This weekend in the US attorney scandal

Just some interesting tidbits:

- Rush Limbaugh calls the 72% of Americans who think something is wrong with the firings of the attorneys "a bunch of blithering idiots who have no idea what they're talking about...". No link available, but I will get the audio for tonight's program.

- In a Time Magazine poll, 55% of Americans think that Bush is protesting having Rove, et al., testify under oath because Bush is "trying to cover up the reason for the firings." Presumably, if the firings were legitimate, they wouldn't need to be covered up... right? 48% of respondents believe the attorneys were fired because they refused to do the Bushies' will, as opposed to 22% that believe they were fired for legitimate reasons.

- Bud Cummins, former US Attorney in Arkansas, was told he was let go to "make room" for someone else (Rove buddy Tim Griffin). Cummins was subsequently surprised to hear, from Kyle Sampson, that there may have been a performance reason for his firing. He fired off a sobering op-ed on salon.com Saturday, reminding us that losing your credibility is a one-shot process - once you give the appearance of lying, everything you do will be questioned.

- The Washington Post reports that many of Bush's attorney replacements have come from within his own administration/staff, including people with NO prosectuorial experience!

- In the OMG! department: Fox News challenges Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on his hypocritical stance on the testimony of administration officials. Chris Wallace calls him out on it, but McConnell stands his hypocritical ground: Clinton aides should have been placed under oath, but Bush gets to decide whether or not he wants them to be.

- The White House is slowly distancing itself from Fredo.

- Finally, another Republican House member calls for the removal of Gone-zo, whether by resignation or firing. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) joins the chorus calling for removal.