LIE OF THE WEEK: 03-16-2007
Justice Department spokeswoman Tasia Scolinos on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the US attorney firing scandal:
"[Gonazales] has no recollection of any plan or discussion to replace U.S. attorneys while he
was still White House counsel." She said he was preparing for his attorney general confirmation hearing and was focused on that.
THE TRUTH: Selective recollection is the oldest form of lying in Washington politics and one would think that the Attorney General would know better after six years in the White House and Justice Department. The evidence is piling up that this was a purely political action and denying that fact just adds fuel to the fire burning an administration down to the lowest popularity of any in recent memory.
"[Gonazales] has no recollection of any plan or discussion to replace U.S. attorneys while he
was still White House counsel." She said he was preparing for his attorney general confirmation hearing and was focused on that.
THE TRUTH: Selective recollection is the oldest form of lying in Washington politics and one would think that the Attorney General would know better after six years in the White House and Justice Department. The evidence is piling up that this was a purely political action and denying that fact just adds fuel to the fire burning an administration down to the lowest popularity of any in recent memory.
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