Many conservatives burrowed within the Department of Justice have long complained that Gonzales (and therefore, Bush) has permitted career government employees and hold-overs from Democratic Administrations to remain in perches of power and thereby water down conservative directives from the top. As one conservative and Federalist Society member in the Justice Department told me: “This is definitely not Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department, I assure you. You have holdovers from Clinton calling the shots in a lot of places here.”
- - John Gizzi from: Should Gonzales Go?
Human Events | March 20, 2007 |
“Many conservatives burrowed within the Department of Justice have long complained that Gonzales (and therefore, Bush) has permitted career government employees and hold-overs from Democratic Administrations to remain in perches of power and thereby water down conservative directives from the top. “
What about Attorney General Ashcroft, who wouldn’t sign off on the program, though he was requested to do so on his hospital bed? He’s not exactly a holdover from a Democratic Administration.