Can somebody explain the Carter firing of the Philly-USA David Marston?

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I've done the Google and all I can find is right wing dribble about the firing.

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1. Try this Time story from the time period it happened.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945941,00.html

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2. I'm going to kick this

It appears that DU doesn't want to touch this with a 10 foot pole.

[Spazito]

3. Hmmm, seems like the Republicans were up in arms on the

firing of David Marston and, from all accounts, rightly so. Carter was raked over the coals on this, again, rightly so, yet when bush/Gonzales do exactly the same thing to not ONE US attorney but to EIGHT it is no big deal.

Democrats shouldn't run away from this example, they should showcase how it was wrong then, that they agree with the Republicans who said it was wrong at the time, and it is equally wrong now.

Here is an article from the Star Tribune which puts it in context to the current firings:

http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1062298.html

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4. I'm willing to say that Carter made this one error in judgment over 25 years ago.