Thursday, June 14, 2007


Bud Cummins Wants An Apology

The Fort Smith Times Record is reporting that ousted US Attorney Bud Cummins wants an apology. Sara Taylor said in a Feb. 16 e-mail that “Bud is lazy — which is why we got rid of him in the first place.” Nobody else has ever suggested Cummins is lazy. "I feel very strongly that she misspoke. As to why she misspoke, I don’t know,” said Rep. John Boozman (R-AR), "It’s unfair to imply that Bud was in any way not doing an outstanding job in his capacity as U.S. attorney.”

Since Sara is the only one who ever said Bud was lazy in public, I don't think Bud's reputation is in jeopardy.

I, on the other hand, would like to know what lead Sara to say "Bud is lazy--which is why we got rid of him in the first place?" Lazy doing what? Using his office to attack Democrats? Failing to suppress Democratic votes?