| When Bill Clinton took over the office of the President he fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys, yet nothing was mentioned in the local newspapers when this most recent firing by the Bush administration took place until several days after it hit the front page. Even then it was hidden deep in the article where a weak justification for the Clinton administration was attempted. U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President so it was not a big deal then, so why is the media making such a big deal about the recent firing of eight U.S. Attorneys by the Bush administration now? Is this possibly a double standard?
John McKay, a fired U.S. Attorney from Seattle is making hay over this issue in the Seattle-Tacoma area news papers.
The state of Washington governors race in 2004 came down to two machine votes won by Dino Rossi and then a third hand recount providing Christine Gregoire a 129 vote win. There were charges of voter fraud involving dead peoples votes, illegal felon votes and ballot stuffing. John McKay refused to bring charges in this investigation claiming there was no evidence of fraud.
If there was no evidence of illegal votes being counted in this race, there never will be. McKay claims that most of the felons who voted in the governors election of 2004, received ballots in the mail from the state of Washington. Therefore, he said, it would have been extremely difficult to prove in court that they knew it was unlawful for them to vote, but did it anyway. (they were counted weren't they? AND, Gregoire won by 129 votes)
Obviously, there was no real concern whether the election was legal or not in the eyes of some, as long as it came out in their favor. Is this possibly a double standard?
Dean Haner
Gig Harbor |
