Oh, our partisan "leaders"

[chicken]

Justice Dept.'s Hiring Tactics Illegal, Report Says -- this is just appalling.

According to the report, Goodling would regularly ask job applicants:

"What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?"

One experienced counterterrorism prosecutor did not get a job in Washington because his wife was a Democrat. As a result, the report says, a much less experienced but politically acceptable attorney was assigned to handle counterterrorism issues.

The inspector general also concluded that Goodling ousted Assistant U.S. Attorney Leslie A. Hagen from her assignment in Washington and blocked her from other positions based on Goodling's belief that Hagen was a lesbian.

Comments

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Aren't there three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial? I guess Bush would be their "ultimate boss," but isn't the Attorney General their real boss?

I don't think they should have been able to ask, "Why are you a Republican" because their party affiliation shouldn't have entered into the conversation. That's one of the questions applicants can't be asked, I thought. Isn't religion, marital status, age, and political affiliation off the table, or is that only for government jobs? I thought Federal employees and prospective Federal employees were the most protected from illegal hiring practices. Color me embarrassed.

Also, I didn't know Condoleeza was pro-choice. That's interesting.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Of course they shouldn't have been able to ask any of that. The other thing is, it was probably more widespread than that particular person, but she's the fall guy, er, fall gal, you know. People always like to claim things like this are isolated, that the organization as a whole is sound, that there's a rotten apple in every barrel, etc. etc., when usually this kind of behavior is just the tip of the iceberg of a thoroughly rotten organization.