They believed in the law in '98, when they impeached Clinton for perjury. All we heard about was “rule of law”. It just proves how hollow all of that self-righteous indignation really was.

Bush and Cheney would have perjured themselves many times over if they hadn't put a puppet (Gonzales) in charge of the Justice Dept, and had to give sworn testimony before a Grand Jury. Doubtful that Bush OR Cheney's unsworn testimony in the Plame affair will ever be made public- or that Karl Rove will be forced to give sworn testimony before the Judiciary Committee.

Somehow I doubt that the liberal progressives who will be taking over the executive branch in the coming Obama Administration will be able to find a single Repubican that is qualified.

Republicans don't believe in the law. They think The Glorious Leader is the arbiter of right and wrong.

Will they transfer this loyalty to Obama? That's the real question.

Why write more rules and regulations when the person was breaking the rules to begin with. The best solution is for people to follow the rules. However, since that did not happen this time, I doubt writing more regulations will help for the next time.

Anyone who is a big donor is not applying for a GS-13 attorney position in the civil service.

Also, The Washington Post more correctly points out that Ms. Goodling actually did not have hiring power but that the political appointees above her gave her the power to recommend who would be hired.

Of course, this shows the hypocrisy of the left. The left has no problem with universties passing over better qualitifed whites and Asians who admit lesser qualified blacks and Hispanics for political and social engineering reasons. But when the lawyers (generally upper class whites) are being passed over for political reasons, the left screams and throws a hissy fit.

Somehow I doubt that the liberal progressives who will be taking over the executive branch in the coming Obama Administration will be able to find a single Repubican that is qualified. Of course those same lawyers will be in front of federal judges trying to defend affirmative action programs that pass over the best qualified. Ironic, isn't it.

The entire episode is disgraceful, and adds credence to the belief that the fired US attys were removed for political reasons only. (some were doing their jobs too well in corruption investigations of Republicans, or not well enough in prosecuting Democrats.

The Justice Dept was remade by Karl Rove (Goodling was following his instructions) in the most partisan way possible. Sadly, no one will be held accountable, since the DOJ won't prosecute its own.

But when are we going to admit that the decisions at the very top of the DoJ are still made (by Mukasey) purely for political purposes benefiting the White House at the expense of the protection and rights of American citizens?

C'mon, this is the 21st century, we don't hold people accountable anymore. That's so old school.

After reading the crimes she has committed, I’m convinced this wasn’t some simple mistake – like hiring a former bar bouncer to rifle though hundreds of raw FBI files on the political opposition or manufacturing false charges to fire travel office employees.

No, this woman deserves the wrath of the whole country. Imagine, asking a question like:

“Aside from the President, give us an example of someone currently or recently in public service who you admire.”

I’ll bet those who spoke against torture didn’t know a crime like this would be exposed.