. And number two, they wanted me to rush indictments against democrats who were engaging in corrupt activities. I couldn't do that because the case wasn't ready. It's that simple.
Essentially the White House, along with Republican Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Senator Pete Domenci (R-NM), who pressured Iglesias directly, were upset that Igesias refused to use the power of his office to help them fraudulently win elections. In other words, Iglesias was fired because he would not help the Republican party circumvent our Democracy. And that is okay according to Schiffren!

Schiffren: You know, with all due respect, it's a political, you're in a political job, you're a political appointee.

Maher: Woh, it's not a political job, it's a political appointment. Once you get the job, shouldn't it not be political?

Schiffren: You know what, I have been a political appointee also and sworn the same oath to the Constitution, and the truth is, you can't take politics out of politics, you were there to serve an administration that will have its own ends some of which are stupid, petty and trivial and sometimes the guy above you wants to put his guy in your slot...