WILL FORD MOTORS HELP ABU GONZO ESCAPE?

-by Karen Allen

David G. Leitch, general counsel and senior vice president of the Ford Motor Company, has sent out a letter soliciting contributions to an Alberto Gonzales defense fund. Before moving to Ford, Leitch was deputy counsel for George W. Bush. Looks like he's still carrying water for Bush and Gonzo. Leitch sobs that Gonzales is "innocent of any wrongdoing" and does not havethe means to pay for his legal defense after a career spent in public service and suggests donations from $500 to $5,000. The Washington Post commented in an article, "legal defense funds are common in Washington, but not for attorneys general".

Gonzo lied, misled and more for Bush in his role as Attorney General of the United States, and the Repugs are expected to reward him by paying his defense bills. Leitch has been quite generous to right-wing Republicans over the years himself, having doled out at least $12,896 in federal elections including hefty sums to losers like George Allen (R-VA), Jim Talent (R-MO), Mitt Romney (R-MA/UT), and Rick Santorum (R-PA). And Leitch himself was rewarded with a huge salary at Ford Motor Company. All this gives new meaning to the Ford Escape!


UPDATE: BUSH REGIME OPERATIVES POPULATING LOBBYISTS OFFICES EN MASSE

A friend well connected in the automotive industry sent me some more information on this. Turns out that the Leitch isn't the only Ford person friendly with the Bush Administration. This article describing the vast numbers of Bush Regime employees who have left for the greener pastures of lobbying notes that the DC lobbying office for Ford is the fifth most popular destination for washed up Bushies-turned-lobbyists.