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Amazing how Republican trolls seem to think that no one will ever dare call them on their BS.
The USA scandal includes at least four possible crimes:
1. Lying to Congress
2. Obstruction of justice (Domenici and Wilson's pre-election calls to Iglesias about prosecuting Democratic candidates)
3. Witness tampering (threats to the fired USAs to prevent them from testifying before Congress)
4. Attempting to "corruptly obstruct, influence, or impede an official proceeding".
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/opinion/19mon4.html
I suspect that there may also be grounds for civil action against the DOJ and White House staff for defamation of character, since the recent emails and released job reviews make it clear that despite the official claims of poor job performance, most if not all of the fired USAs were actually doing an excellent job.
Sleazy, sleazy Republicans. If Bill Clinton had done something one TENTH as sleazy as this, people like Bob the Tomato would have been shrieking for their impeachment and public execution. And the funny thing is that in this case, the fired attorneys were all REPUBLICANS, appointed by George W. Bush himself! No honor among thieves, I guess.
Now, I suppose you'll try that "But Clinton fired all the USAs when he took office." I'll save you the effort by noting that replacing all US attorneys is standard practice when a President takes office. Reagan, Bush the 1st, Clinton, and your own so-precious Bush the #2 did it as well. The difference is that this mid-term firing, combined with a deliberate undermining of the Senate's authority to approve USA appointments, amounts to a direct attempt to subvert the American system of justice by the Republican party for political advantage - a crime that should outrage any real American.
But of course, right-wingers like Bob the Tomato have amply demonstrated that they're not real Americans at all. They'll happily sacrifice our troops on the altar of their own personal political fortunes, or rather those of their party. A party which, ironically, is itself happy to screw over those of their idiotic supporters who don't happen to be among the richest 1% of the population, who are the Republicans true constituency.
