They Don't Quit, Do They?

The growing stench surrounding the Bush Ass-ministration's firings of U. S. Attorneys around the country prompted a Senate hearing yesterday. One of the Federal prosecutors to be fired was Carol Lam, who prosecuted the "Duke" Cunningham corruption case. In Arkansas, the Justice Department is naming J. Timothy Griffin, a Rove colleague involved in opposition research for the Rethugs, as U. S. Attorney. Smell something familiar? Whitewater smears, in time for the 2008 elections? However, the Senate appears to be considering striking a provision in the Patriot Act which gives the Attorney General the power to appoint Federal prosecutors on an indefinite basis without Senate approval. Wish them success.