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Fred Dalton Thompson weighed in on the "scandal" over the eight U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush Justice Department during his guest-host stint on Paul Harvey News & Comment radio show Wednesday. It's a non-scandal, actually, but that won't stop Democrats and the media from trying to hype it into one. I'll let Fred explain why it's not a scandal:

Once again the Washington scandal machine is in full frenzy. This time the hapless Justice Department is baring the brunt. It's over the administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

The Democrats vow congressional hearings to determine if (if you can imagine this) politics were involved. Even Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was able to be coaxed into saying a few words. "Just when we thought our faith could not be shaken any further," he said.

The only problem is: There was nothing wrong with firing eight U.S. attorneys. Of course the Department of Justice was inept in the way they did it, trying to conceal things that didn�t need to be concealed but the U.S. attorneys, like innumerable other public officials serve at the pleasure of the president. He fired eight of his own appointees apparently because they we not aggressive enough in pursuing voting fraud cases.

Yeah. He's running.

You can listen to the audio of Thompson's commentary here.