If any more evidence were needed that their whole focus is on rightwing power ...
Diplomats Received Political Briefings
Bush Aides Listed Election Targets
By Paul Kane
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Tuesday, July 24, 2007; Page A01
White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted for defeat in 2008 and a "general political briefing" at the Peace Corps headquarters after the 2002 midterm elections.
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The documents show for the first time how the White House sought to ensure that even its appointees involved in foreign policy were kept attuned to the administration's election goals. Such briefings occurred semi-regularly over the past six years for staffers dealing with domestic policy, White House officials have previously acknowledged.
(snip -- Biden wrote to Condi about this...)
"I do not understand why ambassadors, in Washington on official duty, would be briefed by White House officials on which Democratic House members are considered top targets by the Republican party for defeat in 2008. Nor do I understand why department employees would need to be briefed on 'key media markets' in states that are 'competitive' for the president," Biden wrote.
His aides said Biden plans to raise the matter at a confirmation hearing today for Henrietta Holsman Fore to be administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, whose political appointees received at least two White House briefings in the past 10 months, as well as at an oversight hearing tomorrow on the Peace Corps.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/23/AR2007072301907.html?hpid=topnews(And guess who did the PowerPoint presentation, by the way? Sara Taylor. :eyes: )