Prior to Bush, only 3 U.S. attorneys fired in 30 some years.

HiFructosePronSyrup

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:42 PM
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Prior to Bush, only 3 U.S. attorneys fired in 30 some years.

One by Carter, Reagan, and Clinton each, apparently.

Who were they, and why were they fired?

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SpiralHawk

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:45 PM
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1. corrupt repulicon cronies

I would wager. As usual.

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:46 PM
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2. You're talking about mid-term firings, right?

One keeps hearing the talking head freaks on the right say that every President replaces U.S. attorneys. But I believe that only applies to the beginning of their terms of office. Where did you get this information about only three?

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Thu Mar-15-07 05:48 PM
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3. Yes. Midterm firings.

Where? Very sources at DU.

I suspect that all three were fired for blatantly improper misdeeds, making a sharp contrast with the reasons Bush fired these attorneys.

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aint_no_life_nowhere

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Thu Mar-15-07 06:03 PM
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4. I didn't realize it was so few

That's a very striking fact that needs to be made clear by the Democratic opposition in the Congress.

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Solo_in_MD

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Thu Mar-15-07 07:20 PM
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5. A better question would be how many mid term appts were there

Depending on the situation, an AG could step down for personal reasons rather than fight in public.

Both sides of this are playing fast and loose with the numbers...

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uppityperson

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Thu Mar-15-07 07:22 PM
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6. thank you for the number. kick to mark to check back later for more info. nt

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