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Bush’s scheme to stack the U.S. Commission on Civil RightsWe’ve known for quite some time that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights — for a half-century, the government’s chief watchdog for racism and discrimination — has been undermined and politicized by the Bush administration. The commission has gone from a stalwart defender of integration and affirmative action to criticizing school desegregation and looking the other way on federal enforcement of civil rights laws. What’s less clear is how the Bush gang pulled this off. By law, the eight-member commission cannot have a majority from either political party. When Bush took office, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights had four Democrats and four Republicans. Bush could replace members who left, but he couldn’t stack the panel with far-right ideologues. Or so we thought. In 2004, two Republicans on the commission suddenly re-registered their party affiliations to “independent,” just as Bush appointed two more Republicans to the panel. The result, the Boston Globe’s Charlie Savage explained today, put the agency under conservative control, with four Republicans, and two up-until-recently Republicans. The administration insists that Bush’s appointments were consistent with the law because the two commissioners who reregistered as independents no longer counted as Republicans. The day before Bush made the appointments, the Department of Justice approved the move in a memo to White House counsel Alberto Gonzales’s office. Other presidents have been able to create a majority of like-minded commissioners, but no president has done it this way. The unusual circumstances surrounding the appointments attracted little attention at the time. But they have had a sweeping effect, shifting the commission’s emphasis from investigating claims of civil rights violations to questioning programs designed to offset the historic effects of discrimination. Before the changes, the agency had planned to evaluate a White House budget request for civil rights enforcement, the adequacy of college financial aid for minorities, and whether the US Census Bureau undercounts minorities, keeping nonwhite areas from their fair share of political apportionment and spending. After the appointments, the commission canceled the projects. sourceIsn't that cute? Isn't that clever? Isn't that exactly what you expect from the administration that totally politicized the Justice Department and EPA? The commission had been effectively gutted by a cheap trick intended to circumvent the law. --from the carpetbagger.
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What you got is everything-and I mean everything—run by the political arm. It’s the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis. --John DiIulio, former White House official
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2007, 09:28:16 PM » |
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These repiglicon scumbags will twist ans manipulate the law and the government to slime their amoral way into power where ever they can. Its really not too late for impeachment.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2007, 05:20:20 AM » |
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It depends on what the meaning of 'independent', IS...  |
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2007, 05:33:46 AM » |
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It depends on what the meaning of 'independent', IS... Indeed. And it depends on if it's your guy doing it. Right? |
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 Who will watch the watchers?Now that it is over, what are we going to talk about? |
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2007, 05:42:49 AM » |
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Indeed. And it depends on if it's your guy doing it. Right? I think it was pretty under-the-table, myself. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2007, 08:35:12 AM » |
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Indeed. And it depends on if it's your guy doing it. Right? I think it was pretty under-the-table, myself. yeah, well, so was Monika... |
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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2007, 08:54:37 AM » |
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yeah, well, so was Monika... The more I see of Hillary, the less I blame Bill. |
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2007, 01:04:07 PM » |
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Bush lies to start a war... response...Bills dick...
Bush outs a CIA undercover agent...response...Bills dick...
Bush subverts and partizanizes the justice department...response... Bills dick...
Bush subverts the civil rights commission by twisting the rules and once again breaking the law...why am not surprised...Bills dick...
someone is obsessed
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2007, 01:05:37 PM » |
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Bush lies to start a war... response...Bills dick...
Bush outs a CIA undercover agent...response...Bills dick...
Bush subverts and partizanizes the justice department...response... Bills dick...
Bush subverts the civil rights commission by twisting the rules and once again breaking the law...why am not surprised...Bills dick...
someone is obsessed Don't be sour grapes. |
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2007, 01:26:18 PM » |
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Neue; How about at least attempting to address the issue that your president is a racist megalomaniac who constantly abuses the powers of his office against the better interests of the American people. Can you possibly forget about Bills dick long enough to accomplish that??
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2007, 01:28:26 PM » |
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Neue; How about at least attempting to address the issue that your president is a racist
Since when was Kanye West on this forum? |
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2007, 01:36:01 PM » |
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Why else would he subvert the commission's intended bipartisan profile and stack the deck with repiglicons?
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2007, 01:39:09 PM » |
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While you may not agree with it, both parties "stack the deck" when they are in office. IE: Bush appointed conservative judges. IE: Clinton appointed liberal judges. It's a fact of life.
Where is the racism?
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2007, 01:42:02 PM » |
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Can you possibly forget about Bills dick long enough to accomplish that?? I didn't bring it up. Saying otherwise is hurtful and bigoted. racist megalomaniac Racist? He loves those little mexicanos. Leaves the door wide open for them. What do you want from him? |
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2007, 01:54:50 PM » |
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While you may not agree with it, both parties "stack the deck" when they are in office. IE: Bush appointed conservative judges. IE: Clinton appointed liberal judges. It's a fact of life.
Where is the racism?
Judges are a totally different matter. The rules of the commission are purposely written so as to ensure a bipartisan profile, to keep partisan politics out of their agenda. This power hungry super pig found a way to subvert it. That is illegal and morally wrong. And that is a fact of life that we shouldn't be complacent or accepting of. |
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