It must be nice to be employed by the taxpayer to conduct endless hearings which are based on nothing more than the simple premise of right from wrong.

When I registered to vote I did so knowing I had the absolute right to do so and when my ballot was cast it was in good faith. Today we are graced with this from the WaPo explaining to us that the GOP and more specifically Karl Rove was behind the firing of the US Attorneys due to lack of investigation of voter fraud.

While this revelation is not new it certainly goes to the validity of these hearings. Karl Rove is a Senior Advisor to the President and the Commander in Chief can fire for any reason one or all of the US attorneys. How sad this obsession with any “gotcha” whether justified or unjustified, that it would allow grown men and women to conduct themselves in such a juvenille fashion.

Here is a portion of the article.

Nearly half the U.S. attorneys slated for removal by the administration last year were targets of Republican complaints that they were lax on voter fraud, including efforts by presidential adviser Karl Rove to encourage more prosecutions of election- law violations, according to new documents and interviews.

Of the 12 U.S. attorneys known to have been dismissed or considered for removal last year, five were identified by Rove or other administration officials as working in districts that were trouble spots for voter fraud — Kansas City, Mo.; Milwaukee; New Mexico; Nevada; and Washington state. Four of the five prosecutors in those districts were dismissed.

Notice the name Karl Rove twice in these two paragraphs and as you read further you will see it five more times. Seems strange to me that we now condemn individuals for doing the job which we as taxpayers finance. Last I looked, what Mr. Rove was doing is what advisers do..investigate and advise.

Attorney General Gonzales got it right in my book when he testified before the Judiciary Committee:

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales reflected the prevailing GOP view when he testified last week before the House Judiciary Committee, saying that the Justice Department has “an obligation” to prosecute voter fraud.

“[T]his notion that somehow voter fraud is a dirty word, I don’t understand it, because you’re talking about people stealing votes, canceling out legitimate votes,” Gonzales said.

If in fact the reason behind these firings is lack of investigation and prosecution of voter fraud then I for one applaud the decision loudly..if it was because of the way a particular attorney parted his hair then I say the President has that right.

Perhaps if some Republicans who acted in a less than courageous manner in their criticisms in this matter would have stepped up to defend the President and the Attorney General, this issue would have disappeared as have so many others. This is not a Congressional oversight issue it is an inherent right of the holder of the Office of the President of the United States, and a fair and honest election is the right of all citizens in this country.