Justice Department's Schlozman called career lawyers "libs", "pinkos", "treacherous"

By GottaLaff

Video is from his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, re: U.S. Attorney hirings and firings

Schlozman is the sleazy little high-talker who made false statements to Congress, but never got prosecuted. In other words, he's typically BushCoian:

A report out today describes what is unquestionably the most blatant case of inappropriate consideration of politics in the hiring of career lawyers at the Justice Department under the tenure of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

The report is strongly critical of Bradley Schlozman, a former deputy in the Civil Rights Division who also served as its acting director.

According to the Justice Department's inspector general, Schlozman regularly made reckless comments about lawyers and applicants for jobs that he considered too liberal -- which, for him, apparently covered a lot of ground.

He called some career lawyers "libs" and "pinkos" and described others as "disloyal," "not on the team" or "treacherous." Those he endorsed he called "RTA's," which stood for "right thinking Americans."

An analysis of the hirings under his watch found that 64% were Republicans or conservatives, compared with only 4% of the hirings in which he was not involved. Two percent of the hirings were Democrats or liberals under Schlozman, compared to 23% when he was not involved.

This pathetic excuse for a human being should be squashed like a bug, along with the rest of the thugs in the Bush crime family.