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During the Civil Rights movement the Federal Government set the standard for going after local official for violating the civil right of American citizens. This is an example of the opposit of what you suggest. If I were President during that time - I would have fired those who did not act on the priorities I set. This was clearly a political issue. The country benefitted.
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Ace...I think you might want to reread the history of the civil rights movement.
While JFK and brother Bobby, his Attorny General, were very vocal about the priority of civil rights during the 1960 campaign, they were much more reluctant to make it an issue once it office, until their hands were forced by the courageous actions of many of the US Attorneys in the south.
But the issue goes beyond that.
It is how this administration has falsely accused and discredited the reputations of the US attorneys by suggesting they were not "bushies" and were not supportive of Bush's priorities when they have no documentation to support that claim.