Emails dont get lost, they get deleted.

Lost emails? Emails don’t get lost, they get deleted or moved somewhere else, they don’t get lost. But that’s what the administration wants you to believe. The White House said today that what could amount to thousands of emails have been “lost” through a private email system used by Karl Rove and fifty other top officials. Oddly enough these emails are directly related to the firing of eight US attorneys.

The White House claims that they are now trying to find these emails, but it is my guess that they can’t find something that isn’t there. Bush is standing by his attorney general Alberto Gonzalez despite the fact that he has been exposed so far as having conflicting statements regarding his knowledge of the firings. The loss of these emails raises serious legal issues as the White House has an obligation to disclose all information that it has. Not to mention the fact that the “loss” of emails could create a problem for the Bush White House as he will not fall in line with the Presidential Records Act of 1978 which calls for all presidential papers to be preserved.

Obviously the Bush administration is not too concerned with its public image as it is terrible nor are they worried about the public perception of Bush appointees as many have called for Gonzalez’s resignation. This all comes after Karl Roves office has allegedly had prosecutors removed for not falling in line with Bush White House policies and pursuing matters such as voter fraud. Voter fraud being an issue that has been found to be irrelevant and extremely rare over the last 5 years(Link). But I'm sure Bush would rather have the US attorneys work on voter fraud rather than prosecute the likes fo Scooter Libby who was prosecuted by Chicagos US attorney and convicted. Oddly enough the justice department wanted to fire the afformentioned attorney because he was "undistinguished". Even in states where cases have been brought for voter fraud for example in Wisconsin, prosecutors have lost twice as many cases as they have won and many voter frauds are tied to confusion on rules, not conspiracy. Heres my favorite example that I could find of confusion linking to voter fraud and a ridiculous consequence:

"In Pakistan, Usman Ali is trying to rebuild his life after being deported from Florida, his legal home of more than a decade, for improperly filling out a voter-registration card while renewing his driver’s license."

Gotta love George and his great priorities dont ya?

The Bush White House has been operating for 7 years now as an entity that does not have to answer to any other branches of government or the people. Don’t think for a minute that Bush would not appoint himself dictator for life if he could, let’s hope we can avoid that. Thank god there is one year left of this debacle and hopefully new ideas and a cooperative White House will be in place.

Heres a link: Bush Advisers’ Approach on E-Mail Draws Fire