Remember when lefties howled at Bush and the supposed politicization of the DOJ? Imagine if Gonzales had hosted a DOJ sanctioned event with Rush Limbaugh?

Ah but now it’s different, right?

New leadership at the Justice Department is aiming to erase memories of the highly-charged political controversies from the previous administration.

But already some of the same “politicization” charges are being flung at the Justice Department, under Attorney General Eric Holder, as the department prepares to host veteran Democratic Party strategist Donna Brazile for a “Women’s History Month” event.

Brazile has built a long career as an election campaign strategist for candidates from Walter Mondale to Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

A flyer sent to Justice Department employees advising of the March 31 Brazile appearance, says “Supervisors are encouraged to grant official time to employees to attend this event.”

“During my remarks, I will pay tribute to women who dare, women of courage and the many milestones we have achieved and the path ahead,” Brazile said in an e-mail. “I am going in my capacity as an Adjunct Professor in the Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown University — not as a CNN contributor, ABC news consultant or Vice Chair of the DNC [Democratic National Committee]. Perhaps, I am going as a woman of valor — a woman of courage to pay tribute to women who work at the DOJ and elsewhere.”

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