Can you see the reverse logic at play? It was OK for Clinton to fire all of them, not based on their merits or their performance. but simply based on partisan desire and politics.

But if Bush evaluates them based on complaints and performance, and …

What’s the big deal that it was discussed? For that matter, what’s the big deal if it had been done? After all, such a mass firing isn’t unprecedented. The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire…

This is not typical and is looking more and more like a scandal that will undermine confidence in the Federal Justice system.

Ohhh Other Ed, my confidence is already shaken by the lack of justice in the sentencing of George Tenet. I have to wonder if the judge who slapped George on the wrist, asked him if he hurt him(George). /sniff /sniff – Lorica

Bush already did this in 2001 as Clinton did in 1993 and Reagan did in 1981

You have a news source, I presume, for this? If so, please provide a link. I haven’t been able to confirm your claim. Fact is, there were recommendations that W do this at the start of his second term, but he didn’t.

I do know that one of Chuck Schumer’s cronies was the US Attorney for the Southern District of NY (Manhattan) well into Bush’s presidency. Maybe you can explain why he’d appoint a dedicated adversary to such a post then.

IT SIMPLY ISN’T TRUE. As with EVERY category of spending during the Bush administration and during the last 6 decades VA benefits and spending has gone UP.

The Democrat leftist liars (yes LIARS) need to be held to account for once. Freedom of speech is great but if you have one whole segment of the population who can’t find the truth if it hit them in the face (media, Democrats, leftists, academia, hollyweird) Houston we have a problem. What is the solution?

We can’t seem to educate enough people fast enough that VA funding in 5 years of Bush went up 77% and only 31.7% during 8 years of Clinton.

The problem with the VA system is NOT the funding. It’s the problem with any large governmental organization.

Democrats seem to need to repent and repent for a very very long time. Man I’m mad.

All President’s bring in a new team. Bush already did this in 2001 as Clinton did in 1993 and Reagan did in 1981 but then they politically will leave them alone to do their jobs without interference.

This story is about unprecedented pressure being brought on US Attorneys to conduct politically motivated investigations. This is not typical and is looking more and more like a scandal that will undermine confidence in the Federal Justice system.

They do it with LAZINESS and NEGLIGENCE. No ideas, solutions or good policy but instead attack and attack.

Bill Clinton and George H Bush fired US Attorneys. Bill Clinton within the first month fired 94 of them is what I understand. I could’ve gotten the exact month wrong but it was 94.

They SERVE at the PLEASURE of the PRESIDENT. THey need NO REASON to be let go. NONE. NADA. For those of you in Rio Linda that means they can be fired today just because…

Indeed. Let’s not forget that one of Bill Clinton’s first acts as President was to fire all 93 U.S. Attorneys and replace them with political supporters. You could say that was an early hint about how ethical his administration would be.

And I don’t recall any outcry from the Dems, or MSM stories characterizing that as a ’scandal’.