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 all 93 U.S. attorneys, a proposal that eventually resulted in the dismissals of eight prosecutors last year, according to e-mails and internal documents that the administration will provide to Congress today.

The dismissals took place after President Bush told Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales in October that he had received complaints that some prosecutors had not energetically pursued voter-fraud investigations, according to a White House spokeswoman.

Excuse me, but there are two crucial points in this excerpt that need to be considered.

First, such a mass firing is not unprecedented -- and was carried out by Bill Clinton at the beginning of his presidency. Do Democrats really want to argue that such actions are illegal, unethical, or somehow tainted? If they do, I'm sure that the former President will make an excellent witness before Congress on such matters. I'm curious -- what would the impact of his testimony be on the presidential candidacy of his wife?

Second, do Democrats really wish to argue that failure to vigorously pursue election fraud cases is not a sufficient basis for firing? After all, those crimes strike directly at the heart of our system of government! Of course, the main perpetrators of various forms of electoral fraud in this country for the last several decades have been DemocratICK operatives and their allies, so I can understand the reluctance of Democrats to see such crimes pursued.

Is there a scandal in these firings? Yes -- and it is that the democrats and their willing allies in the media have again created a scandal where there is none.

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