KLEPT, Bush admin targets Dems disproportionately for investigation
TPMmuckraker (Paul Kiel):
In case you needed one more reason to doubt the integrity of the Bush administration....
The research was done by Dr. Donald C. Shields, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Communication, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Dr. John F. Cragan, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Communication, Illinois State University.
A study of reported federal investigations of elected officials and candidates shows that the Bush administration’s Justice Department pursues Democrats far more than Republicans. 79 percent of elected officials and candidates who’ve faced a federal investigation (a total of 379) between 2001 and 2006 were Democrats, the study found – only 18 percent were Republicans. During that period, Democrats made up 50 percent of elected officeholders and office seekers during the time period, and 41 percent were Republicans during that period, according to the study.
"The chance of such a heavy Democratic-Republican imbalance occurring at random is 1 in 10,000," according to the study's authors.
In case you needed one more reason to doubt the integrity of the Bush administration....
The research was done by Dr. Donald C. Shields, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Communication, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Dr. John F. Cragan, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Communication, Illinois State University.
Labels: Donald Shields, federal prosecution, John Cragan, partisanship, TPMmuckraker
posted by Carl Nyberg at
11:46 AM
2 Comments:
Where's the critical thinking? Why is it more democrats are under investigation? I can think of several legitimate reasons.
By
Roy, at 10:10 AM, February 08, 2007
There may be more corruption associated with urban politics than other regions. And Dems clearly dominate urban politics.
By
Carl Nyberg, at 10:41 AM, February 08, 2007
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