Matt July 28th, 2008 4:34 pm ET

No wrong-doing here folks.

Another democrat witch hunt that did nothing but stir up voter dissent.

Typical democrats. Party before country.
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please share what you are smoking. must be potent if you truly believe what you are saying. sheeeeeeeeeesh!

Duh, now what? Did you expect anything different?

Mikey July 28th, 2008 3:48 pm ET

That is a slam dunk question why can't people think so clearly like that? How is he going to run the country?

Where is Alberto's orange jump suit?

Why is anyone surprised at this? It is not like this administration has hid its corrupt behavior. It is right there in plain sight. But no one has been willing to act on it. So let it go. Why focus on the past? Why not focus on the future and replace the corrupt officials? Or do you want this type of behavior to become the standard for US policy. THAT is what THIS election is REALLY about. Vote for a war…vote against it. Vote for economic stability…vote against it. Vote for a health care plan that works…vote against it. Vote for drilling in ANWAR…vote for biofuels and alternative fuel sources. People think these are different issues. They are one…just wearing different masks. Vote for gov't corruption or not. The real issue is that our Gov't is corrupt. Deal with it. Vote to fix it.

Isn't Bush and Cheney responsible though, not Gonzalez?

Forget the aides, Gonzales needs to be charged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course, this is the same kind of political shenanigans that we can expect for Bush's third term!

CUFF HIM! Along with bush, cheney, rumsfeld, rice, libby, powell
rove yada yada yada etc.etc.

Got to loves those democraps. Rather spend money and time avoiding America.

Leave it to the right wingers to come up with the lame excuses here. This administration has taken corruption to the heights of Nixon. You can hope there is such evidence against Clinton but even the supposed things he may have been involved in are no match for the Bushies.

And, Greg, pay attention regarding the firings. Clinton removed all of the US Attorneys when he came into office, as did Bush, and pretty much all of the Presidents. That is standard procedure. Under Bush, however, attorneys he hired were then fired while he was in office because they were not partisan enough. Because his cronies (like Pete Domenici) were upset that they were not prosecuting enough Democrats but were basing their investigations on how serious the charges were. That is what US Attorneys are supposed to do. The Republicans wanted to use their weight to go after Democrats.

Nice ethics.

So what else is new? Corruption at the highest level is the benchmark of Bush's administration. Why should his top "law enforcement" pick have been anything other than a corrupt baffoon?

ARREST THEM!
These people must be held accountable.
Karl Rove should be being held in contempt of congress,
Bush and Cheney should've been impeached years ago,
Rumsfeld and staff should be up on charges of crimes against humanity,
Scouter Libby should be in jail.
Heck, McCain should probably have been indicted in the early 90s for his involvement in the S&L bank collapse and scandal, he made enough money off of it. His public and formal censure was not enough.

No more elite control of our government,
No more rich warfare on the poor,
No more criminal political operatives!

There isn't enough prison space available for all the crooked Bush administration personnel. I hope you good 'law and order' republicans are happy with your choices.

Are you surprised of this? Come on, we knew it all along they did anything in the Bush administration to cover up. Are you interesting in knowing what else are the Bushes covering up???

President Bush and Senator John McCain protected this President Bush "YesMan".

surprise, surprise.

like we don't know Repugs are shady. . .

What took them so long? Did they have a twelve month Vacation? And is anyone surprised that their decisions were based on Political Ideolgy? I'm not. I say guilty as accused! Now let's get on to sentencing the aides and the Attorney General who was hired to oversee and direct them. Let's set an example for future aides and Attorney Generals.

The Justice Department, or Just Us department. It is shameful to see what the Bush administration has done to this government and the republican party. Crooks and liars all of them.

It's ashame Gonzalez allowed himself to take such a big hit because he was a long time friend of GWB. They used him up and then threw him out.

I'm not surprised at the allegations against Gonzales. He did everything he did on the express orders of Bush and his henchmen.What comes around, goes around.

gonzales

This is not news. Bush and his cronies have been runing a fcist government sine his first term. The sad part is, they will all walk away scott free, and leave the people holding the bag. Elect McLame, and the bag only gets more full !

The report clearly states she broke the law – yet nothing will be done to her because she no longer works for the Government. Stupid me – I always thought breaking the law had consequenses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is anyone surprised? Why have we not impeached the whole administation. Look at the picture of Gonzales. Doesn't he look like a sleazeball? Sigh. I have come to expect this from our current government though. Did he know he was doing a crappy job?

There is no doubt that the Justice Department was politicized, the only question is……when is someone going to be held accountable for it?

How can a person be any more disgusted by the Bush Administration. The trashing of the Constitution, the cronyism appointments, the outing of a CIA operative etc etc. This article isn't a surprise. It is hard to imagine why anyone would vote for a Republican in Nov.

So much for an independent judiciary.

Now there's a real shock! Politicaly motivated decisions carried out by politicaly appointed hacks in the Bush Justice Dept. It will take years for the stench of this administration to go away.

But some people actually like the smell, and would vote to continue it. That's what really stinks…..people who call themselves Americans, because they purport to "love the flag", chosing to destroy the country through their voting decisions. You have to be a real slime-ball to support the [R] party these days.

Gonzalez is just another Republican scape goat. Whenever the Republicans get caught being scum bags. Some poor low level smuck gets sacrificed. Like Ollie after Iran gate and Brown after Katrina. Just typical Republican garbage.

WOW, WHAT A SURPRISE!!??

It's politics 24/7 for these criminals.

It's time to start filling the jails with them!

Outrageous. Another example of the Bush administration's abuse of public office. This is supposed to be the highest law enforcement department in the land. What next?

At this rate half the administration can be prosecuted for one crime or another. But, isn't it odd not one person except Libby has every been convicted of anything……..

Injecting politics into hiring of people who are supposed to be fair, nonpolitical career professionals will have a long term negative affect on the functioning of our justice system even after President Bush leaves office. The Civil Service System is there for a reason. As a lifelong Republican I have become increasingly disappointed during this presidency at how the administration has put party loyalty, power, and politics ahead of ethics and the law. I find myself actually contemplating voting for Senator Obama in an effort to bring balance back to the system and try to undo some of the damage.

I cant believe everbody is making such a big deal about firing these U.S. attorneys, Clinton fired every last one of them when he came into office and there wasnt even a peep. I guess it depends on which side of the aisle you sit on. Can you say witch hunt.

Looks like that famous smile and smirk is upside down now,just like the rest of the wise guys faces will be soon look.

Typical of the current administration — nice UN-justice department. We sure can trust what they do.

We already know laws have been broken. Any 2L knows that.

The question is, when are we going to see some prosecutions?

I guess I don't follow. Did Mukaskey change things so that party affiliation doesn't matter, or did he figure out a better way to not get caught?

This is a surprise to whom?

What a shock!

Orange jumpsuit?

what is wrong with our government, are we going to turn into the american version of NAZI GERMANY. its time to stop voting for both the dems. and repubs. neither has been able to move us forward. all the repubs. and dems. are ruining this country cause they are either to stupid or to hard headed to vote for any other party. we need to bring the other parties into the voting system so these two stupid parties will know that they are not the only ones that can get elected.

Wow, and this is why this administration cannot be allowed to continue into the next decade. You would think corruption like this only happens in third world countries with dictators. This administration has gone to far and pushed its power past any constitutional law. A vote for McCain will only keep many of these corrupt individuals running our government, Its a shame.
Republicans need to redefine their values otherwise they will not make into the next generation.

"…breaking the law by making hiring decisions based on political ideology rather than professional qualifications."

So, then what you're saying is the entire democrat party should be arrested for nominating Obama.

They nominated Obama (made a "hiring decision") based on ideology (liberal ideology) rather than professional qualifications (you know, what Bill Clinton was hired on… not a big Bill Clinton fan, but at least he was a governor, a real job that had true professional qualifications).

But I'm sure being a "community organizer" is truly a professional qualification, right? I mean, just ask Jesse or Al, both of whom who've made a lifetime profession out of "community organizing."

It's hard to single out dark days in the Bush administration, but the day he appointed Gonzalez must certainly be way up there!

go figure ,, another one bites the dust or will soon,,, poor baby,, go obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay corruption. This is what you get when you vote Republican.

I applaude Mrs. Goodling's heart felt attempts to ensure the citizenry has even less and less capacity to affect the dictatorship it serves, good job, ya lunatic.

CNN has a similar policy for hiring reporters/news anchors. It includes questions like:

"What about Obama makes you want to swoon?"

and…

"How far would you be willing to burry your journalistic integrity to make sure Obama gets elected?"

Can't polish a turd!

Misconduct? NNNNOOOOOO!!!!!!

Bush has turned the White House into one seedy dwelling. Yuck.

This should not be a surprise to anuone. Look at the adminstration he he worked for. He should be held accountiable for the POOR judgement he had during his time as AJ.

That nothing, try being black. The questions may be different but the same mind-set of Goodling is alive a well in corp American.

Sooner we get the Bush administration into court the better. Bush should do hard prison time for crimes against the Constitution, encouraging corruption in his administration and as soon as we get some people under oath, he's done. Alberto Gonzalez was not only a corrupt Attorney General, he was incompetant and sleazy. There should be a legal remedy that involves Capital Punishment for what he and other Bush administration officials are certainly guilty of doing to the justice system. There's a higher standard applied to those that take the oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies and clearly just protect their friends and their President.

She could not have done this with out someone higher up having knowledge If were me I would sue

"breaking the law by making hiring decisions based on political ideology rather than professional qualifications. "

That is funny, that is normal procedure for the deomocrats.

This man should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

It has been widely believed these people along with Karl Rove and other Bush administration officials have committed crimes according the US Constitution. The Bush administration has taken the constitution and attempted to redefine it themselves for self serving interests. Once they are out of office whoever the next president this administration better be investigated to the fullest. As long as they are in office they have roadblocks in place to do any type of proper investigation. I for one sure hope our government doesn't let them get away with defying the Constitution. If they get away with it then future administrations will follow suit. They all need to be held to the law no matter what their titles are.

Surprise, Surprise…heads are beggin to role and the republicans are being cleaned outta town….

DAH!!! No weather or not he is going to be repremanded for it is another. I doubt it though

No wrong-doing here folks.

Another democrat witch hunt that did nothing but stir up voter dissent.

Typical democrats. Party before country.

Of course, they would get a presidential pardon……..

PEOPLE////// TAKE A LOOK AND VOTE FOR THOSE WHO UPHOLD YOUR LAWS AND CONSTITUTION.
THE REPUBS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DOING THERE OUN THING. REMEMBER "NORTH" ITS NOTHING NEW AND THEY WILL KEEP THE SAME THING GOING IF JOHN AND HIS PEOPLE GET IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Timber (ex dem),

McCain was NOT beaten! He received his injuries from the plane crash, and then squealed like a pig for help from the Vietnamese military. After then he help them as much as he could to debase our POWs there. Why is it that he only gets support from a handful of Vietnam vets? They remember who he is and what he did to them. McCain is NO hero. He is a traitor and has extorted the Vietnamese government into closing the records on our MIAs to protect knowledge of his treason against the USA. Ho hopes to make up for his evil ways by, "winning," the Iraqi war that he helped start. He was one of the original five who proposed attacking Iraq.

Please do something about these terrible people in the Justice Department who ruined people's lives! Their treachery is historical! They cannot run free. What I find most troubling is Ms. Monica Godding graduated from a Christian-Extremist university! What kind of family values and morals do they teach there?

Are people actually surprised by this kind of crap anymore?

Anyone surprised?

Anyone?

(crickets chirping…)

What? Corruption and incompetence in the Bush White House?
Monica Goodling (someone who got a high level job with no qualifications other than she went to a Christian law school–and not a very good one)is the poster child of this administration's hiring practices. The more I read, the more I am surprised these people are not all in jail.

What else would you expect from the Bush Administration and republicans in general?

The entire Bush administration has shown an ongoing disregard for the law or even human decency. There are quite a few members of this administration, past and present, that should be brought to justice for their criminal behavior.

….and when George dubya left Texas, he took the "Good Old Boy" system with him to Washington…POLITICS in all things…for the Party, for Corporate America, and to hell with the average Jo.

Republicans must be so proud of their votes for Bush, and his criminal friends. Many of the republicans i know would never admit to being part of such a sad chapter in America. They are still blinded by greed, selfishness, etc. Things are just wonderful according to them. They are only voting for McCain because of his experience in Washington. We wouldn't want them to take a chance on a young energetic, bright, open minded, sincere Barack Obama. Don't they know that pride is a sin? What a bunch of fakers.

I sure hope Goodling is disbarred by the Virginia Bar.

Are they going to try this guy or not? The Bush administration needs to start paying for the illegal/immoral conduct over the past 8 years.

In short, SLEAZE!

Fascinating. Political officers serving in a political branch of government have been impacted by… political concerns! Wow.

the entire bush administration is corrupt along with their party.

If a Democrat were to have done this, most right wing people would screaming their heads off about it. I have to say that with all the hype that they have out about wanting smaller government, the people in the Bush administration certainly don't do a good job of smaller government.

The government is meant to be impartial and protect victims of crimes. This damages the government and the people who do the good work as bad as any corruption scandal of any other kind. This goes along the lines of those in the Bush administration that were ideologs on science research rather than listening to what science had found.

Really!! Nixon would have been proud!!

Is there anyone in this administration that is not disgraced?

Did this administration only select dishonourable people or did this administration turn good people into dishonourable people?

Roberto Gonzales, Head of the American GESTAPO, serving the wishes of his Fuerer, Herr George W Bush, today rounded up 50,000 American citizens to be executed for disloyalty to the Fatherland.

I wonder if it would have gone that way if the Bush Facist government hadn't shot itself in the foot.

Take them all down!

DUH!

Typical republican politics and it will be indicative of what we have to look forward in a john mcsurge presidency.

More Bush Administration SLEAZE!

I guess we'll continue to get this stuff bit by bit for years to come.

When the war crimes tribunal convenes at the Hague, Vato Gonzo will be on the docket for suborning torture along with Cheney, Yoo, Addington, Rumsfeld and the rest of the evil neo-con crew…

CNN can you guys please investigate on the latest "Usa Today" poll putting McCain at 49% in my opion something smells fishy. He couldn't have increased by almost 10% in such a short time. Thanks

Gee, there's a shocker. And how much did we spend to figure this out?

Bush will bring out the PARDON pen for these characters more Scooter Libby justice before Bush leaves office.

"misconduct" is the understatement of the year!

of course this no-integrity criminal's staff is as corrupt and criminal as he is! gonzales is garbage, and so is anyone who would work for him, especially monica goodling. sadly, it'll probably be these underlings who go to jail, which WILL be lovely, but bush's BFF gonzo should be there too!

send them all off to gitmo, and throw away the key; let 'em turn on each other so they can get a taste of their own medicine! somehow i think their opinion on waterboarding would change!

Surprise, surprise.
Whate else would you expect from the current administration?

This is just one more in the long list of Bush Administration trangressions. Just one more reason I can say (honestly) that I voted enthusiastically against him twice. I'll bet a lot of people out there are now preteding they didn't.

McCain is different, but only slightly better – not nearly better enough!

Loved this quote from the Ben Stein interview (although I am not much of a fan of his):

"Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life," Stein said in his unmistakable monotone delivery. "His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole's campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking."

If he is running the "most pathetic" Presidential campaign in the last say 50 years, how can we expect him to do better as President???

Is anyone surprised?

Republicans with destroy our nation if we let them, people watch out of this evil conservative party called Republican.

Why is this considered an accusation? This is what happened. It's a fact.

The whole republican administration was crooked!!! I'm a former republican completely ashamed of ever voting for them!!! Go Obama!

In all honesty McCain has no business running for office at this age if he really wanted the best for America. Romney I can understand but McCain is not to be allowed nowhere near the red button. I heard during a routine training with Pentagon he made a decision to press the button on red alert status while Obama asked for impact analysis as per our defence systems before making a call. McCain simply saw the red light flashing, did not ask if the alert could be wrong, did not ask the enemies to self destruct the missiles or face America's wrath, did not ask if it was an emergency failure from the other government, did not ask if we could intercept the missile he McCAIN simply pressed the red button when he saw the red lights. You don't believe me? Go to pentagon insider blogs. There goes the whole world!I