The phony Gonzales "scandal"

There are a number of Usual Suspects in our nation's capital, and right here in the local blogosphere who are trying to make chicken salad out of the usual chicken shit they've concocted in the so-called Gonzales scandal.

To put it in perspective, read this analysis that PowerLine's John Hinderaker gives us.


To the point:

"More broadly, the Democrats' attack on Gonzales resembles the Scooter Libby prosecution, in that there was no underlying wrongdoing. The President replaced eight or nine U.S. Attorneys who had served out their terms with other qualified nominees. U.S. Attorneys are political appointees who serve at the pleasure of the President. That's really all there is to that story. But it became the pretext for a fishing expedition by the Democrats, and as soon as they found a conflict between testimony by two witnesses--something that inevitably happens in just about any investigation--they started howling for a perjury prosecution.

These are dark days in Washington, and not because of Alberto Gonzales."

Indeed

Just more business as usual for the Usual Suspects.