Top Justice spokesperson's advice to White House: US Attorney firings won't be 'national story'

[IChing]

Source: Raw story

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The top spokesperson for the Department of Justice expressed little concern and told a senior White House official that the firings probably wouldn't even become a "national story."
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"It's only six US attorneys (there are 94) and I think most of them will resign quietly - they don't get anything out of making it public they were asked to leave in terms of future job prospects," Scolinos wrote Martin.

Scolinos continued, "I don't see it as being a national story - especially if it phases in over a few months. Any concerns on your end?"

"Which ones are they?" asked Martin.

Read more: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Top_Justice_spokesperson_told_White_House_0324.html

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Nothing gets pasts these idiots.

[BOSSHOG]

1. The top spokesperson was right

if he were only considering the ignorant trash in this country who don't care what the fuck bush and his fellow criminals do. Obstruction of Justice? No big deal. Lies? Who cares. Rape the constitution? So what.

[annabanana]

2. Show's the whole "not tough on immigration" story a complete

hoax. It was chosen because a number of the targets were in border states...In other words, they were casting about, prepared to make shit up out of whole cloth.

How many times does this crowd need to be busted?

[kenny blankenship]

3. "The victims will be too embarrassed to say anything in public"

sounds like the Rapepublican M.O. all right.

[rodeodance]

7. Initially they didn''t------rather like domestic abuse--it used to be a secret-

until women learned others were going public.

[tanyev]

4. It wouldn't have gone anywhere without the blogosphere.

Thank the gods for the internets.

[radfringe]

5. next weasely excuse: No one imagined it would cause such a fuss

[originalpckelly]

6. That must have changed somewhere along the line...

because they had a plan where they said there would be "political upheaval" in their little plan.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Ok boy splain to me why this is on teh cover of the NYT?

Liberal Media Sir

Ok, I guess you are right

Yep I can almost hear that conversation... yuo can bet they will push the SCLM mantra on this one to the nth degree

[drm604]

9. If this was such an innocent thing and such a non-issue

then why were these questions even asked? :eyes:

[LiberalFighter]

11. Exactly!!

[Tom Joad]

10. they were sure this would be a cakewalk.

[Robbien]

13. It almost was. They almost got away with it. They were firing the last one, Lam

when the blogs picked up the story.

[aquart]

12. Decided to fire them and then came up with an excuse.

Which they then had the shining brass balls to feed us as talking points. If it weren't for the utter destruction, this would be what soap fans refer to as a PNL (point and laugh) moment. The Bushie acolytes look both sleazy and stupid.