I found this interesting. Gonzales getting pummeled at a Senate hearing on his involvement in the U.S. Attorney scandals, by none other than Republican Arlen Specter. Granted Specter is really more of an independent or a Democrat at this point, he’s a traditional Republican in the truest sense, which shows you how far to the right the Republicans have gone.
Gonzales is trying to defend his position that when members of the Bush Administration, leaned on numerous U.S. attorneys to act in the interest of political campaigns, including to drum up investigations against Democrats and to pull attorneys working on rape and murder cases to satisfy an illegal immigration Republican running in Southern California.
This is abuse of power if I’ve ever seen it. It is not unethical to fire attorneys because they are not doing their jobs, but to fire them because they are not helping Republicans get elected is not just a misuse of government resources, it sets a frightening precedent. If they use the U.S. attorneys for strictly partisan political ends, then how else will they use the law to further their cause? Where will it end?