Bud Cummins, one of the fired U.S. attorneys, explains why he thinks the attorney general is a liar:
What I don’t know is exactly how much truth he knows about the lies that he has continued to — perpetuate. He’s apparently surrounded himself with a — a lot of little political mischief-makers who probably had no business in these important positions at the Department to begin with. And I think the problem now is — it’s hard for me to hold the President of the United States responsible, for instance, for this because it looks to me like all the people that he’s getting direct advice from and he’s relying on to tell him about what happened here, are the very people who are trying to keep themselves outta trouble for their role in it.
Sounds like so much else in this administration. Laziness at the top, paranoia and politics (Rove/Cheney) one level away, and incompetence or frustration everywhere else. Decent, competent Republicans don’t have a chance with this crew, as so many have sadly found out.
The Dish 