Friday, March 30, 2007
The Rise and Fall of a Good Party Member
The Washington Post has a brief biographical summary of the stain of Monica Goodlings career at the Department of Justice.The heart of the matter can be described this way.
Part of a generation of young religious conservatives who swept into the federal government after the election of President Bush in 2000, Goodling displayed unblinking devotion to the administration and expected others to do the same. When she started at Justice, "no job was too small for her," and as she moved rapidly up the ranks, none "was too large," Corallo said.A smart, hard working woman with less patriotism than your average turncoat. And this is the quality of appointee that has spread throughout the DC establishment since Our Dear Embattled Leader was Gloriously Selected for His Calling. It will take a lot of time and hard work to root them all out.
"She was the embodiment of a hardworking young conservative who believed strongly in the president and his mission," said David Ayres, former chief of staff to Bush's first attorney general, John D. Ashcroft....
...To her detractors, Goodling was an enforcer of political loyalty who was not squeamish about firings -- of interns or of senior officials.
"She forced many very talented, career people out of main Justice so she could replace them with junior people that were either loyal to the administration or would score her some points," said a former career Justice official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal.
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