Further evidence in the attorney scandal!

We've spoken recently about Rachel Paulose, the unconfirmed (thanks to Sen. Specter's aide's addition to the Patriot Act renewal) appointee to US Attorney for Minnesota. It has come to light that Paulose's predecessor, Thomas Heffelfinger, was on that infamous list of "attorneys to fire" that ignited this scandal. The only thing that kept Heffelfinger from being a player in this was that he resigned some months prior to the mass firings. However, it has also been revealed that Karl Rove considered Minnesota a "battleground" state in 2008 - much like all the other states/regions where US Attorneys had been fired in the "purge." Heffelfinger believes he was on good terms with Gone-zo and Kyle Sampson, and, thus, can't understand why his name was appearing on these lists. Seemingly, he'd have been fired for the same reason that Bud Cummins was: to make way for a fully loyal Bushie!

If you needed more proof that these firings were fully political, this should be it.

In addition, Carol Lam, former US Attorney in San Diego who was fired for "performance reasons" (because she "performed" too well in prosecuting dirty, corrupt Republicans like former Rep. "Duke" Cunningham), will receive the "Outstanding Attorney of the Year" award from the San Diego County Bar Association. An interesting accolade for someone who supposedly had "performance issues," eh?