Forget short memories, try no memory.

I can’t think of another instance where the blatant liberal bias of the press is more evident than the non-scandal over the firing of eight lousy U.S. Attorneys. This morning the Today show opened with “Under fire! Attorney General Alberto Gonzales takes heat over…..” Whatever. Suddenly this is a “scandal” even though there is only the slightest hint that there was a political motive behind the firings. That whiff of impropriety comes only from the vague notion that some of these eight did not aggressively pursue accusations of voter fraud against Democrats. Every story you’ll read on this includes the caveat that all U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President, and that firing them is his prerogative. But then they immediately shift gears and delve into the “politicization” of the Justice Department. Of all people, Hillary then calls for Gonzales’ resignation. When Good Morning America at least asked how that differed from her husband firing all 93 U.S. Attorneys at once, she claimed "There is a great difference, when a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house. It's not done on a case-by-case basis where you didn't do what some senator or member of Congress told you to do in terms of investigations into your opponents. It is 'Let's start afresh' and every president has done that." The only problem is that is a blatant lie. Previous presidents including Carter and Reagan left all the attorneys in place. What’s more, one of those who Clinton fired was investigating political ally Dan Rostenkowski and another one was investigating their Whitewater land deal. The firings ended both of those investigations. Those investigations were later restarted, but surley he delayed both of them.

And then local moonbat liberal Dave Zweifel of the Capital Times proves that Bush can do no right. His contention is that the real scandal is the ones he didn’t fire because they are still out there “harassing Democrats while turning a blind eye to Republican malfeasance."

His column today is a study in bait and switch. The headline and opening paragraph say that it’s about the real scandal involving Gov. Jim Doyle and the tens of thousands funneled to him through straw donors by a millionaire who wanted to get a casino project approved that would make him even richer. In the second paragraph Doyle is offered partial absolution when Zweifel declares that it doesn’t matter if he actually did a quid pro quo, because it’s the appearance that matters. Conveniently, this allows him to go no further in pursuit of that question. But by the 4th paragraph he diverts into a purely speculative mode where he wonders out loud how former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson managed to avoid getting caught because according to Zweifel he invented and perfected “pay for play.” Of course no proof whatsoever is offered for this charge, but his conviction that it took place is certainly stronger than his any he has about Doyle’s actions, which involves actual evidence.

Then the real message is delivered in the next four paragraphs. Want to take a guess? Well if you said Bush skullduggery in the Justice Department firings, you’d be correct. So we get lip service paid to a Dem scandal before he hammers Republicans on pure speculation. What an asshole.