politics and the courts

In case this particular quote slipped by you with regards to the current Gonzales scandal:

D. Kyle Sampson, who abruptly resigned as chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on March 1, will testify that the eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, according to remarks prepared for delivery to Congress and obtained by the Associated Press. Sampson spoke dismissively of Democrats' condemnation of the firings as politically motivated.

"The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial," he said. "A US attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective . . . is unsuccessful."

No further editorializing should be necessary on my part. If you're not a little appalled you must be a little illiterate.

Thanks tolagizma for bringing this to my attention.