Sampson Testifies
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by ecthompson
In Mr. Kyle Sampson’s opening statement there was a very interesting paragraph -
“The distinction between political- and performance-related reasons for removing a U.S. attorney is, in my view, largely artificial. A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective, either because he or she has alienated the leadership of the department in Washington or cannot work constructively with law enforcement or other governmental constituencies in the district, is unsuccessful.”
Let’s remember that these were “loyal” republicans. All of these attorneys were Republicans. Most of them were selected by their Senator who told the Bush White House that these guys were loyal republicans. If they weren’t they wouldn’t have been nominated.
[...] He keeps failing and failing. Newt Gingrich thought is was time for him to resign. The problem is that Alberto has made so many statements that don’t add up it will be hard is not impossible for him to resolve all of the problems. He can say that he misspoke or that he (not someone) but he made a mistake in saying this or that. The only other alternative that I see is he states that in spite of the e-mails he knew nothing about the firings. Then he comes off as clueless. He is between a rock and a hard place. Watch Now: Gonzales - still prepping [2:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download document.getElementById(’podPressPlayerSpace_2485_label_videoPlayer_2485_0′).innerHTML=’Hide Player’; document.getElementById(’podPressPlayerSpace_2485′).title = ‘videoPlayer_2485_0′; You can also bookmark this on del.icio.us or check the cosmos [...]