A HACK LAWYER NAMED GONZALES.

Remember all that talk that the White House would never, ever, cross their heart and hope to die, use the Patriot Act for political or otherwise nefarious purposes? Well...

From The Washington Post, noting the statutory provisions mentioned here by D. Kyle Sampson, the -now former - COS for AG Alberto Gonzales were part of the Patriot Act reauthorization:

"I strongly recommend that as a matter of administration, we utilize the new statutory provisions that authorize the AG to make USA appointments," he wrote.

By avoiding Senate confirmation, Sampson added, "we can give far less deference to home state senators and thereby get 1.) our preferred person appointed and 2.) do it far faster and more efficiently at less political costs to the White House."

Dear God, how many of these corrupt manipulations must the country endure before these folks are made to pay for them? How long does the nation have to endure an Attorney General who is nothing more than a hack lawyer for the President? And not a very good hack lawyer at that.

And as for Mr Sampson, a true believer in the effort to bring religion into government: you just know that he asked God whether it was OK for him to use the Patriot Act for political purposes, and that God said, "Sure if it's to further the political goals that you and I share."