The Bush Administration said one of the reasons it fired U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, who led the Duke Cunningham prosecution, was that she did not prosecute enough gun cases.
Are you kidding me?
The Bush White House has all but replaced George Washington's picture on the one dollar bill with a mug of Wayne LaPierre, and they're going to try and argue that Carol Lam wasn't tough enough against guns? Like anyone would ever believe that the Mayberry Machiavellis would care about something like that.
Not only was it a stupid, unconvincing excuse, it wasn't even right, according to both Lam's testimony and that of Jay Comey, the former Deputy Attorney General (who appointed Patrick Fitzgerald special prosecutor in the Libby case).
Dear lord. They are not only the sorriest bunch of criminals ever to disgrace the White House, but they are also some of the stupidest people ever to have served there.
I'm starting to wonder: if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, would Bush be doing a better job as president?
© Jed Lewison