AP: Sampson to Ask, What's Political Mean, Anyway?

[RedEarth]

From the AP:

Eight federal prosecutors were fired last year because they did not sufficiently support President Bush's priorities, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff says in remarks prepared for delivery Thursday to Congress.
"The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial," said Kyle Sampson.

The aide, who quit because of the furor over the firings, is to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A copy of his prepared remarks was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

"A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective ... is unsuccessful," Sampson said.


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[Kagemusha]

1. Political would be the stuff that's not supposed to sway your official duties

once sworn in as a law officer for the United States of America.

I guess he thinks that's largely artificial though, since the natural state of affairs is what is broadly known in the vulgar as "corruption".