Smacking down the "mishandled" b.s.

peronsally, i don't see how they're gonna get out of this mess, but, after watching them skate by so many other outrageous incidents over the past six years, i'm not holding my breath on this one either... especially not with alberto and george hunkering down... you know they're just waiting for the attention span to wear off, one more instance of waiting out the clock...

John McKay of Washington state, who had decided two years earlier not to bring voter fraud charges that could have undermined a Democratic victory in a closely fought gubernatorial race, said White House counsel Harriet Miers and her deputy, William Kelley, "asked me why Republicans in the state of Washington would be angry with me."

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McKay's disclosure of an explicit White House question about the damage his decision caused to his standing among party loyalists added new detail to his previous statement that Miers accused him of having "mishandled" the voter fraud inquiry.

The use of the word "mishandled" left open the possibility that White House officials -- who in September were weighing whether to recommend McKay for a federal judgeship -- merely disputed McKay's professional judgment. But his statement yesterday lent new credence to suspicions that partisan political concerns weighed heavily in his firing.

anybody who's still thinking in terms of "suspicions," really ought to think again...

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